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Bill Badiner, BA, HTCP, is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and maintains a private practice in
Sonoma, California. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and a degree
in Applied Photography from the School of Communication Arts in Minneapolis, MN. Currently, Bill is
volunteering as a complementary care giver for Hospice By The Bay, Marin/Sonoma, Ca. His article,
The Piano Player, is a reflective piece about one of his memorable Hospice experiences.
Barb Dahl, BSN, RN, HCTP/I, studied with Janet Mentgen in Denver in the 80’s, was in the first
group of Healing Touch Instructors and has taught well-over 200 workshops in the USA, Canada, and
the Netherlands. This months Featured Healing Touch Certified Practitioner is Jane Hightower. Read
how Jane follows Janet Mentgen’s dictum “Just Do the Work” in this month’s issue.
Margaret Fowles, HTCP, CR, has been a part of a Healing Touch clinic in Bethesda, Maryland for
over nine years. “It began when six of us were working toward certification and has continued all this
time -- because it allows us to “just do the work” and it fosters a sense of community among students
and practitioners.” Her article, A Healing Touch Clinic in Maryland, gives wonderful tips on how she
started a clinic and how her and her colleagues have kept it going strong all this time.
Sr. Catherine Ginther, HTCP, works in drop-in centers, shelters, a house of transition, a clinic,
SRO’s (single room occupancy) and the streets of San Francisco and Oakland CA. She is a Sister of St.
Francis of Philadelphia, a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, and a Certified Massage Therapist. In her
article, Healing Touch - A Ministry of Caring, Sr. Catherine tells us “Healing Touch for me is a ministry of
presence among persons who are poor, homeless and for some - the outcasts of our society.”
Jane Grant is the mother of two adult sons, and grandmother of two beautiful young grandchildren.
She has been an Administrative Assistant with Nursing Education, Department of Health, John’s, NL for
the last 28 years. Jane is a Reiki Practitioner, and student of Healing Touch and Energy Medicine. Her
article, My Story of Healing, is a beautiful story of how she found ways to be creative and heal herself.
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