Distant Healing

The Internet has allowed many spiritual healers to heal remotely, a service they call "distance healing" or "distant healing." You can find a number of websites that offer this service. You simply input your information in the fields provided, and you'll receive instructions on when the healing session will take place and how you should prepare. Some of these healing sites request little more than an email address; others ask for more information. The amount of information you provide is up to you; if you do not feel comfortable giving out your personal information, you will likely be able to find another site that does not request this information. Many also ask if you'd like to be on their email list; be sure to check the appropriate boxes depending on your preference.

Some spiritual counselors also offer their services over the phone, in a one-on-one personal phone call, or in conference-style calls. If you can't find someone in your local calling area, you may want to try one with a toll-free number. The sessions can last anywhere from ten minutes to half an hour, so remember to keep the phone charges in mind when you dial.

One type of healing that is particularly suited for distant healing is Qigong. You may also see it referred to a Chi Gong or Chi Kung. This is a form of energy healing that can be applied to individuals, groups, and even pets. There are some websites that offer a monthly subscription, and you become a regular client of the healer. The healing principles are based on the ancient Far Eastern traditions that aim to alter imbalances in your energy field or life force. In addition to healing injuries and afflictions, this method is also thought to be useful as a preventative measure, helping recipients stay healthy and avoid some of the typical obstacles to long and healthy living.

According to spiritual healers, each human has at its core specific energy combinations called "chakras." Everything we've seen and experienced in the course of lifetime, whether good or bad, can lead to certain patterns of energy that are contained in our chakra. We may not be consciously aware that this is happening, but we often "store up" negative energies in the form of our fears, our anxieties, and even our repressed memories from traumatic events.

Over time, these negative energies will throw our original energy patterns, or chakras, out of balance. When this happens, spiritual healers believe that our bodies, minds and spirits will manifest these bad energies in destructive ways.

Because healers are directing their healing at energy fields, they do not necessarily have to present to have a powerful impact. An energy healer can transmit the necessary vibrations to help the person being healed become conscious of their own energy field. By doing so, they in essence help the person to raise their body's vibration level and use that additional energy to heal themselves. The healer is knows as a conductor of energy, and becomes the channel for the healing to work.

One of the most common types of distant healing is prayer. Many believers are convinced that prayer not only helps to alleviate symptoms on injury, it can also bring about a healing cure. Medical studies support the idea that prayer, in combination with traditional medicine, has been shown to have a significant impact on the recovery rate and prognosis for patients suffering from major illnesses include cardiac surgery, depression, cancer and host of others.

A number of websites even offer prayer chains or remote sessions, during which the person seeking healing simply inputs their request, and the healing community offers their prayers and intercessions. A widely-held tradition in many of the more mainstream religions, distant healing through prayer is a common practice in Western civilization.