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
Some massage therapists incorporate energy techniques into their massage practices. Here I provide a brief description of some types of energy healing, with links to more detailed articles.
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 using simple hands-on techniques and the breath.
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 practitioner uses the hands as a focus to facilitate the healing process.
ThetaHealing uses thought and prayer to connect to Creation and healing.
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Vibrational Medicine 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.