The Healer’s Touch Method
Created By Karyn Lynn Grant, LMT
Healing a broken heart after the loss of a loved one, a breakup, or even the death of a dream can be one of the most difficult and isolating journeys a person faces. Whether you are grieving the end of a relationship, the loss of a spouse, or the emotional devastation that follows the end of a marriage you once thought would last forever, the pain can feel unmanageable at times. In these situations, the grief may feel overwhelming, leaving one questioning everything, including the dreams and visions you once had of your “happily ever after” in your youth and childhood.
In the early days following these profound losses, the dreams and visions you had for your future may seem shattered, and it can feel as though you’re standing in the middle of the rubble of your life, unsure of what to do next. You may wonder if healing is even possible, as every day may feel like a heavy emotional battle.
The Healer’s Touch Method™: A Healing Journey for Broken Hearts
Karyn Lynn Grant, LMT, creator of The Healer’s Touch Method™, knows intimately the struggle of trying to mend a broken heart. After her own divorce from the father of her four children in 1992, Karyn was devastated and found that traditional psychotherapy was not enough to heal the deep emotional scars she carried. She realized that with her creative right-brain mentality, she needed something more experiential—something that could engage her senses and bring her closer to healing.
After years of struggling, Karyn prayed for a healing solution that would help her process her own grief. She continue waiting for that perfect brochure with a solution based in “Christ-Centered Healing”. It never arrived. Finally, the answer came in the form of an intuitive thought: “You create a course in Christ-Centered Healing! You suffered from a broken heart! You turned to Him! You know what it feels like to grieve the loss of a loved one, and you also know how strengthening your faith in God was the only thing that could truly heal your heart.” Karyn knew that her own healing had been rooted in connecting spiritually first, with the Savior; supported by the five physical senses. Writing and singing her own Christ-Centered Music played a huge part in her healing process, with the added gifts of gentle touch via massage, aromatherapy, guided visualization boosting her faith, she had discovered that the physical senses also played a pivotal role in the healing of her heart.
This realization led Karyn to begin creating The Healer’s Touch Method™, a holistic and Christ-centered approach to emotional healing, which she lovingly calls “Mending Broken Hearts with Healing Arts.” By incorporating her personal experiences with grief, Karyn’s method combines the powerful modalities of music, massage, aromatherapy, gentle touch, and guided visualization to help individuals move through grief and heal at a deep emotional level.
The Power of Music and Aromatherapy in Healing Grief
After Karyn became a licensed massage therapist in 2001, she began working with clients who had broken hearts, singing lullabies to them while they were receiving her tender touch through therapeutic massage. Her songs and lullabies served as a gentle invitation for her clients to relax, breathe deeply, and let go of the heavy emotional burdens they were carrying. Karyn also introduced her clients to aromatherapy, offering them the chance to inhale deeply from the blends she created which served in releasing suppressed emotions with every exhale.
Soon after, Karyn began writing songs specifically designed to help people heal from emotional wounds. Her music, with lyrics that inspire hope and peace, is part of The Healer’s Touch Method™. These “imagery-inducing lyrics” allow clients to create positive mental pictures and guide them into a peaceful space where their grief can be gracefully transitioned into greater measures of tranquility, acceptance and peace. These songs help transform sadness and despair into a sense of calm, clarity, and emotional release.
The Healer’s Touch Method™ also incorporates essential oils that promote relaxation and healing, such as lavender and frankincense. These oils have been proven to reduce stress, promote emotional clarity, and ease physical tension—an essential part of the grief process.
Gentle Touch and Guided Visualization for Grief Healing
Massage therapy and gentle touch are essential components of The Healer’s Touch Method™. The comforting, nurturing touch helps clients process grief in a safe and supportive way. It has been shown that touch can activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system, promoting relaxation, emotional release, and healing.
For Karyn, the gentle massage and touch have always been a powerful means of helping individuals reconnect with their bodies and emotions, helping them work through unresolved grief in a profound way. During a session, clients may find themselves crying, laughing, or experiencing a sense of deep relief as they allow their emotions to be expressed in a non-judgmental, nurturing space.
Guided visualization is another critical tool Karyn uses in The Healer’s Touch Method™. By guiding clients to visualize peaceful, healing imagery or even connecting with the energy of their lost loved ones in spirit, Karyn helps them feel supported and connected as they process their emotions. Visualization not only calms the mind but can help reduce the emotional intensity of grief, promoting a sense of peace and hope.
Healing a Death of a Dream
When a marriage or long-term relationship comes to an end, the emotional pain can often be magnified by the “death of a dream.” For Karyn, experiencing her own divorce in 1992 was an opportunity to reflect on the dreams and visions she had of her life’s future. She had once imagined an idealized “happily ever after” that was no longer possible with her first husband. The loss of that dream added an additional layer of pain to the grief.
The Healer’s Touch Method™ acknowledges that it’s not only the loss of a loved one that causes grief but also the loss of the future we had imagined with them. The method helps individuals process the grief associated with the death of a dream, allowing them to gently let go of the imagined future while embracing the possibility of creating new dreams and beginnings.
Karyn’s Mission to Comfort the Brokenhearted
After years of refining her method, Karyn began to offer The Healer’s Touch Method™ to people across the nation, ministering to the grieving in multiple ways. In 2009, she was invited to create modules for her Joy Coaching America program, which also includes a special modality focused on helping children and “the child within”—The Lullaby Connection: Embracing the Cherished Child. This program teaches individuals to reframe any limiting beliefs that originated in childhood and create new, positive, empowering beliefs that foster healing and growth.
Whether it is a death of a loved one or a marriage, Karyn knows firsthand the pain of a broken heart. She has spent countless hours helping others heal through the comforting, nurturing power of The Healer’s Touch Method™.
Karyn’s work is spreading to not just those who are grieving, but to those who are celebrating new joys. Karyn’s outreach has continued to grow, as she works at Holy Cross Mountain Point Hospital in Lehi, Utah, helping new mothers during labor and delivery. She continues to share her love of music, provide comfort, and offer her healing methods to others who stand in need of comfort.
Conclusion: A New Beginning with Hope
The Healer’s Touch Method™ offers a transformative, holistic approach for those grieving the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a cherished dream. Karyn Lynn Grant’s journey from heartbreak to healing has equipped her with the tools and understanding to help others heal as well. The integration of music, aromatherapy, massage, and guided visualization creates a nurturing space where emotional wounds can be expressed and healed, and new possibilities can emerge.
Karyn believes that suffering through the stages of grief does not have to be a journey taken alone. The Healer’s Touch Method™ offers a gentle way for the grieving to find comfort, reclaim their joy, and begin believing in the power of God’s grace, goodness and love, by forging through with faith in Him. As Karyn shares, “He is the Healer. We are merely…
His Instruments.”
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