The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch - by Dora Kunz (Paperback)

About the Book

During years of research and practice, Krieger and her mentor--the late medical intuitive and clairvoyant, Kunz--found illness to be caused by energy imbalance. This guide teaches readers to rebalance the body's energy through touch, visualization, and a spiritual acceptance.

Book Synopsis

Explores the extraordinary technique that put authentic healing into the hands of health care providers

- Examines the relationship between expanded levels of consciousness and the healing process

- Contains healing exercises for treating common ailments such as stomachaches and back pain, and practices for managing chronic stress

- Based on transcribed audiotapes of lectures by medical intuitive Dora Kunz (1904-1999), with commentary by Dolores Krieger

Since 1972 Therapeutic Touch has been taught in hospitals and at universities to tens of thousands of health care professionals. The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch provides an intimate glimpse into the life work of Dora Kunz (1904-1999), medical intuitive and fifth-generation clairvoyant, who used her gifts to reach out to others in her capacity as healer and teacher.

During their years of research and healing practice together, Dolores Krieger and her mentor, Dora Kunz, found illness to be caused by specific subtle energy imbalances. The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch teaches how to rebalance the body's energy through touch, visualization, and a spiritual acceptance of life's inevitable cycle. These exercises can be used both to heal physical pain and to achieve mental and spiritual peace. The authors also examine the important interconnected relationship between healer and patient. The book includes never-before-transcribed lectures by Dora Kunz, with commentary from Dolores Krieger, exploring expanded levels of consciousness as they relate to the healing process.

From the Back Cover

HEALTH Therapeutic Touch is a powerful technique for rebalancing the body's energy through touch, visualization, and spiritual acceptance of life's inevitable cycle. Developed by Dora Kunz (1904-1999), medical intuitive and fifth generation clairvoyant, and Dolores Krieger, pioneer researcher on the dynamics of healing, this extraordinary method has put authentic healing into the hands of health care providers. It has been taught in hospitals and at universities to tens of thousands of health care professionals since 1972. This book examines the dynamic interrelationship between healer and patient and the vital role of expanded levels of consciousness as they relate to the healing process. It provides an intimate glimpse into the life work of Dora Kunz in an engaging series of her never-before-transcribed lectures and case studies, accompanied by insightful commentary from Dolores Krieger. During their years of shared research and healing practice, the authors found illness to be rooted in specific subtle energy imbalances. They developed a transpersonal energetic approach to healing physical pain using centering and self-awareness practices. The practices and exercises they share in The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch will help practitioners achieve the sensitivity and spiritual empathy necessary to effectively access and respond to energy imbalances in themselves and in their patients, to promote physical healing as well as mental and spiritual peace. DORA KUNZ, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura, editor of Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts, and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields. DOLORES KRIEGER, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.

Review Quotes

". . . a powerful tool for rebalancing the body's energy through touch, visualization, and spiritual acceptance of life's inevitable cycle. The book examines the dynamic interrelationship between healer and patient and the vital role of expanded levels of consciousness as they relate to the healing process."-- "Making Scents, Winter-Spring, 2005"

". . . an invaluable contribution to the pool of thought regarding esoteric healing."-- "The Beacon, May/June 2005"

". . . practitioners gain the sensitivity and spiritual connection needed to effectively promote physical healing as well as spiritual peace. . . . A special book for those adventurous enough to try energy-oriented healing."-- "Irene Alleger, Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, Jan, 2005"

"[Kunz and Krieger's] unique collaboration has put genuine healing into health care. . . . at once engaging and informative in the areas of the nature of consciousness and healing."-- "New Dawn Magazine, Issue No. 115, Jul/Aug 2009"

"Whether you are a healer, or a healee, The Spiritual Dimension of Therapeutic Touch offers insights into the flow of healing energies and how one can connect to this source in order to bring health and peace to oneself and the world."-- "Spirit of Change, Nov-Dec, 2004"

About the Author

Dora Kunz, former president of the Theosophical Society of America, was the author of The Personal Aura, editor of Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts, and coauthor of The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields. Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., is the author of The Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, and Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook and is a professor emerita of nursing science at New York University.