By Nina Lockwood

The human body is full of pulsing, life-giving and life-enhancing energy. Traditional western medicine and even health insurance companies are gradually acknowledging this through the increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (known as CAM therapies). Energy healing is one of the modalities within the CAM therapies and is known by different names, including: Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Energy Medicine, acupuncture, kinesiology. They use different techniques yet have the same objectives. But what are they referring to? And why should it matter to you?

There is growing research documenting the health-promoting benefits of energetic healing, including stress relief; increased wound healing and illness recovery; pain reduction and alleviation of side effects associated with anesthesia, radiation treatment and chemotherapy. In fact, touch therapies such as Healing Touch, Reiki and Therapeutic Touch are some of the most widely used energy based therapies being incorporated into hospitals and clinics, especially in the field of oncology. There are even energetic healing techniques that you can choose to receive when facing surgery which can reduce anxiety, stimulate relaxation, stabilize blood pressure, and normalize respiration.

In traditional western medicine, various forms of energy produced by the body (heat, electricity, magnetism, light, and sound) are routinely measured by medical devices. They reveal information about how well your body regulates itself and maintains health. Most of us are familiar with equipment such as CAT scans, MRIs, EKGs, EEGs, lasers and x-rays which emit one form of energy while measuring another form of energy. Standard medical treatment is then based, to a large degree, on the findings of these machines, and involves the use of drugs, surgery or other medical devices which involve stimulation of the affected area with pulsed electrical or magnetic fields.

Energetic healing takes a different approach. First, the practitioner uses his or her hands to assess your energy system. Then, energy is transmitted directly by the practitioner’s hands to your body (rather than using machines) to stimulate the healing process. In fact, the frequency of electromagnetic energy which emanates from the practitioner’s hands has been measured to be comparable to the Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency Device (PEMFs) used by modern medicine to jump-start healing in bone and soft tissue.

Instead of focusing on biological forms of energy, energy healing focuses on the flow of energy through the energetic “anatomy” of your body. There are energy centers (known as chakras), energy lines (called meridians) and energy fields (the “biofield” or aura). They form the network through which your body receives, processes and reveals the information with which it functions on all levels – physical, mental, emotional – even spiritual. Once an assessment of the energy flow has been made, an energy healing session focuses on removing any blockages and encouraging a return to health.

Energetic healing complements traditional medical care. It is safe, non-invasive, drug free and has no side effects. It has the potential to provide you with relief when more conventional approaches come up short. And for those of you who currently enjoy good health, energy healing can help you maintain wellness simply and naturally.

Nina Lockwood, MSW, CHTP, ART is an Energy Healing Practitioner certified in Healing Touch, Touch for Health Kinesiology and Anatomical Reflex Therapy. She has a private practice in the Saratoga Springs, NY area which focuses on recovering and maintaining optimal wellness, including pre and post surgical support. Nina also teaches workshops on Self-Care Using Energy Healing Techniques. She can be reached at 518-791-5120 or nina.lockwood@gmail.com and http://www.sipn.info.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A HEALER YOURSELF?

If you would like to learn how to help yourself and others – even pets – and become a healer, the DVD Wake Up the Healer In You can teach you how to do it.

Visit http://www.energylinkhealing.com/wake-up-healer-DVD to learn more and watch the DVD trailer.

Your intention regarding doing healing work is a very important aspect to consider. For many people, this desire to help another person in their healing is instinctive and very natural. When we see someone in pain and suffering, we want to reach out in some way to help. Your intention to help will often overrule other external situations such as your emotions — in other words your intention actually transcends your current emotional state.

“My colleagues and I trained our students to disregard the healing claims attributed to acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, prayer, etc. In fact, we went further. We denounced these practices as the rhetoric of charlatans because we were tethered to a belief in old-style, Newtonian physics. The healing modalities I just mentioned are all based on the belief that energy fields are influential in controlling our physiology and our health.” — Bruce Lipton, The Biology of Belief

A great read for anyone wanting to understand the science behind energy healing. The implications of the research discussed in The Biology of Belief changes our understanding of life and explains that genes and DNA do not control our biology. Instead, DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, which include energetic messages from our positive and negative thoughts.

You can listen to a great interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton on VividLife Radio.

It’s been a wonderful journey to this moment in time. Sharing the gift of energy healing is what Energy Link Healing is all about. And now, with the DVD, it will be that much easier to help teach others to tap into this innate ability.

Energy is in us and around us all.

The techniques presented in the DVD come alive with clear instructions and vivid demonstrations. It is a very well-organized and easy to follow presentation of the basic methods used in energy medicine.

Perfect for the beginner, it is certainly the program to give to a family member or a health care professional who is new to or even skeptical about energy medicine, but is open to seeing more. Inspiring, it is also a great refresher for more advanced students.

