In a recent article about Dora Kunz in Quest Magazine (The Journal of the Theosophical Society in America) Ed Abdill recalled a conversation with Dora about politically controversial times. Ed noted that Dora said "we shouldn't get angry while listening to a politician with whom we disagreed, but instead we should think of what we believe to be right." It is a good reminder to all of us to go to the heart, to go to the wholeness and not focus on what we consider is wrong.

In The Personal Aura Dora writes: To me, vitality, feeling and thinking are forms of energy. Although most of us do not think of them in this way, a number of scientists whom I have consulted say it is legitimate to use the word “energy” in connection with the emotions, since energy means “the capacity of acting or producing an effect.” We accept physical fields like gravitation as “real,” because although we never see them we experience their effects directly. At the moment, due to our lack of more information, the nature of the subtle fields can only be assumed from the ways in which they affect us. I always try to emphasize that feelings are not just subjective psychological states; they have real physical consequences, and influence our health in many ways. I speak from personal experience, for this is an area in which I have been observing and working all my life. (The Personal Aura p 14-15) And of course, Dora also maintained that our feelings and thoughts influence our environment.

TTIA ELECTION RESULTS

Congratulations for our TTIA Board of Trustees!

In March of 2024 we held elections for several TTIA Board positions. Several positions had been filled by appointment when vacancies occurred, and those positions were also up for election. All nominees won by unanimous vote.

Thank you all for voting --we appreciate your input and commitment to TTIA!

International Trustee – Annie Hallett

Research Co-Trustee – Suzanne Engelberg and Eunice Lee

Programs Co-Trustee – Mary Harding and Patti Cannistraci

As we announced earlier, Kathy Cody-Guastella who served as Credentialing Trustee for the last three years decided to step down and not run for re-election. We want to thank her so much for her service. Marilyn Johnston-Svoboda has agreed to oversee this under the auspices of the Education Committee. Thank you Marilyn.

To watch this video, please link here: https://youtu.be/CKYBX9I0RCk?si=A-7NxJgBMoBh3yX1

You can see more videos on the TTIA YouTube channel: TTIA's Therapeutic Touch YouTube channel here. For more information on making and sending videos contact Cordy Anderson at ttia@therapeutictouch.org

Contact Cordy at ttia@therapeutictouch.org for more information

Dear Therapeutic Touch Friends and Supporters,

The Therapeutic Touch Community and the Orcas Island Foundation (Indralaya) are excited to let you know that we are inviting Peninah Abatoni to join our annual Therapeutic Touch training and service programs this June! While Peninah is participating in the programs, Indralaya has graciously agreed to cover her registration, food, and accommodation.



For those of you who have not met Peninah, for almost twenty years she has been introducing Therapeutic

Touch training programs to grassroots women’s groups in Rwanda, her home. She has been a guest speaker at three

TTIA Congresses and has dedicated her life to outreach and service work.

The community of Therapeutic Touch practitioners and friends is needed to cover Peninah’s international travel costs, such as airfare, travel visa, and food while enroute.

* Are you able to help with this?

* Do you have travel agency connections?

* Do you have funds to contribute?

Please send your donations to – NWTTI (Northwest Therapeutic Touch Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit TT organization in Oregon.) To make donation go to www.nwtti.org and click on Donation Button on home page. When you make a donation, please include note that it is for Peninah’s travel. Or email Cordy to let her know you have donated to Peninah’s expenses. PayPal automatically accepts funds in US dollars. If you are making a donation from outside the US, you may want to convert first so you aren’t donating more than you thought.

Questions can be directed to Cordy Anderson (cordywa@gmail.com).

(If anyone knows how to donate air miles, please contact Cordy.)

This year’s TT programs at Indralaya include three days for “Foundation” level students (June 8th-12th), Mentoring Programs from June 8th to 14th and week two: Therapeutic Touch as A Path of Consciousness, Healing and Service” from June 17th to the 23rd. As well as contributing to Peninah’s expenses, we invite you to join us at Indralaya! For more information: www.indralaya.org.

In Gratitude, Wholeness, Harmony, and Hope,

Indralaya Teaching Collective

Peggy Frank, Jody Falconer, Lin Bauer, Sandy Revesz, Leonie Van Gelder, & Cordy Anderson

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