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Just What Is Energy Medicine and What Can It Do For Me?, by Linnie Thomas

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

When you took general science classes in school, your teachers told you that when electricity goes through a wire, a field forms around that wire. Something similar happens in and around your body. You have electrical, magnetic, and life force energy flowing through your body. Of course, the body is much more complicated than a wire. It has legs and arms and all sorts of things including a head, so the field has many forms.

Your energy field begins in the center of your body and radiates outward several feet from your physical body. Some people call it an aura, though it can be easier to simply refer to it as the energy field (people may be more comfortable with that). Within the energy field, there are seven major energy centers, often called chakras, that look like little tornadoes and are found at the top of the head, along the spine, and at the bottom of the spine. Each bone joint has its own minor energy center.

Pathways of energy called meridians flow within your body (with today's technology, scientists now have ways of following those meridians). The last major part of your energy system is called the "hara column," and it goes from above your head, down through the middle of your body, and continues on into the ground.

When you suffer from an injury, surgery, illness, trauma, or an emotional upset, energy can become congested and its natural flow through your body and field blocked. That's where an energy medicine practitioner comes in to help you heal; they remove the congestion and restore the energy system back to its healthy, balanced state.

It is important to note that energy medicine is not a replacement for traditional Western medical practices. It is complementary to it, another tool in the toolbox to help people get well. By balancing the energy field, the body does not have to do it itself. In some cases, the body doesn't get around to bringing the energy system back into balance. Congested energy can stay in place for years.

As one example, a man came into a clinic with an extremely bad headache. He was sent to the hospital for tests, at where the personnel there could find nothing wrong with him. A nurse who had recently taken an energy medicine course asked the man if she could try energy medicine to help with the pain. He was so desperate that he gave permission.

The nurse checked over the field. While doing this, she noticed a lot of heavy congestion around his big toe. "What happened to your toe?" she asked.

"I broke it and it had to be operated on to reconstruct the bone," he said.

"When did this happen?"

"About five years ago."

"And when did the headaches start?"

"About the same time."

The nurse cleared the congestion around his toe and the headache disappeared. No one had cleared the congestion from both the trauma of breaking the toe and the ensuing surgery. For some reason, the congestion was such that the body didn't clear it on its own.

Congested energy can show up anywhere in the body, even though physical symptoms may be found in another part of the body. It's all connected. While the above example is a little on the unusual side, it does show how energy medicine can be helpful.

Most practitioners specialize in one or more of the energy systems. Some practitioners work with the energy field and the energy centers. Others like removing blockages and clearing the meridian system (acupuncture is one such modality that specializes in meridian work). It depends upon which form or forms appeals to the practitioner as well as their comfort in using each.

An energy healing treatment begins when the client requests an appointment. When the client arrives, the practitioner works to make the person comfortable. An explanation of what is about to happen might be needed. The client may be asked to sign an informed consent form that states the client understands the type of treatment being offered.

An intake follows the initial introductions to a session. The practitioner listens to the client's issues and requests for services, and together they set goals for the session. Once that is done, the practitioner performs an assessment.

The practitioner runs their hands over the energy field and notes differences and similarities. Sometimes a practitioner will use a pendulum to assess what is happening in the energy centers. When open, an energy center spins clockwise. When it is blocked, it may stop spinning; swing perpendicularly, diagonally, or horizontally to the body; make an elliptical pattern, or even spin counterclockwise. Hand scans of the energy field tell the practitioner about differences and similarities in the field. Blockages in the form of congested energy may be found anywhere on and around the body. Removing these pockets of congested energy help to bring the field back into balance.

After the assessment is completed, the practitioner then performs techniques to clear and balance the energy system. A reassessment is done to see if the client needs more work. The end of the session comes in the form of grounding the client.

Stress is a big issue in our culture, and energy medicine is definitely good for relieving any emotional stress. Rare is the person who is not feeling stress when they come for treatment! A stressed person has a highly agitated energy field. Many forms of techniques can remove congestion and balance the field to relieve some of the stress.

Pain is another reason for seeing an energy medicine practitioner. It shows up during an assessment in a number of ways. Through practice, each practitioner learns how to recognize pain in the energy field. Most forms of energy medicine have techniques to help relieve pain.

Animals are interesting to treat. When an animal is in pain, it often turns the injured part of the body toward the practitioner. Once the animal feels better, it lets the practitioner know by simply walking away or maybe yawning. I have a dog who sometimes visits other dogs for a play time; they can run for hours. But, the next day I'll know when my dog has sore muscles. He'll jump in my lap and put his front paws on my shoulders assuming a pose we have worked out together. I do a pain removal technique and then run my hands over his field, while sending soothing energy into his muscles. He tells me when it's done by getting down off my lap and taking a nap. Animals don't sit around wondering if this type of treatment is going to help them; rather, they accept it without question. You don't have to believe in energy medicine for it to work. All it takes is a willingness to receive it.

