Learn Energy Healing

A Resource List



You can learn a lot about energy healing from The Energy Healing Site. However, if you're serious about wanting to learn energy healing, it's a good idea to get some training from an actual person in a live class. There are some aspects of energy healing that just aren't easily conveyed in print or video.

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If you seriously want to learn energy healing, there's nothing like a real, live teacher to convey complex concepts, teach methods, answer questions, supervise your practice, instill ethics, encourage you, and give you on-going support as you develop as a healer. Training can range from the weekend required for Level One Reiki, to multi-year programs. It seems smart to me to start with something short like Level 1 Reiki or beginning Healing Touch, which will give you a taste of energy healing with a relatively small investment of time and money. If you like it, then you can delve deeper into the world of healing. Links to a few of the major energy healing schools and trainers (the ones that I know of and which have good reputations) are listed below.

Energy Healing Schools and Training

Reiki

Healing Touch

Quantum Touch

Books to Help You Learn Energy Healing

A few recommended books on the subject of energy healing include:

Healer Ethics

Whatever course of study you pursue, make sure you get a firm grasp of the ethics of energy healing. People often come to an energy healer when they have run out of other options, when they are desperate, so you must be tender with their feelings, but also vigilant that you do not inadvertently take advantage of their desperation. Learn more about energy healer ethics.

Is Certification Necessary?

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Certification and licensing requirements for doing energy healing professionally vary from locale to locale, but as far as I know, there is no official/legal certification required for a person to practice energy healing where there is no physical touch involved.

However, some forms of energy healing are protected by organizations and trademark/copyright laws, e.g. Healing Touch and Restorative Touch, and require certification from that organization for you to hold yourself out as a certified practitioner.



But if you are actually going to touch people's physical bodies, rather than just work in their energy field, you will probably need some kind of official license from a governmental unit of some kind (state, county, city--depends on where you live).  

For example, in Washington state (U.S.), where I live, if you want to do any professional hands-on work (i.e., if you are going to touch someone else's physical body and charge a fee), you need to be licensed with the state as a massage practitioner, nurse, physical therapist, or other health professional. 

Alternatively, being or becoming an ordained minister allows you to perform the style of energy work called "laying on of hands," in which you gently touch the physical body, Reiki-style.



Personally, I think that requiring a license or ordination for any professional hands-on work is a very good idea. Once you start physically touching people there's a lot more potential for physical abuse or harm, and I believe that protecting the public by requiring some form of certification is a good idea.



If you are going to do anything that can be construed as counseling or talk therapy, you will probably need some kind of official license as well.

But laws can vary widely from state to state and country to country, so if you are thinking of establishing an energy healing practice, you should definitely check the laws in your own state or country.



Energy healing certification requirements aside, I think that it's critical that energy healers hold to impeccable ethical standards and stay out of "gray areas" in their business dealings.

I need to add  that I'm not a legal professional, so this has just an informal discussion. You should definitely follow up with an attorney or more legal research of your own.

How To Use Your Healing Powers Right Now

Don't wait, the world needs you! You don't have to start a professional practice in order to do healing work. You can contribute to healing in the world no matter what your job. We all have natural healing powers and don't need any special degrees or equipment or a dedicated healing space to be powerful healing forces. Start where you are, and go from there.

More Resources on The Energy Healing Site

You can learn more about different types of energy healing by going to the Types of Energy Healing page.

If you're wondering,  "Am I a Healer?", this page will both reassure you and encourage you to go deeper with your questioning.

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