Energy Healing
Where subtle energy becomes deep transformation.
EnResonance offers integrative energy healing using subtle energy practices to work beyond the physical to support physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and energetic wellbeing.
What you might experience
A deep sense of calm or stillness
Subtle warmth, tingling, or wave-like sensations
Emotional clarity or release
Physical tension relief
Enhanced awareness or spiritual connection
How a session typically works
Prior to the session, we will have a 20 minute conversation about what is bringing you to EnResonance to best tailor the session to your needs (online or phone).
During the session, you will be laying or seated, whatever makes you most comfortable. We will use subtle energy practices to support you and your wellbeing using either gentle touch or a no contact method.
After we complete the session, we will debrief your experience together. I encourage you to hydrate and rest while you integrate.
Learn how this could work for you.
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In Person or Virtual
$220 | 20 min pre-session + 60 min session
$352 | Two 60 min sessions (Save 20%)
$462 | Three 60 min sessions (Save 30%)
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What is Energy Healing?
Energy healing encompasses a broader field of vibrational and intuitive modalities that work with the body’s energetic system, often called the biofield. In addition to Reiki, sessions may draw on other subtle energy techniques to promote coherence and help align your internal state with greater harmony and resilience.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle, hands-on (or hands-off) Japanese technique that channels universal life force energy through the practitioner to support healing. During a session, you’ll lie comfortably, fully clothed, while energy is directed to areas of the body that need it most. Clients often report warmth, tingling, emotional release, or a profound sense of calm.
What Is Subtle Energy?
A Scientific and Holistic Perspective
“Subtle energy” refers to the invisible, non-physical life force believed to flow through and around the human body. Known across cultures as Qi (China), Prana (India), Ki (Japan), or the biofield (Western integrative medicine), this energy has been a central focus of healing practices for thousands of years. It is not yet measurable by conventional scientific instruments, but many people experience its effects directly through modalities like Reiki, sound healing, meditation, and light-based therapies.
How Subtle Energy Works
Subtle energy is thought to:
Flow through energy centers (chakras) and channels (meridians)
Respond to intention, attention, breath, sound, light, and touch
Impact the nervous system, emotional state, and healing response
Become imbalanced or blocked, contributing to physical or emotional distress
Energy healing practices aim to clear, align, and harmonize this energy, supporting natural healing, stress reduction, and greater emotional clarity.
What Science Is Discovering: The Biofield
In Western research, subtle energy is often referred to as the biofield. The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) describes the biofield as a "massless field, not necessarily electromagnetic, that surrounds and permeates living bodies and affects the body."
Research is beginning to show promising results:
Reiki has been associated with reductions in pain, anxiety, and depression in multiple clinical studies.
A 2020 meta-analysis published in Global Advances in Health and Medicine found that biofield therapies significantly reduced pain intensity across various conditions.
Studies on heart rate variability, brainwave states, and cortisol levels suggest that subtle energy healing can influence physiological stress responses and nervous system regulation.
Subtle Energy and Quantum Physics
While subtle energy isn’t yet directly measurable, concepts from quantum physics may help us understand how these healing modalities work at a deeper level.
Here’s how the connection is often framed:
Everything is Energy
Quantum physics reveals that what we perceive as solid matter is actually vibrating energy at the subatomic level. Our bodies — and everything around us — are made of particles and waves, constantly in motion and interaction. Subtle energy healing works with this vibrational foundation.
Non-locality & Entanglement
Phenomena like quantum entanglement suggest that particles can remain connected and affect each other instantly, even across vast distances. Some researchers believe this may provide a theoretical basis for how distant healing or intentional energy transfer might work.
Observer Effect
Quantum experiments show that conscious observation can influence the behavior of particles. This lends support to the idea that intention and focused awareness — core tools in energy healing — may have measurable energetic effects.
Coherence and Entrainment
Living systems exhibit coherence — harmonious oscillation between systems like the heart and brain. Subtle energy practices may enhance this coherence, creating entrainment between the healer’s field and the client’s, shifting the system toward balance.
Why It Matters
Whether you approach it from an ancient spiritual lens or a cutting-edge scientific one, subtle energy is about harmonizing the body's natural intelligence — not forcing change, but allowing deeper balance to emerge.
At EnResonance, subtle energy healing sessions are designed to help you:
Reconnect with your natural rhythm
Release and understand emotional or physical patterns
Cultivate clarity, calm, and deep transformation
What Does the Research Say?
Research on Reiki and related biofield or energy healing therapies has grown over the past two decades, with a number of clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta‑analyses exploring their effects on stress, pain, anxiety, and quality of life. While high‑quality large‑scale research is still limited, multiple studies suggest measurable positive effects in specific areas.
Clinical Findings
1. Stress, Anxiety & Pain Reduction
A review of 13 controlled studies found that Reiki was more effective than placebo in reducing stress and inducing relaxation, with measurable effects such as reduced heart rate and blood pressure and increased heart‑rate variability — consistent with activation of the parasympathetic nervous system. PMC
Meta‑analyses and systematic reviews of biofield therapies (including Reiki, Healing Touch, and Therapeutic Touch) report strong evidence for reducing pain intensity in pain‑related patient groups, and moderate evidence for reducing anxiety in hospitalized and cancer populations. PubMed+1
A large review of 13 Reiki studies (824 participants) reported significant reductions in anxiety with short‑term (≤3 sessions) and moderate‑frequency (6–8 sessions) Reiki interventions across chronic illness and general adult populations. PMC
2. Quality of Life Improvements
A recent meta‑analysis found that Reiki interventions were associated with significant improvements in health‑related quality of life, including reduced stress, anxiety, pain, and fatigue in diverse groups — from frontline healthcare workers to individuals with chronic conditions. Some studies showed 15% increases in psychological quality‑of‑life scores after daily sessions over a week. SpringerLink
The same review noted that greater benefit tended to occur when participants received frequent sessions (≥8) of at least 60 minutes each, or brief acute treatments (≤20 minutes), suggesting dose and duration can influence outcomes. SpringerLink
3. Additional Clinical Context
Broader systematic evidence on biofield therapies supports findings that these practices can reduce pain and anxiety among diverse patient groups (e.g., hospitalized or cancer patients), and may decrease negative behavioral symptoms in dementia. PubMed
Research on related therapies (e.g., Therapeutic Touch) has shown physiological effects such as improved stability in preterm neonates and moderate benefits for pain compared to placebo, though methodological limitations persist. ScienceDirect
What the Evidence Suggests
Based on current scientific literature:
Reiki and energy healing are generally safe and non‑invasive.
There is consistent evidence for benefits in stress reduction, anxiety relief, and pain management, particularly when used as a complementary therapy. PMC+1
Improvements in quality of life have been observed across various populations, including chronic illness and workplace stress contexts. SpringerLink
More large randomized controlled trials are still needed to establish definitive causality, isolate mechanisms, and confirm optimal session frequency and duration. Center for Reiki Research
Limitations & Balanced Perspective
Some experts note that much of the existing research has small sample sizes and methodological variability, making broad clinical conclusions challenging. PMC
Major scientific reviews sometimes conclude that while there are positive findings for symptom relief, energy healing has not been proven to cure specific diseases or replace standard medical care. Cancer Research UK
Research on biofield therapies overall often emphasizes the need for more rigorous trials to validate and standardize protocols. ScienceDirect
Energy healing and Reiki are supported by a growing body of research indicating real, measurable benefits for stress, anxiety, pain, and quality of life — especially when used alongside conventional care. While the scientific community continues to investigate the mechanisms and long‑term impacts, existing evidence suggests that these modalities can be a valuable part of a holistic wellness plan.)