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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ENERGY MEDICINE
By Donna Eden and David Feinstein
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Energy medicine is both a
complement to other systems of medical care and, in itself, a complete system for
self-care and self-help. It can address physical illness and emotional disorders, and it
can also promote wellness and peak performance. |
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Energy Medicine is both an independent approach to
self-care
and a complement to medical care. |
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Because we receive so many requests
from people who are new to energy medicine for help with health conditions, we have
written this brief guide to help orient you and to direct you to a wealth of available
resources, many of them free.
A key concept in energy medicine is that the words
"diagnosis" and "treatment" have a different meaning than they do in
conventional medicine. In conventional medicine you diagnose and treat
an illness. In energy medicine, you assess where the energy system needs
attention and correct the energy disturbances. Physical symptoms may be a
clue, but they are not the focus. For instance, the same stomachache might trace to
an imbalance in heart meridian in one person, in liver meridian in another, and in stomach
meridian in a third. The same physical symptoms can reflect many kinds of problems in your
energy system and call for different kinds of attention. |
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In energy medicine, you assess where the
energy system needs attention and correct the energy disturbances. |
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TWO WAYS ENERGY MEDICINE CAN HELP |
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There are TWO LEVELS where energy
medicine might make a difference with a health condition:
1. THE FIRST has to do with getting your body's energies into a
good flow, harmony, and balance. While not focusing on your health issue directly, this
can create within your body an energetic environment that supports your overall health,
vitality, and healing.
This is the place to start, even if you are also taking additional
steps, such as assessing and working with specific vulnerabilities in your energy system
or consulting with an energy medicine specialist. Unlike treatments that offer pills
or surgery, energy medicine focuses on the entire body as a system. Before doing more
specific treatments, energy
medicine practitioners routinely help people get their body's overall energies
into a strong and healthy flow.
In the Daily Energy Routine are some of the methods an energy
medicine practitioner might give to you after an initial consultation to help you
strengthen and balance your own energies. You can do much for yourself through the
Daily Energy Routine alone. The Daily Energy Routine takes about five minutes, and
then also dedicating five additional minutes for experimenting with other methods can make
a real difference in your health and vitality.
Five areas you might experiment with as adjuncts to the Daily Routine
are 1) the the "Homolateral Crossover," 2) "Connecting Heaven and
Earth," 3) techniques for sedating the triple warmer meridian, 4) the
"Neurovascular Hold," and 5) the "Blow Out." All are presented in each
of the above resources.
2. THE SECOND LEVEL by which energy medicine might make a difference
with a health concern involves an assessment of your body's energies and the ways they are
related to the condition.
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Energy Medicine first approaches a health
condition by strengthening the person’s overall energy system and then by
working with specific energies that are involved in the problem. |
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Books, Videos, and Other Learning
Resources |
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While Energy Medicine is our
flagship book, Donna’s and David’s other books have won four national awards,
including two "Book of the Year" designations in their respective categories.
The 6-hour
"Energy Medicine Essential Techniques" video program takes most of the
exercises from Energy Medicine and shows Donna personally instructing you in how to
use them. It is like bringing her into your living room. See all their books, DVDs, and
CDs, and the superb "Energy Medicine Kit" by Sounds True, on the LearnEnergyMedicine.com website. |
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Finding Classes and Trainings |
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Every community is offering classes
in various aspects of energy medicine. In larger cities, widely distributed free monthly
local magazines announce dozens every month. Courses with Donna and David can be found on
the "Classes"
area of LearnEnergyMedicine.com. |
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Eden Energy Medicine
Certification Program |
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Taught by gifted practitioners who
have been studying with Donna for many years, and still overseen by Donna, this two-year
program has earned rave reviews from hundreds of graduates. Energy
medicine is a career for the future, and this program is a route into it. Learn more
on the "Certification
Program" area of LearnEnergyMedicine.com. |
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Join or Start a Local Study Group |
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A great way to learn energy
medicine is to find study buddies with whom you can practice. This may be one other person
or a small group, and it may be as simple as discussing this book or practicing techniques
together after watching them on a DVD. Many communities have local energy medicine study
groups. You can find them, along with other individuals interested in energy medicine, at EnergyMedicineDirectory.com
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Home Study Resources |
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Many of our books and videos can
form the basis of home study
programs with exams, Certificates of Completion, and Professional Continuing
Education Credit available. Learn more at EnergyHomeStudy.com. |
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The Energy e-Letter |
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Learn about numerous topics of
interest, new books, DVDs, and other resources, upcoming classes and training events, and
generally stay informed about Donna’s
and David’s approach to energy healing. You can sign up on LearnEnergyMedicine.com. Your
name will never be given to others. |
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The Energy Medicine Handout Bank |
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As more and more of our students
have been teaching energy medicine, they were putting great amounts of energy into
developing handouts for their classes, often were covering material that was similar to
handouts being developed by other students. We decided to take the best of the best of
these handouts and place them on our "Handout Bank." The Handout Bank is a free
resource designed to 1) help make energy medicine more widely accessible, 2) aid those who
are teaching classes or providing services in energy medicine, and 3) create a high
quality archive of principles and methods. It is designed for the energy medicine
practitioner, but others interested in the field may also find it a valuable resource. The
Handout Bank is posted on the site of our sister organization, the non-profit Energy Medicine Institute, at HandoutBank.org. |
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Finding an Energy Medicine
Practitioner |
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Every local community is enjoying a
rapid increase in the number of health practitioners who incorporate an energy medicine
perspective. Practitioners may be found in all of the healing professions, from physicians
and chiropractors to nurses and personal trainers to massage therapists and life coaches.
Practitioners of acupuncture, qi gong, Reiki, Ayurveda, applied kinesiology,
homeopathy, Touch for Health, Healing Touch, and Therapeutic Touch, among many others, are
all working directly with the body’s subtle energies. An excellent guide to finding a
qualified energy practitioner in your own local community, as well as a listing of
practitioners trained in Donna Eden’s approach to energy medicine, can be found in
the "Practitioners
and Links" area of LearnEnergyMedicine.com. |
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Getting an Energy Medicine
Perspective on Health-Based Questions |
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Again, energy medicine does not diagnose
or treat illness or disease. Instead it corrects energetic imbalances that are at
the foundation of health and vibrancy. But physical symptoms often provide clues about the
types of energy imbalances the body needs to have addressed. Donna has received thousands
of inquiries about how to apply energy medicine with various health-related concerns.
While the numbers now make it impossible to answer each, for many years she did just that,
so we have hundreds of responses to such questions. Our staff has selected questions and
answers that may apply to others with similar concerns, concealed the writers’
identities, and edited and posted them so the information might serve many. These are
well-indexed in the "Energy
Medicine Questions and Answers" section of LearnEnergyMedicine.com. |
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Learn About Energy Psychology |
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Applying the principles of energy
medicine to emotional problems and to promoting peak vitality is proving to be one of the
most exciting developments in the field of psychology. Learn more in the "Energy
Psychology" area of LearnEnergyMedicine.com. |
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