In January 2017, we had a four day Therapeutic Touch workshop conducted by Ananya Sriram Rajan.
What Is Therapeutic Touch?
Therapeutic Touch is an energy healing technique developed by
Dora Kunz and Dolores Kreiger, though it’s an ancient technique. Dora, who first
conceived of TT, was a theosophist and theosophy is the comparative study of
science, religion and philosophy. Hence the approach taken by her and her
protégée-Dolores Krieger is hinged on objectivity and rationality.
Both were nurses, though Dolores had completed her PhD. Hence
both had access to patients, their medical records, hospitals, doctors and
methods to substantiate their work with observed data.
This aspect sets aside TT from other alternate healing
techniques, though both Reiki and Pranic healing are also manipulation of the
prana. While acupressure and acupuncture deals with the meridians which carry
this energy in the pranic body.
How does it work?
We all have an energy body also called ‘Etheric Double’ as part
of our physical body. This body is usually Two inches or so larger than our
physical body and hence can be sensed on the surface. To clairvoyants it
appears as bluish- grey or violet-grey in appearance. It is this that has
chakras on its surface. The energy comes in at spleen chakra (just below
diaphragm, to the left side) and distributes in five main channels and then
moves out through the fingers. If the energy does not flow harmoniously in the
etheric body, the cause may be blockages in the channels and chakras. By
clearing the blockages and sending the energy properly again, the energy body
gets back to shape. TT is this process of scanning, clearing and re-energizing
the energy body.
Why does it work?
The energy body (etheric body) is the blue print of the physical
body. All diseases first originate in the etheric body. Hence if that is made
healthy, over time, or instantly, the physical body also gets cured. TT does
not work on linear time.
What else affects the Etheric body?
The emotional and mental energetic bodies also surround the
etheric body and they too have chakras. Our healthy emotions and thoughts are
fundamental to the health of the etheric body and hence our physical body.
What qualities are needed to become a Therapeutic Touch healer?
An ability to ‘center’ oneself as TT is a ‘healing meditation’
and a desire to help the others without personal ego. Plus a sensitivity to the
etheric body energies.
How much of TT has been substantiated by science?
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Haemoglobin levels rise when TT is administered.
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Kirilian photography has made images of the etheric body.
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The rest of the evidence is empirical- based on studies made in
hospitals, by Dora, Dolores and other professionals.