Take a peak at the trailer:

To learn more about the DVD, click here!

Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. For years, scientists and doctors thought that brain and neural tissue couldn’t grow or regenerate. While it doesn’t act in the same manner as tissues in many other parts of the body, neurons can and do grow throughout your life, adding a whole new dimension to the study of the brain and the illnesses that affect it.

How about this question: What is the smallest thing you can name? If you think it’s the atom you have been influenced by the ancient Greeks who came up with this idea. They thought that the atom was the smallest “building block” that combines to make up all things in the universe. However, once again, as years went by, scientists learned that even the tiny atom is made up of even smaller parts.

Following this discovery came the understanding that, running around the outside of the atom are the electrons and the flow of these negative charges is the source of electricity. We do not “make” or “create” electricity. Energy can never be created or destroyed. And what’s more, your body is a field of energy within another field of energy.

What else do doctors and scientists “know” these days that will be proven differently as we come to understand the body (and the universe) better?

We are in the middle of editing the upcoming instructional DVD for EnergyLinkHealing.com and thought we would share an interview section on the side effects of energy healing. Take a look on You Tube.

“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” — Tori Amos

Healing on many levels is about accepting change. So the question goes, “Are you willing to change?”

If you are willing, then you can create the healing you say you want. All you have to do is change some thoughts and release some beliefs. It sounds simple. However, it’s not always that easy.

Two tools to help on this path of healing and change are meditation and prayer. Some use these terms separately. Some use them as one. It doesn’t matter. Do whichever or both as you feel comfortable.

Meditation and/or prayer is best done daily. Find a quiet time of the day where you can find comfortable (but not too comfortable… no falling asleep!) place to relax and separate from you daily thoughts and stresses. There are many different methods to meditate or pray, but at the core of each is the goal to focus and eventually quiet your mind.

In this place of quiet, it is important to realize that the subconscious mind accepts whatever we choose to believe. Joyous self-acceptance and approval in this state of mind are the keys to positive change in every area of your life. Including your health.

Give your immune system a boost with these simple tips:

Fill your plate with fruits and vegetables – The vitamins (especially A and C) and the phytochemicals that lend fruits and vegetables their colors serve as antioxidants that promote immune function.

Choose lean protein sources – The amino acids that are found in protein form the building blocks of all the body’s cells — including the cells that power your immune system.

Focus on healthful fats – High-fat diets appear to impair the immune system by decreasing the function of T-lymphocytes. Reducing fat, on the other hand, can boost immune function by enhancing T-lymphocyte function. However, the type of fat you consume is equally important as the amount. Trans fats (found in margarines and many commercial baked goods) can contribute to chronic low-grade inflammation in the body.

Make time for tea – Green tea is a rich source of a type of antioxidant called a catechin, and preliminary research has found that a specific catechin — epigallocatechin gallate (egcg) — may give the beverage antigen-fighting abilities.

Take the one supplement that works – A whole food supplement is well worth taking.

Consume friendly bacteria – A yogurt or kefir drink per day might help keep infections at bay.

Exercise – The immune system’s cells don’t function normally when a person is overweight or has high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

Maintain a proper energy balance – Practice energy link healing daily on yourself along with daily meditation.

Until you have a very personal reason to look beyond traditional medical advice, many would never have considered receiving an energy healing session, let alone learn how to do energy healing themselves! So why learn?

A big part of the popularity of energy link healing is due to the ease with which anyone can learn enough to help themselves, their friends and their family to feel better with simple techniques.

It is possible to take an introductory course and begin using the techniques at home immediately to pick up your energy and your mood, to help your spouse sleep better, or your father’s sore back. Energy work can be used to shift emotional and physical problems that seem stuck, in unprecedented ways, and although some people “take” to energy work more easily than others, almost anyone can learn to do it.

I have a list that’s too long to fully cover on personal stories that proved to me unconditionally that energy link healing works. From my uncle’s back that the doctor’s said he would have to live with pain killers for the rest of his life, to my daughter’s bee sting cooled to non-existent in minutes, to “life-long” migraine headaches eased away for years.

All done simply by learning a few simple techniques and believing I could help.

Interested in an experiment you can do? Take two glasses of water. Take one glass and using both hands, simply hold it in your hands and run energy into it for a few minutes or longer.

Now do the taste test. Or perhaps ask someone else to do the test for you without indicating which glass you charged. Water changes its taste when you run energy into it. See if the other person can detect a difference in taste and ask them to describe the difference.

I’ve heard people describe it as “smoother” “softer” “better tasting” or even ” less chlorine taste” “less metallic”, etc.

Imagine being able to drink your energy? Now there is a real “energy” drink for you!