The Subtle Body Practice Manual: A Comprehensive Guide to Energy Healing

by Cyndi Dale

Cyndi Dale's The Subtle Body has become the go-to reference guide for anyone who wants to learn about the many varieties of energy healing. With The Subtle Body Practice Manual, she offers an equally valuable resource: a practical instruction manual for putting energy healing into action. Filled with lucid information, step-by-step guidance, diagrams, and key insights, here is an expansive how-to manual that covers practices from a vast range of holistic healing and energy medicine traditions, including:

The six core energy techniques that every healer should know
• Energetic diagnosis practices to determine which kind of modality will be most effective for specific health issues
• Setting strong and flexible energetic boundaries, with special guidance for those in the healing professions
• Techniques for working with the subtle aspects of the body, emotions, and the subconscious mind
• Dozens of practices for healing through the chakras, the meridians, chi, breathwork, auric fields, sacred geometry, acupressure, music, and much more
As Cyndi Dale writes, all medicine is energy medicine—which is why subtle energy practices can be used to complement and enhance any approach to healing or self-care. Presented with Cyndi Dale's thorough scholarship and clear writing style, The Subtle Body Practice Manual provides professionals and laypersons alike with an indispensible resource on the many varieties and applications of energetic care—so you can begin using these powerful practices in your own life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Health, Ebooks, Metaphysics, Philosophy

374 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2014

About the author

Cyndi Dale is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and intuitive consultant. Her popular books include The Subtle Body Coloring Book: Learn Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2017), Subtle Energy Techniques (Llewellyn Publications, 2017), Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Chakras (Llewellyn Publications, 2016), The Intuition Guidebook: How To Safely and Wisely Use Your Sixth Sense (Deeper Well Publishing, 2011), Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work, Love, and Life (Sounds True, 2011), The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2009), and The Complete Book of Chakra Healing (Llewellyn Publications, 2009), as well as nearly 20 additional books. To learn more about Dale and her products, services, and classes, please visit www.cyndidale.com.

Reviews

[Laura Isabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands on and comprehensive overview of snippets of info I’ve been coming across for years.

“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you — all of the expectations, all of the beliefs — and becoming who you are.” 83

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. I'm not sure you could read this and learn how to do energy work, but having done it for a few years there is some helpful information year. It's more of an introduction than anything else.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very extensive coverage of the various types of energy healing. Excellent charts and illustrations.

[Pashu · Rating 5 out of 5]

The manual introduces and explains six core energy techniques every healer should know, alongside diagnostic tools to tailor healing modalities for specific health conditions. Dale also stresses the importance of intention, ethical practice, and maintaining strong but flexible energetic boundaries to ensure safe and effective healing work. The book covers a wide array of healing practices such as breathwork, acupressure, sound and color therapy, and sacred geometry, making subtle energy medicine accessible and applicable for self-care and professional use.

A distinctive feature of Dale’s approach is the bridging of complementary and conventional medicine. The manual promotes a holistic view where healing is not merely the elimination of symptoms but a process of restoring wholeness—supporting a person’s inherent completeness beyond physical conditions. Compassion, acceptance, and consciousness shifting are cornerstones for facilitating profound healing transformations.

The Subtle Body Practice Manual serves as an indispensable resource for energy healing practitioners and anyone interested in incorporating subtle energy work into their health routines. It provides extensive practical knowledge with clear explanations, making it suitable for learners who seek an in-depth, hands-on methodology grounded in a broad spectrum of energy medicine traditions.

In summary, Cyndi Dale’s manual offers a comprehensive, ethical, and integrative guide that empowers readers to harness the power of subtle energy for healing on multiple levels—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—bridging ancient wisdom and modern practice seamlessly.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is loaded with information. But I was so bored reading it and I kept skipping through. Not captivating. Reads more like a boring lecture. But if you just need access to the content then it provides.

[Antonia Lyons · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great help for the inspiring healers and for those wishing to deepen their knowledge of energy healing. many years on, I always go back to this very informative book.

[Yaaresse · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not going to comment on the content or its potential accuracy/validity. Either you believe in this stuff, or you don't; those who don't will never convince those who do or vice versa.

It's basically an introduction to different alternative modalities, some better known (and more mainstream) than others. It is written for potential practitioners (something I didn't realize when I decided to check it out of the library.) At the very least, after reading this, you will at least have a general idea of what someone is talking about if the topic of Reiki or meridians or auras comes up. Think of it as a wiki for that sort of thing: lots of information, none of it deep. Each topic is presented in a clear, concise writing style, which is what I'm basing most of my rating on. Apparently there are a lot of graphics in the print edition (based on info on Amazon), but the e-book edition had only a few line drawings.

[AnandaTashie]

Though this book did indeed cover a lot of material with exercises throughout, I felt that it tried to be to be too many things (ie. the "comprehensive" part of its subtitle). I would personally rather read thorough books on specific topics, I guess. Also, an editing mistake (that made me question other graphics) on page 146: the reiki symbol shown is _not_ cho ku rei.