 12 Reasons To Have A Practice Group
Karen Stewart, HTI-PA, Angela Mattos, CHTP & Sharon Yetman
Local practice groups can offer many
blessings and develop in ways that are unique to each community.
Knowing that many individuals already
have full lives and are not eager to take on more responsibility,
consider what would motivate you or others to become involved
and how you could be of service. (When a practice group focuses
on things that are of value to group members there is an eagerness
to participate.)
Developing a tradition of shared, rotating
leadership means no one individual is over extended. Participation
can be viewed as part of one's healing practice and service to
the community. With these intentions as the foundation, the group
can joyfully share the responsibilities and benefits of offering
ongoing practice opportunities.
12 Reasons to have a Healing Touch Practice
Group
1. To review techniques in a light-hearted
environment
2. As part of ongoing self-care
3. To learn something new with an emphasis on HT techniques,
principles and values
4. To deepen our practices with joy
5. To encourage one another
6. To share experiences
7. To be of service to the community of HTer's
8. To be of service to the people we are treating
9. To mentor others and provide spiritual companionship
10. To be reflective, in a gentle, supportive way
11. To move from "doing" to 'being' a vessel of love
12. To belong to an engaged, playful healing community
We hope that you will consider this
model and find others in your vicinity to practice and build
community with!
Connect with what first brought you to Healing Touch and why
it is important to you. |
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Abbotsford, BC:
4th Wednesday of every month 5-6:30 p.m. Contact: Bonnie (604)820-2676
Comox, BC:
This group meets the first & third Mondays of each month
from Sept to June at 7PM at the Berwick retirement complex. Contact
person is Brenda Stanton (250)890-0722.
Dawson Creek, BC: meets
2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at the Dawson Creek
and District Hospital, Physiotherapy Department Contact: Vicki
Bouchard (250)782-2616
Fort Nelson, BC:
contact Maureen (250)774-6543
Hazelton, BC:
Meets monthly. Contact Kathy Clay for details. (250)842-6447
or email haub02@yahoo.ca
Kelowna, BC:
Every Thursday, contact Carol Brooks (250)763-6606.
Kitimat, BC: 4th Tuesday of the month at the Kitimat Health
Unit. Contact Martha Murray (250)632-6333 or Lynne Wahl (250)632-8463.
Nanaimo, BC:
Every Tuesday evening (technique review 1st Tues./month and public
clinic by appointment 3rd Tues.) at Bethlehem Retreat Centre
Chapel. Contact: Fran Lumsden (250)492-6743
Parksville/Qualicum, BC: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. Contact:
Joyce Tinney at (250)752-2786
Prince George, BC:
Practice sessions 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 7PM - 9PM
at ArtSpace. Contact Dawn Bryant at dragonflyacres@shaw.ca or
call 250-964-4087
Prince Rupert, BC:
Practice group meets the 2nd Monday of each month 7:30 - 9:00
pm at the Cornerstones Wellness Centre. Contact Penny Denton:
250-624-9404 or snow@citytel.net
Salmon Arm, BC:
: HT practice for those who have completed Level 3 (IIB). Meet
every second Monday evening at the Health Unit in Salmon Arm.
Contact:
Gloria Davidson (250) 832-8058.
Sechelt, BC:
2nd & 4th Mondays of each month, St. Mary's Hospital. Contact
Jeanette McBain at (604)885-7777.
Sechelt, BC:
Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at St. Hilda's Anglican Church.
Contact: Jill Diespecker (604)885-2958
Sorrento, BC:
HT every Wednesday evening 7-9 pm, at St. Mary's Church in the
Fellowship Room. Contact: Helen Down (250)675 4843.
Terrace, BC:
contact Bluette Haegi (250) 635-8892
Tofino, BC:
call Cathy White (250) 725-3964
Vancouver, BC: gathering
monthly, contact Karen Stewart (778)292-1845
Victoria, BC:
Meets every second Tuesday. Contact Ann Connelly (250)381-5261.
ALBERTA
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MANITOBA
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ONTARIO
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Etobicoke, ON:
Contact Judy Wallace walmor@sympatico.ca (416)622-9271
King, ON:
Contact Val Saunders at (905)859-1372 for details
London, ON:
1st Saturday of each month 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's
Health Care Centre. Contact Karen Wood (519)471-7016.
Newmarket, ON: Contact Debbie Charlton (905)722-8102 quilter80@hotmail.com
Oshawa, ON:
monthly practices. Contact Barbara McKenzie 905-404-2493 or Joanne
Lowery 905-579-5142 (evenings)
Peterborough, ON: gathering monthly. Contact Ven. Thubten
Janpel Dorje 705-742-9799 or email ven.thubtenjampeldorje@yahoo.ca
Scarborough (GTA), ON:
Contact Suzanne Brisson at 416-335-1629 or email: suzanne_brisson@yahoo.com
Toronto, ON:
The Downtown Practice Group meets from 7-9 pm the 1st Monday
of the month at 396 Wellesley St East (east of Parliament). Contact:
Wendy Joscelyn 416-961-2768 wendyjoscelyn@aol.com
for details.
Windsor, ON:
Contact Kim M. Watson 519-972-5698 for details. All levels welcomed.
Meets monthly - date varies. email: kwats56@hotmail.com
NEW BRUNSWICK
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Fredericton, NB: bi-monthly
on Sunday evenings in day surgery at the DECH (the local hospital).
If anyone is visiting Fredericton and is interested in attending
call Jocelyn Clark at (506)455-3141 or email at brad3@nb.sympatico.ca
Moncton, NB: every
2nd Saturday 9:00 am - 12:00 at Dr.George L.Dumont Hospital -
contact person Jeanne Balcom 506-382-4832
Moncton, NB:
bi-weekly 6:30-8:30 pm at the Moncton Hospital - contact Fran
Steeves at fsgs@auracom.com
or call 506-734-2009.
NOVA
SCOTIA
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Antigonish, NS: Meets
the second Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Claire Marie
Auditorium at St. Martha's Hospital. For more information contact
Betty-Anne Fraser at 926-2752 or bafraser@istar.ca
Bedford/Sackville, NS: Meet every 2nd Thursday. Contact Linda Scott
(902)835-3455 or sjscott@eastlink.ca
Halifax, NS:
1st Saturday of each month at the QE2 Infirmary site, in room
#6015 from 10-12. Contact Sandra Pickrell-Baker at (902)401-7936.
Cape Breton, NS:
meets every 2nd Sunday at Seton Way in North Sydney. Contact
Lynda Marinelli (902)736-3505 or Lynn Vickers (902)736-6481
NEWFOUNDLAND
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Corner Brook, NL: the
2nd Wednesday of each month at 16 Westmount Rd. Contact Florence
Newman at 709-639-9473 or 709-640-2579.
St. John's, NL:
every second Sunday from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Waterford Hospital
Chapel. (No meetings during the summer.) Call Liz for information
at (709) 579-6103