“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal. . . . The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life. . . . We may pause in the midst of meditation to let go of thoughts and reawaken our attention to the breath. We may pause by stepping out of daily life to go on a retreat or to spend time in nature or to take a sabbatical. . . . You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing "no thing," and simply notice what you are experiencing.”

--Tara Brach

Are you curious about how energy facilitates healing?

You are invited to join a new study group

 A study group is forming to explore the connection between cutting edge scientific research and Therapeutic Touch®. No scientific background is needed, just an openness to exploring new ways of thinking about energy and TT. 

We’ll meet the second Sunday of each month: 1:00 – 2:30pm PST, 4:00 – 5:30pm EST (USA). 

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For more information contact Suzanne Engelberg at SuzaEng@gmail.com.

For more information contact Cordy at ttia@therapeutictouch.org

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Here’s a poem, new to me, that seems at first glance to be about nothing more than broken shells scattered along the edge of the sea.

But as I read it, I thought, no, this is about life — my life and the lives of many people I know — lives that sometimes feel like an inchoate scatter of shards.

And here comes Mary Oliver to tell us that if you attend to each shard and “figure out what each one means by itself,” you will “begin, slowly, to read the whole story.”

Lately I’ve been looking back at some brokenness in my own life, and talking with others who are doing the same.

Thanks to Mary Oliver’s gifts of insight and language, I’ve found a new way to hold our stories that helps make them whole.

--Parker Palmer

A New Way to Hold Our Brokenness

Breakage

By Mary Oliver

I go down to the edge of the sea.

How everything shines in the morning light!

The cusp of the whelk,

the broken cupboard of the clam,

the opened, blue mussels,

moon snails, pale pink and barnacle scarred—

and nothing at all whole or shut, but tattered, split,

dropped by the gulls onto the gray rocks and all the moisture gone.

It's like a schoolhouse

of little words,

thousands of words.

First you figure out what each one means by itself,

the jingle, the periwinkle, the scallop

      full of moonlight.

Then you begin, slowly, to read the whole story.

JOIN US ON ZOOM

EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON (EDT)

Global Healing Meditation

Every Friday our TT community has the opportunity to come together in harmony for the world using a meditation developed by Dora Kunz, co- founder of Therapeutic Touch. The connection, the deep quiet and the healing experience help us stay centered and present. If you can't join us on ZOOM, Click here for Dora's Meditation. We email a reminder weekly. We encourage you to read the e-newsletter as it contains relevant and current information about our organization and inspirational writings. 



ALL ARE WELCOME

If you know of others who would like to attend, please Go to our Home Page or have them go there and Click on Subscribe

(Only those who have registered under their own name will be able to enter the ZOOM platform and attend the meditation).

Click on this Link to Register

We open up ZOOM 15 minutes before the meditation is scheduled to begin. After the meditation you will have a few minutes to come back to the present with immeasurable benefit and leave the group when you feel ready.

--You don't want to be late for this--

Once we reach 100 in attendance, no one else can be admitted. 

Please check the time in your zone!

Time: Every Friday

12:00 PM Eastern  1 PM Atlantic   11 AM CT   10 AM MT   

9 AM Pacific    8 AM AKDT  6 AM Hawaii

6 PM Spain   6 PM Germany

If you are interested in leading the meditation, please contact

Leonie Van Gelder at ttia@therapeutictouch.org.  

See you on Friday,

TTIA Board of Trustees

Editor: Leonie Van Gelder,

Design Graphics: Cordy Anderson

Proof Readers: Sue Conlin and Sally Blumenthal McGannon