Energy Healing: A Practical Guide to How It Works and How to Start

In a world increasingly seeking holistic well-being, many are turning to ancient practices to find balance and healing. Among these, energy healing stands out as a powerful, non-invasive method that has been used for thousands of years across various cultures.

While it may seem mysterious, the principles behind it are gaining attention for their profound effects on physical, mental, and emotional health. This article will explore what energy healing is and delve into personal transformations, emerging scientific validation, and the practical ways you can apply these timeless techniques to your own life.

In this article you will find:

• What is energy healing?
• How does energy healing work?
• Is energy healing supported by science?
• Why I became a certified tantric energy healer
• Steps to integrating energy work into your life
• How to find an authentic energy healer
• Starting your energy mastering journey

What Is Energy Healing?

Energy healing is a form of healing that uses specific energies naturally present in the human body, rather than using any kind of mechanical or external interventions. By working to balance, direct, and restore the flow of these internal energies, practitioners aim to address physical, emotional, and mental imbalances at their root cause. This gentle approach encourages the body’s natural ability to heal and maintain optimal well-being.

Energy healing can be conducted both in-person and at a distance, which makes it accessible to individuals regardless of their location. During in-person sessions, the practitioner works directly with the recipient’s energy field. Distance energy healing, on the other hand, utilizes focused intention and specific techniques that allow practitioners to connect with and heal others remotely.

How Does Energy Healing Work?

Many traditions around the world have been using energy work for thousands of years with excellent results. While most of the human energies they work with cannot be measured with modern instruments, skilled healers are able to perceive energy in other ways.

Various advanced yogis, shamans, and other practitioners throughout history have been able to achieve very high states of consciousness where they could actually perceive and describe the energetic structures and forces present in the human body.

These structures include:

• A network of energetic channels throughout the human body. In Chinese Medicine, these channels are called meridians. In Tantra, they’re called nadis.
• Seven chakras, or energy centers, in the body that assist with the flow and perception of energy.
• Multiple energetic layers of the human body The physical body is the densest layer and the easiest to perceive, but many traditions have identified subtler energetic layers of the body that the human eye typically can’t see. These structures are known as the 5 Bodies in Tantra and Yoga.
• Different types of energy present in the human body. These energies naturally flow throughout the body, such as prana or life energy, sexual energy, Kundalini energy, and astral or emotional energy.

Energy healing works with all these elements to support the body’s natural flow of energy and maintain a healthy body and mind. A practice like Tantra Massage is an example of an energy-based modality that uses these principles.

According to traditions like Tantra and Chinese Medicine, energy healing works by removing energetic blockages from within the body.

These blockages are caused by the many stressors we’ve experienced in our lives, such as emotional upheavals or other traumas — both big and small.

No one’s life is perfect, and we’ve all experienced some form of stress. But when stress is not dealt with, it’s known to cause various health problems over the long term, like cardiovascular disease, impaired immune function, and mental health issues.

Energy healing aims to heal these issues by removing the underlying cause, which is the energetic debris that stress leaves in your body. These energetic disruptions or blockages can be present in your energy channels, chakras, or even your other energy bodies.

Clearing these blockages allows the energies in our bodies to flow as they were meant to, and naturally support our health and well-being.

Energy healing is a non-invasive approach that aims to restore balance by working with the body’s subtle energy systems, supporting the mind, emotions, and physical well-being.

Is Energy Healing Supported by Science?

Modern science often dismisses energy healing simply because scientists are not currently able to measure the subtle energetic forces present in the human body, so they have no way of validating whether or not it works.

However, a few years ago, Somananda Tantra School collaborated with a group of Danish scientists to put energy healing to the test in a documentary experiment. The goal was to explore whether the effects of tantric healing could be observed and measured using modern scientific instruments.

