Bio-energy or the life-force of living organisms has been known and worked with in therapeutic and healing ways for thousands of years and yet it is only within the last ten years that bio-energy therapy has become a credited mainstream therapy. Although individual practitioners and schools of bio-energy therapy may differ in approach and techniques used, all are based on the ancient principles of balance and alignment of the human bio-energy system. Everything that happens to the physical body is reflected in its energy flows and vice versa. Illness or dis-ease in any form denotes an imbalance in the energy system. A healthy person shows a free-flowing balanced energy system both through the body and in the bio-energy field that surrounds the body.
The inbuilt nature of a living organism is to be in balance and every living thing from the simplest to the most complex has an innate ability to heal itself. A physician or other healer may assist and guide the healing process, but the body ultimately heals itself. Bio-energy therapy complements and facilitates the healing process, and functions from a bio-energy perspective rather than purely a physical one. Energy therapies use the terms “positive and negative energy” to explain or define the congestions, excesses or deficiencies of energy that are seen and felt in the aura and cause physical and/or psychological effects in the body. Negative energy is brought about by trauma, emotional, physical or mental and manifests as a blockage, a deficiency or an excessive out-pouring. This can occur in a chakra, a meridian or in the aura.
A skilled bio-energy practitioner can ‘feel’ these imbalances and disturbances by ‘scanning’ the aura. They may feel cold areas or draughts, heat, intense tingling as in static electricity and see dark areas or ‘holes’, clouds of intense activity, images, etc. Negative energy is heavy and sticky becoming locked in the bio-field causing blocks which obstruct the flow of positive healing energy. These are removed through a series of therapeutic techniques derived from ancient Chinese methods of energy healing. Positive energy is warm, comfortable, expansive and free flowing. It produces a light airy feel to the aura enabling the free flow of energy throughout the aura and the chakras promoting health and well being in the body, emotionally, mentally and physically.
Each client presents a different energy system which requires subtle differences in treatment. Thus each session is unique to the client. The effectiveness of the treatment is powerfully governed by the intention and focus and awareness of the practitioner. Healing initially occurs on the energy level which in turn affects the physical symptoms.