Top 5 Facts About Energy Work for Practitioners

What do we mean by “Energy Work,” or “Energy Healing”?

Put simply, energy work, or energy healing, utilizes the body’s own flow of energy to break through energetic blockages.  Once freed of energy blockages, your body’s own energies will redirect to self-heal.  

Read on to discover 5 facts about energy work that every practitioner should know!

Energy work, specifically Bioenergetics, is growing in popularity with people looking for different ways to shift their health and wellness.

1. Energy work is an ancient practice

One of the oldest documents detailing healing practices is the Ebers Papyrus, dated 1550 BC. It talks about the laying of hands for pain relief.

If you are a practitioner that practices Ayurveda, you are referring to Prana, which means life force energy,
You can't touch Prana, this "breath of life".

Read more about Prana here. 


If you are familiar with Traditional Chinese Medicine, you are familiar with the life energy of Qi.

2. Energy Work Has Scientific Explanations

While not all forms of energy work have undergone rigorous Western scientific testing, a few have, with some surprising results. Take acupuncture, for example. The practice of using needles at certain points on the body to redirect the flow of energy has been around for thousands of years. Recently, studies have verified the positive effects.

A 2022 review of acupuncture listed it as a viable alternative to more invasive or painkiller-based interventions for back pain.  

Additionally, it’s a simple principle of science that every form of matter vibrates at its own rate and frequency. All energy work seeks to achieve is a balancing of these various frequencies, within the body and without.  

3. Energy Work Can Be a Touchless Experience

There are some of us that prefer not to be touched, for one reason or another. And that’s okay! It doesn’t mean that you can’t benefit from all that energy work has to offer.

Let’s examine different touchless ways you can experience energy healing:

Crystals: like anything made up of physical matter, crystals vibrate at their own specific frequencies. These vibrations are oftentimes in harmony with the vibrations of our own bodies or brains. Keeping crystals in your environment may help ease your mind and let your energy flow more freely.  

Distant Healing: Distant, or distance healing, is the practice of utilizing crystals, mindfulness, visualizations, and other long-distance techniques to achieve energy healing. Distance is no limitation for energy, so as long a skilled practitioner is applying these techniques correctly, your personal frequency and vibration should improve. 

Sound Healing: Utilizing the voice or certain instruments, like gongs, have been found in studies to have healing effects on depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Additionally, sound healing is believed to help synchronize our brainwaves and restore our brain cells to their correct vibrational frequencies.  

4. You Can Do Energy Work at Home

You don’t have to seek out a special time, place, or appointment to do energy work, although working with a practicing professional has its benefits. 

Are you a practicing wellness professional?

You’re clients can have their energy assessed right from the comfort of their own home. 

We give you the skills to use the data provided by testing to help them shift their energetic health. 
What this looks like will be individualized to each person. For example, maybe you have some crystals you’ve used before that you know resonate well with you. Combine that with some sound healing and meditation in a calm, safe space and you’re on your way to doing the work of energy healing all by yourself, right from home!

5. Energy Work Takes Many Forms

As we’ve alluded to, energy work can be utilized in several different forms. We’ll briefly discuss 3 of the most common.

Acupuncture, as we mentioned, the practice of stimulating specific points on the body with needles, has been a tradition in Eastern medicine for thousands of years. By stimulating these points, it causes energy to flow differently throughout the body for various positive effects, from pain relief to help with depression.  

Reiki: Japanese for “universal energy,” Reiki has seen a boom in popularity in recent years. Practitioners manipulate certain body regions with various hand postures and techniques to stimulate and direct the flow of energy within the body. Research has shown that as little as one Reiki session can help
regulate your autonomic nervous system.

Qigong:
This work means ENERGY WORK. These exercises are a form of standing meditation. Slow, controlled movements, paired with breathing exercises and putting pressure on various parts of the body as you change poses, Qigong looks similar to one of its popular cousins, Tai Chi. Tai Chi actually falls under the umbrella of Qigong as a whole, though many people don’t realize this.

Qigong is perfect for people of almost any age or physical ability level. The practice lets you take things at your own pace, and has shown benefits such as reduced anxiety and depression, lower blood pressure, and a decrease in body aches and pains. 

6. Anyone Can Benefit!

Because of the myriad forms energy work can take, almost anyone can find a practice that works for them.

If your clients are younger and generally healthy, they may be able to take part in more active energy healing, like Qigong. If your clients have less mobility or would prefer something slightly less intensive, consider utilizing crystals.

We have 7 different bioenergetic testing options, including an emotional scan that includes a specific crystal, matched to your clients energy!

Whoever your clients are, there’s a form of energy work that is right for you, INCLUDING Bioenergetic testing from Balanced Health!

We're able to offer you testing that supports infants right up to older adults. 


Bioenergetic Testing is a field that’s growing in size, popularity, and effectiveness. 
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*This content is designed for educational purposes only and is not intended to serve as medical advice.

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