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For Kristen and Kasci
CONTENTS
Energy healing plays an important role in my life. Ive been writing and blogging about it for more than a decade, and its a practice that I not only teach but also live every day.
Although Ive only dedicated the past 10 or so years to sharing energy healing with others, my own energy healing journey began in 1991, when I went to work for a chiropractor. I was in my late twenties and already had an avid interest in alternative and natural healing techniques because traditional Western medicine was unable to help me overcome my chronic health issues. In my new job, I learned a different way to view health: from the perspective of body, mind, and spirit balance. The experience changed my understanding of what health is and how I could attain and maintain it. The nearly 10 years I spent working there provided the foundational knowledge that I used as a springboard to become an energy healer.
There is a saying in chiropractic, attributed to its founder, B. J. Palmer: The power that made the body heals the body. The first time I heard this insight, it resonated deeply. It was at the forefront of my mind as I began to take a new approach to my health whenever I struggled with an acute condition that wouldnt go away.
Id been suffering from a severe sore throat for weeks, and conventional medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, and chiropractic adjustments werent helping. In desperation, I sought care from a medical doctor/energy healer who worked with various modalitiesnone that Id ever heard of or necessarily believed in, but I figured Id take my chances. At my appointment, the doctor used crystals and hands-on healing, and I felt a physical and emotional rush as something released inside me, and my sore throat was gone instantly. I felt fantastic. It was then that I truly understood the power of energy healing, so I began to learn about it in earnest.
I started with crystals and essential oils, learning how I could use them to make changes in my body, mind, and spirit. From there, I journeyed into Eastern philosophy, meditation, affirmation, visualization, and Reiki. And then my interest snowballed. Ive spent the past 20 years learning everything I could about various forms of energy healing by becoming a Reiki Master/Teacher, mastering and practicing other energy healing modalities, and earning bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees in metaphysical science. In the past few years, Ive incorporated an old love (music) into my energy healing practices as well. Im learning sound energetics from a master of Tibetan sound healing and pursuing a DD (doctor of divinity) degree in spiritual healing with an emphasis on how sound affects vibration.
This is my sixth book about energy healing. I teach energy healing classes and offer healing sound bath meditations throughout the Pacific Northwest because Im passionate about empowering others to heal using vibrational techniques. I practice Reiki, crystal healing, sound healing, and other energy healing modalities with clients, friends, family, animals, andperhaps most importantmyself.
Your body, mind, and spirit have innate intelligence. There is a creative forcecall it God, the Divine, Universal Intelligence, Source Energy, or whatever fits your belief systemthat created you and continues to operate intelligently within you. Energy healing reconnects you with this intelligence, helping the power that made your body heal it. Even simple techniques used for a few minutes a day, a few times a week, can set you on the journey to emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical well-being.
This book provides simple, practical vibrational healing techniques to balance the energy of your body, mind, and spirit. The following are some of the specific individual practices and techniques you will learn:
Healing mindset
Intention
Meditation
Hands-on healing
Sound healing
Crystals
Aromatherapy
You can use any of these techniques to begin creating energetic shifts that allow your innate intelligence to balance your energy to spark healing. When you establish daily practices that incorporate these tools, your energy can begin to shift in various aspects of your life.