Quantum-Touch found some acceptance in various circles such as massage therapy and holistic medicine
Background
In 1978, author Richard Gordon (Your Healing Hands - The Polarity Experience) attended a healing workshop taught by self-styled healer Bob Rasmusson. The techniques learned at that workshop became the basis for Quantum-Touch. Gordon and Rasmusson developed a close relationship while Gordon learned and refined the techniques. By 1986, Gordon had begun officially using the Quantum-Touch name.
More Quantum-Touch techniques were introduced in 2001 with the efforts of Gordon and other practitioners..
Variations
As Quantum-Touch evolved over the years, new techniques were introduced. The advanced QT techniques fall into two distinct approaches: "Supercharging", a "yang style of work"; and "Core Transformation", a "yin style of healing". Developed by instructors Mary Derr and Alain Herriott, Supercharging is a collection of various meditation and visualization techniques.
Quantum-Touch is taught at three levels: basic, and two types of advanced techniques - "supercharging" and "core transformation I and II".
Developed by Alain and Jody Herriott, core transformation moves in a direction that is significantly different than the concepts taught in basic QT and supercharging. Where basic and supercharging techniques are said to be "yang" due to their very masculine or active approach, core transformation adopts an attitude of stillness that is supposed to be "yin".
In addition to the Traditional Chinese Medicine concept of qi, Quantum-Touch says that it draws on the Hindu concept of chakras. In Basic Quantum-Touch, students are taught to work with the first 12 chakras, spinning them to amplify energyand combining various "colors" to effect different healing, such as structural alignments and pain and inflammation reduction.
Practitioner and instructor certification
The Quantum-Touch company has a set of requirements that define how one can become a certified Quantum-Touch practitioner and instructor. While there are no "attunements" required in the same vein as reiki to reach a certain status, there are requirements for becoming a certified practitioner. Chief among these requirements are proof of training by the available instruction materials (book, interactive video workshop or live basic workshop) and documentation of a number of hours of healing sessions. Certification for instructors includes basic practitioner certification, with additional instruction so that the information can be imparted correctly to students attending an instructor's class.
A certified practitioner is required to adhere to a code of ethics that is intended to protect client confidentiality, establish professional practices and prevent exaggerated advertising claims.
Aura-Soma is a method of energy therapy based on colour and several forms of divination, devised by British pharmacist and chiropodist Vicky Wall. It shares similarities with other systems such as tarot, the I Ching and the Kabbalah, and many of the concepts from Jungian psychology and studies of mythology have also been related to the system. There is no scientific basis for any energy therapy, and the promotion of the mechanisms claimed to produce health benefits are considered pseudoscientific. Quackwatch has criticized it and all other forms of energy therapy as quackery.
The central idea of Aura-Soma is that colour is a unifying universal language which relates to all other theologies and schools of psychology. The practice is centered around bottles known as "equilibrium bottles", which are made from equal amounts of two liquids, usually of two different colours — the bottom half a fusion of water and herbs, and the top half essential oils — and both made with crystal energies. There are currently 107 equilibrium bottles, with more being added on an infrequent basis. These bottles are selected by the client undergoing the therapy, and practitioners attach great spiritual significance and psychological connotations to colour combinations chosen by an individual, as each bottle represents a different series of symbolic emotional, mental and spiritual attributes.
Aura-Soma practitioners regard their practice as a "non-intrusive soul therapy", and claim that the Aura-Soma products are intended to facilitate spiritual growth and consciousness, and are not intended to be used to diagnose or cure any physical illness or disease.
The bottle system is governed by a central company called Aura-Soma Products LTD and the term "Aura-Soma" is a registered trademark of that company. It is currently managed by Mike Booth.