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 Traditional Chinese Medicine, an ancient system of medicine based on a non-Western model of the body that recognizes energy (qi/chi/ki). Acupuncturists insert tiny needles into acupuncture points on the surface of the body to restore balance to the body's life energy. Acupressure uses finger or hand pressure to accomplish the same purposes. It has been widely researched by Western scientists and found to be effective for many physical problems.
Brennan Healing Science®
On Barbara Brennan's website, Brennan Healing Science® is described as being "a hands-on healing system based on the Human Energy-Consciousness System and its relationship to optimum health." Brennan Healing Science is based on a highly developed conceptual and philosophical framework. The Barbara Brennan School of Healing, established in 1982 in Florida (U.S), is a specialized college for the study of "hands-on healing and personal transformation." People who are listed on the school's website have received extensive training. Barbara Brennan is the author of the energy healing classics Hands of Light and Light Emerging. (I highly recommend both books if you are interested in learning to do energy healing yourself.)
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. She is the author of the energy healing classic, Energy Medicine, and teaches workshops all over the world. The form of energy healing she teaches works with meridians, chakras, and the aura, as well as five other energy systems that she perceives: the basic grid, the Celtic weave, the five rhythms, triple warmer, and the radiant circuits. Of all the types of energy healing that I am aware of, Donna Eden's most emphasizes and teaches self-care. It's very practical, and geared both toward alleviating physical symptoms and building energetic health. Both her classic book, Energy Medicine, and her website www.innersource.com, are packed with practical, useful information and highly recommended. Her information-packed website is www.innersource.net.
EFT
EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is a meridian-based form of energy healing that combines needle-free acupuncture with mind-body medicine. Certain meridian points are stimulated by tapping on them with the fingertips to address emotional issues that contribute to emotional stress as well as physical ailments. There is a very easy basic "recipe" that can be learned in minutes. You can download the basic EFT manual for free at www.emofree.com.
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
Founded by Janet Mentgen, RN, Healing Touch came out of the licensed nursing community in the U.S. in the 1980s. It is probably the most administrative and bureaucratic of the well-known types of energy healing. You can be sure that a certified Healing Touch Practitioner has been through a standardized curriculum. Healing Touch practitioners also have a strong support organization. Perhaps more than some other types of energy healing, its teachings focus on physical healing such as healing wounds and relieving pain. It also aims to promote relaxation, prevent illness and ease the dying process. Some 50,000 individuals worldwide have taken Healing Touch classes.
Quantum Touch
Similar to other forms of energy healing such as Healing Touch, but with a special focus on using the (practitioner's) breath to intensify treatment. Through breathing and body awareness exercises, practitioners focus and amplify their own energy. By cultivating this energetic resonance at a high(or refined) frequency, the practitioner aims to entrain the client's energy to a higher (i.e. healthier) level, thereby facilitating healing.
Reiki
Perhaps the most widely known form of energy work, Reiki is easy to learn and do, but can have powerful effects. It was started around 1914 in Japan by Dr. Mikao Usui, who received the knowledge of how to do it during a mystical experience. It is usually uses "laying on hands," with the practitioner's hands actually on the body of the client. Reiki uses specific hand positions, corresponding to organs and energy centers. Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but rather is "transferred" to the student through an "attunement" given by a Reiki master (teacher). This attunement allows the practitioner to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy," which they can use to improve their own and other's health and quality of life. Reiki does not depend on the practitioner's intellectual or spiritual capacity or state of development. There is no body of esoteric knowledge to be mastered. Once a practitioner is attuned, the healing energy just flows through her/his hands (when they are being used for healing.) There are now an estimated 500,000 Reiki Masters with as many as 3,000,000 people having been initiated into Reiki throughout the world.
Restorative Touch&trade
Restorative Touch&trade seeks to "support health, healing, and spiritual evolution." Restorative Touch&trade shares many facets of other types of energy healing models and yet is unique. While most types of energy healing channel or use external energy, Restorative Touch&trade uses the energetic resonance of the recipient's own highest potential, calibrating and aligning their body and field to that highest potential. Restorative Touch&trade also supports recipients in bringing their core essence fully through into the physical world. Restorative Touch&trade was developed by Daphne Michaels, founder and president of the Vibrational Health Institute. It is based on a model of reality and consciousness called the Vibrational Paradigm, a body of work created out of Michaels’ integrated view of psychology, philosophy, modern physics, and ancient spirituality. The Vibrational Health Institute's website is: www.vibrationalhealthinstitute.com . Restorative Touch&trade 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.
Your Kind of Energy Healing Not Listed Here?
If you practice a kind of energy healing that's not listed here and you'd like the world to know about it (or if you'd like to 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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