Energetic Medicine.

12/29/2024

What is Energy medicine?

Healing and Health can be enhanced by seemingly minor or subtle things.

Seeing a sunrise, a flower or bird the sky clouds a smiling face all give us a momentary lift of joy contentment and happiness that is free and health promoting in a very holistic way. In the same manner the sights sounds and placement of items in our home whether organisational, decorative or the art of feng shui all affect our daily routines moods and physical wellbeing.

This is what is referred to as Energy in Holistic Medicine. Seemingly minor or subtle things have an effect in our lives. A regular nuisance in our lives has a detrimental effect on our mood and vision of the world. Things like furniture that we injure ourselves on regularly a tap that drips an inhospitable co-worker or a space that is too dark or too bright all irritate our senses and cause friction in our body and mind. The alternative is modifying these intrusions to alleviate stress to our system and there is a possibility of using this same mechanism to promote peace calm happiness and even joy in our daily lives. Fixing a dripping tap or rearranging furniture is changing the 'energy' of a space and our relationship to it. Introducing a plant, painting or decorative object that we like gives us a pleasance in the atmosphere of our homes and ourselves. It is this that the art of energy healing enhances.

Energy healing ranges from interior design and home maintenance to relaxation and the minor differences experienced from different natural shapes, colours, textures, sights and sounds. In this way music is an 'energy medicine' it can cause a shift in our emotion as can the weather and the water temperature in a pool or the touch of a person or a perceived intention of a person which may or not match their words. Yes the ultimate perception comes from within, is experienced within but our bodies are not exclusive of the environment we are open systems to weather temperature sound sight smell taste and touch. Our senses are always on, whether taking information in subconsciously or perceived as noticeable conscious recognition. Our brains actually divert important information to our conscious mind for dissemination and discernment and to alert us to danger or potential opportunities.

We are mammals and yet we have the capacity for imagination and thought generation. We may draw on our memories and paint glorious pictures or fearful projections of what may happen. We may also misconstrue our subconscious impressions by ascribing incorrect meaning to them for example a noise heard in the night may take a shape in our minds as we use previous data to make a working assumption to act upon. This is where the mind can create all manner of things and believe them to be real when in fact it is just the wind moving branches or a humble wildlife creature going about its nocturnal business. A draft or passing breeze can feel ominous or a projected imagining can become a vision because we have imagination and the input to our brains is physical whether it is light waves sound waves chemicals in smell and taste or pressure in touch, the sense that we make of our sensory perceptions is created in our mind. This ranges from obvious graze on a chair leg which sends pain signals to our brain notifying us of injury to hints of smells that trigger memories pleasant or fearful. Our systems are complex the nervous system and brain are superhighways of information that we take for granted.

In our everyday lives all of this is happening constantly incessantly mercilessly, input prioritising and background processing as well as the conscious awareness of happenings and decision making there is a vast array of subtle inputs and reactions that are also taking place. It is in this context that Energy Medicines are discussed and applied. So from a focus on the prioritised data and a sense of congruency and control these things may seem inconsequential or of having no discernible bearing on ones life mood health or day to day.
- Shairin2022.