Sandra Delgado wasn’t held much as a child growing up in a stern, Catholic, Mexican immigrant home in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley. A high-stress job and spiking blood pressure led her to ...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. (RNS) A spiritual touch practice based on the notion that human hands can redirect one’s “life force energy” to heal, Reiki is the hottest new Eastern healing practice making its ...

Therapeutic touch massage (TTM) is a form of energy healing. There is limited research supporting the efficacy of this alternative practice. Several ancient healing philosophies regard the universe as ...

Dr. Kristin Neff guides in a short practice in self-compassionate touch. Scroll down for transcript. Summary: Dr. Kristin Neff guides us through various practices of self-compassionate touch, such as ...

Summary: Brittany Luce, host of NPR's "It's Been A Minute," shares her experience with self-compassionate touch. She did it for 20 seconds, almost daily. to quiet her inner critic and foster ...

Co-regulated C-touch, a gentle and slow skin contact, activates C-tactile nerve fibers to send calming signals to the brain. This consensual practice involves a calm person soothing another through ...