Energy Field Work

Energy; it surrounds everyone and everything on the planet. The earth gives off magnetic and gravitational fields that are no less real just because they are not perceived by the naked eye. In fact, other than acceleration, science still can not “see” gravitational fields with any instrumentation, yet every scientist at NASA will tell you it definitely exists. The same is true about the human body. The human body is constantly undergoing chemical reactions and producing electrical impulses, heat, and movement. The same body also produces energy waves, fields, or auras the same way that the Earth produces gravity fields.

Energy Field Work seeks to manipulate and re-align these fields for the benefit of a person’s physical and mental health. This energy is a field in the psychic continuum that allows the person to function properly in the world; when their spiritual energy and physical energy is diverted, the imbalance can cause physical disorders and mental afflictions. Diversions such as injuries, illnesses, and imbalances in the metabolic rate can, and do, affect the wellbeing of a person dramatically and in ways that can be measured (but not explained) by Western medicine.

The idea of Energy Field Work is thousands of years old. Ancient Chinese Energy Field Work theorized the existence of Qi (also called “Chi”) which is the flow of energy through and from a person’s body. Like water flowing into a pond, the energy of Qi flows into and out of the human body creating rhythms and balance. The theory of the interrelation of body parts, elements, and energy fields have all been utilized in traditional Chinese medicine to successfully treat a range of ailments and to promote wellbeing for the entire arc of human history.

Similarly, Indian philosophers developed their own theory of bodily energy flows which they called Chakras. These are points in the body through which energies of different types flowed. Like the Chinese, the Indian spiritual Energy Field Workers believed that proper balance in the Chakras brought about not only health in the individual, but enlightenment as well. Energy Field Work in ancient Indian society flourished and became the basis for much of Indian medicine through much of its history, until Western medicine was brought by British administrators and colonialists.

Even European doctors through the Renaissance and into the modern era believed and practiced medicine on a type of Energy Field Work which they called “humours.” It was believed that these fluids in the body caused many of the afflictions affecting humanity; the energy given off by these humours could cause nausea, insanity, hysteria, stomach problems, ulcers, and a litany of disorders that early physicians attempted to treat by manipulation of energy.

Today, Energy Field Work works not to create miracle cures, but as a health-supporting methodology which promotes bodily and psychic harmony. Practitioners utilize the body’s energy fields in subtle and profound ways to alleviate a range of problems from addition and overeating to pain management and physical therapy for patients all across the country.

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