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Conference 2009
Keynotes
The keynotes given at this year’s conference were both inspirational
and informative. Below is a brief synopsis of each.
Caring Science/Heart
Science: A Caritas
Consciousness Cosmology
for Touching and
Transforming the heart,
head and hands of
practitioners.
Given by Jean Watson
PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN,
known around the world
for her caring theories,
philosophies and practice models. She is author, co-author/editor
of over 14 books on Caring Science. Jean is a member of
the HTP Advisory Board.
Her keynote was designed to awaken the human heart and
soul within the context of Caritas Consciousness as a scientific,
ethical and cosmological guide to HT. New dimensions of Caring
Science/Heart Science offer an energetic spiritual-scientific
ethic as basis for energetic Caring-Healing. The presentation
drew upon the latest contemporary caring theories and research,
integrated with heart-centered scientific worldviews and
unitary practice models.
Above: Dorothea unveils the cover for the
upcoming 20th Anniversary edition of the
Healing Touch Guidebook.
Creating Right
Relationships:
Ethics in Healing
Touch Practice
Given by Dorothea
Hover-Kramer, Ed.D.,
RN, CNS, D. CEP, well
known to HTP because
of her close work with
Janet Mentgen in the
early days of the program
and her ongoing
support of the HTP
organization. She has authored 6 major books on energy therapies
including the most recent, Second Chance at your Dream
filled with opportunities for the public to utilize energy concepts
in the second half of life.
This keynote addressed the implications of ethical concepts
to Healing Touch practice. With focus on the dilemmas unique
to energy healing practices and the most effective ways to
reduce personal and professional risks. As well as to enhance
HT practitioners’ awareness of the many opportunities open to
them in developing ethical and enlightened practices. Ethics is
about the many ways we can bring our gifts to light in the practical
everyday world. Risks and benefits of energy healing were
explored and specific practice questions answered.
Our Instinctual Energy
Fields: What Animals
Teach Us About Healing
Given by Susan Wagner,
DVM, DACVIM, HTA-P, a
board certified veterinary
neurologist whose pioneering
work acknowledges
the bioenergetic interaction
between people and animals;
and Carol Komitor, CMT, HTCP/I, CHBMT, HTCAP, ESMT,
who founded Komitor Healing Method, Inc. and Healing Touch for
Animals® (KHM/HTA) in 1996. Her 13-year background as a veterinary
technician and understanding of energy, through Healing
Touch, inspired her to develop energy techniques for animals.
Participants learned the differences between human and animal
energy fields, and came to understand that we have instinctive
energies that empower us in the area of physical, mental
and spiritual healing. They gave examples of how animals have
helped their human companions, and discussed animal welfare
as a mirror for human suffering. The session closed with a
specific meditation designed to aid participants in aligning with
their true vibration.
Soft-Sell Marketing your
Healing Practice: Learning
to Stay in Your Spiritual
Heart While Letting People
Know What You Do
Given by Linda Smith, RN,
MS, HNC, HTCP, HTSM-CP/I,
CHHP, CCA, a successful
entrepreneur in developing
and administering continuing
educational programming in
energy healing and aromatherapy. She is the founder of the
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