Everything is energy – Albert Einstein
Do the objects in your surroundings speak to you?
Although we aren’t fully aware of it, there is an invisible force that connects us to everything around us. It flows within you and outward, like a bubble of warmth that you can sense.
This is energy, a certain chi that your body possesses. It is located in your core called a center that attracts the extrinsic energy and balances the existing mass within—maintaining vitality in your everyday life.
Relevant to the current challenges we face, we may sometimes feel an imbalance in our holistic wellbeing: our body, mind, and spirit are discerned to be unsound and misaligned.
In some cases, today’s people struggle with physical, emotional, and mental instabilities.
Anxiousness about the uncertainties of the present situation we are in has brought out a constant discomfort that affects our day-to-day activities.
With that in mind, treatments to battle the uneasiness may be thought to be all medically centered—chemicals, pills, and doctor’s appointments.
But what if there are other forms of treatments that do not involve any of the above?
There are a handful of remedies that are natural solutions to holistic health (body, mind, and spirit) and wellness. These are what we call healing with energy.
Energy healing is a relaxing and effective therapy that allows you to connect to your core reservoir of vitality and life force, allowing you to transition from physical, emotional and mental suffering to health and happiness.
This is an alternative medicinal practice that is founded on the concept that essential energy flows through the human body.
In other words, healing with energy is a form of natural therapy that focuses on the act of harnessing your intrinsic source of vital energy called the center, and redirecting it in a way that may balance the maladjusted aspects of your holistic being.
The goal of healing through kinds of energy is to promote wellness through a natural process.
This form of therapy is used for the purpose of reducing the feeling of anxiety, unsoundness, and misalignment of one’s being.
Patients undergoing medical treatments for serious illnesses are being researched to see if energy healing might enhance the quality of life, strengthen the immune system, or minimize adverse effects.
So, does the concept of energy healing speak to you? Well, here are 7 holistic energy therapies that work!
7 Holistic Energy Therapies
Reiki
Despite being one of the more popular types of energy healing, reiki’s origins stem from the deeper roots of Japanese culture.
The name Reiki is a product of a combination of two different Japanese words—rei, which means universal and ki or qi which pertains to the energy that flows inward and outward one’s being, a sign of an individual’s vitality.
Reiki is a healing technique that promotes relaxation, stress relief, and harmony. Biagetti (2018), in a short film on this form of healing, stated that:
“Reiki creates an environment of comfort and support; where people know they could be able to release their worries, their fears, their pain.”
This kind of approach is administered with the practitioner’s or also called reiki master’s touch or hovering of the hand above varying parts of one’s body to remove, treat or relieve the body from energy blocks that cause the negative symptoms in the body or negative circumstances of one’s life.
Reiki is often used to reduce one’s sense of ache, anxiety, and tiredness. It is used to slightly relieve pain, as some studies show.
In fact, according to Newman (2017), some hospitals in America and Europe offer reiki, although insurance rarely covers it.
Cardiovascular disease, stress, depression, severe pain, sterility, neurological diseases, exhaustion and many more have all been reported to have been treated with Reiki.
Quantum Healing
Quantum healing is a type of mind-body treatment in which a fundamental shift in perception is said to result in deep body-mind healing.
Deepak Chopra, M.D. used the phrase in his book Quantum Healing (1989) to describe certain forms of quick and remarkable healing of the human body that are not comprehended by traditional medicine, such as surprising periods of remission.
By definition, quantum healing is a fusion of different concepts from certain branches of science, such as quantum mechanics, philosophy, psychology, and neurophysiology.
This form of energy healing works by influencing one’s mind with good thoughts with the true purpose to heal (quantum thinking), and then the healing takes place on a spiritual level by creating endorphins in the body.
Studies show that this type of healing may promote anti-inflammatory and antitumor activity.
Tai Chi
If you are interested in learning a kind of energy healing that may also include forms of self-defense, this one is for you! Tai chi is an old practice that comes from Chinese origins.
It is characterized by the execution of gracefulness in exercise.
This practice involves a sequence of slow, concentrated motions accompanied by mindfulness meditation. It is a form of relaxation but simultaneously keeps your body in constant motion.
Tai chi is a national health exercise in China.
Tai chi is an art that not only conditions physically; it also energizes your whole body, drawing a connection from the extrinsic surrounding energy to your center in aims to exude well-being and vitality.
