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My experiences receiving acupuncture treatments showed me that it is powerful energy medicine. After the first treatment I ever received, I could feel energy circulating through all the parts of my body. It felt as though I had only been living in half of my body and I was welcoming back the parts ignored to live with me again. I have begun crying of deep sadness with the insertion of a needle; I have felt anger and frustration spewing from needled points as well. There are many more examples I could list just from my own experiences of healing with acupuncture; they all lead me to conclude that acupuncture is effective energy medicine.
Human intent effects health; as healers and recipients of healing it is very important to be aware of intention. Placebo and nocebo effects are widely documented. Some in the west choose to interpret these concepts as a marker of ineffective practices or medicine; I see these effects as compelling evidence of the power of intention.
I appreciate the concept of Kirlian photography as a way to interpret energy and talk about energy and intention to Western folks like evidence outside of themselves. I enjoyed looking through the studies that show the same image with different intentions from the individual; however, the methodology leaves something to be desired for me. After reviewing the images and the skeptic point of view, I am not very excited about Kirlian photography. If it helps some people to engage with it, that’s great. I would rather engage with energy in a different format.

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