/r/energy_work
The purpose of this community is to explore human energy in all of its facets while stripping way the esoteric language, rituals and distractions that have accumulated over the years. Out of body experiences, energy healing, energetic connections between people, psychic work and everything in between. This sub is open for discussion, learning and teaching, without judgement, on any and every form of energy work regardless of degree of social acceptability or stigma.
This purpose of this community is to explore human energy in all of its facets. Out of body experiences, energy healing, energetic connections between people, psychic work and everything in between. This is a community about helping people explore, stretch and document their experiences as well as learn new ways and avenues to explore.
A primary purpose of this subreddit is to strip away all of the esoteric language, rituals and distractions that have been built around human energy practice to make for a clear and concise guide of how to achieve certain results (whatever those may be). This sub is open for discussion, without judgement, on any and every form of energy work regardless of degree of social acceptability or stigma.
[Fear Mongering] You're going to burn in hell and entities are going to devour your soul! You will sicken and your hair will fall out! 1) It's bullshit and 2) I said it, now you don't have to. Fear mongering will get you banned.
[Rude, Angry and/or Offensive Comments] Comments will be removed and users will be banned. There is a very low tolerance for that behavior in this sub. Be helpful or begone.
[Gatekeeping] This sub is for sharing information and knowledge, not for growing your guru status or to stroke your ego. Gatekeeping will get you banned.
[Promotional Posts] No longer allowed. The Sunday experiment was not clearly beneficial to the community.
[External Links]
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Requests for healing or energy are not allowed and will be removed. These can be posted over at r/energy_healing.
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Healing offer posts will be removed and may get you banned if it seems you are using this sub to build a following or to convert interested parties to paying customers. Offering remote reiki or distant healing service for money will get you banned. Alternatively, one can post [Healing Offer]s at /r/energy_healing.
[Reading Offer]s
Reading offers/Free Readings should only be made in response to requests and not as a new link or text post. Reading offer posts will be removed and may get you banned. Alternatively, one can post [Reading Offer]s at /r/energy_healing.
Books of Interest:
These are the books that I've found to be the best in their field on their particular subject. They are easy to read, motivating, clear and cogent.
The Visceral Experience by Daniel Barber, was written by the founder and prime mod of this subreddit. It shares the values that this sub expresses. If you are new to or just starting out with energy work, this is the book you want to read.
A Psychic Bedside Reader by Wayne Martin. Tips, Techniques, Meditations, and Healings for the Novice and Experienced Reader and Healer; a how-to for energy management for people like us. It teaches many of the techniques the author learned in the clairvoyant training program.
The Energy Cure by William Bengston. If you are a skeptic and looking for scientific proof that energy heals, pick up this book. It includes overviews of research in which mice with aggressive breast cancer genes were cured in full with only healing energy from hands.
Adventures Beyond the Body by William Buhlman. A howto book for out-of-body exploration.
Instant Rapport by Michael Brooks. Rapport is a weak and fragile type of energetic connection, but it is a good starting place for learning how to extend your energy beyond your own body. This book is a very interesting read and a great place to start.
Life Rules by Yehuda Berg. An easy read on the nature of reality from the viewpoint of the kabbalah written for the layperson. Effective energy work requires an understanding of reality that is not taught in schools.
The Essence of Reality by Thomas Daniel Nehrer. Another mind expanding treatment of reality from the author's perspective. A great start to a journey of understanding.
Other subreddits of interest:
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In 2021 I had something of an energy awakening. Coincidentally (or not) 2021 was also the year I started to notice/experience bodily imbalances. I’ve been doing plenty of physical therapy type exercises to restore balance, but it doesn’t seem to help.
I also started orthodontic treatment in 2021, and that seemed to cause or flare up TMJ with chronic tinnitus in right ear.
It seems like my strength, mobility, flexibility, pain is all imbalanced.
I had someone suggest that energy work can help. I’m curious what sorts of techniques there might be I could do at home to help?
Hello!
