Practitioners believe that illness and stress can disrupt the flow of energy within the body, leading to physical symptoms as well as possible interference with endocrine and chakra systems.
Reiki and acupuncture treatments aim to interact with energy fields surrounding the human body; however, direct measurement of these subtle energies is impossible.
Subtle Energy
Subtle energy refers to unseen forces that influence balance and vitality in an unseen manner, such as Polynesian mana (which denotes supernatural powers), Sanskrit’s Kundalini and Prana (“breath” or “vital energy”) and China’s Qi (“breath,” or “vital force”). Furthermore, subtle energy includes concepts like Franz Mesmer’s Fluidum or Wilhelm Reich’s Orgone which communicate mind over matter as well as vibrations communicating mind over body/material reality as well as general notion that exists an universal life energy force.
The idea that everything in the universe consists of formless energy has had an immense influence on modern esoteric discourse and practices. This belief has informed alternative healing modalities, spiritual self-cultivation movements, music videos, films and visual arts projects alike.
Energy permeates our lives and physical environment in many forms, from living things and their environments, to our bodies and psyches themselves. Energy provides information that determines when atoms join together into an apple, thumb or raindrop; giving our lives meaning. Furthermore, it allows our thoughts, emotions and beliefs to interact and impact health outcomes.
Energy medicine therapy holds that illness results from blockages or imbalances in a person’s natural flow of vital life energy, with practitioners employing various means such as acupuncture, acupressure, and reiki to restore it. Healers may use their own innate healing energy to intensify this healing potential further.
Though scientific instruments cannot yet measure subtle energy, centuries of tradition and client experiences, as well as new findings in fields like telomeres and stem cells demonstrate its existence. Furthermore, we now understand that our bodies hold vast stores of knowledge – subtle energy healing methods can help access this data so we can heal ourselves internally.
By practicing grounding and protection techniques such as meditation, you can increase your sensitivity to energetic shifts and foster self-awareness for improved interactions with others. Meditation also strengthens intuition and sense of wellbeing while energy healing modalities like sound healing can provide additional healing effects.
Cellular VPs
Cells produce voltage potentials (VPs) across membranes to control ion flux and modulate cell function. A cell membrane is composed of opposing layers of fats called phospholipids; their polar head groups interact electrostatically with negatively charged transmembrane channels that generate an electric gradient that drives voltage potential generation.
Studies have shown that healthy cells contain reserve VPs which can boost their Stateapparent value and prevent cell degeneration, suggesting there may be an underlying mechanism for maintaining health and wellness in place. One such mechanism involves class E vps proteins recognizing these reserves to regulate cell degradation processes such as autophagy.
When the Stateapparent falls due to cancer, neurodegeneration, or ageing; bioenergetic capacity decreases and quality of cell life declines significantly. When this happens, energy medicine (EM) modalities restore equilibrium by modulating subtle energies within the human energy field (HEF).
Resonance can help achieve this aim, by unlocking beneficial vibration frequencies to replace those which have become blocked, thus providing relief. Acutonics, for instance, uses calibrated tuning forks based on planet orbital properties of planets such as the Sun to harmonize and balance body’s energy field (HEF), thus returning it back to a state of balance and wellbeing.
Endocrine/Chakra Systems
Chakras produce energy vortices that form energy vortexes that link organ cellular systems together to form an information network. Each chakra corresponds with one or more specific endocrine glands – from solar plexus chakra and pancreas, throat chakra and thyroid, crown chakra and pituitary to crown chakra and pituitary, each one has unique attributes and functions; recent research supports possible links between endocrine system energy and chakra energies.
The root chakra (muladhara) serves as the foundation of our being. It relates to our sense of survival and grounding through its connection to adrenal glands responsible for healthy stress responses, and also corresponds with feelings of stability and self-worth. Imbalances here may lead to emotional distress, feelings of lack of personal power or low self-esteem; unbalance can manifest as physical symptoms like backaches or neck ache.
Svadhisthana or sacral chakra is associated with emotions such as joy and passion, sexual functions and our ability to express ourselves, emotional relationships between people and with the universe, digestive issues and reproductive disorders as well as depression when blocked; opening or activating this chakra promotes balanced hormones, deep spirituality and increased awareness.
Kirlian photography and biofield mapping suggest subtle energy fields exist and support ancient texts of mind-body connection, while psychoneuroimmunology proves their existence through research on how the endocrine system communicates with immune and nervous systems via energy centers in our bodies. A combination of healthy diet, regular exercise and mindful practices like meditation, chanting or yoga can help balance chakras to promote optimal endocrine function and help ensure optimal endocrine function.
Mind-Body Medicine
Mindpower gives individuals the ability to alter some of the seemingly involuntary processes in the brain and body that impact stress hormone levels, pain responses and immune function.
Relaxation, meditation, prayer, yoga and tai chi are among many traditional healing techniques which involve mind-body interactions to reduce stress, reduce overproduction of stress hormones and improve resilience against physical, emotional and spiritual challenges.
Mind-body therapies are predominantly utilized as self-care methods, with only 20.5% of users seeing a practitioner within the past year. Yet 88.9% reported visiting their physician and discussing their use of mind-body techniques with them during that same timeframe.
An increasing body of research supports the hypothesis that our brain and nervous systems are inextricably linked to our physical bodies. When facing mental or emotional challenges like fear or anxiety, our nervous systems send signals to organ structures within our body telling them we require repair work, which may manifest physically as energy imbalance.
Mind-body techniques such as biofeedback, hypnosis, psychotherapy, relaxation exercises and guided imagery can assist individuals in making positive changes and thus improving overall health. Some therapies, like BodyTalk, incorporate the philosophy that various states of consciousness exist within each endocrine/organ/body part and that when these aspects of an individual become imbalanced (for instance communication, self-expression, giving activity metabolism etc), these may cause symptoms in that area of their bodies.
Mind-body therapies may be underused for chronic pain and insomnia with proven benefits; while overused for conditions like coronary artery disease, headaches, disease- and treatment-related symptoms of cancer. Clinicians can assist both their patients and the health care system as a whole by setting realistic expectations about mind-body modalities and by referring appropriately clinical situations to professional mind-body therapists.