Watch this documentary excerpt from Danish national TV where Somananda demonstrates tantric energy healing in a controlled lab setup under Danish doctors’ and researchers’ supervision. Blindfolded participants receive hands-off tantric healing sessions while the team uses clinical monitoring (including thermal imaging, brainwave monitoring, and brain activity measurements by MRI) to compare Somananda’s effects against a control. If you’re exploring what energy healing is and whether it can be measured, this video offers a rare, science-focused look at tantric healing and its reported impact on relaxation and the nervous system.

The scientists discovered that energy healing produced significant and measurable changes in the recipients’ physiology.

Key findings from the study include:

• Increased Body Temperature: All participants experienced a noticeable rise in their body temperature during the session, indicating a metabolic shift and increased energy circulation.
• Enhanced Brain Function: Brainwave monitoring showed a distinct increase in brain function. This suggests that energy work can stimulate neural activity and promote a state of heightened awareness.
• Parasympathetic Nervous System Activation: Perhaps most impressively, the study recorded a 40% or greater activation of the parasympathetic nervous system. This part of the nervous system is responsible for the body’s “rest and digest” response, counteracting stress and promoting deep relaxation and healing.

While the subtle energy itself may remain beyond the scope of current measurement tools, these results clearly demonstrate that energy healing has an observable and profound effect on a recipient’s body.

The study provided a powerful bridge between ancient wisdom and contemporary science, showing that even if we can’t see the cause, we can certainly measure the effect.

Other studies have also explored the tangible benefits of energy healing. A notable review published in Science Direct synthesized the findings from 27 different studies on various forms of non-touch energy healing.

The collective evidence pointed toward a significant positive impact. The review concluded that energy healing practices showed strong evidence for reducing pain intensity. Additionally, it found moderate evidence for decreasing anxiety among hospitalized patients and some evidence for its positive effects on behavioral and psychological issues.

These findings suggest that energy-based therapies can be a valuable complementary approach for improving overall well-being and managing physical discomfort.

Why I Became a Certified Tantric Energy Healer

Energy healing has been a fundamental part of both my personal and spiritual growth over the past 15 years. It’s an amazing field of study and practice that uses nothing more than energy to heal either oneself or others.

For me, it’s been a gateway to incredible support and awakening with almost miraculous results. Even though I’ve received many energy work sessions over the years, it always surprises me how much one session can affect me.

As the energy within my body is softened and starts to move more naturally during a session, I can feel an extreme sense of liberation, healing, and release of stress on a physical, emotional, and mental level. It’s like tension I didn’t even know I was holding in my body starts to unload, and I feel more present and relaxed in my body and mind.

With regular energy healing sessions through the years, I’ve also developed a much deeper ability to sense what’s going on in my own body. I tend to be a fairly left-brained person, and I’m more comfortable focusing on the intellect rather than my sensations. But energy healing has opened up a whole new world of body and energy awareness that has helped me navigate my life with greater intuition and flow.

My experiences with energy healing inspired me to become a certified tantric energy healer myself, and I now teach others how to develop this life-changing skill.

When I have both received and performed energy healing sessions over the years, I’ve seen near miracles happen in my own life and in the lives of others.

Is Energy Healing for You?

How do you know if you would benefit from energy healing? What types of issues or problems can it help with?

According to the Tantric tradition, it’s said that any problem you have in your life is, in fact, caused by a disruption or blockage somewhere in your energetic system.

Whether you’re dealing with a physical or mental health issue, or you simply have a challenging life situation you can’t seem to resolve, tantric masters would suggest any issue a person is facing can be traced back to an energetic source.

In my personal experience, this has been very true. Energy healing has helped me release and move past many disruptive mental patterns, emotional imbalances, and physical issues that conventional approaches had not been able to fully heal.

I can now see that all the issues I’ve overcome have, in some way, been related to past stress in my life, and the effects certain stressors have had on me. All of us have experienced stress that has negatively affected us in some way — which means that essentially anyone would be able to benefit from energy healing.