Traditional western medicine and energy medicine work well together. As another example: a construction worker falls from a ladder, lands in the mud, and breaks his leg. It's a nasty compound fracture and a piece of the bone pierces the skin. Someone sends for an ambulance and he is taken to the hospital, where several forms of treatment occur. In the emergency room, the break in the skin is cleaned and sterilized. The emergency room doctor sends him out for x-rays. A surgeon resets the bone. Pins may be used to hold the bone in place while it is healing. Then the surgeon sews the incision together. A cast covers the leg. To prevent infection, a doctor prescribes antibiotics. In addition, when an energy medicine practitioner balances the disturbed energy field, they help the patient heal faster with fewer complications, lower pain levels, and ease some of the stress from the event.

Each of these treatments has a part in the healing process. They all work together to help the patient walk again and go back to work. Not one of them can stand alone to complete the healing process. Each one is a unique tool to help the person get well.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023. All rights reserved.

My husband is an alcoholic who has been going through rehab and detox for the past two months. We separated in November because of his alcohol abuse. The goal was for him to work on his sobriety, and once he was sober for 30 days, he could go home. He's had a number of relapses, however, and that goal has now been made 60 days of sobriety. I have tried my best to be supportive throughout the years that his alcoholism has affected my life and our daughter's life. With this most recent period of treatment however, I just feel so angry and frustrated that it's overwhelming. We're heading out right now to a group session at his treatment facility, but it's so hard to focus all our attention on him yet again, for that is where our focus has been for so long. While I love my husband, I feel I need to help my daughter and myself to release all of this anger, frustration and other emotional baggage so we can move on - with or without him. Where do we start?

Dreamchaser:

Living with an alcoholic or drug addict is incredibly difficult. We all need some consistency and stability at home. You and your daughter have had next to none of that.

I completely understand that you feel the attention has been put on him because he has the sickness and needs the treatment. You and your daughter, however, are the innocent victims of his disease. It is okay to be angry. It is okay to be upset. It is okay to be hurt. You and your daughter should allow yourselves the right to fully feel those emotions. By fully feeling them, you own them, and then you decide what to do with them from that point on.

I know you said you are going to group sessions to help him. Have you and your daughter been to Al-Anon or Alateen by any chance? Al-Anon/ Alateen is a group formed of families and loved ones of alcoholics and addicts. In that place, the attention would be SOLELY focused on you and your daughter - NOT on your husband. You could have people who have shared many of your struggles helping you and guiding you. I suggest you call them. The number in the United States is 1-800-425-2666. If you would prefer, please go to their website at www.al-anon.alateen.org. You can find international listings there as well.

While this may not make you feel better, I really do believe your husband is trying to do his best right now. He never believed you would leave him. While you have been threatening for years, you never did. When you actually DID leave him, he realized he was about to lose the only people who really love him no matter what. That scared him, and now he is serious about getting treatment and becoming a better person for you two.

I feel you need to wait until he has completed the latest round of treatment and see how his behavior is at that point before you decide if you want to divorce him or not. I really believe that you should not subject your daughter to any more of his drinking or his behavior while he is drinking, however. If he does not stay sober this time, you should continue on with the divorce proceedings.

Your daughter should be your primary concern at this point. There are a great number of books available that were written by children who grew up in homes with an alcoholic or drug-addicted parent. At this point, she still has a chance of repairing some of the damage he has caused and going on to live a healthy, productive life. She cannot, however, continue to be subjected to his sickness if he chooses to start drinking again.

Listen to your daughter. She has said all of this to you herself.

I wish you and your family a very happy ending.

*****

Astrea:

I applaud your efforts to stand by your husband and keep your family together, but we all reach our limit eventually. While Cancers are the most tolerant Sign, I feel you've reached the end of your rope.

It's time for you to save yourself and your daughter before it's too late. Your husband may quit drinking someday, and then you may be able to be friends. Right now you have to SURVIVE, as does your daughter.  This bouncing in and out of rehab with him isn't helping you OR your daughter. It's time for the two of you to move on. If he is strong enough to overcome his illness, then he will. If not, you've done your best.

You have a tendency to take the blame for others' actions. INTELLECTUALLY you know none of this if your fault, but you still seem to have a lot of guilt about your husband's drinking. Because of his family and even his DNA, he is predisposed to chemical dependency.

He's going to have to find his own way out of this. Nothing you or your daughter can do will force him to change. He has to WANT it more than anything else in the world. Maybe if you and your daughter leave him, it will give him the strength to want to change - maybe not. Your daughter has her whole life ahead of her, and so do you. It's time you enjoyed better lives.

Your daughter is at a very impressionable age. She could SO EASILY become her dad if you don't get her out of this situation. You are at an age when you can ENJOY your life instead of babysitting someone who has continual relapses. Addiction is a horrible thing, and Air Signs are the most likely to hold on to an addiction for life.

I know you feel sorry for your husband, but enough is enough.  You've been the best wife you could possibly be in this situation, but you have a right to some happiness too.

He has to find his strength within to conquer this addiction. You can still love and care about him, but the time will come when you'll have to do what's best for you and your daughter. Let Spirit guide you in to the future.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.