A Case Report of Pregnancy of Infertility Patient with Thin Endometrium

Purpose: The purpose of the first phase of this exploratory study was to examine the phenomenological experience and beneficial results that participants with a variety of religious orientations reported from hands-on healing sessions they received. The purpose of the second phase was to discover whether a non-religious healing protocol could be taught. Methods: The first part of the study was a qualitative study using thematic content analysis to describe the phenomenological experience of 11 participants who received spiritual hands-on healing. The second phase of the study was a quasiquantitive study to analyze reports from 31 recipients of hands-on healing, including 20 given by individuals being trained in the protocol. Benefits reported by recipients on a 1-10 scale for improvement in chronic conditions after the sessions and follow-up longitudinal reports six weeks later were analyzed. Results:Common themes of phenomenological experience while receiving spiritual hands-on healing were, in order of prevalence, awareness of deeper level, improvement/change, feeling/sensing, listening/communicating,movement/energy, spiritual/heart, and pleasant/peaceful. Modes of perception commonly reported were physical, subtle energetic, mental, emotional, altered state, and spiritual. Of 31 total recipients, 28 reported improvements in chronic symptoms in categories of physical, emotional, spiritual, subtle energetic and behavioral conditions, with more than 50% reporting improvement in physical symptoms and in more than one category. Six-week follow-up showed no statistical difference than the reports immediately after the sessions. Conclusion: Conclusions are that specific phenomenological experiences may be common across a variety of spiritual hands-on healing sessions, regardless of religious orientation and experience/skill levels of givers and recipients. Evidence shows that benefits of spiritual hands-on healing can be documented, and may be prevalent and significant for chronic physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, and perceptual conditions. The study also suggests that an effective non-religious spiritual hands-on healing protocol may be taught. Contact: Marie Grace Brook, m.brook@sofia.edu