Energy healing is a natural, non-invasive therapy designed to rebalance and effect healing for a wide range of illness and conditions; including anorexia nervosa. It is just one of a growing number of natural treatments that are gaining in popularity, as alternatives or complements to conventional medical approaches to healing.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Anorexia is a psychological condition that revolves around food, or rather an avoidance of food and eating. This eating disorder is characterised by sufferer's having a distorted body image, believing they are never thin enough. This manifests itself in an anorexia sufferer developing an unhealthy relationship with food; either avoiding it altogether and/or exercising obsessively in an effort to lose weight. The condition is most commonly related with adolescent girls, though any sex can be affected. Anorexia can also persist into adulthood, and is termed adult anorexia.
Anorexia Symptoms
Anorexia nervosa sufferers' most obvious symptom is a dramatic reduction in their body weight, often accompanied by a prominent jaw line and a fine covering of hair over the body – termed lanugo. The lack of an adequate diet has a significant impact on the body and mind; with implications for cardiac functioning and bone density on the physical front; with depression and suicidal tendencies possible on the psychological side. Diagnosis of anorexia is usually made by a GP, who depending on the patient will utilise the services of a nutritionist, psychologist and/or a counsellor; amongst others.
Energy Healing for Anorexia Nervosa
Energy Healing is a gentle, non-invasive hands-on technique that can incorporate techniques such as reiki. Here a practitioner utilises touch to transfer energy to a recipient or patient. These techniques are based on the principle that the human body is comprised of an energy field; variously know as chiin Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) or prana in the Indian tradition.
Diseases, illness and ailments are seen as blockages or impediments to the overall energy field. An energy healer will typically place their hands on a patient to clear, energise and balance the human energy fields. This is intended to heal and encourage the physical, emotional and spiritual health and healing of an individual. As a non-invasive therapy it is able to be utilised alongside conventional healthcare approaches.
For anorexia sufferers energy healing can help patients relate to their body in a positive light. It can also help to alleviate the stress and nervous tension that is often part of an anorexia sufferer's life.
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Originally published on Aug 30, 2010
