In our complex times, innumerable people are stricken with disease, discomfort, and pain-some from identifiable sources and others rooted deeply in psychological trauma. More and more people are turning to natural, holistic therapies to supplement or replace traditional medicine, ease pain, and heal the source of their suffering. The Essential Guide to Energy Healing illuminates the various uses of body and earth energy to mitigate disease and suffering and helps readers judge for themselves which methods will be most effective for their ailments—or those of others they wish to heal. Practical steps show how to put these energies to use. Topics covered include:

•What energy medicine is and how it works
•Magnet therapy
•Light therapy
•Cymatic (sound) therapy
•Psychic healing
•Therapeutic touch
•Healing touch
•Esoteric healing
•Qi Gong healing
•Reiki
•Pranic healing
•Crystal healing
•Distant healing