There’s the It turns out that there really is such a thing as a Healing Touch (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to this show). And then there’s the healing clutch.

We tend to clutch the injured hand with the other one after one of them has been hurt. We also clutch injured parts of our bodies. A new study shows that this type of self-touch really does offer significant pain relief.PhysOrg.com quotes pain researcher Patrick haggard as saying, “We show that levels of acute pain depend not just on the signals sent to the brain, but also on how the brain integrates these signals into a coherent representation of the body as a whole.” This may lead to a whole new way to navigate the future.

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It turns out that there really is such a thing as a Healing Touch (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to this show). And praying for a sick person may help too. A growing number of medical facilities are utilizing Healing Touch, which is a gentle, noninvasive therapy shown to facilitate the relaxation response to enhance the healing process. Research shows that, in addition to inducing a deep sense of calm and relaxation, Healing Touch helps to reduce pain, decrease anxiety, promote sleep and improve an overall sense of well-being.
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Echo Bodine is one of our most popular guests. She talks to Anne Strieber about her latest book, Hands that Heal. She tells a wise and wonderful story about how we all have healing powers that we do not believe in and do not use, and shows us how to verify them and make good use of the positive energy that flows within us. AND she does a healing on Anne! A beautiful program. Echo’s website is echobodine.com.read more