People who are not familiar with energy work and the concept of holistic health care often ask, “What exactly is healing?” That is a great question! The answer is both simple and complex. Healing is many things to many people. Every healer has his, her, or their own process.
We can tell you how we approach healing, what modalities we use, and what post-healing effects you might experience. But we cannot guarantee a particular outcome, such as curing a disease. What we can say is this: healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about restoring balance, reconnecting with your true self, and creating space for transformation.
It’s a journey, one that involves body, mind, and spirit. Whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, healing often unfolds in layers, at a pace that matches your soul’s readiness. We view it as a co-creative process between the healer, the client, and the Divine.
What Exactly Is Healing in Energy Work
Healing can mean many things. So what exactly is healing-especially from a spiritual or energetic standpoint? Let’s explore how energy, intention, and soul alignment come into play.
Healing is Holistic
“Everything we think, everything we say, everything we do, is either health creating or health negating. When we begin to look at health and healing that way, we can enter the realm of health creation from anywhere – nutrition, exercise, contemplative practice, relationship.” – Dr William B Stewart
Rather than focusing on a symptom or body part, holistic healing addresses one’s entire being: spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. It flows from the level of pure consciousness down to the physical.
Healing is a Process
“If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.” – Hippocrates Energy healing isn’t a magical cure-all that instantaneously fixes everything. It is a journey that begins with intention, and includes a shift in consciousness along with lifestyle changes.
Healing Comes from Love
“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” – Gary Zukav
Love heals, whereas fear causes dis-ease. Healing is, therefore, the process of releasing the fear that is blocking you from fully experiencing love (health, happiness, abundance, etc.). When you ask, ‘What exactly is healing?’ and open your heart, you start to feel subtle releases, clarity, or peace emerge. Ultimately, what exactly is healing becomes clear when we see energy shifting in our bodies and hearts.
Healing Goes Deep
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
Healing doesn’t suppress symptoms. Instead, it peels back the layers that obscure the truth, and eventually lays bare the core wound that caused the dis-ease. Once that core is exposed, it is lovingly healed and the wisdom attached to that experience is integrated into the consciousness.
Why Intentional Healing Matters
Healing Takes Faith
“You’ll see it when you believe it.” – Wayne Dyer
The faith you need is a combination of trust and belief. These must be so steadfast that your fear (doubts) can’t creep in and undo the healing before it has manifested.
- Do you have faith (trust; belief) in the healer to help you?
- Do you have the faith necessary to sustain you throughout the post-healing process?
Bottom line: Your beliefs create your reality. You have to believe yourself well.
All Healing is Self-Healing
“A healer does not give a patient anything he or she does not already have. A healer simply awakens a part of the patient that has been sleeping. The power to heal is yours already. You can use external sources as ‘permission slips,’ but they are simply characters in the movie for which you have written the script. Whatever outside sources do to you or for you, you do to or for yourself.” – Alan Cohen
Healers are to healing what midwives are to birthing. Just as the midwife can’t give birth for the expectant mother, the healer can’t heal for you. We are facilitators in the healing process, here to lovingly assist you.
What Happens During and After Healing?
While modalities diverge in procedure, this is an outline of a typical energy healing:
Pre-Healing
The practitioner asks the healing recipient questions which help to determine the focus of the healing. She also talks about the healing process and what to expect.
The Energy Healing Process
The practitioner scans the energy body (aura and chakras) for abnormalities and then energetically repairs them.
Post-Healing
The practitioner makes recommendations (i.e. lifestyle changes; self-care routines). These activities are vitally important because they help to correct the imbalances that caused the dis-ease. They also help hold the space for the energetic healing to manifest on the mental, emotional and physical levels.
How Long Does Healing Take?
“The moment you change your perception, is the moment you rewrite the chemistry in your body.” – Dr Bruce Lipton
The time this process takes depends on the individual. If, for example, during the post-healing summary the healer shares empowering intuitive guidance, then the healing process may progress faster. That’s because the healer is helping to expand the recipient’s consciousness, which in turn, awakens his/her gifts, including the power to self-heal.
In Conclusion
As you can see, healing isn’t a magic elixir. Healers don’t have the ability to take away the darkness permanently. We can help in the short-term, but long-term results depend on what you think, how you feel and what you do. Healing is about self-discovery, learning and the re-acquisition of personal power. It’s about waking up in the dream we call life, and choosing to use the divine spark within to co-create a life that you love.
The role of the healer is one of a loving mentor, teacher, confidante and guide. We will happily assist you, but ultimately you are the one who is doing the healing. And that is both the hardest and most rewarding work you’ll ever do. By asking what exactly is healing, you open the door to deeper self-care and soulful transformation.
Want to explore this more? We offer energy healing sessions to help you experience healing from the inside out.