New research in June 2010
Greetings Healing Touch Practitioners,
Here is an opportunity to advance Healing Touch through scientific research. This June, in Terre Haute, Indiana,
a scientific study will be held, and volunteers are needed. Please read below to learn the details, survey the call
for volunteers, view the experiment protocols, etc.
Healing Touch Scientific Study
The goal of this scientific study, supported by the Indiana University
School of Medicine - Terre Haute, is to find ways to measure energy
healing. We have had some success with a sensitive magnetometer which
detects low-frequency magnetic fields. In some cases, the change in
magnetic field activity during a HT session has been very dramatic (see
attached ad for volunteers), but in other sessions, the field is very
quiet. Currently, we are trying to understand why some sessions show
more activity than others. After each session, we sit with the healer
and client to get their feedback on the session, to try to correlate
magnetic field activity with what they have experienced. A number of
variables seem to be important, such as the client's need for healing,
their comfort level with HT, the type of ailment or imbalance they are
experiencing, as well as the HT intervention used.
For this study, we are recruiting HT practitioners who have a regular
practice -that is, seeing a minimum of 4 clients per month. If you
choose to participate in this study, we will measure magnetic field
activity during 2 - 4 HT client sessions with you as the healer
volunteer. The healer chooses the appropriate HT interventions for the
session, based on client intake, with sessions lasting 40-60 minutes
each.
Two options for where the experiments will take place: 1) I am happy
to travel to St. Louis to record magnetic field activity during HT
sessions in a healer's space (but the space needs to be minimum of 8
feet wide). In this situation, the healer would need to recruit client
volunteers, preferably 2 - 4 clients. 2) Alternatively, HT
practitioners may travel to western Indiana (along Interstate 70) to
give HT sessions on either Tuesdays and Fridays at The Maple Center for
Integral Health, located in Terre Haute, IN. Client volunteers will be
provided, with a variety of ailments and imbalances (e.g., stress,
backache, fibromyalgia, cancer survivors).
Client volunteers receive a free HT session and a $25 gift certificate.
Healer volunteers are reimbursed for their time and travel (with
hotel or meals provided).
Please download
the packet containing all necessary information regarding the study.
The following dates are open in Terre Haute:
Tuesdays, June 15, 22, 29
Fridays, June 18, 25
If you would like to participate in this study, or would like
additional information, please contact me at mmoga@iupui.edu, or
812-237-3420 (office), or 812-240-3302 (cell).
Thank you.
Margaret Moga, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. Anatomy & Cell Biology
Indiana University School of Medicine - Terre Haute
135 Holmstedt Hall
Terre Haute, IN 47809-9989
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