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Kay Ann Torrisi, kay.torrisidubois

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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• Colorado Springs, Colorado

Being fully present automatically lifts your spirits. Clears your mind of distractions. Brings clarity. Even some joy. I moved to Colorado in 1974 from Illinois. Worked in the Natural Foods industry in the late 70's with an interest in herbology. Didn't marry Darren until 1991, and we had Kendra in 1992. Kendra was born with a heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She had a heart transplant at two months of age and stayed in the hospital a total of 10 months. We became very involved in support groups at our local Memorial Hospital as well as Children's Hospital in Denver and trained at both hospitals to do parent to parent support for other families with children born with heart defects. At the same time, while Kendra was still hospitalized I discovered Healing Touch, a biofield energy balancing therapy, through one of her nurses and eventually became a certified practitioner in 1998. (www.healingtouchprogram.com) Kendra rejected in 2003 for the first time at age 11 and had a second heart transplant. It was during this time that I decided I wanted to "pay it forward" and do some volunteer work because we had Healing Touch from the nurse that introduced it to me back in 1992, and a volunteer at Ronald McDonald House also provided energy balancing treatments to the families to help us stay focused, present and a little less stressed. It led me to volunteer at Memorial Hospital doing Healing Touch for Oncology patients which I have done now since 2005. It has been the most rewarding work I have ever done other than to just be Kendra's Mom and help her to deal with the challenges in her life. She is obviously the biggest blessing in mine and Darren's lives, and continues to be a light for many others. So while I am a stay-at-home-mom, I also have a small private practice in Healing Touch in my home.