The Human Energy Field and Energy Medicine   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Summer Addendum
   

MBM 5645 - The Human Energy Field and Energy Medicine


This course explores health and healing according to an energetic perspective that has roots in ancient healing practices. Today this field, known as energy medicine, is experiencing rapid growth, including a proliferation of energetic therapies and an accumulation of research. An overview of the human energy field and a presentation of some of the key energy medicine modalities, both diagnostic and therapeutic, constitute most of the course. The course reviews the main systems of energy medicine from indigenous medicine, including hands-on and distant healing, the energetics of Oriental medicine and Ayurveda, homeopathy, healing with light and color, and sound therapy, as well as historical and philosophical concepts of a life energy. The course also examines contemporary modalities and their scientific foundations including electromagnetic field applications, phototherapy, energy psychology, and measurement of subtle energies and bioenergetic effects. The biofield, the role of emotions and conscious intent, and living systems theory are developed as scientific explanatory concepts underlying energy medicine. Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisite. 3 credit(s)
Offered: SU - Term A. Course Length: 8 Weeks. No RC Required.