The Energetic Body

In particle form, the solid mass of the human body is composed of four types of tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve tissue. A closer examination of the epithelial tissue (skin), however, shows how the tissue is actually created by these superimposed energy fields.

First, observe the skin. Note the wrinkles, the fine hairs and the nail beds. Tap the table. Hear the sound and feel how solid it appears to be. Now, magnify the skin under a microscope. Magnified times 20,000, the solid mass of skin turns into a field of swarming cells. Greater magnification reveals the organelles within the cell. Continue to magnify to see that those organelles are composed of molecules.

Molecules are created when two or more atoms form chemical bonds with each other. Atoms are the basic building blocks of all matter. There are 90 naturally occurring atoms in the periodic table that combine to make everyday objects, such as a desk, the air and even the human body.

Now, magnify the atoms and observe the sub-atomic energy clouds that make up those atoms. These energy clouds are composed of a nucleus with a positively charged proton and neutrally charged neutron. Circling the nucleus are negatively charged electrons. Further magnification reveals other sub-atomic particles, such as quarks and gluons. Yet, these subatomic particles are not really particles but are instead units of energy with vast distances between each spinning electron making atoms 99.999999999 %empty space.

Therefore, closer examination of the epithelial tissue or skin, which appears very solid and in particle form, reveals it is 99.999999999 % empty space. In actuality, the hand is made up of superimposed dynamic energy in constant vibration and of consciousness.

This is what makes energy work possible.

Nothing rests. Everything vibrates. Everything, in some subtle way, moves.

Every living thing pulses with the flow of life force that pervades the universe. Life is movement. When this movement is disturbed, there is dis- ease. An excessive, deficient, or obstructed energy flow creates illness or abnormal function. In turn, a balanced energy flow promotes health.

Over time the body stores patterns of physical tension, stress and trauma. Additionally, the tissues store unresolved emotions, thoughts, beliefs, consciousness, fears and phobias. Together, these create long-standing stress patterns throughout the body that do not respond to traditional bodywork.

Energy Healing can unblock energy centers and rebalance your whole body. Energy medicine aims to help the flow of energy and remove blocks in similar ways to acupuncture. Improving the flow of energy around the body can enable relaxation, reduce pain, speed healing, and reduce symptoms of illness.

Why we need energy healing

If we want to understand energy work and our vital energy body, we need to think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

We have a physical body – a highly organized anatomical system and we have an energy body or spirit body. The energy part of ourselves is a highly perceptual system-both the transmitter and recorder of all our thoughts, interactions and experiences (both positive and negative). The emotional frequency from these experiences becomes encoded/imprinted in our body on a cellular level, influencing and altering the formation of our cell tissue which then generates a quality of energy that reflects these emotions. Everything from birth till present – all our past and present relationships, both personal and professional. Any profound emotional experience, traumatic event, all our memories, belief system and attitudes can carry an energetic frequency that entangles with our physical body systems. We are an entangled process and furthermore, we entangle with the energy of other minds, bodies, pollution, poor diet and the daily stressors of life. Good energy affects our matter in a good way and bad energy affects our matter in a bad way. Sometimes, there is enough bad energy that some of it gets completely and totally stuck in our matter permanently. It makes us feel bad. It lingers and colors our enjoyment of the present.

Because we weave our spirit, our Soul, our consciousness into everything we think, everything we feel, everyone we meet and everything we experience, the flow of energy within us and in our electromagnetic field around us can easily become dense, stuck and diminished. Our Spirit body then becomes sick and weak from disharmony and subsequently the quality of our lives, our relationships and the condition of our mental, emotional and physical well-being reflects that.Much like we practice personal hygiene, we need to practice “energy hygiene” – cleansing and purifying practices for our energy body, to maintain a sense of balance and support our overall well-being.