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Healing Hands is an energy-based approach to healing, working with and restoring balance to the energy fields that surround you. Changes may be experienced on a physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual level.

The goal of Healing Hands is to awaken your body's innate healing powers, restoring harmony and balance to your entire being.

What is "Healing"?

Healing can, but does not necessarily mean, cure. In the Healing Hands practice, healing is a process guided by God to restore balance and wholeness of body, mind and spirit. Healing occurs within you, in your relationships and community, and within all of creation.

Healing Hands complements, but is not a substitute for, conventional medical approaches.

Healing Hands is non-invasive, effective, natural and gentle.

How does a session proceed?

First you meet with the Healing Hands practitioners. (Within the United Church, this work is usually done in pairs.) This is a time for you to explain your health concerns. You remain fully clothed and either sit in a straight-backed chair or lie on a padded table.

You will name your wishes for healing, and the practitioners will name their role as channels of God's love.

The practitioners will move their hands in gentle motions around your body. A light touch may be used if you are comfortable with this. During the session you may simply relax, ask questions or share feelings that you are experiencing.

You are "in charge" of the session. At any time you can ask that it be interrupted or stopped.

A session usually lasts 30-45 minutes. At the end of the session, you are free to ask more questions or reflect on your experience.

Afterwards, it is a good idea to drink several glasses of water and to rest.

There is no charge to receive healing hands. Donations to this ministry are welcome.

For more information, or to book a Healing Hands session, please contact Jacquie Lamborn 604-985-3712.

Healing Hands helps in:

Connecting to the healing power of God's love
Promoting relaxation
Strengthening the immune system
Increasing a sense of well-being
Reducing pain
Managing stress
Speeding the healing of bone and tissue

Why a Healing Hands Ministry?

The New Testament records many stories of Jesus healing people, including: a man with leprosy, the centurions' servant, Peter's mother-in-law, a paralysed man, a haemorraging woman, two blind men, a crippled woman and a deaf man with a speech impediment.

The Healing Hands Ministry within the Christian community follows the example given by Jesus. Healing Hands is an expression of love and compassion for those in need of any kind of healing.

Within the United Church of Canada, the mission of the Healing Hands Ministry is to renew the Church's role in healing and to reach out to those in need of healing in body, mind and spirit.

In this context, the ability to heal and offer healing is a gift given to all, rather than a special gift given to a few. All it asks is that the person opens as a channel to the healing power of God's love and mercy.

The Healing Hands Ministry at Highlands

Trained, volunteer practitioners offer healing sessions to members of Highlands and the wider community on a regular basis in the chapel or the choir room. In order to develop their skills they meet regularly for meditation and Healing Hands practice. Many have taken courses in the Healing Pathway Program offered by Naramata Centre.