Who remembers the song “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)” by The Hillside Singers? This popular song first aired in 1971 as an advertising jingle for Coca Cola (“I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke”), and subsequently was re-recorded as a single by both The Hillside Singers and The New Seekers (sans the reference to Coca Cola), reaching #5 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart in 1972.

As a member of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation for Bio-Magnetics, the nonprofit organization through which Bio-Touch is taught, I’m reminded of this song when I think about the Foundation’s Vision:

        “To encourage all people to take responsibility for their own healthcare, empower them to assist others, and create a community of people worldwide dedicated to service, self awareness, and recognizing the equality of all humanity—thus forming a chain which shall go on indefinitely.”

In other words, a world in perfect harmony! Kudos to Paul Bucky and the others who crafted this Vision.

So, how can you and I help Bio-Touch achieve such a Vision?

The process—which is well under way—starts with a personal commitment to embrace Bio-Touch as part of our integrative approach to healthcare. And then, like the pebble tossed into the ocean, each of us sets the ripple effect in motion by inspiring and teaching others—our family, friends, associates, and acquaintances—to do the same.

These small, individual acts can have an enormous impact. Consider this simple example—if six people who embrace Bio-Touch each inspire and teach six people to do the same, and this happen just six times, we will have a Bio-Touch community of almost 280 thousand people! A seventh time? Almost 1.7 million people. Yes, the pebble cast into the ocean can become a tsunami of positive change—a “community of people worldwide dedicated to service, self awareness, and recognizing the equality of all humanity—thus forming a chain which shall go on indefinitely.”

Bio-Touch is a loving touch, and it is meant to be shared. With a new year upon us, please join with me in resolving to inspire and help others to embrace Bio-Touch. Together, we will create a Bio-Touch community of people worldwide “in perfect harmony.” 

Happy New Year to all!

Recently my husband, Howard, experienced severe pain on the side of his neck—something he attributed to sleeping on the wrong pillow, or maybe just sleeping wrong on his pillow. But since he enjoys taking long bike rides and hiking for miles on mountain trails, I suspected he overdid it with one of those activities. Either way, over the course of the next week, the pain kept him on the sidelines. It traveled down to his shoulders and up to the other side of his neck. He described its intensity as being an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. The throbbing eventually subsided and disappeared, and his range of motion was restored fairly quickly, thanks— in part— to Bio-Touch.

Although I don’t enjoy seeing my dear husband in pain, I can’t help but smile whenever he asks me for a Bio-Touch session, because it wasn’t long ago that he was very skeptical of its healing benefits. Back then if he suffered a minor injury, I’d offer him a session, but he’d mutter “no thanks” while wearing an expression of “no way.” Then he’d grab the bottle of ibuprofen, down a couple of pills, and gingerly hold a hot or cold pack to wherever he was hurting.

But over time, Howard has opened himself up to Bio-Touch, and it has proven to him how well it helps reduce aches and swelling, and relieves many other discomforts as well. And he now appreciates its place alongside traditional medicine.

The Bio-Touch technique includes sets of points specifically designed to address conditions of the neck and shoulder regions of the body. What’s more, there were three studies done by doctors that showed that Bio-Touch brings down pain levels. So it makes good sense to use Bio-Touch in conjunction with mainstream medicine in order to achieve the best outcome possible.

Howard still grabs that bottle of ibuprofen and applies his ice pack or hot compress when something hurts. But now he knows that when he also receives Bio-Touch sessions, his body relaxes, his pain and swelling decrease, and he’s back to feeling good again faster than ever before. And the next thing I know, he’s smiling again, heading out the door for a long ride on his bike or a 6 mile hike.

Whether it comes from a friend, loved one, new acquaintance, or someone I’ve known forever, I get a warm, gushy feeling when that person shows their appreciation for something I’ve done. Their gratitude and feedback are great motivators for me to keep up the good work.

Feedback can take many forms—a simple thank you, a hug, kiss, pat on the back, or handshake. And sometimes, feedback comes in the form of a written note.

Bio-Touch has received many such notes—testimonials, to be specific—over the years. Some are posted on its website, while many more are kept in a thick three-ring binder at the Center in Tucson. I had flipped through that binder once or twice, but had never actually sat down to read the testimonials. And so it wasn’t until I interviewed Paul Bucky for my book, Bio-Touch: HEALING WITH THE POWER IN OUR FINGERTIPS, that I heard about a particularly incredible testimonial in that notebook, written by a man named Curtis more than 20 years ago. And after reading it, I was so moved by Curtis’ story and his poignant words, that I included his entire testimonial in my book.

Curtis was a 74 year old man who suffered from a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which causes blindness. Half the men in his family went blind, slowly and steadily, every other generation. Curtis wrote, “Needless to say, I’ve been blind…totally blind…for about five or six years.”

Curtis explained that he learned about Bio-Touch from “a fishing buddy” who was a “brittle diabetic…in very bad shape,” whose condition improved after receiving Bio-Touch sessions. Although a self-described skeptic, Curtis was impressed with what Bio-Touch did for his friend. “I acquiesced to being treated. The first thing I noticed from the treatment was being lightly touched in a very methodic way. After the treatment the practitioners were very nice and warm.”

So, Curtis continued having Bio-Touch sessions. “For a blind man to see again is virtually unheard of, except under the hands of the Almighty,” he noted. But in time, Curtis was truly able to see! Of that he wrote, “I began to think…goodness I can see the light by the window…a glow of light, and I got quite excited.”  And then Curtis went on to see more things, such as trees, sunsets, and his own face in the mirror. “There I looked in the mirror and saw the ugliest old man I had ever seen!”

While his vision was fuzzy, and the images he saw were fleeting, he was extremely grateful to be able to see after being in the darkness for so long. His gratitude was palpable in his moving tribute to Bio-Touch and those who helped him, “What I’m writing this for is the miracle of Bio-Touch.”
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Curtis’ appreciation for what Bio-Touch and its practitioners did for him is the best kind of feedback. It encourages all of us who are associated with Bio-Touch to continue sharing it and teaching it, helping more and more people all over the world. To paraphrase Kenneth Koch, Curtis’ testimonial was a powerful affirmation review by someone who understood the work of Bio-Touch.