Transformative Nature of Therapeutic Touch® as Compassion Meditation: Sculpting From Within.
Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association December 1, 2025 DOI: 10.1177/08980101241301124 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractCompassion, understood as a universal force, is examined through neuroscience, the chakra system as described by clairvoyants, and the nursing theories of Watson, Newman, and Smith. Research over the past two decades indicates that compassion fosters self-development, transformation, and healing. Therapeutic Touch, a holistic therapy based on the human energy field, serves as a practice exemplar of compassion in action.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Caring Compassion Human-energy field Therapeutic touch Transformation |
| Key finding | Compassion, as a universal force, fosters self-development, transformation, and healing, and is exemplified by Therapeutic Touch. |
Abstract
Holistic nurses intentionally respond to the suffering of others with compassion. This article presents knowledge relevant to the Universal force of compassion from three knowledge sources: (a) neuroscience, (b) the chakra system by clairvoyants, and (c) nursing theorists Watson, Newman, and Smith. In the past two decades an increase in research on compassion has yielded information that has implications for fostering self-development, transformation, and healing. Therapeutic Touch® (TT), a compassion-based holistic human energy field therapy, is used as a practice exemplar.