If you are interested in joining a group, but are unsure about whether it would be helpful, try making some enquiries about it first, and go to a meeting to see what it is like. You may feel more comfortable if you take a friend or relative along with you. But if you are uncomfortable, you don't have to go again. The Cancer Support Service can give you details of support groups in your area. Healing The laying on of hands, spiritual and absent healing have always formed part of the ministry of the Christian church, although many healers work outside a formal religious setting.
All healers believe that they act as a channel through which healing energy flows into the patient.
The practice of healing continues to grow. It can provide an important and very necessary support for the person with cancer and his or her family. However, people seeking healing need to be aware that miracle cures occur extremely rarely, and that no reputable healer should ever claim to be able to effect a cure. For many people the word meditation implies a religious activity which they may find difficult to accept. But though people in all major religions of the world use meditation exercises, it is not necessary to have any religious belief in order to meditate.