Energy healing is self help. If you pray, or meditate, or smudge, or collect crystals, or have any merch with "Good vibes only" printed on it, you've made some attempt to influence the energy immediately surrounding you.
Carol Tuttle is a contemporary granny and woman about town, who I found through her work in color study and energy typing as it pertains to personal style and personal relationships. Soon I picked up her book "Remembering Wholeness" and realized that she's got a major background in energy work, spiritual study and metaphysiological healing. I've been working through her books ever since.
Her work is sharing esoteric ideas about spiritual things in a way that we can immediately apply to our lives. It's not woo-woo, it's not heretical, it's not extreme. It's just clear and true and wonderful. Here's some of the high level stuff found in "The Modern Chakra Guide":
We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS. There is nothing you have to do to be worthwhile, loved, valued, and significant.
Consider the possibility that something is showing up in your life with the primary purpose of being a "set-up" to support you in having an experience. Trust that your actions will shift the experience to create a favorable outcome, honoring yourself and others involved.
I should stop and explain that the concept of chakras automatically makes people think about rainbow bracelets, chiropractic charts, and other alternative medicine sorts of imagery. Check yourself now--it's not that serious. It's just about "the vibes" and how your patterns of feeling and reacting can be adjusted to make yourself emotionally and spiritually more whole. This book is totally compatible with Christianity, totally compatible with the woo-woo, whatever you're already into. It's not making any requirements for commitment to any school of thought, or spiritual dogma, or likewise. "Chakras" are a paradigm for where our "vibes" are blocked or collapsed. Carol guides us with langauge explaining what this can look and feel like in your life. Here are some of the ways Carol explains the modern energy of the various chakras:
With the continuing collapse of cultural hierarchy and the belief that a power outside of ourselves will take care of us, we are free to claim from our ancestors the energetic patterns that support and serve us, and let go of the ones that do not.
In our digital era, we no longer have our primary experience with money as a tangible, physical one. It is electronic. This has shifted the energy of money to a higher calling. It can serve and make a difference on the planet.
Sexual energy can be used for creative pleasures, not just sexual intimacy, but also for all creations that have the potential to be birthed into the world. Sexual energy is creation energy. All things start as an idea and then the idea needs to be born into the world to become an object or experience.
The truth is, we have no power over anyone's feelings. When I do what is correct, it is best for everyone.
Allow yourself to feel all your feelings. A common false belief is that the denial of feelings builds inner strength. Forgiving will not lead to healing; healing opens our heart to forgiving. How can you acknowledge your anger if you have already forgiven? Forgiveness is not an act that the mind is in charge of. Our heart moves us there when the time is right. We can replace thoughts and expressions of complaining with gratitude, which feeds your heart. Also being kind to yourself and praising/acknowledging others.
Encourage your children to speak up to your power. Speak to your children about having a criteria for themselves so they can filter out noise and seek value.
Intuition feeds off of hope and when we have shut down our hope, we also shut down our intuition. All spiritual gifts are available to everyone. Ask and you shall receive. Develop intuition by noticing when you make decisions out of fear, guilt, shame, or an effort to prevent something you don't want. These will usually not be good decisions. The language of our intuition is a language of love, not self-doubt. Regarding empathy, if you're taking on others' energy, consider that they won't get the lesson from their experience.
Take time every day to fine tune your chakra energy. The results will become apparent to others.