ENERGY IS ELUSIVE & SOMETIMES CONFUSING, BUT NOT INEXPLICABLE.

What is energy work? 

Changing energy for the betterment of you or anyone else, makes you an energy worker. If you find that a friend or family member comes to chat with you anytime they are feeling down or sub par, you lifting their spirits is in fact energy work. You are raising their vibrations or healing them through energy work. Most people are familiar with knowing some ways to make another person feel good - sometimes it is just by smiling, listening or helping them refocus on something better. If their spirits are lifted, you did the work. If you are feeling down in the dumps and you do something similar for yourself, this is still energy work.

This kind of work is just as valid, and I'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't support that answer. This kind of work is completely natural, and part of our very essence of being. We want to make ourselves and others feel good and enjoy life more.

Your favorite brother, sister, parent or friend is doing energy work. But, Jesus is & was also an energy worker.

Everyone is capable and doing it already.

Think back to your childhood. Can you remember a time when you were the one either asked to, or you felt you were put in a situation and the expectation was that you would do or say something to help another person feel better? Maybe your friend needed a hug? Maybe your mom needed a distraction? You provided what was needed and they felt better. We do it innately.

Intention is key.

One of the biggest aspects of energy work is the intent from which the 'giver' of the energy comes. Simply put, if the intention of your efforts to work with someone are well meaning it is usually received. However, if the opposite is true - often the 'receiver' of the energy exchange has an uneasy feeling. This is best described when you interact with someone and often we say something like:

"Something is just off about them. I don't know what it is, but something about them doesn't sit well with me." 

There are a myriad of different circumstances to consider but the most important and dominant energy that impedes good intentions from the 'giver' is whether or not their intentions are clouded by one's personal preferences? Are you helping your mom so that she will in turn give you something you want? Are you there for a friend because having them open up to you makes YOU feel good?  Nearly everyone is guilty at some point of having misaligned or tainted intentions - we are all here primarily for ourselves on many levels. If you are not, then you are being careless with your energies and you will become drained, tired and eventually sick from giving out your energy anytime there is a recipient.

If we're all doing it, how is energy work with a 'healer' different than with my best friend or mother?

The experience of healing/raising your vibration is actually more alike your experiences with those who love you than it is different. All of the people who love you  see the best in you even when you don't. That's the most important intention that can ever be set.

However, the biggest difference with a healer who isn't part of your personal circle is that the healers are able to see outside of your situation. Healers are familiar with common blocks people put up even without realizing it. Often the healers have a gentle way of showing you the blocks you've put up to the detriment of your own personal growth. Often, as soon as someone sees they are the ones getting in their own way, they gladly step away and allow all the goodness to flow in like a flood!

All healers have had to heal themselves and often they become enamored with the whole process and they're able to see the energy work they do more clearly than those who do not focus on what exactly energy work is. Healers, speak about it, they play with energies, they practice changing energies in different situations - in short, they become not only more experienced, but more experienced on a conscious plane with manipulating energy for healing. They are self-aware, and they can help you to become more self aware so you can more easily heal yourself - if that's your heart's desire. 

In short, healers are simply more experienced with a conscious manipulation of energy. Doing healing work with an experienced healer can make the difficult process much easier.