Energy Healing Techniques

Everything is energy, so all healing ultimately involves energy. Energy healing specifically promotes healing by enhancing energy flow and correcting disturbances in the "human energy field." Improving the flow of energy supports the self-healing capacity of the body.

Here I provide just a brief description of energy healing techniques, with a links to other Web sites where you can find more detailed information.

A good book that describes eight systems of energy, and includes exercises you can do for yourself, is Donna Eden's Energy Medicine.

Healing Touch is a holistic energy therapy that emphasizes compassionate, heart-centered cared in which the provider uses gentle, non-invasive touch to influence and support the human energy system within and surrounding the body.

Jin Shin Jyutsu® is an ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the body.

Polarity Therapy views health as a reflection of the condition of the energy field. Therapeutic methods designed to balance the field for health benefit involve energy-based bodywork, diet, exercise, and self-awareness.

Quantum Touch uses breathing and body awareness exercises to focus and amplify life-force energy.

Reiki is an ancient Japanese Healing Art that channels energy through the hands.

Therapeutic Touch is an intentionally directed process of energy exchange during which the practtioner uses the hands as a focus to facilitate the healing process.

More Books

Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance by James L. Oschman, Ph.D.

Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, MD, is a comprehensive guide to energetic healing. The book explores the actual science of etheric energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein's physics of energy.

Energy Healing Web Sites

Barbara Brennan School of Energy Healing

The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine