Energy
Healing
Energy healing refers to the transfer of energy from a healer
or instrument to a patient, and to the removal of congested
energies from the patient. This kind of healing is also called
pranic healing, magnetic healing or laying-on of hands. While
almost anyone can practice energy healing from a distance, its
frequent use when actually touching the patient should be restricted
to those who feel in good health and with an abundant supply
of energy.
Since everything is energy, all healing ultimately involves
energy. Most energy healing methods are focused on the physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual levels of life, without recognition
of the energetic underpinnings of the interventions. Energy
healing works purely with the energetic level of our being.
Since everything is made up of patterns of energy, working directly
with energy influences the physical, mental and emotional, as
well as the spiritual level. If there is an illness or disturbance
in the body, mind or emotions, Reiki can address those levels.
Energy healing complements and supports other methods of healing,
because it uses the energy of which the body, mind and emotions
are composed.
Energy healing is part of the larger field of Energy Medicine.
Use of herbs, crystals or sound are examples of energy medicine
that contain vibrational patterns that influence the energetic
patterns at work in the body. Energy healing is a unique part
of energy medicine in that it involves the intended use of the
energy field of the healer to affect the energy field of the
recipient. Some energy healers may use crystals or other tools,
but more often it is simply the intent of healer and recipient
that directs the energy healing.
Just as we have a physical body, we have also have an energy
body. The humanalternative healing energy field or aura surrounds
and permeates the physical body. The physical body could be
thought of as only one of a number of bodies which we have in
our energy field. There are many descriptions of the energy
field from both ancient and modern sources. Many of these sources
describe the aura as being in layers. They will also describe
the chakras which are "energy centers" where important exchanges
of energy take place. Energy healing effects change by positively
influencing the energy field.
