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This Bio-Touch class was super easy to learn, and even more amazing to receive.  I am a Licensed Massage Therapist and am happy to have another tool in my toolbox to serve, help and bring relief to different populations of people with different conditions.

“Touch comes before sight, before speech.  It is the first language and the last, and it always tell the truth.”  Margaret Atwood

As lifespans increase, medical practices which diagnosis disease and repair injuries may have shortcomings. One of these is residual or reoccurring pain which can trouble both the patient and their family. An event of this type triggered Debra Schildhouse to seek ways to ease the pain of her daughter.
Her path to this knowledge and practice is the core of this story of Bio-Touch. As she explains her path, she also provides the story of the person currently leading and teaching this pain relief method, Paul Bucky. Her presentation of the story shows two different variations of the hero’s path reaching a common goal. Debra has a gift of sharing the stories almost seamlessly across decades of personal history leading to the Bio-Touch organization currently in Tucson.
Debra is not teaching the method or providing its basis which might be desired by those hoping to use it. While she does provide ways to obtain that information, she concentrates on the origin and creation of the Bio-Touch method.
It was Debra’s desire to be able to relieve pain and perhaps cure injury which led her to this method. Her journey has moments of heart breaking sadness and pain interspersed with an almost self-deprecatingly humorous way of describing her training and early work in Bio-Touch.
Her teacher of the method is Paul Bucky. We meet him through a series of interviews that Debra conducts for this book. It is tempting to describe him as one of the last vagabonds of the hippie era, although the described times in Colorado and Hawaii belie that definition. The Colorado era becomes an almost modern pioneering effort creating a community. The Hawaii period seems almost a missionary role. It was interesting to see that he did not claim to invent the method, but rather helped teach what he had learned.
Although those interested in this as a method of pain relief may be the main audience of the book, the dual stories of Schildhouse and Bucky provide an enjoyable experience for a reader of informal and storytelling based biography.

Bill Black
Nov 2015

Through my six year affiliation with Bio-Touch and the many hours I spent interviewing Paul Bucky and others for my book on Bio-Touch, I came to appreciate the many ways in which Bio-Touch is different from other healing touch techniques. This is a good topic, I think, for an upcoming blog. Tonight, though, I would like to share one aspect of Bio-Touch, as practiced at the Bio-Touch Center in Tucson, which sets Bio-Touch apart. I was reminded of this when I read the quote below, which is from “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood.

In one of my many interviews with Paul, he shared his philosophy on why the Bio-Touch organization does not charge for healing sessions at the Center. Here is what he said:

“There is one truth that resides within each of us. It is our birthright. No one can charge us to obtain that truth—it’s already ours. Bio-Touch is like truth. Our capacity to heal is within each of us. We have a birthright to be happy and healthy. So, how can we charge for that?”

This is a beautiful statement, and a reflection of the love that underlies Bio-Touch. And, it is reminiscent of Ms. Atwood’s words, “Touch…always tells the truth.” Yes, Bio-Touch is truth, and through that truth, all of us have the right to be healthy, happy and loved.

Debra Schildhouse

I loved the book for it’s simplicity, honesty and heartfelt sharing of the life stories of the author and the founder of Bio-Touch Paul Bucky. It is amazing destiny that I chanced upon this book and the website Justtouch.com. Though there were wonderful testimonials on the website about the affects and results of Bio-Touch, I was curious to know more about Bio-Touch, the people behind it and their intentions before I tried it. I am grateful that this book helped to wholeheartedly embrace Bio-Touch. The book shares the wisdom of Paul Bucky but I also found the book humorous as Debra is trying to understand the life of Paul Bucky that is so different from her own. I wish that this beautiful story of Bio- Touch reaches far and wide for the benefit of all.

It seems like it’s been forever since my friend Sandy started bugging me about coming for a treatment.  She said it was the most relaxing thing she’d ever done and it was better than seeing Damian (a nice chiropractor we’d both seen years ago).  I went to Damian when by right hip started to hurt and ache all the time.  Damian used to slam me back into shape with a big smile on his face.  It worked for a while, but I had to keep going back because the pain kept coming back…

…Around September 1993, I began having seizures.  I went grocery shopping and woke up in the emergency room at Tucson General Hospital.  I weighed 375lbs. I’d had high blood pressure for about 10 years and hated taking medicine.  the high blood pressure was causing the seizures.  After several experiments with seizure medication that turned my skin purple and elevated my blood pressure, I told the doctors to keep their medicine and decided I’d live with epilepsy and high blood pressure just like any normal person would. Except I wasn’t taking any medication at all and put my husband through a terrifying period when I’d go to work and wake up in the nearest emergency room with him standing over me and a worried look on his face.  since I couldn’t drive any more (who knew where I’d wake up?) I had to take the bus everywhere I went. I learned how to walk. I found a job across town and walked 2 blocks to the bus stop and 3 blocks up hill when I got off to get to my job at the other end.  I did that for a year and lost 110lbs.

