A Holistic Approach to Health: Energy Medicine

What is energy medicine?
Energy medicine is the science and art of bringing the energies that naturally exist in your body into balance to help your body, mind, and emotions function at their best. Energy medicine is a self-care strategy that supports your overall health and enhances your well-being.
What is the subtle energy body?
Just like you have systems in your physical body that you can see or touch – like your digestive system, your respiratory system, your cardiovascular system, your muscles and bones – you have systems of energy that you can’t see or touch, but you can sometimes feel. They are subtle. That means they are hard to detect by most people. Some of these systems have been known for thousands of years and are written about in ancient texts. But most of us never learned about them in school.
How does the subtle energy body get unbalanced?
Day-to-day life can cause your energies to become unbalanced. Things like traumatic events, chronic pain, grief, surgery, chronic disease, stress, and life changes that come along with aging. When your energy body is not balanced well-being is compromised. You might feel stuck, unable to gain momentum or make decisions. You might feel disconnected from life or like you’ve lost your vitality.
How does the energy body get rebalanced?
There are simple, noninvasive techniques that can be done to get your energy systems back into balance. Some of these you can do yourself once you learn them. Others are more effective when done by an energy medicine practitioner.

What are the subtle energy body systems?
1. CHAKRAS – are spinning energy wheels or discs.There are 7 major chakras located along the spine. Each of the major chakras corresponds with physical, mental, and emotional stages of human development. They carry your ancestral and personal histories.
2. MERIDIANS – are pathways that serve as a highway for the transport of energy throughout the body. Meridians bring energy to your body’s organs, muscles, and cells. There are 14 meridians. Meridian points are used in acupuncture and acupressure.
3. ELECTRICS – help to charge and connect cells, organs, and other energy systems at the electric level. They exist in relationship with the nervous system and the heart.
4. CELTIC WEAVE – creates a web-like container for all the body’s energy systems. It is similar in function to the body’s connective tissue that holds organs and other structures. It is a communication system that operates through geometric shapes such as figure 8s.
5. TRIPLE WARMER – is a special meridian and radiant circuit that governs your body’s fight-flight-freeze response to stress.It is the guardian of habits. It regulates the body’s survival habits.
6. AURA – surrounds your entire body. It’s the outermost energy system. It serves as a filter to protect your body from toxins and harmful environmental energies, and it also serves to attract beneficial energies into your energy field.
7. FIVE-RHYTHMS – are based on the traditional Chinese medicine system. They provide a model for working with chronic health issues, behavior patterns, and emotional challenges. Each person has a dominant rhythm, and this information provides insight as to how you interact with the world around you.
8. RADIANT CIRCUITS – fuel inner joy and positive feelings. They can activate inner healing and balancing. They are not confined to set pathways and can flow wherever they are needed.
9. BASIC GRID – lies deep within the body and forms the foundation for the other energy systems, much like rebar forms the foundation for a house. This energy forms a matrix or grid pattern, hence its name. It directly supports the bones.