May 2011 Newsletter

Whisperingtree.net May 2011 Newsletter

May, 2011

Greetings!

I am just returning from the "Wounded Within" Veterans Family and Healing Gathering in Warm Springs, Oregon. Participants began gathering on the last Thursday in April in preparation for the weekend of healing and the lighting of the Sacred Fire that Friday evening.

For many this weekend, the community and ceremony reminded us to tend the sacred fire which burns within our souls. A physically and spiritually powerful force, fire changes everything it warms and reminds us to let go and move forward.

May brings us firmly into the season of Spring. The sun is getting warmer and I am excited to see the trees budding, the birds busily building nests, and my trusty perennials bursting forth in thick clusters of leaves Ancient peoples celebrated May with big bonfires and fire festivals. It is a time of joyous celebration, high energy and growth.

Celebrate by igniting fires in your life. Get excited about a project and just do it. Surprise a loved one with a strong, impromptu hug. Laugh, jump, run! Fire moves and it's time to get ourselves moving again with passion and drive.

Move with a little fire this May.

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Spotlight: Ruth Muhr

by Colleen Quinn

What if someone told you that relief for that aching shoulder or healing muscle could be achieved through just a touch of a hand? It may sound like wishful thinking, but someone who practices Healing Touch will tell you it is certainly possible and can be very effective. Ruth Muhr is a Registered Nurse(RN) and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner (CHTP/I) located in Littleton, Colorado, and she will tell you that the practice of healing through touch is not just effective, but is also profound and fulfilling.

Healing Touch was developed in the 1980s by a nurse named Janet Mentgen (RN, BSN, CTHP/I). She was motivated by her own energetic awareness to explore the study of energy work. Mentgen eventually put together a program that utilized energy work of other well-known and respected therapists, in addition to her own work, to directly benefit the body.

She called the program Healing Touch, and offered its first classes as Continuing Education for nurses at Red Rocks Community College in Colorado 1989 as well as in colleges in Gainesville, Florida and Tennessee. Since then it has been taught in many colleges across the country ...