The 📝Energy Work Glossary collects the terms used when 📝Energy Work appears in a Somatic Realignment Therapy session note, defined in plain language for clients; every term describes a traditional map or a subjective experience, not a measurable or medical claim.
Glossary
A
- 📝Aura — the field some traditions describe around the body.
B
- 📝Biofield — the contemporary umbrella term for the energy field these practices work with.
C
- 📝Chakra — one of the seven energy centers along the midline described in yogic tradition.
- 📝Clearing — the intention of helping stagnant energy move; what the client notices varies.
E
- 📝Energetic Body — the subjective, felt layer of experience these practices address.
F
- 📝Field — the space around and through the body as sensed in this work.
G
- 📝Grounding — directing attention and energy downward through the feet toward the earth.
H
- 📝Hands-On and Off-Body — contact resting lightly on the body, or hands held a few inches above it.
I
- 📝Intention — the practitioner's focused attention, treated as part of the work.
M
- 📝Meridian — the channels of traditional Chinese medicine, shared with 📝Acupressure.
P
- 📝Prana — the yogic term for 📝vital energy.
Q
- 📝Qi — the Chinese term for vital energy.
R
- 📝Reiki — a Japanese light-touch energy practice, a related tradition rather than a name for this work.
- 📝Release — the warmth, tingling, or deep quiet some clients report; others notice nothing distinct, and both are normal.
S
- 📝Stagnation — the traditional idea of energy that has stopped moving.
- 📝Subtle Body — the layers of experience finer than the physical.
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- 📝Vital Energy — the general idea, across traditions, of a life force moving through the body.