Context: I was thinking about the way I sense other people’s negative energy is purely based on my gut feelings. It made me think, how do I know if I exude negative energy?
I'm working on developing my masculine energy more. Are women truly attracted to it ?
So my energy moves very powerfully from my heart to my throat then to my face and if I go long enough without saying something the energy then moves to the top and back of my head. It's very powerful there is alot of it because it feels like an Earthquake moving through my body. So this is my question. If this is Kundalini energy then why does it always come from the heart and not the base of my spine? What other spiritual type things that are similar to Kundalini but come from the heart instead of the base of the spine are there?
I want to understand how energy work factors into this situation and how I can use it.
I am a sensitive person, not just to words, but lately, I've realized I’m also sensitive to energies.
I came into contact with an older woman who seemed to have many worries about her children. It was only a brief conversation. I gave her a hug and told her it would all be okay. But as soon as it was over, something inside me triggered. I felt angry, sad, and vengeful all at once. It triggered my fears about the future and my own worries.
Is this absorbing energy from another person?
Hello,
In my work with occult and energetic beings, sometimes I get experiences that are overwhelming, which I also do not understand.
Many of the times, I will experience this type of pressure at the front of my head, and the way my head feels is as if I am in a room with a lot of ringing and loud noises, and echoes, even though there is total silence. This is the best way I'd describe it. It gets to the point where it's difficult to think or make sense of what the feelings mean. Sometimes, I get get anxiety and dread feelings, other times, I feel very energized.
Have any of you experienced something similar? What do these feelings usually indicate, and how do you handle them, or respond to them?
Thanks again in advance.
Hello, I like to talk to people in my head. For example I find an interesting information about cord cutting, I get excited and start imagining myself telling a friend of mine about it. Or I have a content idea (I create videos) then I start discussing an idea or a whole paragraph as if I'm filming the video.
My questions are what effects would this have on my energy, on the other person's energy, on my content creation? I'm also a Reiki master can I use these urges in a way that helps me build stronger bonds and grows my business?
So when I was 22 I came back from TN. Had a traumatic experience with a married woman. Came back in complete heartbreak and disarray. I went over to a friend of mines house at the time who tried to convince me I was gay. I knew I wasn't. In the midst of the heartbreak and confusion. I had some time to myself. I imagined another man entering me. And as soon as I did the function and control and where I felt pleasure in my anatomy completely changed for good. It hasn't worked for years. Idk wtf this is. How to change it back. If it's possible. Idk how this is humanly possible. A few spiritual people have told me it's an energy block. I'm wondering if they might be right. I don't think a Dr. Can fix this or would even know how. Im sorry if this isn't the best place for this post but I'm wondering if that's what this is. I want my life back. I want a shot at a family and a wife and a child. I mean I'm not a bad person this feels like a curse or a punishment. Can anyone help me please?
One thing that I have come to terms with as an empath is that OUR BODIES LITERALLY ABSORB OTHER PEOPLE’S ENERGY SO EASILY. Like even close proximity is enough to get effect! I am a tarot reader and many of my sessions often end up with me feeling drained because the energies I connect with can be super intense. (let’s say the more the client is going through, the heavier the energies get.)
Luckily, I am currently learning pranic healing and just came across the technique called “general sweeping”. Basically, what you do is that you first sensitize your hands by rubbing them vigorously and opening and closing your wrists constantly. After this, you bring your palms closer and farther again and again in a rhythmic motion (your palms shouldn't get closer than 3 inches when bringing them in). You will start sensing some resistance or heat. (basically energy or chi) in your hands. NOW KEEP A BUCKET FILLED WITH SALT WATER BECAUSE YOU WILL THROW YOUR STAGNANT ENERGY IN IT.
