Preliminary Program subject to change
Qigong and Therapeutic Touch : Valuable Tools in Stress Management
StructureMedical/Healthcare
DescriptionWestern medicine has joined Eastern medicine in accepting the value of Energy Medicine Modalities such as: Acupuncture, Acupressure, Therapeutic Touch, Qigong, Reiki, and others. Both Qigong and Therapeutic Touch have been used successfully in stress management and in the promotion of the healing process. This session provides an overview of both Qigong and Therapeutic Touch as complementary medicine techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to learn a basic routine of standing Qigong, and to observe a demonstration of Therapeutic Touch.
Presider:Jason S. Fulmore, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Vestavia, AL
Speaker:Teresa Hardman, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY

American Association for Health Education