What is Energy Healing?

What is it? Does energy healing really work? What does energy healing feel like? Is energy healing the same as REIKI? Can I do energy healing on myself? How do I know if I am a healer?

Above are some of the questions commonly asked about this holistic therapy that has been practiced for thousands of years in many societies, particularly eastern. Here I’ve set out to answer some of these questions to shed a bit of light on the topic.

Energy healing - also referred to as energy medicine, energy therapy, chakra healing, vibrational medicine, spiritual healing, Reiki, - is a traditional healing system that aims to restore the balance and flow of energy throughout the body, mind, and soul. There are various forms of energy healing, but broadly speaking, these techniques work directly with the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies to bring harmony amongst them, by facilitating your own energy to flow smoothly again.

As mentioned in previous posts, we are not merely physical bodies walking in a physical world, where what we see with our physical eye is all that exists. This is a very very small portion of reality. Just as the spectrum of colour and sound that humans can hear is a tiny fraction of what exists, and this planet is one tiny spec in the broader picture. There is a constant flow of energy through the Universe, through the planet and equally through our bodies at any given moment!!! From the head to the toe, energy is always in constant motion and conscious awareness of this can enhance your understanding of this and ability to transmute it.

We are not separate from the Universe, and we can work together with the energies of the earth and the cosmos to recharge and balance ourselves. Equally, we are not separate from our body, but our body is us, we are in control of it, and thus we also can play an active role in its own health and healing, through traditional means (diet, sleep, exercise) but also through taking care of our mental, emotional and energetic bodies. All is connected.

Humans are made of cells, which are made of atoms, which are made of particles. Those particles are actually just vibrating energy. Every atom is equally a wave, and much of what we call physical matter is made up of empty space. Your body is made up of trillions of cells, which hold the information that makes YOU operate. Every cell of your body vibrates, translating and communicating the information from your DNA. Your DNA molecules vibrate at a frequency of sixty billion times per second. These cells are made up mostly of water, filled with some crystalline minerals, which cause the cell to vibrate at certain frequencies. Thus your body vibrates, energy and we can work together to recode our DNA through working energetically (quantum healing).

How does it work?

By tapping into the energy field of the body, we can disrupt or unblock any blockages in the flow of energy through the body, which may cause stuckness, confusion, tiredness or manifest in physical illness. When the energy flow and energy fields are fluid and vibrant, the body stays healthy and balanced.

It is not a magical cure and just one step in a number of actions that need to be taken to care for the body on a deeper level than beyond the physical. This healing modality can simply further amplify the effects of your own self-care, if the intention is there.

What does energy healing feel like?

Many clients will enter a deeply relaxed state, that may be harder to achieve alone initially. Some will experience warmth or tingly sensations, or make get visions of light or other etheric images. Your intuition may share some messages, or emotions may arise during a session to be released. Or one may feel nothing also. It really depends both on how easily the client can fall into a relaxed state, and what is happening on that day. There is no right or wrong, whatever comes or happens is perfect.

Reiki

While many healers will have their own variation, one of the most widely known modalities is Reiki. Reiki is referred to as life force energy that flows through all living things. This modality utilizes the Ki/Prana/energy to strengthen and balance the body. The hands bring through energy to the client and specific symbols can be used to assist in channelling the energy of the universe to heal the body. Master teachers train and pass down their knowledge and expertise to their students who can then practice healing others using Reiki techniques.

There are many other variations of energy healing, which add their own unique touch, such as Violet Ray Reiki, crystal healing, Quantum touch, acupuncture, qigong, pranic healing, all with a similar purpose of balancing the energetic body of a person.

Does it work?

These modalities have been practiced in the east for centuries, with the Chinese identifying the 12 meridians (energy lines), and yet they are totally at odds with Western medicine and are so often dismissed as ineffective, psychosomatic, mumbo jumbo. It is a complementary therapy, referred to as an alternative therapy, as its approach lies outside of the mainstream medical practices developed by the western world, which tend to rely on treating the problem after it arises, using pharmaceutical agents, surgery, physical rehabilitation, and some behavioural and psychological practices.

Well, it can be very subjective. Every individual has a different experience. There are a variety of studies which have been done which have various results so I say, make your own decision! Use your own experience to decide, not what you have read in a book, on Google, or what someone else says! Trust your own intuitive wisdom.

My two cents

Absolutely it works for me!! Otherwise I would not have committed my life to this arena! I've personally experienced many dramatic and powerful shifts through such healing modalities and through my own regular inner work, but it is not always immediate or instant and there are NO QUICK FIXES. And I would be wary of anyone offering such. It takes time and commitment if you wish to shift deep patterns that have been there for decades or more, but nonetheless, one session alone can definitely help calm the body and bring it back into balance.

Also, please remember that science is limited!!! Proof is dubious and often subjective. Also, just because something is not measurable or visible, it does not mean that it does not exist. Just as you can not see the waves that are supporting the use of mobile phones or those that make your radio play, yet you can feel it! You cannot physically see an emotion or a thought that arises, yet you know that they exist, right? Not everything is provable through conventional methods nor is everything tangible or visible.

I’ll see it when I believe it or I’ll believe it when I see it? Through developing our own sense of awareness, emotional connectedness and the ability to step beyond the five senses, we can allow ourselves to explore further our intuitive capacity and feeling the energy bodies. That is, feeling through how your body feels, listening to your body, feeling its energy, feeling its vibration, feeling if energy is flowing or blocked, stagnant or vibrant, being fully present with it. You can tap into a world far deeper and far more real than anything a rationalising mind can allow, through your feeling body.

In this arena, you are more likely to see (with your third eye /feel) the ‘proof’ once you stop seeking it, unlike conventionally, where we have to see it first before believing. With some things, you may experience more, quicker if you relax and don’t try to understand, simply go with the flow, and invite in awareness.

Is energy healing the same as REIKI?

Reiki is a specific type of energy healing focused on channeling life force energy through the hands supported with the optional use of symbols. There are many other variations of energy healing, which have their own unique technique, such as pranic healing, crystal healing, Quantum healing, acupuncture, qigong. There are also many different types of Reiki itself. All have a similar purpose of balancing the energetic body of a person.

In sessions with me, I do not follow a specific school but do what I am guided to in the moment, primarily focusing on channelling light for relaxation and expansion, to harness your life force in order to achieve balance in your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies, to activate and awaken any dormant memory / DNA. Connecting with your energy body, sensing its vibrations and nuances, I assist the client to attune to a higher vibration and more peaceful state. This can help to remove blockages, balance the chakras, and stimulate the free flow of energy throughout the system. It is by no means a substitute for any other treatments, but complimentary. You may feel nothing or you may feel everything.

Can I do energy healing on myself?

Yes, Yes and YES! In fact, it is highly valuable. You can practice clearing your own energy field every day. This is often a part of any training taken on the subject also. It is so easy for our own systems to get clogged up with the regular goings-on of a busy day, and through multiple interactions with various people, so it is a good daily practice. Check out my self care tips to start and my YouTube Channel for some guided meditations.

How do I know if I am a healer?

In my experience, everyone has the potential to heal, it is simply whether or not you gravitate towards this domain if you will become one in a professional capacity. If you feel the call, by all means, explore. We all have the capacity, and if there is a nudge to explore, that’s a good sign. On a personal level, absolutely you can work on your mental and emotional bodies to begin a healing process.

I hope you enjoyed this read!! If you have any further questions, feel free to post them at the bottom.

Thanks,

Jane