Energy Work
Energy work encompasses a wide range of modalities focusing on balancing and working with areas of congested energy that may arise from a variety of sources including muscle tension and emotional stress. Contact is made both lightly and deeply with the intention of drawing the client’s attention to patterns that may arise in the mind and body.
The act of laying hands on the human or animal body to comfort and relieve pain is as old as instinct. When experiencing pain, the first thing most people do is to put their hand on it. Human touch conveys warmth, serenity, and healing. It also conveys caring and love. When an animal is in pain, a dog or cat’s first instinct is to lick the painful area – for the same reasons that a person applies touch with their hands. An animal mother will also lick her young in distress. This simple act is the basis for all touch healing techniques. The living body, human or animal, radiates warmth and energy. This energy is the life force itself, and has as many names as there are human civilizations. The Polynesian Hunas call this healing force Mana, and the Native American Iroquois people call it Orenda. It is known as Prana in India, Ruach in Hebrew, Barraka in the Islamic countries, and Chi in China. In Japan the energy is termed Ki and it is from this word that Reiki is named.