According to healer Donna Eden, a pioneer in the emerging field of energy medicine, "energy is the foundation of physical and emotional health." Eden's statement is supported by a growing body of scientific research that has proven the existence of a bioenergy field, or "aura," that surrounds all living beings, the integrity of which changes in direct response to changes in thoughts, emotions, and moods. Moreover, many researchers now maintain that the initial, subtle seeds of both physical and emotional illness first occur in a person's "energy body" long before they manifest more concretely in the visible world. Conversely, research also shows that external factors such as foods, alcohol, drugs, radiation from television and computer screens, and other forms of electromagnetic radiation can damage this subtle, protective field, eventually resulting in a wide range of disease conditions.

In Energy Medicine, Eden integrates this recent scientific research with centuries-old knowledge culled from such healing traditions as acupuncture and yoga, to describe what the energy body is and how it can be accessed to achieve and maintain optimal health. In addition, she includes pertinent laboratory and clinical research about energy medicine that makes it clear why Western medicine is finally being compelled to accept energy medicine as a viable discipline that addresses one of the central aspects of health and healing. Assisted by her husband, David Feinstein, formerly of John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Eden shares the story of her own healing journey which began at birth when she was diagnosed with a heart murmur, and included bouts of tuberculosis, severe food allergies, hay fever, hypoglycemia, severe PMS, multiple sclerosis, a heart attack, a serious asthma condition, and a breast tumor, all by the age of 34. Eden relates her medical history and her road to recovery to illustrate that all of us innately possess the key to our own healing, and that the energy body is a means by which we can access it.

Divided into three parts, Energy Medicine includes pertinent research in support of Eden's work, an overview of subtle energy systems from healing traditions worldwide, and case histories that clearly, and often dramatically, illustrate how healing can occur once energetic blockages are released to allow subtle energies to flow freely throughout the body. From the onset, though, Eden is clear that the book's primary purpose is to guide readers to actively participate 'in their own healing process by relying on their own insights and intuitions while discovering how they, too, can work with their energy body to treat common problems such as fatigue, headache, back pain, and stress.

In Part One, Eden defines what she terms "the language of the body's energies." She provides techniques for identifying the various subtle energies within and around us. She also teaches readers how to assess their own "energy signature" and unscramble and enhance their healing energies by practicing the "Daily Energy Routine." Techniques are also provided for reprogramming how the body reacts to stress.

Part Two details the eight major energy systems that comprise Eden's work, including the acupuncture meridian system, chakras, and the human aura. She also reveals the multicultural history of each of the eight systems, showing how they have informed non-conventional healing systems far before the dawn of allopathic medicine. While acknowledging that these are not the only systems of energy in the human body, Eden maintains that greater physical and emotional health can be achieved by working with them to keep their energies flowing freely. Easy-to-follow illustrations and step-by-step instructions make it easy for the reader to begin to access each system and learn how to keep them in balance.

In Part Three, Eden provides the information most readers will have the greatest interest in, namely how to use energy medicine to treat illness, relieve pain, cope with electromagnetic pollution, and achieve optimal health. Among the techniques she shares are exercises for stopping the onset of illness as soon as it begins, stimulating immune function, relieving headaches, releasing stress, improving memory, enhancing digestion, and relieving arthritis, and neck, shoulder and low back pain. A variety of energetic mental/emotional techniques are included as well, guiding the reader to achieve greater levels of joy and peacefulness, and to effectively cope with feelings of fear, nervousness, and despair. Guidance is also provided for readers interested in using subtle energies to tap into higher levels of spiritual guidance and expanded levels of consciousness.

There are a variety of books about energy medicine on the market, and doubtless more will follow as energy medicine becomes more widely accepted in our culture. Few authors, however, have written about the subject in a way that empowers readers to be able to directly experience the beneficial effects of energy medicine for themselves. With Energy Medicine, Eden joins Dolores Krieger and Barbara Brennan as one of the few authors who have done so. With over a hundred techniques supported by the latest scientific research and illustrative case histories, Energy Medicine breaks new ground in empowering readers to take charge of their own health.

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