Is Qi Energy the Key to Healing Oneself?

There was a time when I scoffed at the notion of energy healing. Despite my immersion in Taoism, qigong, and the wisdom of Chinese medicine, I had a pragmatic mind that demanded empirical proof.

The idea that someone could simply move energy, assess blockages, and bring balance to the body seemed too esoteric—even for me. But life has a way of humbling the overly certain.

My perspective shifted when I was in a relationship with a holistic health practitioner, an intuitive and energy healer. Her insights and practices defied conventional understanding yet revealed to me profound truths about the nature of the human body and spirit.

The Body as an Energy System

Taoism and Chinese medicine have long recognized what Western science is only beginning to accept, namely, at our core, we are energy.

The ancient Chinese concept of Qi (life force energy) is foundational to understanding the body as a dynamic system of energetic flows rather than a mere collection of flesh, bones, and biochemistry.

Just as rivers must flow unobstructed to nourish the land, Qi must circulate freely within the body to sustain health. When stagnation or deficiency arises, illness follows.

Acupuncture, qigong, and herbal medicine are all designed to regulate and harmonize Qi. But energy healing goes deeper—it operates at the subtle level, addressing blockages in ways that are often imperceptible yet profoundly effective.

My former partner, a gifted medical intuitive, could assess one’s energy field without laying a hand on them. With eerie accuracy, she would detect imbalances with clients that may have manifested as physical symptoms.

Christ as an Energy Healer

If we broaden our view of energy healing, an argument could be made that Christ himself was one of history’s greatest energy healers. The Gospels are filled with accounts of Jesus healing through touch, intention, and word alone—methods strikingly similar to energy healing practices today.

• In Mark 5:25-34, a woman who had suffered from hemorrhages for twelve years was healed merely by touching the hem of Christ’s robe. Jesus immediately perceived that power had gone out of him—an unmistakable reference to an energy transfer.

• In Luke 7:1-10, Jesus heals a Roman centurion’s servant from a distance, reinforcing the idea that healing is not bound by physical proximity but by energy, intention, and faith.

• In John 9:1-7, he restores sight to a blind man, not through surgery or medicine, but by anointing his eyes with mud and commanding him to wash. The act itself is secondary to the divine Qi at work.

Jesus’ miracles align with the principles of medical intuitives and energy healers today. He saw illness not merely as a physical affliction but as an imbalance of spirit, a misalignment with divine flow.

Wisdom from ‘Anatomy of the Spirit’

Caroline Myss, in her book Anatomy of the Spirit, maps the energy anatomy of the body, showing how emotional and spiritual wounds translate into physical illness. She integrates Christian, Hindu, and Kabbalistic teachings with modern energy medicine, illustrating how unresolved trauma and belief systems shape our health.

One of Myss’ most profound insights is that healing requires conscious participation—awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, and unresolved pain. She argues that just as our bodies store energy in the form of past wounds, they also have the capacity for energetic renewal.

Disease, in her view, is often a consequence of long-held negative beliefs, suppressed emotions, or spiritual disconnection.

This aligns with Taoist perspectives on health. The Tao Te Ching teaches that rigidity leads to death, while flexibility leads to life. Disease can be seen as the result of energetic stagnation—an unwillingness to let go of fear, resentment, or past trauma.

Healing, then, is not just about clearing blockages but about surrendering to the flow of life itself.

Skepticism Overcome

Energy healing is not a fringe belief—it is a wisdom tradition that predates modern medicine by millennia. It operates in ways that defy conventional scientific models but aligns with what mystics, sages, and healers have always known — that we are more than flesh and bone. We are fields of energy, vibrating, flowing, and interconnected.

Would I have arrived at this understanding without my relationship with a medical intuitive? Perhaps. But since then, firsthand experiences have accelerated my transformation. They shattered my skepticism, forced me to reconsider rigid beliefs, and opened me to the vast, unseen forces at play in our health and well-being.

The Tao teaches us to remain open, to trust experience over doctrine, to flow rather than resist. In embracing energy healing, I found not just relief from ailments but a deeper connection to the unseen currents that shape our existence.

Perhaps the greatest healing is not just of the body, but of the mind—the ability to surrender, to believe, and to let the Tao work its quiet, miraculous way through us all.

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