New Yorkers are famous for their high-stress lifestyle. Throw in the complete range of seasons, from hot and humid to bitter cold, and it can be nearly impossible to stay healthy. Despite this, and as familiar in the New Age market as therapeutic energies have become, somehow when one envisions an energy healer New York City does not come to mind.
When one associates these therapies with a locale, usually it is Southern California, or at least Boulder, Colorado, that spring to mind. Denizens of the Big Apple are thought to be made of sterner, even more cynical stuff. However, New Yorkers, too, will admit that the body does possess a definite electrochemical charge. As it happens, they are just as likely to believe in subtler forms of energy as their Western beatnik brethren.
Aura fields can be photographed, though skeptics are almost certain it's all some sort of trick. When it comes to health, auras are important because different auras are associated with specific characteristics. Certain aura colors are associated with different levels of spiritual development, different types of personality or emotional state, but they are also associated with particular degrees of health and sickness.
Most of us are familiar with entirely invisible energies, like Chinese chi. In Asia, this is well established and the subject of serious academic and medical study. In the West, chi, known in Japan as ki, has broad popular acceptance but little in the way of medical support.
Chi has entered the public imagination because of two arts from Asia. Acupuncture may be the single most prescribed type of alternative medicine. In fact, it is so common that it hardly seems an alternative medicine at all. Acupuncture works through manipulating the body's flow of chi using extremely fine needs.
Many of us know of chi through familiarity with martial arts, whose most august masters are known to make use of chi. The stereotype of the martial artist who uses chi is an elderly master long past his athletic peak, who uses chi not just to compensate for his failing physical powers but to perform feats well beyond the range of his juniors.
Reiki is another popular medical art that makes use of chi energy. It is a particularly organized for of the timeless paradigm of healing through the laying on of hands. Reiki can be learned relatively swiftly, licensing is easy, and even in New York City practitioners are abundantly available.
Kaji energy is a Japanese discovery which is extremely subtle, and seems to have some connection to the Sun. It is especially intriguing as a means distance healing, in which close proximity between healer and patient is not needed, and they can be oceans or continents apart. It can also be applied in group formats, where many individuals perform a remote healing on a single individual.
To the broad public, it helps energetic healing that the body does have an electrical charge. It further helps that a few of its best-known forms are Asian, lending an atmosphere of ancient authority. In the final analysis, many thousands claim to have been healed through energetic healing therapies, and this word-of-mouth is the first, best selling point any therapy could have.
When one associates these therapies with a locale, usually it is Southern California, or at least Boulder, Colorado, that spring to mind. Denizens of the Big Apple are thought to be made of sterner, even more cynical stuff. However, New Yorkers, too, will admit that the body does possess a definite electrochemical charge. As it happens, they are just as likely to believe in subtler forms of energy as their Western beatnik brethren.
Aura fields can be photographed, though skeptics are almost certain it's all some sort of trick. When it comes to health, auras are important because different auras are associated with specific characteristics. Certain aura colors are associated with different levels of spiritual development, different types of personality or emotional state, but they are also associated with particular degrees of health and sickness.
Most of us are familiar with entirely invisible energies, like Chinese chi. In Asia, this is well established and the subject of serious academic and medical study. In the West, chi, known in Japan as ki, has broad popular acceptance but little in the way of medical support.
Chi has entered the public imagination because of two arts from Asia. Acupuncture may be the single most prescribed type of alternative medicine. In fact, it is so common that it hardly seems an alternative medicine at all. Acupuncture works through manipulating the body's flow of chi using extremely fine needs.
Many of us know of chi through familiarity with martial arts, whose most august masters are known to make use of chi. The stereotype of the martial artist who uses chi is an elderly master long past his athletic peak, who uses chi not just to compensate for his failing physical powers but to perform feats well beyond the range of his juniors.
Reiki is another popular medical art that makes use of chi energy. It is a particularly organized for of the timeless paradigm of healing through the laying on of hands. Reiki can be learned relatively swiftly, licensing is easy, and even in New York City practitioners are abundantly available.
Kaji energy is a Japanese discovery which is extremely subtle, and seems to have some connection to the Sun. It is especially intriguing as a means distance healing, in which close proximity between healer and patient is not needed, and they can be oceans or continents apart. It can also be applied in group formats, where many individuals perform a remote healing on a single individual.
To the broad public, it helps energetic healing that the body does have an electrical charge. It further helps that a few of its best-known forms are Asian, lending an atmosphere of ancient authority. In the final analysis, many thousands claim to have been healed through energetic healing therapies, and this word-of-mouth is the first, best selling point any therapy could have.
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