This book provides a fine introduction to this healing art which has been used by health professionals around the world. The author developed therapeutic touch with her colleague Dora Kunz. According to Krieger, it is "a committed and compassionate practice" which seeks to rebalance vital energies in sick people. Anyone who sets out to practice this healing intervention must be able to focus attention with intentionality. Krieger writes cogently on chakras as centers of human consciousness; on prana, the energy that helps us heal; and on the different universes of the healer and the healee. The book ends with a listing of health facilities where therapeutic touch is practiced.