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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.

I frequently dream of being pregnant and going into labor. I always see myself in the last stage of pregnancy and my mother taking me to the labor room. Nothing else happens. I am married with a two-year-old son. I'd love to have more babies, but not until he is three - that's for sure! I strongly feel that this dream is an important sign for me but I'm not sure what it means. I have it at least once a month. Please help me out.

S.

Astrea:

Though you've become a wonderful mother, it's natural for you to have some dreams that don't seem to mirror your waking life. Fatigue can contribute to all sorts of recurring dreams. With a new child in the house - especially a first child - you're probably not getting enough sleep.

Often when we're experiencing the fatigue that arises from caring for a Small Fry, we'll have fitful, worrisome dreams. New mothers and fathers are naturally restless and a bit anxious. It would be interesting to find out if your husband is having strange recurring dreams lately too.

Dreams that involve pregnancy are some of the most common to recur.

It's fun and interesting to look up all the different possible meanings for pregnancy dreams. Here is a list I've kept (and keep adding to) for years. Perhaps one of these interpretations will strike you as apt.

*A new person is coming into your life who will change your views.
*A hidden family issue is about to be addressed or you will reveal a family secret to clear the air about a longstanding issue. A family problem will be resolved in a reasonable timeframe.
*You are changing to a new religion or faith, or you are coming to a new realization about your religious faith.
*You will embark on a new career.
*New financial or romantic opportunities are coming your way.
*An idea or plan you've been working on for a very long time will work out as you want it to.
*You will be pregnant and have a baby in the future, or you are pregnant now.
*You fear becoming pregnant and this is an anxiety dream.
*You wish to be pregnant again, so your subconscious is sending you wish fulfillment dreams.
*Your concept of happiness is changing. You are rejecting old values and de-cluttering your life to make way for a new life. The new you is the baby who is about to be born.
*The baby represents another person with whom you have control issues. As the mother, you are in control.

Some of the things in my list come from old-fashioned fortune telling, and some come from psychology, but in every single instance, CHANGE is the major issue. Your dream could fit any or many of those possibilities, but something around you is changing or the change you made in your life with your new baby has you dreaming of more.

Experience has taught me that when people dream of pregnancy, the change they undergo is always for the better, for it means more love and happiness is coming their way.

*****

Susyn:

While dreams of pregnancy don't always indicate an actual birth, they do indicate new beginnings. What's interesting about your dreams is that they are always centered on going into labor as opposed to other stages of pregnancy or the moment of birth.

This suggests that you may be stuck in some type of cycle that is very labor-intensive but never seems to end in success. If you think about it, you may realize that some aspect of your life is going in circles. For example, if you labor to gain a promotion or recognition at work and none comes, or if you are trying to create more friendships in your life or break out of the isolation of being a stay at home mother, those frustrating endeavors could be causing these dreams.

Since your mother is always with you in these dreams, they might address some aspect of motherhood that you feel stuck in. They could also speak to issues you have with your own mother if that relationship is a difficult one.

Keep in mind that when a dream repeats itself, it is encouraging you to look at certain things. Once you do, the dreams should either subside or change considerably. You may want to take a quick review of any areas of your life that feel stagnant or repetitive so you can identify where change is needed.

There is another possibility to consider regarding this dream. Although you plan on having more children, you are trying to control the timeframe regarding when that happens. Perhaps the Universe is prompting you to consider becoming pregnant again soon even though it does not match the plans you've set for yourself.

You mentioned that you have this dream about once a month. If you begin a dream journal and record the dates when it recurs, you could discover that you normally have this dream when you are ovulating or right before your monthly period. If this turns out to be the case, the dream is definitely sending a message that your body is ready to become pregnant again.

Because you are physically controlling the timing with birth control or abstinence, your inner guidance may be asking you to change what you are doing in order to honor a higher plan. This may also explain why you always see yourself going into labor but do not give birth in the dream ñ you are already a future mother to a certain child, but that child hasn't been able to be born yet.

These dreams are trying to get you to pay attention and make a change, which means they are very important. Once you figure out what they are trying to tell you and respond accordingly, the dreams should cease.

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.