When I came in for my first Bio-Touch treatment, I’d been out of work for a couple of months and hadn’t walked regularly in months.  I was in severe depression and my right leg was numb from mid-thigh down.  I don’t know why.  I thought maybe the calcium deposit was back–it did not matter.  Sandy had said she felt so good afterward and raved about it and kept bugging me to go.  John (my first practitioner) explained what he was going to do and what my body was going to do and I though, “Oh, what the hell, why not?”  I told him about the numbness first, and then threw in the high blood pressure and seizures.  I was one up-tight lady.  I hoped that there was some massage involved because I thought it would feel good.

I got up from the table after the treatment, panic stricken.  I asked John if I looked different.  I asked the people in the waiting room if I looked all right.  They gave me funny looks and said I looked fine.  My blood pressure shot up and I was sure they were lying to me.  I asked for a mirror and john pointed to the one on the wall.   I DID look fine.  He asked me why.  You see, I felt so relaxed–especially the right side of my body, that I was sure I’d had a stroke.  My face actually felt like it was sagging, I could move my let and arm freely and they were RELAXED.  The difference in feeling was amazing.  I walked out of there floating on a cloud.  If ONE TREATMENT could bring such change, I figured I’d found something better than the chiropractor or the acupuncturist could ever do for me.  I left and went home, laid down on the couch and fell asleep for 5 hours.

I made appointments for twice a week for a month.  I was talking and joking with Joyzelle or Cheryl or John or somebody after that month and I was asked if the treatments had any effect on the numbness in my leg.  and I felt like I’d been doused with a glass of water in the face: the numbness changed.  blood pressure was lower, no headaches, sleeping better, fewer seizures, no tension (mentally or physically), no sickness, etc., etc.

In the ten months I’ve been seeing the folks at the International Foundation of Bio-Magnetics (IFBM) Center, the numbness in my leg has almost completely disappeared.  When I’m getting a treatment I can feel the Patella ligament (that’s the ligament that attaches to the moveable part of your knee) move while I lay there.  When I get up and walk, my leg feels realigned with my knee.  There is no pain, but there is an energy my leg has now that moves it differently.  It still gets numb sometimes, but only if I haven’t been for a treatment in more than a week.  My blood pressure is lower, and the dosage of medication is so low the pharmacist checks every couple of months with my doctor to see if it’s right.  The seizures are reduced from 6 to 8 a month to 1 or 2.  I don’t get headaches anymore.  AT ALL!

I did get the flu last March and had trouble with a cough, but they worked on my lungs and I was able to perform with my community chorus in April. I used to have trouble sleeping–a side effect of the seizure mediation.  NO MORE.

I used to feel as though every fiber in my being was tense, and if I could only relax and sleep that would take care of everything.  It was a tension that took hold of my body and left me so weary at the end of the day that I was too tired to sleep.  I don’t get tense anymore.

Thank you all for these wonderful gifts!  I can hear you (all of you) saying “We didn’t do anything–you did it!”  Well, that may be true(probably more true than I’m willing to admit), but your dedication and love and acceptance of the reposnsibility to help others heal did allow me a safe environment to learn how to heal.  Healing, whatever form it takes is natural.  The Healer is sacred.  Than you all for being sacred, holy beings.