Tai chi allows you to feel and interact with energy in a delicate, complex way by giving you a strong physical awareness of how chi is expressed in your movement.
As it is a form of exercise, tai chi promotes bodily coordination, strength, and flexibility.
It is also thought to be effective in the treatment of high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, skin diseases, digestive problems, depression, and a variety of other ailments.
Transcendental Meditation
How about a type of energy healing that requires little to no effort? We got you!
Transcendental meditation or TM is a form of healing that is uniquely characterized by its simplistic idea of meditation.
This is a technique for avoiding distracting thoughts and promoting a state of relaxed awareness (Ansorge, 2011).
In this practice, one must be seated in a comfortable position—you can slouch or sit straight, (whichever you prefer!)—as long as your head is up.
People who do TM have their eyes closed, repeating a mantra. As stated by Ansorge (2011), this mantra is a word or sound from the Vedic tradition that is used to focus your concentration.
Concentration is vital when people practice transcendental meditation because it helps the mind transcend and enter the state of calmness, clarity, and pure consciousness.
There are many benefits of TM that are beyond deep relaxation. According to Vand (2020), transcendental meditation is good for heart health, DNA protection, and anti-aging.
Regular practice of this meditation is also reported to reduce stress, lower blood pressure and ensure brain health.
Celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Cameron Diaz practice transcendental meditation.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a widely known alternative to medication. The United States alone administers more than 10 million sessions each year.
One of its distinguishing elements is the needles that penetrate the skin tissue.
These are called atraumatic acupuncture needles—they are rounded at the tip, making them glide smoothly and prevent bleeding.
This practice, according to Acupuncture Canada (2018), stimulates the balance and flow of Qi energy that in Traditional Chinese Medicine is considered essential to health.
It is all about physiology—the redirection of bodily functions such as attention, blood circulation, and hormonal secretion—in aims to achieve the state of homeostasis or what is described as stability and balance in one’s body.
The energy that is channelled during the exercise replenishes one’s vitality, and frequent practice of this approach may result in therapeutic effects such as greater energy, pain alleviation, improved mood, and enhanced bodily function.
Sound Therapy
Sound is around us—vibrations and frequency are everywhere, whether we hear it or not.
Oftentimes, we hear them in tones, like chimes when someone enters a shop or the banging of a pan when dropped from a significant amount of height.
One making harmony, and the other administering chaos.
Sound therapy focuses on creating a harmony that resonates and stimulates one’s flow of energy.
This method’s practitioners, sometimes known as sound therapists, believe that the human body carries ‘energetic frequencies,’ and these frequencies may be utilized to retune such energies when they become out of tune.
A typical session involves one in a comfortable position, may it be lying down or sitting upright. One can also be wearing an eye mask to promote deeper relaxation of the body and mind.
Instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and tuning forks are used in retuning the body—different tones and sound waves are projected and played.
Ultimately, the following are the advantages of this type of therapy: stress levels are lower, mood swings are less frequent, blood pressure is lower, cholesterol is lower, and sleep is better.
Reflexology
Often mistaken for a simple foot or hand massage, reflexology is a type of energy therapy wherein pressure is put on certain vital points of the body to improve health and bodily functions.
This is also called acupressure, and its practices are reportedly dated back to 2330 BC in Egypt.
According to Hynes (2018), this science deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the hands and feet that directly correspond to all of the glands, organs, and parts of the body.
This is often seen practiced in Southeast Asian countries may it be public parks or booked in a private session.
Reflexology has been found to assist people to relieve pain, decrease stress and anxiety, strengthen their immune system, recover from colds and bacterial infections, clear nasal difficulties, heal from back problems, improve digestion, and relieve arthritic pain.
Healing With Energy: Conclusion
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The bottom line—there are many types of energy healing. It is meditative and often testified as a spiritual experience.
They all have common benefits such as stress relief and holistic relaxation.
How to choose a type? Take time to listen to your body and pick whatever speaks to you and resonates deeply with the condition you are in.
Also, vitally important, remember to choose a trusted and registered practitioner to ensure that your experience with energy healing is safe and the best it can be!
And if you are interested in energy medicine, I highly recommend this book by Donna Eden or better yet her course, where she teaches you how to use energy within you to heal yourself.
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