The Science Behind Energy Healing
Energy healing is rooted in ancient Eastern traditions. But can science validate its transformative effects? From quantum physics to groundbreaking research on the healing power of Reiki healing with energy, let’s explore how science explains what energy healers have known for centuries.
There was a time in my life when stress felt like my constant companion. No matter how many self-care rituals I tried, nothing seemed to provide the lasting results I was longing for. I was burnt out, emotionally drained, and felt like my nervous system was in constant overdrive. I was suffering from adrenal fatigue and endometriosis, and I felt my nervous system couldn’t cope anymore. Anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and sleep disturbances that disrupted my busy life. Traditional medicine was no longer a viable option for me, as it couldn’t provide the deeper healing I needed. I sensed that the answers I was looking for were within me; I just needed to know how to access them. That’s when I decided to explore alternative treatments and came across the healing power of Reiki. Little did I know that this would be the beginning of a profound inner journey for me.
Reconnecting with Myself Again
I’ll admit, I was sceptical about Reiki and energy healing at first. But I was curious about this ancient practice, so I approached my first session with an open mind. Through regular energy healing, I started to experience a shift in my wellbeing. My nervous system began to unwind gently. And slowly, I started to feel like myself again for the first time in years. Other lifestyle changes, such as eating nourishing food, regular exercise, and practicing yoga also supported my recovery. But energy healing gave me something deeper: the ability to reconnect with myself in a profound way. And that reconnection gave me the space and courage to heal and to initiate these lifestyle changes.
How Energy Healing Works
Energy healing can feel vague, mystical, or even a little far-fetched to some. But its “woo-woo” connotations obscure the fact that there is science behind energy healing. While energy healing is deeply rooted in ancient traditions, scientific theories prove what these traditions have long understood: our bodies are energetic systems, and these systems are measurable and deeply connected to our wellbeing. Let’s explore how energy healing works, and how Eastern practices and Western science converge to explain the body’s innate ability to self-heal and return to balance.
Energy healing is based on the understanding that everything—our thoughts, emotions, and physical body—is made of energy. When energy flows freely through your body, you’re operating optimally—feeling physically, mentally, and emotionally balanced. However, when the flow of energy is blocked or restricted by external factors, it can manifest as physical, mental, and emotional imbalances. You may experience this as fatigue, tension, stress, anxiety, depression, emotional overwhelm, or even physical illness or disease. Energy healing supports your wellbeing by working directly with your body’s energy system to restore flow and balance. Energy healers clear energetic blockages, restoring flow and supporting your body’s natural ability to self-heal. Your energy healing practitioner is not the source of your healing. Instead, they act as a channel or facilitator, guiding energy using light touch or hands held just above the body. This gentle approach to healing helps your system return to balance and facilitates your body’s natural self-healing abilities.
Let’s take a closer look at the science behind energy healing and explore how scientific research supports what energy healers already intuitively know: that energy and healing are deeply connected.
Working with the Biofield: Your Body’s Invisible Energy System
Your body isn’t just biological—it’s electrical. Every single cell in your body communicates using tiny positive and negative electrical signals. This constant current of communication generates an electromagnetic field (often referred to as the biofield). In humans, this field can extend more than four metres from the body.
This subtle energy field is highly organised. It flows through energetic pathways and centres known as the chakras. Each chakra corresponds to specific organs, emotions, and states of consciousness, forming a vital part of your energetic body. Both the heart and the brain produce electrical fields, and both are measurable. A cardiologist may use an electrocardiogram (ECG) to measure the heart’s electrical activity. A neurologist may use an electroencephalogram (EEG) to capture the brain’s electrical signals shifting in response to your emotions, thoughts, and states of consciousness.
Your biofield surrounds and flows through your body, changing and interacting with your environment. This interaction between two biofields may explain the effects of energy healing modalities, like Reiki. Energy healers work directly with the biofield to remove energic blockages, restore flow, and balance your body’s energy systems. By doing so, we support your body’s natural healing processes—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
What Quantum Physics Reveals About Energy Healing
You may have parked your knowledge of quantum physics (and E=MC2) after high school. However, its core principles offer meaningful insights into how energy healing works. At its heart, quantum physics reveals that everything in the universe —including your body— is made of energy. What we perceive as solid matter is made up of atoms and subatomic particles that are constantly moving, vibrating, and interacting with one another. These interactions don’t just happen through physical contact, but also through invisible energy fields.
These quantum principles provide a scientific foundation for healing with energy.
The Observer Effect: In quantum experiments, simply observing a particle can change how it behaves. This view aligns with how an energy healing practitioner’s focused intention during a healing session can influence the recipient’s energy.
Quantum Entanglement: Entangled particles affect each other instantly across space—no matter how far apart they are. This observation helps explain how distance healing is possible, where someone can feel shifts and healing effects even if the practitioner is miles away.
Vibration and Frequency: Every cell, thought, and emotion has a frequency. When energy is blocked or disrupted, the vibration becomes distorted, resulting in an imbalance. Energy healing supports the return of harmonic frequencies, enabling the body to reconnect, regulate, and restore.
Energy Healing Modalities at Soul Dimensions Healing
At Soul Dimensions Healing, I combine a selection of healing energies designed to support physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Using the powerful modalities of Reiki, Ashati, and Alsemia, I work with your body’s natural energy systems to help clear energy blockages, enhance wellbeing, bring inner peace, and support your body’s natural healing abilities.
Reiki: The healing power of Reiki reduces stress, anxiety, and emotional blockages while promoting relaxation and balance.
Ashati: A transformative healing energy that works at the soul level to clear deep-rooted energy blockages, past traumas, and limiting beliefs.
Alsemia: High-frequency healing that accesses astral and etheric energies for deeper physical and energetic alignment.
Whether you're curious about energy healing or seeking support after conventional medicine hasn’t brought lasting relief, this modality offers a powerful yet gentle way to reconnect with your body’s natural healing ability. Whether you visit me at my treatment room or receive distance energy healing online, I offer a supportive and calm space for your healing journey.
Book a healing session with me, or reach out to chat and take the first step to reconnect with yourself and your healing journey.
All the best,
Jerusha
Energy healing practitioner | Yoga teacher | Founder, Soul Dimensions Healing
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