Types of Energy Healing:
Finding the Right One For You
There many types of energy healing--I can't possibly list them all here. My goal here is to give very brief overviews of some of the more widely known kinds. If you're a practitioner of a kind of energy healing not discussed here, you can use the form at the bottom of the page to submit information about it.
Acupuncture/Acupressure
Acupuncture and acupressure are part of an ancient and sophisticated system of healing based on a non-Western model of the body. They work to balance subtle energy (chi, ki, or qi) as it flows through the body's meridian system.
You can get a brief overview of acupuncture here .
Brennan Healing Science®
Barbara Brennan is a well-known author and teacher of energy healing with a well-established school in Florida. Learn more about Barbara Brennan and Brennan Healing Science here .
Donna Eden's Energy Medicine
Donna Eden is one of the world's most widely respected healers and a pioneer in bringing the methods of energy medicine to the public. Learn more about Donna Eden's form of energy healing here.
EFT
EFT, or Emotional Freedom Techniques®, is an easily learned meridian-based form of energy healing that combines needle-free acupuncture with mind-body medicine. Learn more about Emotional Freedom Techniques® here.
Energy-Focused Bodywork
All bodywork (massage) has an impact on your energy. However, some kinds are intentional about it. Lomi lomi, Trager, shiatsu, and cranio-sacral therapy are examples of some that consciously work with energy.
Healing Touch
Healing Touch came out of the licensed nursing community in the U.S. in the 1980s. There are many Healing Touch practitioners in the U.S., and the well-developed HT community holds them to high standards. Learn more about Healing Touch here.
Laura Alden Kamm
Laura Alden Kamm is an expert in intuition, intuitive development, and using intuition for healing. Learn more about Laura Alden Kamm here.
Polarity Therapy
Polarity Therapy, developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, DO, DC, ND (1890-1981), is based upon the energetic principles of attraction, repulsion and neutrality. Like many forms of energy healing, Polarity Therapy seeks to find blockages, release energy to normal flow patterns and maintain the energy field in an open, flexible state. PT can involve diet, exercise and self-awareness as well as energy-based bodywork that works with three main currents of energy. Learn more about Polarity Therapy here.
Pranic Healing
Pranic Healing, developed and taught by Master Choa Kok Sui, uses prana or life energy to heal physical ailments. Its basic principle seem to be cleansing the body of "dirty" energy and replacing it with prana. Learn more about Pranic Healing here.
Quantum Touch®
Quantum Touch has a special focus on using the practitioner's breath to intensify treatment. Practitioners aim to facilitate healing by cultivating their own energy and entraining the client's energy to this higher (healthier) level. Learn more about Quantum Touch here.
Reiki
Perhaps the most widely known form of energy work, Reiki is easy to learn and do, but can have powerful effects. Learn more about Reiki healing here.
Restorative Touch™
Restorative Touch&trade is a unique and powerful form of energy healing that works on a resonance model to "support health, healing, and spiritual evolution." Practitioners are highly trained and held to high standards via strict certification and licensing processes. Learn more about Restorative Touch™ here. (Full disclosure: I am a licensed and certified Restorative Touch™ practitioner.) Restorative Touch™ is a trademark and service mark owned by the Vibrational Health Institute.
Shamanic Healing
Shamanic healers conduct energy from the spiritual realm, calling upon spiritual helpers such as power animals or other spiritual forces. Shamanic healing is used to treat a range of emotional and physical illnesses.
ThetaHealing™
The ThetaHealing website describes this technique as focusing on thought and prayer, relying on God/Source to do the actual healing. As described by practitioner Donald Simon, the practitioner goes into a theta brain wave state (deep meditative), asks for a healing from God (or Source) and then witnesses the healing. ThetaHealing holds that instantaneous physical and emotional healing are possible. Learn more about ThetaHealing here.
If you practice one of the types of energy healing that's not listed here and you'd like the world to know about it (or if you'd like to add to or correct something already listed), please take the time to tell me about it using the form below.Please keep it short and sweet--about 100 words or less in one or two paragraphs--totally informational and non-commercial. I can't promise to accept every submission, but I will consider each one. If you include your full name, I'll publish it too if I publish your paragraph. I promise to use your email only to contact you about your submission. (If you don't include your email, and I have questions or need clarification, I won't be able to publish your submission.) Thanks so much for helping to spread the word about the different types of energy healing!
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