
What is Energy Therapy?
When I tell clients or colleagues that I am now working with Energy Therapy, most give me an odd look and quickly change the subject. Those who are curious and brave enough ask me, "What in the world is Energy Therapy?"' As stated earlier, Energy Therapy refers to a new class of techniques used as a therapeutic treatment modality for a variety of emotional and physiological ailments. Energy Therapy techniques, (also referred to as Energy Medicine), produce change by gaining access to the energy system of the body through the complex network of meridians or channels that move our life force or qi through our bodies. The Discovery Statement of Energy Therapy informs us as follows: "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system. " The theory states that once there is a buildup of emotional or physiological distress, the natural flow along one of these channels is disrupted and must be cleared, cleaned out, strengthened, or aligned, in order for healing to occur. This system of meridians, accessed in Energy Therapy, was mapped out by the Chinese over four thousand years ago and is the basis of all acupuncture treatment. Imbalances in our energy system can be cleared up and healed by stimulating points along these pathways, unblocking congestion ' and regulating the energy flow. Whether the impairment of the functioning of these meridians is caused by emotional or physiological stress, these circuits of energy must be realigned and returned to their natural balance for a person to experience healing.
Psychological Acupuncture
Pioneers in the Energy Medicine field consider Energy Therapy to be a form of "psychological acupuncture." While acupuncturists use needles to facilitate movement of the life force through the body, energy therapists use the fingers to tap or simply hold the endpoints of these meridians.. The tapping movements stimulate the designated meridians. This stimulation, combined with a particular mental and emotional focusing, restores balance to the energy system, neutralizes the emotional distress, and frees the body and mind to resume their potent, natural healing functions.

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