What is... Energy Healing

"Energy Healing" is a general term that refers to any healing modality that utilizes "Qi" (or spelled 'chi' and pronounced 'chee') as a primary method of recovery.

Qi is thought of as 'life-force energy', bio-vitality, or that which keeps living things healthy. The Hindu culture refers to this as 'prana', the Japanese culture uses the character 'ki', the Hawaiian culture calls it 'mana'... virtually every culture has some name for this energy.

We differentiate 'energy healing' from invasive forms of healing that involve surgery or pharmaceutical drugs in that the 'patient' is rarely touched in a physical way. The healing practitioner uses some method to get Qi moving smoothly in the patient's body. This may involve removing blocks or stagnation which can result from a physical (or emotional) injury, from congenital or chronic disease, or even from unbalanced eating habits.

Energy healing doesn't always require a healer or doctor; the beauty of this work is that each of us can learn to work with our own energy and 'heal ourselves.' The promise of energy healing is to learn how to bring our mind, body and spirit into balance... to learn how to become more sensitive to our own inner balance and to use the multitude of tools that are available from many ancient cultures in our daily, personal 'preventative medicine' practice.

Energy healing involves diet and exercise. Diet really just means conscious eating... exercise refers to everything from Yoga and Qigong to meditation and walking. We hope that our Kahuna Valley Retreat workshops will inspire you to good health and a more joyful life! Peace.

Copyright © 2003 Francesco Garri Garripoli