energy healing
Mystical wellness practice
Energy healing refers to alternative practices claiming to manipulate invisible life force or spiritual energy to promote health.
Practitioners may use touch, near-touch, or no physical contact at all, working with concepts like chi, prana, or auras.
Reiki, therapeutic touch, and crystal healing fall under this umbrella.
The field lacks scientific evidence but maintains devoted followers: She swears by energy healing for her chronic pain.
- reikiJapanese energy healing
- laying on handsHealing through physical contact
- pranaVital breath energy
- qi gongChinese energy-cultivation discipline
- meditationFocused attention practice
acupuncture · homeopathy · chakras · aromatherapy · crystals · breathwork · sound therapy · aura · placebo effect · life force · aura cleansing · bioenergetics · channeling · naturopathy · attunement · hands · flow · holistic
- Pacific healingkahuna, traditional healers, traditional medicine, native healers, herbal medicine
- spiritualitysacred, enlightened, divine, holy, spiritual growth
- wellnesshealthy, wellness, fitness, exercise, nutrition
- healingmeditation, yoga, tissue repair, mindfulness, mending
- healing practicesacupressure, Ayurveda, chiropractic, herbal medicine, herbalism
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
energy healingsurgery
Invasive medical procedure
chemotherapy · radiation therapy · invasive procedure · drug therapy · surgical intervention
energy healingmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
physicalism · scientific skepticism · skepticism · empiricism · reductionism