To perform general sweeping, use both of your hands in long and slow downward movements. (i’ll attach a picture for reference.) Now you will imagine white beaming light coming from your fingers and start with 2 downward motions on the left, then the middle, then the right side of your body.AFTER EVERY TWO SWEEPS, SPRAY ALCOHOL ON YOUR HANDS TO DISINTEGRATE THE DIRTY PRANA ON YOUR PALMS. EVERY SWEEPING MOTION IS FOLLOWED BY THROWING OLD ENERGY IN THE WATER. This motion makes your body and mind feel a HUGE release of tension. Such deep relaxation happens because you’re clearing out stagnant prana from your energy body and letting go of negative emotions. I did this yesterday for the first time after reading for a client and it felt like someone lifted 10 pounds off my shoulders and solar chakra.
i’ve been feeling stuck for a while—like emotionally drained, creatively blocked, and just... disconnected from myself. i’d heard about tantra before but always thought it was more about, uh, other stuff if you catch my drift. turns out, it’s way more holistic than that.
i ended up working with an online tantra practitioner who was super chill and not at all what i expected (no crystals or mystical chanting involved, lol). they helped me realize my sacral chakra (basically the energy center for emotions, creativity, and intimacy) was totally blocked. we did a mix of guided breathing, visualization, and some really intentional bodywork (all above board and professional, in case you’re wondering).
at first, i was skeptical af. like, is this even going to do anything? but halfway through the session, something just clicked. it wasn’t like an overnight fix, but i walked away feeling lighter, like a weight i didn’t even realize i was carrying had been lifted.
fast forward a few weeks, and i’m noticing little shifts. i feel more confident expressing myself, less afraid of being vulnerable, and my creativity is coming back in ways i hadn’t felt in years. i don’t know if this is everyone’s thing, but for me, it was a legit healing experience.
anyone else tried tantra or done chakra work? curious if others have had similar breakthroughs or if i just got lucky with the right person.
I recurrently have an implant that goes through several of my chakras. I always end up getting it to leave eventually or find someone to help me with it, but invariably it comes back - sometimes not for months, but it's always a similar kind of structure, with similar mechanisms, so I understand very well how it works, what effects it has, how not to feed it, etc.
I believe it is connected to a very deep energetic trauma or soul contract that I don't currently have enough power, awareness or knowledge to permanently remove.
I've been doing energetic and trauma healing on myself for years in the areas that it latches onto, and this still isn't enough. I frequently shield myself and also do my best not to entertain any negative thoughts or emotions as I know this can allow it to re-hook into me. But I'm human and inevitably fail at that or end up in an energetically vulnerable situation momentarily where it can bypass my defenses.
I'm currently putting my awareness into my heart chakra and trying to raise my vibration as being more loving and at a higher frequency often (but not always) makes it go away but I'm struggling this time as each time I bring energy into my heart I feel it being siphoned by this implant/entity.
I don't have enough energy at the moment to do deep meditation or anything that requires a lot of focus and strong intent.
What are some techniques or methods I could explore to possibly make it permanently go away? Also, what can I do in the short term to mitigate its effects, seeing as shielding doesn't do much as it's already deep inside my field?
I typically let my dreams come in and out, sometimes they happen in real life, sometimes I feel as though it’s a lesson I’m learning in the subconscious and of course the randoms. I’m a reiki healer and I had this dream I was giving a man a ride to his house. He asked if he could give me a blessing. When he held my hand, I could see every chakra and symbol in its own place literally lighting up under my skin, in their own individual colors. I left and thanked him. When I tried to explore, I could shut them off by grounding and when I focused on each chakra it would light up. It was SO beautiful, it was like seeing what I feel and put my energy in show up in real life. The man passed away the next day and I went to his funeral. His wife could see me light up and she panicked and asked what he did, I told her. She said nothing comes free, he shouldn’t have given it to me. I panicked and that’s all I remember. It was so beautiful but I trusted her reaction as urgent and sincere. I don’t know what to think of this? Any insight would be soooo immensely appreciated! I’d never bother someone with a dream if it didn’t feel soooo very pertinent. 🩷☀️
Gazing at my hands while making an energy ball (reiki), I could see a green aura around my left hand and a blue aura around my right hand. I could also see blue sparkish types of flashes between my hands occasionally. Any thoughts on why the different colours? Sparks?Can this be the beginning seeing energy? If so how do I develop it?
