Why Energy Healing is Becoming Less Unconventional

The concept of energy healing is not highly regarded by modern science, and yet it is a wellness principle utilized by millions of people on a daily basis. Anyone who practices martial arts, Reiki, tai chi, and even yoga is participating in an activity linked to energy healing.

The principle is based on a concept that dates back thousands of years, and it originally came from Asia; likely India or China. The idea that the human body has a flow of energy that can be manipulated is one of the founding tenets of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Good health requires this energy to be moving freely. When it is blocked, then illness can result.

Ways to stimulate the energy flow have been developed through the centuries. These include such things as massage, specific exercises and even more methods that may seem unconventional to us, such as psychic healing and the use of crystals or gemstones.

Both the Chinese and the Indian systems believe that different energy centers in different parts of the body control different emotions. In TCM, these body centers correspond to acupuncture or acupressure points, while in Indian medicine they are called chakras, the Hindu word for wheel. For example, attention to the fifth or neck chakra is believed to have an effect on wisdom.

Basic to nearly all forms of energy healing is the human breath, and being aware of how a person breathes in and out. When doing yoga exercises, the way you breathe is nearly as important as the placement of the body in its various postures and stretches. An even more dramatic example is how Zen monks focus on their breath when they meditate and can accomplish nearly miraculous control of their body temperature that they withstand freezing temperatures without suffering hypothermia.

So incontrovertible are some of these ancient energy healing traditions that they are now, albeit slowly, being not only recognized by but assimilated into modern western medicine. One good example of this is acupuncture, which was once only joked about by medical doctors but now is being prescribed by them.

At last, training courses are becoming available at some of the leading colleges and universities in the country, with studies in such modalities as massage, Reiki and acupressure having moved closer to the mainstream of modern life.

As time passes and an even greater number of individuals have benefited from energy healing, it surely will shed its somewhat shady reputation and evolve into the commonplace realm of daily living.

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