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Gina Bondurant, Immediate Past President


Gina-Bondurant

Gina Bondurant RN, BSN, CHTP/I
Immediate Past President

How is it that we get to walk this healing path? That we have the opportunity to be present to others on their healing journey? I could not know 18 years ago how deeply Healing Touch would resonate through my life, creating such a profound and positive shift personally and professionally. Sharing this work and the vision of Healing Beyond Borders (HBB) is part of my life work. My gratitude for the intention and integrity of HBB called me to serve greater community.

I have been a Registered Nurse since 1997 working primary care on a pediatric and adult medical-surgical inpatient unit at Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital (SRMH). There my roles past and present include Staff RN, Shift Coordinator/Charge, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, Pediatric Clinical Educator in Professional Development:, serving member Shared Governance: Nursing Excellence Champions,  Chair/member from its inception of the Sentara Pediatric Practice Forum focusing on development of best practice, policy and procedure to insure safe, competent care of children across a 13-hospital system in VA, MD and NC. 
 
My Healing Touch journey began in 2002 with teachers and mentors of such skill and loving intention. I have been a  CHTP with a private practice since 2009 and CHTI since 2013, I currently teach Course 1 and Course 2. In 2017 I completed a 400-hour Clinical Herbalist Program in Western Energetic Herbalism at Sacred Plant Traditions, merging my love of green growing things with my passion for nursing and Healing Touch.
 

I have had many opportunities along the way to serve my local Healing Touch community, as a Helper in many Course 1-5 classes, as coordinator of the Blue Ridge Shenandoah Healing Touch Practice and Mentorship Groups, as a frequent volunteer offering Healing Touch in various settings. I have had the rich experience of walking beside many HT Students through the mentorship process, including serving on the HT Mentorship team for INOVA Health Systems. I am the Healing Touch Provider at SRMH offering Healing Touch to staff for stress reduction through the Care for the Caregiver program. I currently serve on the HBB Board of Directors. Stepping onto the Healing Touch path and choosing to follow has brought me to a place of deep gratitude and desire to be of service.