{"id":3291,"date":"2026-02-11T00:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:21:12","slug":"finding-calm-through-the-power-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3291","title":{"rendered":"Finding Calm Through the Power of Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stress, burnout, and chronic fatigue are driving more Australians toward hands-on healing techniques such as Reiki and lymphatic massage. These gentle therapies offer a slower, more mindful approach to well-being than conventional treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tamworth, Reiki and lymphatic massage practitioner&nbsp;<strong>Donna Hend<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.handsonholisticcare.com\/\">Hands on Healing<\/a>&nbsp;says her work focuses on creating safe spaces where people can \u201cbreathe, settle, and come home to themselves.\u201d With over 27 years of experience, Hend combines clinical skill with somatic breathwork to help clients regulate their nervous systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reiki, which uses light touch to balance the body\u2019s energy, and lymphatic massage, which supports detoxification, share one aim: restoring calm and connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netimes.com.au\/2026\/02\/06\/hands-on-healing-to-calm-the-body-and-soul\/\">New England Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress, burnout, and chronic fatigue are driving more Australians toward hands-on healing techniques such as Reiki and lymphatic massage. These&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}