I’ve been out of the sex work game for 6 years and up until a few months ago, I could feel all the negative energy from those interactions still within me. I still feel them now, but it’s way more bearable. I would like to review all my sexual partners I’ve had up until now & cut the cords, but it’s impossible for me to remember each and every one. I believe I’ve made peace with this situation and am making progress every day, but more input and tips would be appreciated 🩷
Hi!
I've been getting into energy work for a couple of months, and one of the things that I have learned is to try not to "vent" or introduce negativity into someone else's space (and rather, clear your blocks, cleanse your energy, etc). Essentially, I want to stop saying negative/critical/judgmental things out loud as they pop up in my head during casual conversation (when I don't have much time to pause/reflect). If someone introduces a negative topic, even if I agree with their view, I want to gently put an end to the negativity rather than perpetuate it.
To be clear, I don't mean "how do I stop negative self-talk" but rather, "how do I stop introducing the fleeting negativity in my head out into the world before I have a chance to find neutrality/acceptance/peace"?
For those of you that have faced the same challenge and made progress, I'd love to hear your thoughts :)
Random goosebumps on left side, anyone else? So for the last 8 months, I’ve been getting random patches of goosebumps all over my left arm. It also happens when I see or approach someone specific. I read somewhere that this shiver is a response from my electromagnetic field warning me about intrusive energies passing around me, that the left side indicates bad energy. Just for the record, I'm healthy and I'm up to date with my exams. If anyone else has had this experience, please share it with me. thanks for your time 🙏🏻💕
What kinda of things would make you a bad person? How do you go through these things? What steps can yiu take to become a better person? For example, I feel like even though I realize aome negative aspects of myself, I keep repeating the same mistakes over and over that affect e.g. my partner.
This is a serious question that I have. What are your thoughts about a type of energy work that has the goal of truly figuring out whether or not one can cultivate the three treasures and ascend into a Xian?
(A Xian is an immortal, mythical being with the Taoist pantheon or Chinese folklore.)
I sometimes have this weird energetic sensation on me and around me but I cant see it nor touch it. Im wondering if this would be considered me feeling my ethereal body. I can feel it especially on my back and a lot of times from my shoulder blades or upper back near my neck. Would this be considered my “spiritual wings”? Ive research this before and cant find much on this topic.
Does it matter if I sit up or lie down while meditating? When I wake up in the mornings, I usually just like to keep laying while I do my meditations. However some of the guided meditations I do say to start in a seated position. Is there a difference?
Hi I had a energy field healing session last week. The person said my field was very contracted. I had an attachment that had been with me for 4 life times and they carried a lot of tiredness, soul hunger, cold heartedness amongst other things. She also said there was an energy left over from trauma which she also removed. My question is, is when do people generally start to feel better? I still feel a awful as I have always done if not a little worse in different ways. She did say they opened my field as much as possible but I might need another healing but to use the meditation she had sent rather than having to book another appointment Thanks for any insight
Small Kids fall sick or get hurt repeatedly after a get together with family friends. Appreciate tips of cleaning energy after a meet up but more so how to create a shield before. Thanks!
My partner just bought a house and the only item in it is an old doll in the basement. So far we haven’t felt any energy but have only been visiting and not moved in yet. What should we do? I’m new to this but some people were telling me to sage the house and bury the doll in the backyard.
I was in a 2.5-year relationship that started as something casual but quickly became intense. From the beginning, I was upfront about the fact that the relationship had no long-term future, and initially, she said she was okay with it. However, over time, it became clear that this situation started to bother her deeply. Understandably, she began to feel used because I couldn’t offer her a future. I underestimated how much her feelings—and mine—would grow over time.
We had a very strong attraction to each other and were often intimate multiple times a day. Despite the issues, we stayed together because of this connection. However, after about six months, things began to shift. Arguments became more frequent, and by the end, we were fighting several times a week. The relationship was emotionally intense and involved regular substance use, including alcohol, cannabis, and occasionally MDMA.
