'Spiritual touch' therapy adopted by hospitals

Sandra Delgado wasn’t held much as a child growing up in a stern, Catholic, Mexican immigrant home in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley.

A high-stress job and spiking blood pressure led her to discover the healing power of human touch a year ago when she walked into her first Reiki session.

“Reiki saved my life,” said Delgado, a lawyer with Bank of America. “I cannot live without it, and I don’t want to know what would have happened to me if I hadn’t found it.”