February 2007: Taking a Healing Touch Level 5 ... - Energy Magazine

Featured HT Instructor
Healing is also letting go of the old, the useless, the no
longer necessary and training ourselves to call our Spirit
back (Myss).
Finally, healing is Trusting the Universe and simultaneously
becoming a full partner in the healing process.
One of my most unique teaching experiences occurred in
1998, a year after becoming a Certified Healing Touch
Instructor. I was teaching Level 1 at a community college
in a rural area. The continuing education director had
gained special permission from HT for some of the students
to take the workshop for credit and some for CE
contact hours. Law Enforcement was the class taught during
the week in our workshop space. The walls were covered
with pictures of weapons and wanted criminals.
There were 5 helpers and every one of them was necessary
to help me hold the energy.
The class was evenly divided between college students
taking HT for credit and nurses attending for continuing
education. The class began on Friday evening and from
the beginning the two groups were at loggerheads--the
nurses would contribute something and the students
would roll their eyes; the kids would offer their view and the
nurses sighed and gave each other meaningful looks.
The helpers and I came early both Saturday and
Sunday mornings to clear and consecrate the space
again and remained vigilant throughout the day to keep
the energy grounded. By Sunday afternoon, I was looking
forward to 5pm and the end of this Level 1. That is
when a shift occurred.
The class was experiencing the Heart to Heart
Meditation--I was holding the energy, timing the exercise,
and wondering what I could have done differently to help
this class bond energetically. I glanced around the room
and discovered a miracle had happened! Every college
student was paired with a nurse! I had watched as they
chose their partners, but it didn't dawn on me, until this
moment…that this segmented class had finally merged
and the helpers and I had nothing to do with it. My "aha"
moment was realizing, with wonder and gratitude, that
Spirit/Guidance is as much involved in the teaching of
HT as in the practice of HT!
With regard to my own unique contributions…three come
to mind. I have been teaching adult education since
1979, I have worked in hospice since 1984, and, I am not
a nurse. I haven't always viewed the latter as an advantage!
A growing awareness that some students were
drawn to workshops BECAUSE of my background taught
me that I have unique contributions to offer the Healing
Touch Program as instructor and mentor.
My advice to a new instructor is to maintain a thriving practice
with as many different patient populations as possible!
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