This is a truism that everyone can honor if they will let it flow. Mothers rub their babies back and the little child falls into a peaceful sleep. Nurses stroke infants in Intensive Care and they rest easily. Daddies kiss skinned knees and they are instantly better. Mother Theresa s sisters hold the dying and they slip into heavenly bliss.
Therapists touch clients and relaxation occurs.
In fact, it is not mystical, it can be measured in the laboratory. At NYU, Doris Kreiger, PhD, RN, has done this as part of her research in what she calls, Therapeutic Touch . She teaches her students to feel the Universal Energy, to have a conscious involvement of self so that the patient and the student are in harmony. In other words, the student is totally present to the experience at hand. Dr. Kreiger studied the effect of Therapeutic Touch on hemoglobin.