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Energy healing has helped me release and move past many disruptive mental patterns, emotional imbalances, and physical issues that conventional approaches had not been able to fully heal.

Steps to Integrating Energy Work into Your Life

Understanding the principles of energy mastering is one thing, but applying them can open up new pathways to well-being in your daily life. The beauty of energy healing is that it can be adapted to fit your needs, whether you are seeking professional help or looking to develop your own self-healing abilities.

You don’t need to wait for a crisis to benefit from energy work. Simple, consistent practices can help maintain your energetic balance and prevent blockages from forming.

1. Meditation

One of the most accessible ways to start supporting your own self-healing is through meditation. A daily practice, even just for 10-15 minutes, can help you become more attuned to your body’s subtle energies.
Try focusing your awareness on different parts of your body, simply noticing any sensations without judgment. This builds the mind-body connection that is fundamental to energy manipulation.

You can also practice using one of the guided meditations led by Somananda that are available for you to listen to at any time.

2. Tantra Yoga

Tantra Yoga is a profound practice that harmonizes body, mind, and spirit, which creates an excellent foundation for energetic healing. Through specific postures, breathwork, and meditative techniques, it helps unblock stagnant energy and restore your balance from within.

To start practicing on your own, you can follow our free online yoga sessions led by Shiva and myself.

You may also want to explore Tantra Yoga Level 1 for a more structured and in-depth introduction to this powerful practice.

3. Preparing for a Professional Energy Session

If you decide to see a professional energy healer, a little preparation can make the experience more effective.

First, set a clear intention for what you hope to achieve. Are you looking to relieve physical pain, process a difficult emotion, or simply feel more balanced? Having a clear goal helps both you and the practitioner focus the session.

On the day of your appointment, wear comfortable clothing and avoid heavy meals or caffeine beforehand. Most importantly, arrive with an open mind. Healing is a collaborative process, and your willingness to receive is a key component.

By exploring these practical applications, you can begin to actively participate in your own healing journey.

How to Find an Authentic Energy Healer

Authentic energy healers have a clear understanding of the energetic structures and forces within the human body and are able to work directly with these elements.

This is what sets a real energy healer apart from the others. They can sense and identify the different levels and types of energy present in their own body and in their clients’ bodies, and they can influence the movement of these energies.

How do they actually move energy? It’s all done with the mind. A skilled energy healer is able to focus their mind on a specific frequency or type of energy and move it using the force of their concentration.

Naturally, this requires extensive training and practice. Many spiritual traditions, such as authentic Tantra Yoga, recognize that the human mind tends to be very scattered or unfocused if you don’t make any effort to control it.

However, regularly practicing meditation, visualization, or other methods of focusing the mind can train a person to focus and concentrate much more effectively.

Skilled energy healers have learned how to control their minds over time using specific techniques taught by masters in their respective traditions. For a deeper understanding of how to develop these essential skills, see our steps to mastering energy.

In traditions like Tantra, the full spectrum of human energies has been identified and described. Ancient texts detail all the specific forms of energy found in the human body and how they work. This leaves no room for error or any vagueness. Energy healing in these traditions is a very clear and precise process.

When you’re looking for a potential energy healer, they should be able to clearly explain to you exactly how their healing practice works, and what type of training they have gone through.

If they can’t do that, you should probably keep looking for one who can.

In Tantra, ancient texts describe the full range of human energies and how they work, leaving little room for vagueness. In this tradition, energy healing is a clear and precise process.

Starting Your Energy Mastering Journey

Energy healing has been practiced for thousands of years and I’ve experienced how powerful it can be to heal a wide range of physical and mental health issues.

Authentic energy healing is based on traditional knowledge of how the human energy system works. It focuses on removing energetic blockages within that system to support a person’s overall health and well-being.

If you’re interested in learning more about energy healing, receiving energy healing yourself, or becoming a practitioner, consider joining one of our upcoming Tantra Massage Therapist or Tantric Remote Energy Healing Therapist training courses.

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