Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine
Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine (SEEM) is an emerging field that explores the body’s untapped healing energies – meridians, chakras and biofield.
These energies, often referred to as qi (che), prana, kundalini, cosmic aether, animal magnetism and archaeus by modern science, are slowly being acknowledged and accepted into its folds.
What is EM?
Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine is an emerging field of health care that operates under the belief that our bodies’ energetic system can be modified to diagnose and treat illnesses, while certain techniques can enhance overall well-being by balancing this energy system. It combines time-tested theories and methodologies with intuitive knowledge of energetic harmony for its success.
Subtle energy can be defined as invisible forces that interact with physical reality and are imperceptible to humans or five senses. Practitioners believe these intangible energies can heal by acting as catalysts for personal and spiritual self-perfection. Many cultures believe in subtle energies; Polynesians referred to mana while Hindus had Kundalini while Chinese medicine recognized qi (“breath” or vital energy”).
Over recent decades, concepts of subtle energy have become a cornerstone of alternative therapies and spiritual self-cultivation practices. Additionally, subtle energies have had a tremendous effect on music, art and cinematography; additionally they have been integrated into healing esoteric techniques and ecological/political movements.
Although Western medicine remains divided on this matter, evidence accumulating has forced Western doctors to recognize that there is more to health and illness than simply biological factors. Stress researchers like Hans Selye have helped lead Western medicine toward accepting that mind/body interactions could play an integral part in understanding physiologic change.
Due to an explosion of interest in this new paradigm, scientists are developing techniques that provide objective evidence of these subtle energies and their effect on physiology. This new field, sometimes referred to as biofield science, represents an avenue towards the goal of integrating traditional healing methods with contemporary healthcare delivery systems. In this article we’ll look at the anatomy of a subtle body as well as healing traditions which utilise invisible energies for healing purposes and the mechanisms by which invisible forces influence physiological change.
Why is EM important?
Energy influences everything we experience – be it positive or negative energy. Perhaps you have observed someone’s positive vibe ‘lift the room’ or found that your relationship was draining due to negative vibes that clung like parasites.
Modern research into the mind-body connection has forced biomedical science to recognize that there is more to health and illness than meets the eye or ear. Gradually, allopathic medicine has begun expanding beyond its mechanistic paradigm by including ancient healing practices which utilize invisible healing energies – these energetic phenomena are commonly known as “energy medicine” or “biofield science.”
All EM practitioners utilize subtle energy fields to assess and treat energetic imbalances within the body to restore homeostasis (balance). Their therapies rely on the principle that the human biofield serves as an information system which communicates with hormones, peptides, neurotransmitters, cells tissues organs systems in our physical bodies via electromagnetic waves – similar to light and sound signals.
Information transfer is at the root of our feelings, beliefs, and behaviors. When the flow of this vital field becomes impaired, health and well-being suffer. Energy medicine uses quantum physics principles to restore equilibrium within this vital space.
With a device such as the BioCharger(tm), these energies are pulsed into your energy field at low levels to act on individual cells and accelerate detoxification, circulation, immune function, energy flow and restore homeostasis in your biofield.
Scholarly Journal of Consciousness, Healing & Human Potential Explores subtle energies, energy medicine & non-physical informational systems interacting with human bodies & psyche. This site includes 21 years of publication – volumes 1-21. Articles can be freely accessed in “Archives”. Additionally this article presents a four quadrant map of subtle energies from mystics saints yogis healers to contemporary Western scientists with leading edge research studies pertaining to subtle energies.
How is EM used?
Traditional healing practices rely on energy to improve circulation, oxygen flow and energy levels to promote healing. Healers use their sense and manipulation of this invisible, nonphysical force to release blockages and restore balance; working also with underlying energies which cause disease or illness in their clients. Science is just beginning to understand its impact on human cells and life itself.
EM practitioners use light, frequencies and voltage to interact with the body’s energies to optimize cellular function and balance this energy system. These low-energy pulsed fields resemble the electromagnetic fields we feel every day from Earth’s earthing connection and play an integral part of the biofield that connects physical to nonphysical bodies.
Energy forms that support life are known variously as chi (pronounced “chee”), ki, the four humors, prana and other names. Their existence dates back centuries in various ancient traditions; since the 1960s this concept of vital energy has become central to alternative medicine and complementary and integrative health practices as an element that supports life itself.
Healers with the ability to recognize subtle energy fields, harnessing and channelling them for therapeutic use have existed since antiquity. Unfortunately, scientific validation for their therapies by Western medicine methods has never occurred and their mechanisms remain unknown.
However, experimental and empirical research in electromagnetic fields is beginning to shed some light on these phenomena. Thanks to advanced technologies, scientists are now able to measure the impact of prayer, touch or other energetic interventions on our energy field – and these discoveries have opened up new pathways for investigating how energy influences both our mental processes and physiological makeup.
This paper will assess the current state of knowledge in this emerging area of research, and propose various mechanisms by which energy could affect biological processes to cause physiological change. We’ll start by exploring the anatomy of subtle energy systems such as meridians, chakras and biofields before reviewing several representative electromagnetic (EM) techniques in order to identify which structures they affect within these subtle bodies.
What are the benefits of EM?
Acupuncturists and other energy healing practitioners believe that balancing one’s energies can help heal physical conditions as well as alleviate emotional traumas, as well as identify any early indicators of disease and aging. Many practitioners and patients report success with using energy healing treatments for pain management, insomnia relief, depression reduction or to simply improve overall wellbeing.
Cultures spanning ancient to contemporary have long acknowledged an energy force they call “life energy”. Referred to by various names throughout traditions, such as chi, ki, prana, archaeus fluid universal fluid animal magnetism cosmic aether etc – this life force has now been scientifically researched and proven. At its core is electromagnetic information that unifies all living systems within our universe.
Modern energy medicine serves as an intermediary between traditional/allopathic medicine, which primarily treats symptoms (form), and subtle energy medicine, which focuses on deeper causes (energy). Recent experiments have demonstrated how PEMF therapy, acupuncture and other modalities such as meditation can affect cell ion channels, blood flow patterns and heart rate variability among other things; while research on telomeres and stem cells have demonstrated their effect in slowing down aging processes by relieving stress levels.
EM is designed to restore natural, healthy homeostasis of body systems through restoring coherence among their energetic informational patterns. Through touch or devices, it aims to balance biofield energy flows for improved health and well-being.
This journal covers experimental science, other empirical research, clinical papers, perspectives, and commentaries that address energy healing. This collection of overviews is tailored to meet the needs of experimental scientists, other empirical researchers, clinicians, theorists, healers and involved laypeople with serious interests in consciousness healing dynamics as well as human potential dynamics. Our goal with the journal is to facilitate discussion and debate around these topics.
