From Celtic Meditations By Edward J Farrell // Recited by Héctor Rosso, RN MA Caritas Coach (cohort 19) Translation: Assume the same posture as with other meditations…eyes closed, hands open and resting, palms up in your lap. Tune into your breath. Relax any tension points, go into your center. Become aware of the air at your finger tips, between your fingers and on the palms of your hands. Experience the fullness, strength and maturity of your hands. Think of your hands. Think of the most unforgettable hands you have ever know, the hands of your father, your mother, your grandparents. Remember the oldest hands that have rested in your hands. Think of the hands of a newborn child, your nephew, your niece, or your own child and the incredible beauty, perfection and delicacy in the hands of a child. Once upon a time your hands were that same size. Think of all that your hands have done since then. Almost all that you have learned has been through your hands…turning your self over, crawling and creeping, walking and balancing yourself, learning to hold something for the first time, feeding your self, washing and bathing, dressing yourself. At one time your greatest accomplishment was tying your shoes. Think of all the learning your hands have done and how many activities they have mastered, the things they have made, remember the day you learned to write your own name. Our hands were not just for ourselves but also for others. How often they were given to help another. Remember all the kinds of work they have done, the tiredness and aching they have known, the cold and the heat, the soreness and the bruises, remember the tears they have wiped away, our own or another’s, the blood they have bled, the healing they have experienced. How much hurt, anger or even frustration they have given. How often they have folded in prayer: a sign of both their powerlessness and of their power. Our father and mother guided these hands in a great symbolic language…the sign of the cross, the striking of our breast, the handshake, the wave of the hand in hello and goodbye. There is a mystery that we discover in the hand of a woman or the hand of a man that we love. There are the hands of a doctor, a nurse, an artist, a conductor, and a priest, hands that you can never forget. Now raise your right hand slowly and gently place it over your heart. Press more firmly for a moment until your hand picks up the beat of your heart, that most mysterious of all human sounds, one’s own heartbeat, a rhythm learned in the womb from the heartbeat of one’s mother. Press more firmly for a moment and then release your hand and hold it just a fraction from your clothing. Experience the warmth between your hand and your heart. Now lower your hand to your lap very carefully as if it is carrying your heart, for it does. When you extend your hand to another it’s not just bone and skin, it’s your heart. A handshake is the real heart transplant. Think of all the hands that have left their imprint on you. Fingerprints and handprints are heart prints that can never be erased. The hand has it’s own memory. Think of all the people who bear your heart print, they are indelible and will last forever… Music: Kevin MacLeod: Long Road Ahead (itunes free music)

Cuidados Humanizados, Introducción y Experiencia de la Ciencia del Cuidado de Jean Watson para hispanohablantes a través de las TICs.

Una invitación para el II Congreso Latinoamericano de Cuidados Humanizados con Jean Watson en Montevideo, Uruguay. _______ An invitation for The II Latin American Human Caring Conference with Jean Watson in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Héctor Rosso presented at our Arts Health & Humanity Conference in Brighton UK 2018. This event was in endorsed by University of Brighton and Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust.