In 2011, I learned that I had a brain tumour. I was facing brain surgery and I was terrified! I began seeing a psychotherapist who also offered me Therapeutic Touch® (TT) sessions. I was well aware of the serious risks and possible post-op complications with my surgery and prepared for the worst. I also worked hard at managing my fears by … [Read more...]
Empowering Healers as Leaders and Leaders as Healers
April 28, 2017 by
Project lead for the Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario’s inaugural CARE 150, Therapeutic Touch Awareness Week, May 1 – 7, 2017, Kaizen Leadership Institute’s founder, Julia von Flotow, is walking her talk when it comes to healers being leaders. Julia believes in “leading the change you want to see in the world”…. change that can make a … [Read more...]
How to Face Suffering with Compassionate Intent
February 17, 2017 by
Therapeutic Touch® is widely recognized as a gift that eases pain and suffering, so common at end of life. To understand and appreciate Therapeutic Touch as a helpful means of easing the experience of those dying, it is important perhaps to reflect on the end of life experience from the perspective of the dying; the context and the dynamic of … [Read more...]
Therapeutic Touch Healing – A Personal Experience
December 2, 2016 by
My mother-in-law, a visual artist of some renown, who is legally blind due to macular degeneration, was run over by a vehicle the last Friday in August, a few years back. It was a freak accident. After careful examination of her pants cut from her by the hospital staff and much thoughtful discussion, we reconstructed what had happened - we … [Read more...]
TT for Tokyo – Japan Welcomes Therapeutic TouchTM
April 13, 2016 by
Mariko Tsunoda, Executive of a long-term care facility, Naomi Ide and Etsuko Makita, Physiotherapists at the same facility, and Mayumi Kobayashi, Supervisor of a Rehabilitation Centre and First Response Operation took the 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Toronto to take Therapeutic Touch Level 1 and Level 2 with Julia von Flotow, TTRT, April 8 – 10, … [Read more...]
Trust Thyself – A Path of Healing and Self Regulation
June 22, 2015 by
We have the gift of so many kinds and qualities of attention of the mind and, as healers, how well do we use them? It’s in assessing the situation clearly, without prejudice, that we gain information that informs our response and our next action. Our ability to be fully present yet unattached to the outcome of the situation is often skewed by … [Read more...]
Deep Healing is just that – Deep!
May 13, 2015 by
Deep healing is akin to deep listening. To get to the level of healing that’s required to heal trauma in yourself you have to first open to yourself and listen deeply, patiently with compassion and forgiveness. This, deep and active listening, in itself, is a challenge and a particularly trying one for someone who is suffering with post traumatic … [Read more...]
The Power of the Circle
April 23, 2015 by
Today I want to write about the circle and what it evokes in me. The circle, as symbol, metaphor and as a living and dynamic form is “alive”. A circle has no beginning and no end. It is an open system; a symbol of wholeness, integration, oneness, eternal, presence and continuous self-renewal and as Rumi so beautifully expressed, the circle is … [Read more...]
The Healing Space and How to Create It
April 8, 2015 by
To create a healing space is to create the conditions for the possibility of healing to occur. In other words, healing is a state of being, of consciousness, that enables the client to access and engage their own “inner healer” and move towards wholeness, a dynamic state of balance, equanimity and poise. To create this kind of healing space is … [Read more...]
You Don’t Stop at Your Skin!
December 30, 2014 by
In Therapeutic Touch™, the healing field is the subtle, non-physical energy field, generated by the healee, that is palpable beyond the body’s physical periphery – that is beyond the skin. The Therapeutic Touch practitioner, through practice, learns to guide the natural, orderly flow of energy coming out of the palms of her hands so as to … [Read more...]
