Energy Healing: The Essentials of Self-Care, Paperback

Where does true wellness start? For thousands of years, traditional healers have been able to detect and correct imbalances at the energetic level in order to heal our physical ailments. Today, these traditions are expanding the medical understanding of our subtle anatomy and its role in our overall well-being. With Energy Healing, integrative physician Ann Marie Chiasson offers a complete guidebook of easy-to-use energy practices to enhance your health and vitality. Drawing from the material she teaches at Dr. Andrew Weil's Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Dr. Chiasson explores:

• Our subtle anatomy--understanding the chakras, meridians, and the key principles of energy healing
• Self-diagnosis techniques for detecting the movement of energy in our bodies--even if you've never sensed energy before
• Practices for daily self-care and specific techniques to address energy blocks often seen in common illnesses and health issues
• Why our energy wanes as we age, and how we can replenish our vitality from sources in the world around us
• Your body as your teacher--insights for adapting and developing your own energy healing techniques

In creating this book Dr. Chiasson has selected the methods she has found to be most accessible, effective, and beneficial in the long-term--informed by the latest research, healing traditions from around the world, and her own practice. With Energy Healing, she presents an indispensible guide for understanding the energetic dimension of your well-being and essential tools to help you take charge of your own health.

"This book is an excellent guide for anyone interested in exploring energy as a means of maintaining healthy, dynamic living."?
--from the foreword by Andrew Weil, MD



Contents

The Energy Practices
Foreword Andrew Weil, M.D
Introduction Health and Healing: A Crucial Shift for Our Time

Chapter 1 The Basics of Energy Healing


The Energy Body
Illness, Trauma, and the Energy Body
What Is Healing?
What Causes Energy Blocks or Imbalances, and How Can They Be Cleared?
How Can We Move Energy through the Energy Body?
The Benefits of Energy Healing
The Body Moves toward Self-Healing
The Body as Teacher
Healing at the Pace of the Energy Body
Energy Healing and Chronic Pain



Chapter 2 Connecting into the Unified Energy Field and the Shamanic Field


Shamanism and the Shamanic Field
Effects of Connecting to the Shamanic Field Reopening Our Connections
The Role of Tradition and Culture in Connecting with the Fields



Chapter 3 Getting Started: Using Movement to Open, Clear, Ground, and Receive Energy

Gathering Energy
Grounding
Toe Tapping
Full-Body Tapping
Shaking the Bones



Chapter 4 The Heart Center and the Art of Sacred Touch

Deeper into the Transpersonal Nature of the Heart Center
The Energy of the Heart
The Four Attributes of the Heart Center
The Heart Center Meditation
Daily Practice
Sacred Touch


Chapter 5 Sensing and Moving Energy

Initiating the Hands for Energy Work
Noticing Energy between the Hands
Clearing Energy from the Hands
Scanning the Energy Field
Moving Energy with Attention and Awareness
The Abdominal Breath
The Root Chakra Breath
The Circular Breath
The Full-Body Energy Connection
Using Tools to Move Energy

Chapter 6 Balance, Alignment, and Body Wisdom

Primary Awareness Exercise
Carrying Multiple States of Awareness
Awakening the Body Response
Energy Movement and the Chakras
The Chakra Meditation
Free-Form Energy Movement

Chapter 7 Specific Energy Centers and Targeted Energy-Movement Techniques

Back-of-the-Heart Tapping
Foot Tapping
Sacrum Tapping
The Liver Flow
High-Heart Tapping
Jaw Work
Jaw Work: Additional Practice
Eye Work
Tapping on the Back of the Head
The Sacred Gates Flow
Giving Back
Resting Position Before Sleep

Chapter 8 Receptivity
Our Dynamic, Multilayered Energy Field
Different Layers, Different Energetic Information
Learning to Read the Energy Field
Yes, No, and Wow
Full-Body Sensing
Connecting to the Earth
Forgiveness
The Metta Meditation

Chapter 9 Presence and Awakening

Presence: Being Connected to the Energy Field
of Awareness
Experiencing Presence
Soft Sight
Focus, Open, and Allow
Awakening

Chapter 10 Energy Techniques for Specific Symptoms and Conventional Medical Diagnoses

Energy Healing Complements
Conventional Medicine
Energy Practices for Pain
Suggested Energy Practices for Specific
Illnesses and Conditions
Energy Healing Techniques for Children
Conclusion A Final Story

the energy practices

The Abdominal Breath
Awakening the Body Response
Back-of-the-Heart Tapping
Carrying Multiple States of Awareness
The Chakra Meditation
The Circular Breath
Connecting to the Earth
Eye Work
Focus, Open, and Allow
Foot Tapping
Free-Form Energy Movement
The Full-Body Energy Connection
Full-Body Sensing
Full-Body Tapping
Giving Back
The Heart Center Meditation
High-Heart Tapping
Initiating the Hands for Energy Work
Jaw Work
Jaw Work: Additional Practice
The Liver Flow
The Metta Meditation
Noticing Energy between the Han