I was looking for a book that would work as a possible text book in my teaching of 'Touch Therapy for the Terminally Ill' and this book far exceeded my expectations. This is such a fine tuned scope of care and requires very deep and insightful teaching tools...well...after the first few pages my smile was larger than life. This is so worth the read for everyone!!!!
—David E. Dowdy, Bakersfield, California

Dawn Nelson illustrates how to put the care back into health care! Integrating personal experience and skillful instruction, Dawn teaches the reader how the most basic form of human communication can facilitate physical, emotional and spiritual healing for the caregiver as well as for the patient.
—Irene Smith, Founder, Service Through Touch

How do we relate to someone when their sense of smell, sight and hearing are all fading? How do we relate to a baby who has yet to learn how to understand speech or even see properly? Touch, pure and simple touch. In this new revised edition of her book, 'From the Heart Through the Hands', Dawn Nelson reminds us that the sense of touch remains even when the other senses have been lost or dulled by age and shows us how to lovingly communicate with young and old using gentle stroking and massaging techniques. As Thich Nhat Hanh said, "The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. Touching deeply is an important practice. We touch with our hands, our eyes, our ears and also with our mindfulness."
—Carol Shaw, Findhorn Press