Our Member Spotlight is on Gilda Morina Syverson, HTP
Meet our Member Gilda!
Gilda, an award-winning writer, poet, artist, and educator, has taught memoir-wiring classes and workshops for twenty-four years, including fifteen years at Queens University in Charlotte, NC. Gilda is also a Healing Touch Practitioner and a retired HTCP who was awarded a scholarship for the Healing Touch Worldwide Conference, A Healer’s Retreat during the writing of A Healing Journey, From 9/11 Beyond the Pandemic. This second memoir, which was recently published, was awarded Finalist in the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, as well as Honorable Mention for The New England Book Festival.
Gilda is also the author of the award-winning memoir, My Father’s Daughter, From Rome to Sicily, and two collections of poems. Gilda’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and online sites in the United States and Canada. She has discussed and read her work on podcasts and for programs in the United States, Canada, and Italy. Her essay, “Healing,” was published in People Places Passages: An Anthology of Canadian Writing.
In this Member in the Spotlight, you will hear about:
- What path led Gilda to discovering Healing Touch
- How Gilda uses Healing Touch in her memoire classes and workshops
- Gilda's award winning book: A Healing Journey from 9/11 Beyond the Pandemic
Gilda even shares a Chakra Meditation and excerpt from her book about her first experience receiving Healing Touch.
This interview can be found on the Member Spotlight page of the member site and is available to HTPA Community, Professional and Insurance Members.
This series highlights the diverse ways in which our HTPA Members are bringing Healing Touch into their profession, lives, and communities. The views and opinions expressed are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Healing Touch Program, Healing Touch Professional Association Healing Touch or the community. Healing Touch Program and Healing Touch Professional Association offer this as a platform for discussion and awareness, and recognizes and respects that each individual has their own viewpoint and beliefs.
