The following energy healing methods are becoming popular as complementary therapies. They can work beautifully alongside mainstream medical practice. They may help your body heal faster and can offer hope for stubborn ailments, where there wasn’t hope before…
Acupuncture
In this practice, a doctor of Chinese medicine inserts fine (disposable) needles at key energy points along your body. This is said to help the energy at the meridian points (or energy paths) within your body.
Acupuncture may help your energy flow more freely and healthfully. This holistic healing method can help relieve pain and is also used to relieve stress, insomnia and depression.
Acupressure
This technique is also one of the main Chinese healing methods. It uses the knowledge of acupuncture and energy meridians, but substitutes the needles used in acupuncture with hand and finger pressure instead. (A practitioner administers this energy healing method.)
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
EFT also focuses on energy meridians within your body. This technique is similar to acupressure, but was developed in the west. EFT uses finger tapping instead of pressure on key energy points. In addition to the finger tapping, beliefs about the issue you would like to change are brought up consciously, while the tapping is in process. Once you learn how to do EFT, you can do it on yourself.
Distance Healing and Spiritual Healing
The theory behind distance healing is that your energy can be affected by other energy fields that don’t have to be present. I would argue, however, that the healer does have to be Present and very in-tune with you for healing. That is, they must know something about you and be able to “tune-in” to a very high spiritual frequency. Healing prayer by family members is a form of spiritual healing that may transcend physical boundaries.
Healing Touch
This energy healing method uses knowledge of your energy centers (called chakras) to heal your system. It is mainly a “hands on” approach that can affect your aura with the exchange of healing energy. Healing Touch is excellent for pre and post surgery. It is also helpful for reducing chronic pain and can help to clear emotional blocks. Healing Touch can also be done on the self. Click here for the popular
Chakra Connection.
Pranic Healing
Prana means “life force” in Sanskrit and this healing energy method is also very similar to Healing Touch and Reiki. Practitioners use life force energy to give the body a chance to heal naturally. This is done using mostly a “hands off” treatment. The healer’s hands sweep though the client’s field, cleansing the aura. They then recharge it with healing energy.
Reiki
Reiki is very popular and is very similar to Healing Touch. Reiki therapy originated from Japan and is practiced by using various hand placements on and off your body. Healing “chi” (or energy) is directed out of the palms of the practitioner’s hands. Reiki is used for pain reduction, complementary therapy for major illnesses and for emotional issues. (For more information on how energy healing helps the emotions, see:
Energy Healing for Depression.)
Polarity Therapy
Developed in the west, but with eastern influences, Polarity Therapy uses knowledge of the human energy field and the chakras. The therapy seeks to bring into balance polarized energy within your body. It was developed using knowledge of the ancient Chinese yin and yang principles. It draws upon the natural healing methods of specialized psychotherapy, yoga, diet and energy balancing.
Qigong
Qigong is one of the main Chinese traditional healing methods. It is an ancient meditative practice, similar to a slow moving martial art. “Qi” is the Chinese term for life force energy. Millions of people in China use Qigong for healing and for preventative medicine. As a spiritual healing method, qigong is gaining popularity in the west. It focuses the mind, breath, and body movement.
Quantum Touch and Therapeutic Touch
These therapies are very similar to Reiki and Healing Touch. They are energy-based approaches that are heart-centered and use the knowledge of human energy. They are not as popular as Reiki and Healing Touch, but they may be just as effective for mind, body and soul healing. See my personal
Awakening with Energy Healing
to discover what got me “hooked” on energy healing.
I invite you to experiment with some of these therapies and see for yourself if they work. You are the best judge. There may not be scientific data supporting whether these energy healing methods are helpful–yet! But the tools science uses may be too crude to measure results. You are ultimately the best doctor of your mind, body and soul…
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Acupuncture may help your energy flow more freely and healthfully. This holistic healing method can help relieve pain and is also used to relieve stress, insomnia and depression.
