Energy healing is based on the concept that at our core human beings are in constant vibration, each with unique electromagnetic waves. Practitioners of energy healing training methods believe that physical health problems, emotional distress, and even financial difficulties can be traced back to energy imbalances or blockages. 

As people go through the stress of life, they may experience energetic disruptions in the body that could lead to physical, emotional, or spiritual problems. Fortunately, modern Western medicine isn’t the only solution to combating these issues. Energy healing tools have been used for centuries to help people recover from illnesses, traumatic experiences, and other afflictions. 

Your Go-To Beginner’s Guide for Energy Healing

Have you always had a natural inclination to help others? Are you interested in learning more about natural, traditional means of healing? Do you want to ease the pain and suffering of others but aren’t drawn to traditional Western medicine?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, consider learning more about energy healing. In this go-to beginners guide to energy healing, you’ll gain the basic knowledge needed to jump-start your journey in the holistic healing field.

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What is Energy Healing?

Energy healing is a broad term used to describe a variety of holistic healing techniques that use the natural mind-body connection to promote emotional and physical well-being. By accessing, channeling, balancing, and manipulating the body’s natural energy centers, energy healing techniques may help support health.

When you think about what the human body is made of, what comes to mind? Flesh and blood? Bones and sinews? While these answers aren’t necessarily wrong, many people are surprised to learn that we are actually beings made of…. Wait for it… Energy!

The human body is pulsing with energy. In fact, when you get right down to the most minute part of us, the subatomic “particles” that make up the atom, you will see that we are literally made of pure energy. Not only that, but everything we do – from the breaths we take to the thoughts we think to the actions we make – they are all powered by electrical signals running through our bodies. Energy healing is a noninvasive, holistic practice that manipulates, channels, and balances these energies to keep the mind, body, and spirit as healthy and grounded as possible. While the core purpose of energy healing techniques is to maintain and restore the body’s flow of energy, an emphasis is commonly placed on solving problems relating to emotional, spiritual, and physical ailments.

People who practice energy healing embrace the fact that everything is made of energy, including our bodies. As energy beings, our bodies are connected to the earth and the rest of the universe in ways we cannot see. The energy of your body connects to the energy of everything around you, and one can influence the other. Without this unseen force, we wouldn’t have life. We need this constant flow of energy to keep our bodies, minds, and spirits alive and whole.

Energy healers would probably tell you that this energy flow is what makes physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual recovery possible. While we see and think of our bodies as flesh and bone, our physical bodies are only a small part of what we’re made of.  

While energy healing practices vary in methods and techniques, each is based on the idea that every aspect of the body is intimately connected to others and to the universe. Energy healing is based on connecting the subconscious and conscious, engaging the whole person to promote health and well-being. Unlike the prescription medications and invasive surgeries of conventional medical practices, energy healing methods combine powerful physical, mental, and spiritual aspects to enable the body’s natural healing ability.

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The History of Energy Healing

Einstein and his discovery of quantum physics solidified the fact our bodies are composed of energy fields. However, the concept and history of energy healing reach far beyond that – to the age of ancient Indians who, more than 5,000 years ago, referred to a singular, universal energy that powered every source of life. This energy was called Prana, or breath of life.

Traditional Chinese medicine introduced ancient energy practitioners to the body’s energy meridian system and the 7 chakras. Over the last century or so, modern scientists and physicists have discovered that these ancient people were onto something — in fact, everything is made of energy! Many medical practitioners are beginning to see and use the benefits of energy healing in their own practices. Hundreds of hospitals in the United States are now making Reiki available (one of the basic modalities of energy healing). 

In the third millennium B.C., the ancient Chinese people founded the belief that all matter is pulsing with the vital energy they called ch’i. This universal energy is composed of two opposing forces — yin and yang — that when balanced, promote optimal physical and mental health. The common holistic practice of acupuncture, for example, is designed to help balance the yin and yang energies in the body.

In recent (yet still historical) times, Dr. Wilhelm Reich further elaborated on a universal energy similar to prana, which he called orgone. It was Dr. Reich’s studies in the correlation between orgone flow and mental and physical illnesses that introduced us to the power of releasing harmful energy blocks or “trapped emotions.”

Today, energy healing practitioners continue to use these and other similar ideologies to help people access conscious and subconscious energies that may promote prime physical, emotional, and spiritual health.

How Does Energy Healing Work?

Energy healers believe that many, if not all of our health issues have roots in energy. At Discover Healing, we believe this wholeheartedly. An energy healing technique developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson, called the Emotion Code®, is based on the idea that emotions are made of energy too. And when you experience something difficult, those emotions have their own frequency of vibration. When these interact with your body, those vibrations may interfere with your body’s energy flow and even become lodged somewhere in your body. We call these energies trapped emotions. We believe they may be linked to any number of emotional, physical, or spiritual issues, including things like anxiousness, joint discomfort, sleep difficulties, and dysfunction in any area of the body. Luckily, these interfering energies are easy to release in a few steps.

