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Pandimensional field pattern changes in healers and healees: experiencing therapeutic touch
Dorothy Woods Smith1, John P Broida
1University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions, USA.
Summary
Therapeutic Touch (TT) sessions reduced healee pulse, blood pressure, pain, and stress. Both healers and healees reported increased spirituality, but decreased diversity, suggesting complex healing pattern changes.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Holistic Health
Background:
- The Science of Unitary Human Beings provides a framework for understanding pandimensional pattern changes.
- Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a complementary therapy involving energy exchange between practitioner and client.
- Previous research suggests TT may impact physiological and psychological well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate pandimensional pattern changes in healers and healees undergoing Therapeutic Touch.
- To test hypotheses regarding changes in healee physiological and psychological states.
- To explore parallel changes in healers and healees.
Main Methods:
- An 8-week series of Therapeutic Touch (TT) sessions were conducted.
- 141 TT sessions were analyzed, with duration determined by healer's energy cues.
- Healee patterns were compared before and after the TT intervention.
Main Results:
- Healees showed statistically significant decreases in pulse, blood pressure, pain, and stress.
- Healers and healees exhibited parallel increases in spirituality.
- Three of four dimensions of power increased significantly, but overall power did not; diversity decreased.
Conclusions:
- Therapeutic Touch interventions correlate with positive physiological and psychological changes in healees.
- Parallel shifts in spirituality and power suggest a shared healing dynamic.
- The unexpected decrease in diversity warrants further investigation within the Unitary Human Beings framework.
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