I’ve been practicing various forms of energy-based healing for about 20 years. 
During this time, I’ve had ample time to witness my client’s healing process from an energy healer’s perspective. I saw how each healing was individual, nuanced, and full of subtleties. Yet, I could also detect three common signs of healing that are palpable, and often easily recognized by my clients. These signs illustrate, to some extent, how a client heals with energy work.
First Things First – What is Energy Healing
Energy healing encompasses a wide range of holistic mind-body-spirit healing modalities that focus on the body’s subtle energy systems – energy centers (chakras) and energy field (aura) – and how they relate to the human body, health, and well-being.
Some examples are Reiki, Integrated Energy Therapy (IET), qigong, acupuncture, and sound and crystal healing.
Put very simply, energy healers eliminate imbalances in this subtle life-force energy, and in so doing, restore its vital flow, and promote healing and wellness at all levels throughout the physical body and all other energy bodies.
From an energy healer’s perspective, balanced free-flowing life-force energy is synonymous with health and well-being. (See more on my Energy Healing page).
3 Classic Signs of Healing
Three common signs of healing illustrate different dimensions of the healing process. These are:
- Release
- Reestablishment of Coherence Across Energy Bodies and Centers (chakras)
- Discovery of the Underlying Story
Let’s take a closer look at each.
1. Release As a Sign of Healing
Typically, illness and imbalance are expressed as stuck energy or incoherent flow. As a practitioner, I can detect these energy obstructions and disturbed flows.
Some blockages are minor and temporary. Here the blocked energy is easily released. Other energy blockages are resistant and indicate more significant dysfunction or often chronic issues.
Clearing these blockages reestablishes a vital wholesome energetic flow indicating improved holistic and integrated functioning.
Sensing Blocked or Dysfunctional Energies
I can also sense very subtle blocks and flow disturbances. The sensations vary and can often be interpreted differently. Energy blocks can feel hard, thick, or sticky.
Irregular energetic flows can be like two waves pushing and sometimes crashing into each other at the shore. They can feel almost electric as well. Some obstructions can appear as dense objects or invisible walls.
My clients might or might not discern a corresponding but not necessarily identical physical sensation in their bodies. Yet, they are particularly preceptive, they may note a vague felt sense. But, more commonly, it’s the energetic release or energy shifts that my clients notice. Classic sensations are the diminishment of pressure and tingles as the energy rebalances, a gentle sense of ease or spaciousness, or relaxation. All are signs of healing.
2. Coherence Across Energy Bodies As a Sign of Healing and Body Balance and Integration
Another healing clue for the practitioner is a discernable interaction between one or more locations within the client’s physical and energy bodies or their chakras (spinning wheels of energy along the spine that absorb and expel life-force energy and govern the function and status of the overall system).
This discernment means I can feel the relative vitality of each chakra – perhaps, the root, heart, or throat chakra. I might perceive the inequalities or interactions among them or intuit them.
For example, one chakra might feel relatively empty (deficit or hypoactive) or throbbing (hyperactive). Alternatively, it could feel as though the energy of one chakra was pulling on another. Or, I might get an odd sense and just know (via a claircognizant message) that two chakras clash in some way.
Breaking dysfunctional ties and rebalancing the energy of the chakra system can be imperceptible or extremely subtle to the client. Still, more coherent flow and balance are frequently indirectly perceived as fuller, deeper breaths; physical relief; reinvigoration; or more integration. These are signs of healing.
3. Discovery of the Underlying Story
As I work with my client, I can offer observations about what is happening on an energetic level. Sometimes, I share intuitive messages as well.
I don’t diagnose or tell my client what her story is. Instead, I describe the sensations and relationships I encounter. I also answer questions about what those sensations often mean to other clients and what are the functions of the chakras.
My client is the one who reflects, incorporates what resonates, makes connections, and uncovers her story. For example, the tightness and pain in her shoulders were connected to the pressure she felt as the oldest child to be responsible for her younger siblings. In later years, that same sentiment transformed and contributed to the overbearing pressure and stress associated with her supervisory role.
This allows her to see how different aspects of her life are a part of her pain and healing. Specifically, she can see her healing isn’t just about eliminating pain and discomfort, but also about changing her stories, limiting beliefs, and behaviors that create the pain.
From the energy healer’s perspective, what typically follows these ah-ha moments and story reveals is a pronounced release and shift in my client’s energy creating more balance and coherence. Clients often feel great relief, peace, and completeness.
These are ways that energy healing, unlike conventional healing facilitates a holistic restoration of balance and well-being. The release of blocks, the establishment of coherence throughout bodily systems and all energy bodies, and the unfolding of the underlying story are but just three common signs of healing.
Many other subtle changes and cumulative shifts can also induce a dramatic transformation.
For More On Energy Healing:
- Mind, Body, Spirit Blog, especially my extensive collection of related posts under the blog category of Energy Healing and Natural Wellness or see, in particular:
- What’s Intuitive Energy Healing
- How Spiritual Energy Healing Supports You Through a Personal Change
- Chakra Imbalances Reveal the Story Behind Your Pain,
- Energy Healing and Spiritual Life Coaching Sessions
Updated December 27, 2024
