Welcome to the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the human energetic anatomy. Here is a reference that no personal or professional health-care library should be without an in-depth, illustrated guide to the invisible energies of the spirit, psyche, and consciousness that influence every aspect of our well-being. Whether you are looking for the right complementary medicine to enhance your own healing practice, seeking perennial wisdom about your body s energetic nature from world traditions, or exploring the quantum edge of intention-based care, The Subtle Body is an indispensible companion for exploring virtually any facet of holistic healing. Created for healing professionals and patients alike, this volume provides a lexicon of terms, illustrations, and detailed entries about our energetic biology and how it relates to our physical being. This invaluable information will help you enhance any form of health care and give you the knowledge you need to develop an integrated approach for your clients well-being or your own. All healers are "energetic" healers, whether they know it or not. Because every health issue has a physical and an energetic component, even a simple physical treatment like bandaging a cut also impacts the body's spiritual, mental, and emotional welfare. The Subtle Body is a comprehensive encyclopedia devoted to the critical world of our invisible anatomy, where so much of healing actually occurs. Compiled by intuitive healer and scholar Cyndi Dale, this 500-page full color illustrated reference book covers: What is the "subtle body"? New scientific understanding of our quantum-state existence and the unseen fields that determine our physical conditionTrue integrative care: how combining Eastern energetic modalities with Western scientific rigor yields optimum resultsThe meridians, fields, and chakras: detailed information and diagrams about the role of these energetic structures in our overall healthEnergy-based therapy principles from the world's healing traditions--including Ayurveda, Qigong, Reiki, Quabalah, and many moreFor professionals who want to make the leap from being good healers to great ones, one thing is clear: we need to care for every facet of our well-being. With The Subtle Body, practitioners and patients alike now have an unprecedented resource for understanding the physical, energetic, and spiritual elements of human health--for an informed, complete approach to healing.Contents Part I: Energy and Energy HealingEnergy is UnlimitedBeing an Energy Healer Part II: Human AnatomyThe CellsDNAThe Skeletal SystemThe Muscular SystemThe Nervous SystemThe SkinThe Circulatory SystemThe Respiratory SystemThe Endocrine SystemThe Digestive SystemThe Excretory SystemThe Reproductive SystemMetabolismThe Immune SystemThe SensesPart III: Energy FieldsA Primer on Energy FieldsTwo Unified Field TheoriesThe Natural FieldsThe Radiant Shine of Molecules: Lost and Found ResearchL-Fields and T-Fields: The Partners Composing Reality?Field Pollution: Geographic StressThe Power of MagnetismHands-On and Distant Healing: Proving Subtle Fields and a Nonlocal RealitySacred Geometry: Fields of LifeHuman Energy FieldsPart IV: Channels of Energy: Channels of LightThe History of Meridian-Based TherapyAn Overview of the Meridian SystemTheories of the Existence, Purpose, and Functioning of the Meridian SystemThe History of Meridian ScienceThe Major MeridiansThe Basic Acupuncture PointsFive-Phase and Related Diagnostic TheoriesThe Seven Emotions and the Corresponding Organs Part V: Energy Bodies, Chakras and Other Light Switches Energy BodiesKundalini, the Unifying ForceScientific Principles Meet Chakra TheoryChakra Systems from Around the WorldThe Jewish Mystical Energy System: The Ancient Kabbalah "