A YOGA OF HEALING: THE PERSPECTIVE OF A THERAPEUTIC TOUCH THERAPIST

Abstract

The underlying assumption of "A Yoga of Healing" is that persons who are deeply engaged in healing, also engage themselves in the self-disciplined practices of the deep inner self that define the practices of yoga. Using Therapeutic Touch as a model, healing is perceived as a personal inner quest for the understanding of foundational laws of order about the dynamics of the vitalenergy flow from a universal healing field. The characteristics of this universal healing field indicate that it is a complex of order, intelligence and compassion which instills a profound inner quietude marked by a sense of untroubled peace, equipoise and equanimity. Developing a concept of the yogi-healer, various correspondences between the practice of healing and the practice of yoga are discussed within this context.