White Shadow Walking With Janet Mentgen [Paperback]

Diane Wind Wardell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2000

Self-Growth

Editorial Reviews

Review

A sensitive and insightful glimpse into the wondrous world of Healing Touch practitioners. -- Kyriacos C. Markides

About the Author

Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, RNC, CHTI is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center. At the university, she teaches graduate nursing courses, is a women's health care nurse practitioner providing care for pregnant teenagers and has a Healing Touch practice through the university's health services. She is the Research Director for Healing Touch International and teaches in the Healing Touch program. She practices Tai Chi daily and lives with her psychologist husband, William, in Houston, Texas. She was born in Buffalo, New York and has three grown children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Colorado Center For Healing Touch (December 15, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0970790805
• ISBN-13: 978-0970790804
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,919,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healing Touch, February 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: White Shadow Walking With Janet Mentgen (Paperback)

Diane Wardell has written a very moving account of her mentor and her own life changing experiences. In White Shadow Ms. Wardell has given us a wonderful insight into the art of healing touch and the lives of those who are dedicated to its practice. While the book is directed towards health professionals and those who strive to acquire the ancient skill it is also enlightening to anyone who wishes to learn more about healing touch. White Shadow is a very personal account of the people involved in bringing this art into modern times and western medicine. I was very taken up by this story, educated, and touched. Wardell has given us an opportunity to see how an individual can awaken the healing abilities that lie within us all. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in personal and world wide healing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to savor, January 1, 2005

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Daniel J. Benor "DB@wholistichealingresearch... (Bellmawr, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Shadow Walking With Janet Mentgen (Paperback)

Diane Wind Wardell brings us a glowing picture of Janet Mentgen, who developed and teaches Healing Touch (HT), and established the Healing Touch International organization. Many nurses and other caregivers are using HT, which includes a variety of interventions in addition to hand and distant healing.

At the same time, this book is a marvelously detailed journal of the development of Wardell as a healer and HT teacher.

This is the sort of book one likes to dip into, ponder its lessons, and return to savor again and to chew on. The lack of index and references will hinder such deeper study.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the journal of an advanced practitioner, December 11, 2011

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4 Keys (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Shadow Walking With Janet Mentgen (Paperback)

Dr. Wardell follows Janet Mentgen, the founder of Healing Touch, for six months as Mentgen teaches all four levels of the program at many different sites. Along the way, Wardell shares her personal journey in Healing Touch, as well as insight into the character of Janet Mentgen.

As a HT student, I really enjoyed this book. The writing is dry and rough in parts - it is like reading someone's journal, Wardell's journal in fact. But Wardell is like a wonderful older student or big sister who helps you with your homework. I am grateful for her help! I learned more about Healing Touch, and got a better sense of the spiritual aspects of the work. Wardell's descriptions of the Medicine Wheel as part of her spiritual path were fascinating. On the technical side, I found it interesting how Mentgen would use Etheric Vitality meditation, instead of the Hara meditation, to raise her energies for a session. I found the descriptions of advanced techniques, such as Central Core Balance, very helpful. Overall, I got a better sense of what it takes to do this work.