August/September 2009: Healing Touch ... - Energy Magazine

Letter from the Program Director
Greetings
from Cynthia Hutchison
Healing Touch Program Director
Dear Readers,
Healing Touch Program students, practitioners and instructors
joined together July 31st-August 3rd to celebrate our
20th Anniversary in community at our annual Healing Touch
Worldwide Conference. Healing Touch for Animals (HTA)
founded by Carol Komitor and Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry
(HTSM) and Institute for Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy
(ISHA) founded by Linda Smith, joined with us as one heart in
this special celebration to honor Janet Mentgen and our accomplishments,
and to envision our promising future in spreading
the light of HT worldwide. Carol, Linda and I were together
as one heart at Janet’s death four years ago (September 15th,
2005), along with Janet’s son and daughter-in-law, at which
time we committed to work together and support her vision. This
conference felt like a promise kept to Janet on that day when
she crossed the threshold to the other side. The opening and
closing ceremonies at Conference symbolized our diversity and
our unity as well as our continued commitment to bring Healing
Touch to all people and to our animal friends as well.
This issue of Energy Magazine shares with you the usual array
of informative, educational and inspirational articles (with the
theme of first aid) as well as to provide highlights of our Conference
so that those of you who were unable to attend can
experience some of the beautiful and exciting energy of our
gathering. We came together to learn, celebrate, honor, share,
discuss, create, relate, deepen, network and laugh. We have
included photos and summaries of some of our events, presentations
and activities. Along with the many students, practitioners
and instructors who came together we had some special
guests at Conference: Dr. Jean Watson (keynote),
Dr. Dorothea Hover-Kramer (keynote), Sue Wagner (keynote),
Dr. Janet Quinn, Denise Premschak (Executive Director of
the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and
Energy Medicine- ISSSEEM), Dr. Bob Nunley (Dean of Faculty
of Holos University and founding member of ISSSEEM), and
Rudy Noel (known for Mind Clearing and the Hopi Technique).
A sweet and inspiring highlight was the attendance of five sisters,
three who were pinned at the pinning ceremony, one who
is a HTP Apprentice and one ready to begin the program.
One of our most exciting announcements included the unveiling
of the book cover of HTP’s new guidebook authored by
Dorothea Hover-Kramer which should be ready for release by
November of this year. This book includes chapters by a number
of authors including James Oschman, Sharon Scandrett-
Hibdon, Sr. Rita Jean Dubrey, Kathy Layte and myself as well
as numerous stories contributed by worldwide HT practitioners.
Endorsements will come later when we publish the book.
A second exciting announcement was informing everyone that
HTP has been working on an application to NCCA (National
Center for Credentialing Agencies) to become the first energy
medicine program in the country to receive national accreditation
status. (See pages 7 and 19). Our third exciting news was
presenting the new Healing Touch children’s book, My Helpful
Healing Touch; A Guide for Empowering Children. This book will
serve as a main tool in teaching HT to little ones. Our children’s
committee is actively working on courses for teens as well.
After conference about twenty-five active instructors and
regional Healing Touch leaders, with several international
representatives including Canada and Europe, attended an
afternoon gathering to discuss how to heartfully co-create HTP
into the future. Strong feelings of dedication, commitment and
enthusiasm emanated as everyone shared her or his thoughts,
questions and hopes for the present and future.
Cynthia
Above: (top) Cynthia Hutchison, Sharon Scandrett-Hibdon and Ines
Hoster. (below) The five sisters - Patrice Willis, Rozlyn Willis Rider, Lisa
Willis Peck, Clela Willis Dantin, and Susan Willis Boutte’.
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