During this time, I sustained several injuries: • A fractured nose • Dislocated cervical and lower spine • And most significantly, during intercourse while under the influence of MDMA, I had an accident that caused ongoing pain in my penis.
Doctors suggested it could be Peyronie’s disease, as I now feel a noticeable bend in the middle of my penis. When I experience arousal or any kind of physical stimulation, it feels like a sharp, burning pain in that area. Despite their reassurance that it’s nothing serious, the pain persists, and I haven’t had an erection in 70 days, even though I practice semen retention. Also i dont feel any energy rush from semen retention like usual ( i usually need 20 days and i feel electric energy and very powerful benefits, this time more than 70 days, and i still feel almost nothing)
Since the relationship ended 70 days ago, I’ve fallen into a deep depression. My libido is gone, I can barely eat or train, and none of my injuries seem to be healing.
I’m starting to wonder if these physical and emotional issues are tied to some kind of energy blockage from the relationship. Has anyone experienced something similar? How can I overcome this and start to heal?
Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I am not fully love and light but l'm not fully dark either. I find that if you're too far deep on either side it's disingenuous. With that being said, I've been trying to balance both by staying as neutral as possible.
I want to harness the power of both, yet looking to the shadows/darkness frightens me because I know how dark I can be and have been due to my traumatic life experiences.
I have been learning to take in light and I see it more than ever. I have been guided by Arch Angel Michael and Aphrodite through this last year and because of this, I have seen my shadow self/demon in my dreams. It's like my vision is getting clearer.
How do I recognize that part of myself without letting it take over as times have proven before? I feel that it's very very hard to stay grounded and to focus. It's like the demon/shadow self is stopping me from going forward because:
-there is so much information on the internet. who do you trust, what will be helpful to you, and where the fuck do you start. There's an endless amount of information out there. -adhd and dopamine play into that factor. Endless scrolling has and endless amounts of dopamine. It's hard to concentrate, study, focus. -also financial comes into play. I want to learn. I want books. I want the tools yet feel that whenever I come into some money it gets ripper away by the problems of the human world. Aka car, house, family, mental health, physical health problems.
Where do you begin, when you are so intuitive, when you are so vulnerable, when you can be susceptible of things because this is the start of something new and being naive in this subject is unethical and unprincipled in my opinion. I have so much respect yet haven't started my journey thoroughly.
I don't want to offended any deity or demon. I don't want to hurt myself or others. I want to stay protected and protect others. I want to use these intuitive abilities that I cannot explain but I do not fully understand them. That is my dilemma.
I know l'm all over the place but if anyone has any understanding of where l'm coming from at all I'd appreciate your input.
Hello guys, a creep placed their hand longer than he needed on my right hand (upper surface) as I was holding onto a handrail and ever since I can still feel the weight of it. It is very annoying and I feel like he did it intentionally. He is a real creep and claims he has 16 kids with different women. He is able to lucid dream also. Could he have done it for "energy" reasons or was he just being a class A creep? What should I do to stop feeling like this? Thank you very much!
I am new to the world of energy although I have known something was there for a long time because I have felt things I have never explored it. Lately I have been having a situation where I wake to a tingling feeling in my back, then it shifts around to my front and balloons out from there to completely surround me. It is very warm and loving and feels like a battery in my core is getting charged. It leaves me feeling loving, happy and energetic. This only happens in the period between sleep and wake.
The other thing that is happening happens during the day. I will be sitting at my desk (for example, I could be doing anything) and a pulsing warmth starts coming out of my sternum/chest area. Once again it feels warm and loving, surrounds my upper body and projects out.
I have just rolled with it and enjoyed it but something rather strange happened when I rolled away from the energy. I heard you have to roll into it to consent.
So… that put a new spin on this…does anyone know what I am experiencing here?
My mind is completely calm and blank 24/7 and I have to make effort whenever I want to think. This is detrimental to coming up with creative ideas, conversation, etc... For my intellectually demanding role where I have to constantly come up with new ideas, I need racing thoughts like everyone else has.