As they affect the energy of our minds and bodies, the interplay of emotional and mental energies (including our own negative thoughts!) may create energetic blocks to our health, mental state, and personal development. Healing energy tools can help us take better care of our energetic bodies, enabling better health in our physical bodies as well. Through energy healing practices, interrupting energies can be removed, which may allow us to feel, think, and function better in myriad ways, and lead a happier, more fulfilling life.  

The mind is incredibly powerful. It’s common knowledge that our conscious mind — the part we know we are using daily — makes up only a small percentage of our brain capacity. We believe that both the smaller conscious mind and the infinitely greater subconscious mind have a direct connection to our body’s overall energy flow. Letting go of negativity on both a conscious and subconscious level could have a tremendous positive impact on your physical state, relationships, creativity, and abilities to attract the things you want in life. 

For example, let’s say you went through a divorce 20 years ago, and the feelings of abandonment, anger, or unworthiness never really left you. The literal energies of those emotions could still be trapped anywhere in your body (called trapped emotions). And now, anytime some other circumstance might lead you to feel those same feelings, you immediately feel more angry, abandoned, or unworthy because quite literally, part of you feels that way all the time. Once you release those trapped emotions, you may be able to break that cycle. This can be accomplished through energy healing training — specifically The Emotion Code.

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The Benefits of Energy Healing

One of the biggest benefits of energy healing is that it’s simple, and can be an amazing tool in anyone’s hands. Through energy healing training courses, anyone can be enabled to lead a happier and healthier life. When your energy is balanced, you may be better able to stay positive, even under tough conditions. This positivity and its energetic frequencies may help you relax, stay grateful, and maintain physical and emotional wellness. 

Other benefits of energy healing include:

  • Completely non-invasive
  • Can be done in person or from miles away
  • Sessions are gentle and pain-free
  • Cost-effective
  • Can be practiced on yourself and loved ones at home
  • No drug interactions
  • Can help you live happier, healthier, and with better relationships
  • May help you pinpoint an energetic root cause of your symptoms
  • Can easily help you remove imbalances that may be holding you back physically and emotionally

Energy Healing Training and Techniques: Types of Energy Healing

Thanks to the longstanding history of energy healing, today we have many different types of holistic practices that help to manipulate, restore, and balance the flow of energy throughout our bodies. Along with the Emotion Code and the Body Code™ (a deeper level of energy healing), there are a variety of other energy healing techniques that can be used independently of or in addition to traditional Western medicine. These include aura cleansing, chakra healing, magnetic healing, Reiki, acupuncture, acupressure, scanning, and many more. Some methods work in harmony with each other — for example, we use magnets in the Emotion Code and the Body Code. Some of the most common techniques include:

  • Pranic healing uses visualization and healing to identify imbalances, cleanse, and re-energize the body’s energy levels
  • Jing-Qi-Sten uses a closed-ended-question approach to work from the outside in to identify the root cause of pain and suffering. Once discerned, these problems will be extinguished through rhythmical breathing and aura movement.
  • Reiki was developed from ancient Tibetan wisdom and teachings and acts as a bridge between the patient and the divine. Through the use of hands-on healing, Reiki is proven to have powerful healing energies.

Energy healing is not meant to take the place of advice from a physician or licensed therapist. However, many people feel that energy healing can facilitate faster, easier recovery and even help reduce or avoid pharmaceuticals. Always discuss physical symptoms with your physician. Energy healing is completely non-invasive and may be a helpful addition to a medical treatment regimen. Working directly with the energy flow of your body and mind, your emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness may be improved.

Energy healing courses are not regulated by government oversight. State or federal licensing isn’t required, but in order to work as a professional energy practitioner, certain certifications may be required, as is the case with Level 1: Emotion Code and Level 2: Body Code

Many energy healing practitioners have extensive knowledge and background in alternative forms of medicine. There are many massage therapists, social workers, counselors, and even doctors or nurses who are also energy healers. Many energy practitioners may also have some type of medical license, but many do not. 

Starting Your Energy Healing Journey

Contrary to what some may say, you don’t have to be highly spiritual or privileged with rare skills and abilities to be an energy healer. Perhaps the simplest yet most powerful of all energy healing methods is The Emotion Code, which will teach you everything you need to discover the true power of energy healing, and which has allowed people all over the world to easily become certified as holistic healers. Start your healing journey, today.

If you believe energy healing might be right for you, we invite you to look into the Emotion Code and the Body Code, which may help you alleviate many types of discomfort and distress in the mind and body.