Oct 23, 2026  
2026-2027 Academic Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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IHH 2107 - Healing Touch


Credits: 3

Catalog Description
This energy healing course provides an understanding of the human energy system and its relationship to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health and wellness. Through experiencing the practice of healing touch, students develop an understanding of how a variety of techniques interface with and assist in re-patterning the human bio-field. The skill of completing an intake interview that identifies patterns of behavior for which healing touch techniques may be useful in assisting a person to re-pattern their energy field is acquired. The importance of self-care as a practitioner and practicing ethically are integrated into the course. At completion students will receive course completion certificates from the certifying agency.

Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: IHH 1100  

Additional fee to student: No

Learner Outcomes
  1. Explore essential qualities and self-care needs of a healing touch practitioner.
  2. Discuss the foundations of energy therapies.
  3. Experience healing touch techniques (giving and receiving) that support physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and healing.
  4. Demonstrate healing presence: the ability to remain grounded, present, and heart-centered.
  5. Apply the Healing Touch Framework to a variety of healing touch techniques.
  6. Conduct an intake interview with a plan toward intervention.
  7. Assess the status of the Chakras and bio-field.
  8. Document the process of re-patterning and balancing the bio-field.
  9. Apply techniques that support the health and comfort of the back.
  10. Describe how the Healing Beyond Borders Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, and Scope of Practice relate to student development as a Healing Touch practitioner.
  11. Review and critique research related to the practice of Healing Touch.

Major Areas of Course Content
  1. Qualities of self-care needs of a healing touch practitioner
  2. The foundations of energy therapies
  3. Healing Touch techniques that support physical, mental, emotional, and or spiritual health and healing
  4. Healing presence defined and practiced
  5. The Healing Touch Framework using a variety of healing touch techniques
  6. Relation of intake interview to choice of techniques
  7. Chakras and bio-fields
  8. Re-patterning and balancing the bio-field
  9. Techniques that support the health and comfort of the back
  10. Healing Beyond Borders Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, and Scope of Practice
  11. Research related to the practice of Healing Touch

Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.



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