However, I do come up with really unique dreams and noticed I come up with more interesting ideas as I'm going to sleep. So I believe my subconscious mind could actually be thinking, but it's just that my conscious mind doesn't pick up on this or maybe my subconscious is really inactive while I'm awake.
How do I activate the connection between my subconscious and conscious mind? Are there any energy techniques to get lots of racing thoughts?
I moved into a new home with my son in late March/early April this year - about 8.5 months ago. I do not exaggerate in saying my life has been completely turned upside down in this time. I have lost multiple jobs, had a car accident, major mechanical issues with my car, serious financial troubles, I’ve lost friendships with four of my closest friends, appliances broken, my cat disappeared suddenly - the list goes on. But most concerning of all is my ten year old son has been having night terrors, nightmares and now even sleep paralysis - night terrors 2-3 times a week when he had never experienced this before we moved here.
Fortunately I have been blessed with good people and what I can only call good “personal karma” despite very bad luck. I am 100% a person who will take accountability for my mistakes and closely examine my choices, but it truly seems tied to this house for me. In all these months, I have not even finished unpacking which is totally out of character for me. In other homes I typically am unpacked and decorated within a week or two. I never want to be here, the only room I feel remotely comfortable in is my bedroom upstairs.
All this being said, can anyone please offer advice on how to determine the nature (if any) of some potential source of this energy and/or trusted methods for dealing with this? I am a very intuitive, sensitive person but I truly feel nothing here at this point. I’m also fairly early in my own spiritual practice so any guidance at all is great appreciated 🙏🏼
hello, i would like opinions or help in this, i think i might have fucked up.
I was laying in bed with insomnia and i started feeling energy going moving a lot in my body, i don’t know exactly why.
I felt a ball of energy near the back of my head, and focused my attention on it. It naturally shifter to the center of my head.
I continued to lay down, energy wildly shifting inside me as i watched my thoughts.
at some point i notices the energy ball had gone back to its spot at the back of my head and i turned my attention to it once more allowing it to go back to the center. (this time there may have been a little more of a conscious intent to move it, but it still felt very natural)
and i went back to watching my thoughts and trying to maintain awareness as i layed in bed.
Suddenly i felt a large amount of energy filling up my whole head, a lot of energy, i didn’t feel any sense of danger, but felt like it was almost overflowing.
At that point i remembered a video i had seen about dealing with negative emotions that suggested spreading them through the body, and i instinctively did so immediately, before thinking about it.
And so the energy quickly spread through my whole body, i could feel my feet, arm and etc. much “closer” than usual, as if the center of my “self” was spread out through the whole thing.
The it occurred to me that energy coalescing in a certain body part and emotional blockages are two very different things and shouldn’t be dealt the same way, but it was too late. I also tend to try my hardest not to consciously meddle with energy flows because i recognize i know little to nothing about them, but this time it was an immediate reaction to the memory of the video.
And so energy moved to fill my whole body, except my head. i felt as if the area where my brain is located was almost devoid of energy. My thoughts grew sparser, and my awareness of my thoughts almost went away.
The thing i prided myself the most was my awareness of my thoughts and emotions, of being able to tell what was making me feel in a certain way. And now it seems i have lost the capacity to do this intuitively, i can still dissect what happens in my head, but only by applying great effort, energy and time, making even little bouts of introspection seem very tiring.
This was sunday night, so 2 whole days ago, and i still feel changed. I don’t think as much, my head feels empty or perhaps drained would be a better word, as if there is not where there was supposed to be something.
I also been having a headache, not all the time, but often, and certainly right now as i write this. And my awareness continues to feel very week, and if every thought is naturally taken at face value, as if i was a robot.
I think i do feel closer to my body, did quite well in the past two vinyasa yoga sessions, but the sensation of having my mind depleted i scaring me a lot.
I am would very much appreciate help understanding what did i do, what are the consequences of it, is there something i should do now, and if possible, what might have been the reason all that energy was accumulating in my head, did i screw up some sort of awakening that was about to happen?