Energy healing - is it a thing and can science explain it?
- Greg Dea
- May 4
- 1 min read
Updated: May 11
There are at least 5 processes occurring when a hand touches another body with the attention and intention to influence. Five. That I've found so far. That science can explain. That I've observed happening in some ways clinically.
But, heck, the energy healing has been going on a lot longer than science could explain it.
Jesus - ever heard of him? The laying of hands.
Reiki - the universal life force.
Qi Gong healing.
Shamanic healing.
Shaktipat.
Sufi healing.
Native American "power transfer" rituals.
African Ubungoma, N’anga practice, Dingaka practice.
There are more. And I'll assume they haven't collated the science I've found, since much of the practice has to be at least a generation old, or older, while the scientification explanations came much much later since the practices were already changing people.

These are the 5 scientific processes I've discovered. They are:
Far Infrared Radiation induced changes;
Integrin-mediated mechanotransduction;
Piezoelectrical responses;
Capacitor-induced superficial charge and deep grounding charge and fluid flow;
Coherence-induced autonomic activation.
I'll expand on these in future blogs. Go to part 1. Go to part 2. Then part 3. And part 4. Finishing with coherence's effect on physiology in a way that should precede manual therapy.
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