A Japanese Doctor rediscovered what is believed to be an ancient technique of hands on healing, over a century ago. It is a therapeutic system which has no religious basis, working simply on the human bio-electric field in a re-balancing way. Treatments may be performed on humans and other animals, and the energy works on all four levels of the body; physical, emotional and spiritual.
The Japanese name of the system means life force energy, of which the practitioner acts as a channel, directing the energy to the patient by gently laying their hands on the body. As a result, it is a kind of ‘spiritual healing’ in which the practitioner’s energy is not sapped, but benefits from the process.
Having been met with scepticism in the past, in recent years this therapy has become more widespread, with over a million practitioners across the world in 1995. It is even offered in many health spas alongside massage and dietary consultation.
This coincides with a great change in scientific understanding; in a matter of decades science has gone from a flat denial of the human energy field to a complete certainty that human bio-fields exist and are medically important. It was in 1963 that the heart’s electromagnetic field was first measured. Physics dictates that since living tissues conduct electricity, the currents created by the brain, nerves and muscles will produce electromagnetic fields around the body.
Practitioners are able to give treatments after they have been attuned to the energy. This may be explained as being given the energetic frequency, like how a radio must be tuned to the radio frequency to receive a particular station.
Some suggest that this is remembered in a similar way as homeopathy; in which the electromagnetic blueprint of a substance is imprinted onto water. Since the body is largely made up of water, it may be this system that picks up the frequency and remembers it just as water remembers the signals of homeopathic remedies. Interesting research has been done in this field, such as in ‘Messages in Water’, but not all scientists are convinced by the idea of water having an electromagnetic memory.
A full treatment lasts between 60 and 90 minutes. In hands on healing, the energy is offered to the patient, not projected onto them, allowing the patient to unconsciously take what is needed. It can therefore never cause harm, and always works to the highest good. This is a transformational energy that works on the past, present and future, and each treatment will lead to a greater sense of harmony and well-being.
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