With much love

Sherry Landry
Tucson AZ

As lifespans increase, medical practices which diagnosis disease and repair injuries may have shortcomings. One of these is residual or reoccurring pain which can trouble both the patient and their family. An event of this type triggered Debra Schildhouse to seek ways to ease the pain of her daughter.
Her path to this knowledge and practice is the core of this story of Bio-Touch. As she explains her path, she also provides the story of the person currently leading and teaching this pain relief method, Paul Bucky. Her presentation of the story shows two different variations of the hero’s path reaching a common goal. Debra has a gift of sharing the stories almost seamlessly across decades of personal history leading to the Bio-Touch organization currently in Tucson.
Debra is not teaching the method or providing its basis which might be desired by those hoping to use it. While she does provide ways to obtain that information, she concentrates on the origin and creation of the Bio-Touch method.
It was Debra’s desire to be able to relieve pain and perhaps cure injury which led her to this method. Her journey has moments of heart breaking sadness and pain interspersed with an almost self-deprecatingly humorous way of describing her training and early work in Bio-Touch.
Her teacher of the method is Paul Bucky. We meet him through a series of interviews that Debra conducts for this book. It is tempting to describe him as one of the last vagabonds of the hippie era, although the described times in Colorado and Hawaii belie that definition. The Colorado era becomes an almost modern pioneering effort creating a community. The Hawaii period seems almost a missionary role. It was interesting to see that he did not claim to invent the method, but rather helped teach what he had learned.
Although those interested in this as a method of pain relief may be the main audience of the book, the dual stories of Schildhouse and Bucky provide an enjoyable experience for a reader of informal and storytelling based biography.

I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO BIO-TOUCH IN 1992-93 IN LOS ANGELES AT A GATHERING AT MY UNCLES HOUSE FOR COUSIN PAUL’S NEW HEALING MODALITY…FROM THE VERY FIRST I WAS TAKEN BY THE SIMPLICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BIO-MAGNETIC TOUCH HEALING, OR JUST TOUCH AS IT WAS CALLED THEN…NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED , JUST TWO FINGERS OF EACH HAND AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THE POINTS…I WAS BLESSED TO GO TO HAWAII THE HEADQUARTERS IN 1996 TO BECOME A CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER….OVER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING, AND HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AT THE CENTER….IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE EMBRACED THE PRACTICE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF JUST TOUCH….EVERYONE HAS AN INHERENT RIGHT TO BE HEALTHY….GIVE WHAT YOU CAN…THE REFRIGERATOR WAS ALWAYS FULL…there was a special feeling of acceptance at the center, no one was ever turned away….and many became Practitioners….I’ve used Just Touch…Bio-Touch all these many years in unconventional places wherever needed….at the hospital where I worked…in a chair, on a bench, standing up….my only promise was I cant promise you anything, but you will relax….I was never wrong…and many times while talking afterward the recipient would say…wow “that” doesn’t hurt anymore….that’s how Just Touch affects many….all of a sudden they realize …IT WORKS…many times I was not told it worked for a long while afterward as people just couldn’t believe the results… Everyone needs to be educated about Bio-Touch/JustTouch just as we are taught CPR…such a simple non evasive way to help others and teach them to help others…..children are great with it….helping Mom and Dad with a ,headache….”Just Touch…the one-one, the two-two and the three- three…” it’s empowering for all who give and receive…the classes for learning the modality are TRUELY wonderful as they bring people together from all walks of life who are of the same mind set that they want to help others….family, friends, strangers all may be helped with Just Touch….it’s all inclusive.   You don’t have to become a certified practitioner, however for me, Becoming a certified practitioner has empowered me and given me the tools to help without having to carry a briefcase or special equipment….especially when traveling…from New Orleans to the West Coast….it’s always with me and ready to be shared as needed….that’s why I wanted to help support Bio-Touch, and can’t wait for my books to arrive…EVE COLLINS, CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER…can it be 23 years.

I first heard about Bio touch in high school when a few practitioners volunteered there time there. After hearing others respond positively about their headache relief specifically, I finally tried it myself. I felt better immediately and was impressed with how comfortable it was given that “strangers” would be “touching” me. After a few days they offered a training class again for free but being as shy as I was at the time I didn’t take advantage of it. I’m happy to have found a source to learn bio touch after all this time and look forward to becoming a practitioner myself. As for the few I’ve come to know, they are all awesome people.

Bio-Touch was an integral part of pain management years ago prior to my hip replacement and helped with the recovery process as well. I haven’t been as involved recently but I am a strong believer in what they offer and want the good healing to continue for years to come.

Debra Schildhouse has written a fascinating, first person account of her experience with a touch healing technique that challenged her, and changed her life. She tells the story with the innocence of a novice new to the wold of the energetic healing arts which lends a lovely vulnerability to her story. She captivates her reader with the intertwining story of the founder of Bio Touch, Paul Bucky, his wisdom and loving approach to running a volunteer and educational organization speaks to his own journey to self awareness, and his selfless dedication for 25 years to bringing love and healing to all. His story provides an example of a life dedicated to the moral commitment of a life lived for others. Inspiring, thought provoking, a must read!