After an impressive career as a scientist specializing in cell biology and biophysics, Jim Oschman began exploring complementary therapies. His discoveries led him to believe that living energy fields exist and could help restore proper bodily function.
Easy-to-understand coverage makes the theory behind this multidisciplinary subject simpler and provides detailed, coherent explanations. In this edition’s NEW chapters Regulatory Energetics and Intuition expand the field even further.
What Is Energy Medicine?
Energy medicine uses natural remedies and therapies to assist your body in healing itself, feeling better, and becoming more balanced. While Western medicine typically focuses on physical ailments, energy medicine addresses their deeper root causes by activating natural healing abilities of the body and restoring weak or disturbed energies – providing relief to mind, immunity, strength and spiritual development.
Scientific evidence supports the concept that humans comprise an energy field which encompasses our physical body, emotions and spirit. Energy medicine practices and modalities include music/sound healing, therapeutic touch, Reiki, craniosacral therapy, qigong and acupuncture as energy therapies used to complement traditional healthcare and produce positive client results.
This comprehensive text marks a groundbreaking in energy medicine as an alternative healthcare model, providing easy-to-understand coverage on its mechanisms and application in areas such as biology and quantum physics research. Well-established studies from these fields are detailed clearly throughout.
This book presents an integrative approach to energy medicine and illustrates its connections to various healthcare disciplines such as acupuncture, osteopathy, therapeutic touch and veterinary medicine. Furthermore, trauma energetics and energy psychology as well as mechanisms that support intuition in medicine are covered extensively by its authors.
No matter if your goal is to use energy medicine at home to better your own health or help others heal, this text will inspire you to explore more fully the incredible power of our energy systems and find out more ways they can help us achieve true balance and live our lives to their fullest.
How Does Energy Medicine Work?
Energy healing involves balancing your body’s energetic fields or “life force.” It includes techniques such as massage therapy, chakra balancing and sound healing – providing holistic results that last.
Most energy medicine modalities, including therapeutic touch and Reiki, involve practitioners assessing a client’s energy field before using various techniques to rebalance it. Other energy healing techniques may include meditation-based Qigong for shifting imbalances of energy flow or using electrotherapy in combination with conventional medical treatments like acupuncture or electrotherapy to speed and deepen healing processes.
Energy healing rests on the principle that our health and wellbeing are determined by how energy flows freely throughout our bodies and world. According to energy theory, external forces such as stress or illness or injury can influence this flow, while internal factors like beliefs or emotions could alter it as well.
As science gains more insight into the subtle energy systems surrounding our physical bodies, new discoveries are being made regarding how energy medicine can complement traditional healthcare to achieve optimal health. One such discovery is acupuncture’s effectiveness at relieving pain and decreasing inflammation; neuroimaging studies indicate it relaxes areas of the brain responsible for physical discomfort while activating those responsible for rest and recovery.
On a related note, new research in quantum physics demonstrates that energy that circulates throughout our bodies and the universe may be more closely interwoven than previously imagined – this theory of a unified field is revolutionizing how we view the world and ourselves within it.
Though energy healing offers numerous advantages, there are certain precautions you must be mindful of prior to engaging in an energy treatment session. Consult with your physician prior to beginning any energy medicine treatments if you have serious health conditions; additionally, certain energy healing treatments can cause adverse interactions with certain prescription medications and should always be discussed prior to undertaking energy healing treatments.
Why Is Energy Medicine Important?
Energy Medicine is an approach to healing that utilizes ancient and time-tested practices such as Reiki, massage therapy, acupuncture, sound therapy and meditation to enhance our bodies natural healing system. Through methods such as these practices can assist the human body’s innate healing mechanisms while creating positive client outcomes.
Energy medicine rests on a belief that each human contains an energy system which connects our physical bodies, emotions and spirits. Different health and wellness modalities like therapeutic touch, music/sound healing, Reiki, craniosacral therapy, qigong and acupuncture work to stimulate these fields, balance energy flow and bring homeostasis to all areas of body functioning.
Practitioners of energy healing believe that illness stems from disruptions in our human energy field (or biofield), which surrounds us by eight feet and contains various vibrational frequencies such as heat, magnetism, photons and electromagnetic energies – known as chi or prana. Energy medicine practitioners promote the idea that by rebalancing one’s energy one can alleviate pain, insomnia and early signs of aging as well as treat and prevent disease.
Energy medicine operates under the assumption that physical structure and biochemistry of our bodies are determined by energy systems that have evolved as part of biological and spiritual evolution, while intuition plays an integral part of this practice as it serves as a guidance mechanism for healing.
Energy healing should not replace conventional medical care; rather, it should supplement it and offer holistic options as part of an overall approach to healthcare. It’s important to remember this distinction between holistic approaches to your wellness and traditional medical treatments.
Janna Moll founded Energy Medicine Specialists (EMS), an organization offering beginner to advanced courses in energy disciplines, including NCCA accreditation for several of them she taught as well as serving on Ethics, Curriculum, and Certification boards/committees for these modalities. Additionally, she had extensive training across numerous energy disciplines as well as holistic practices like psychotherapy and coaching as well as publishing texts, newsletters and articles about energy healing.
What Can I Do With Energy Medicine?
Energy medicine modalities such as Reiki, meditation, Qigong (taichi), massage and spiritual healing all belong to energy medicine modalities. These therapies work by activating the subtle energy system and rebalancing energy centres within your physical body to stimulate its natural ability to heal itself, supporting immune health by balancing hormones while relieving stress, encouraging relaxation and providing inner peace – they’re great tools to use when managing chronic illnesses such as insomnia depression anxiety PMS etc.
Energy healers employ various modalities in their treatments depending on a client’s individual needs and desired outcomes. Some therapies transcend time and space; for instance, Reiki works best when practitioners place their hands over or near clients; any tingly sensation experienced may be resistance to energy flow and should simply be allowed to pass.
Energy medicine offers an alternative, holistic solution for chronic health issues; but its preventive advantages have become increasingly sought after as well. Reiki and other relaxation therapies, for instance, have been shown to boost immunity while managing chronic conditions like depression and anxiety more effectively. Furthermore, energy work may help improve sleep quality, decrease cortisol levels and reduce PMS symptoms.
Energy medicine is rapidly progressing with advances in quantum physics revealing that everything in our universe, including our bodies, plants and even devices like yours reading this text — including ourselves — are composed of vibratory particles connected by invisible forms of energy that vibrate through electromagnetic waves connecting everything in it all. Now scientists are investigating what role invisible forms of energy play in daily lives as evidenced by studies on intentional vibration-based healing and higher consciousness.
