Energy Healing
What is Energy Healing?
Energy healing can refer to any number of modalities where the subtle energy systems of the body are intentionally accessed in order to assist in the increase in health, vitality and wellbeing of the client or patient. Since everything is made up of energy, it stands to reason that the vibrancy of the energy system (also known as the Aura or Human Energy Field) of each person plays a vital role in how they feel and function on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.
The subtle energy system of living beings (yes, plants and animals too!) can be affected in so many ways and indeed, much of the disease and poor health we come to experience may be brought about by energetic stimulus, be it internally or externally created. Our environment has an energetic impact. Our food, our exercise and our thoughts all contribute to our ‘aura’ or energy body and in the same manner, we can intentionally influence this subtle system for our holistic healing, through sound, movement, meditation, prayer, breathwork and any number of mindful energy healing techniques.
While it is certainly possible and powerful to access these healing methods for ourselves, as is often the case it can also be very beneficial to have a trained guide and mentor for assistance on this path. Finding the right person to share your journey with can have an immediate and lasting impact on your holistic experience.
How do I work with the Human Energy Field?
My practice began almost fifteen years ago when I started to work with Reiki energy. My guidance since then has taken me through exploration and study of Earth Based Energy Healing from the Barbara Brennan tradition and Trans-personal Spiritual Counseling, through Healer’s Forum in Los Angeles. I have also studied Yoga philosophy, asana and pranayama, as well as the discipline of years or martial arts training, which all blend seamlessly into this work. However, even with the years of study and continued zest for book and classroom learning, much of my practical healing methodology comes through hands on spiritual guidance. For which I am profoundly grateful, awe-struck and continually humbled.
Who benefits from Energy Healing?
Anyone can benefit from Energy Healing! Though often those who gravitate towards this work are the people who have been let down by western medicine or who need additional support that isn’t provided through mainstream therapies. Or those people who already recognize the subtle levels of healing that are necessary to create the lasting changes they are looking for in their lives.
This work is not a placebo, it is a call to take back control of our lives and our wellbeing at the most fundamental level possible. It takes great courage and self-compassion to answer this call for ourselves and I am honored to be able to walk side by side with those remarkable souls who undertake this journey.
What can you expect from an Energy Healing session with me?
We will usually start an introductory session with some background about your health, a good cup of tea, an energetic evaluation and ‘hands on table work’ to begin to address whatever you would like to shift in your life. ‘Hands on healing’ usually takes place on a massage table with the client fully clothed, comfortably covered with a light blanket. Where Reiki is performed with the practitioner’s hands a little above the client, resting within the energy field, ‘Hands on Healing’ or Earth Based Energy Healing involves the practitioner making light contact with the client’s physical body. I use both techniques in my practice depending on the needs and comfort of my clients.
Sometimes sound is indicated as an appropriate method of creating healing shifts in the field and part of the session may include toning, use of singing bowls or other instruments. I also leave room for the completely unexpected and spiritually inspired, where the healing magic really takes flight!
Healing does not stop when you leave the therapy room and I always encourage my clients to write down, draw, paint or journal their experiences following a session, and if called to, to email me their updates, insights, progress and questions.