Meditative Practices
Meditative practices teach us to return to, and remain in, the present moment, without judgement. This strengthens attention muscles and increases mindfulness.
Grounding in Nature: Return internally to a simpler way of life that was lived in a more synchronous pattern with our planet.
Meditation: Understand your pain, lower stress, connect with others better, improve focus, reduce brain chatter, and negative thoughts.
Mindfulness: Cultivates present moment awareness and non-judgmental observation of thoughts and sensation.
Healing Touch
Healing Touch balances the human and environmental energy fields. Balancing energy fields promotes one's innate ability to heal and is complimentary to modern medicine. Healing Touch is comprised of a various standardized, noninvasive techniques making it safe and sensible.
Research
Peer-Reviewed Article: Giarratano, G. et al. (2023) found that healing touch was more effective than deep breathing for reducing acute care nurses’ stress during a shift. Findings indicate that healing touch is a feasible option to sustain a viable nurse work force post-COVID-19.
Download: Healing Touch: A Strategy for Acute Care Nurses’ Stress Reduction
Peer-Reviewed Article: Pingfang, L. et al. (2020) conducted a study with 60 participants above the age of 60 who had a total knee replacement. Results suggest that healing touch reduces postoperative pain and improves patient satisfaction after surgery.
Download: Nursing Intervention Using Healing Touch in Total Knee Replacement
