Quantum-Touch

In alternative medicine, Quantum-Touch (QT) is a form of vitalism combining quantum mysticism with therapeutic touch. Practitioners exercise a hands-on healing system that claims to heal physical and emotional issues by heightening resonance vibrations between the practitioner, the recipient, and a "universal life force energy". Quantum-Touch differs somewhat from reiki in that practitioners are taught specific body awareness and breathing techniques to augment the flow of energy from practitioner to client, though both fall under the broad category of energy healing within the realm of Alternative medicine.
Quantum-Touch found some acceptance in various circles such as massage therapy and holistic medicine

Background

In 1978, author Richard Gordon (Your Healing Hands - The Polarity Experience) attended a healing workshop taught by self-styled healer Bob Rasmusson. The techniques learned at that workshop became the basis for Quantum-Touch. Gordon and Rasmusson developed a close relationship while Gordon learned and refined the techniques. By 1986, Gordon had begun officially using the Quantum-Touch name.
More Quantum-Touch techniques were introduced in 2001 with the efforts of Gordon and other practitioners..

Variations

As Quantum-Touch evolved over the years, new techniques were introduced. The advanced QT techniques fall into two distinct approaches: "Supercharging", a "yang style of work"; and "Core Transformation", a "yin style of healing". Developed by instructors Mary Derr and Alain Herriott, Supercharging is a collection of various meditation and visualization techniques.

Quantum-Touch is taught at three levels: basic, and two types of advanced techniques - "supercharging" and "core transformation I and II".

Developed by Alain and Jody Herriott, core transformation moves in a direction that is significantly different than the concepts taught in basic QT and supercharging. Where basic and supercharging techniques are said to be "yang" due to their very masculine or active approach, core transformation adopts an attitude of stillness that is supposed to be "yin".

In addition to the Traditional Chinese Medicine concept of qi, Quantum-Touch says that it draws on the Hindu concept of chakras. In Basic Quantum-Touch, students are taught to work with the first 12 chakras, spinning them to amplify energyand combining various "colors" to effect different healing, such as structural alignments and pain and inflammation reduction.

Practitioner and instructor certification

The Quantum-Touch company has a set of requirements that define how one can become a certified Quantum-Touch practitioner and instructor. While there are no "attunements" required in the same vein as reiki to reach a certain status, there are requirements for becoming a certified practitioner. Chief among these requirements are proof of training by the available instruction materials (book, interactive video workshop or live basic workshop) and documentation of a number of hours of healing sessions. Certification for instructors includes basic practitioner certification, with additional instruction so that the information can be imparted correctly to students attending an instructor's class.

A certified practitioner is required to adhere to a code of ethics that is intended to protect client confidentiality, establish professional practices and prevent exaggerated advertising claims.

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