Eden Energy Medicine

Energy Medicine is an approach that involves balancing and restoring your body’s natural energies for the purposes of increasing your vitality, strengthening your mental capacities, and optimizing your health. The form of Energy Medicine that Dr. Fitzpatrick uses was developed by Donna Eden and is described in her book, Energy Medicine. Some of these techniques trace back to ancient healing traditions such as yoga, tai chi, qigong, and acupuncture. These techniques have been adapted to modern practice and do not require adherence to any set of spiritual beliefs or practices. The core concept is that your personal well-being is directly related to the state of your body’s subtle energies. Dr. Fitzpatrick can assess how your energies are flowing through specific areas of your body and then identify which techniques or exercises will be most beneficial to move, balance, enhance, or restore your body’s energies.

The Energy Medicine techniques are designed to enhance and balance the flow of the body’s natural energies. Energy Medicine techniques bring disturbed energies back to a state of balance and harmony. Generally, these techniques will consist of various forms of gentle or deeper touch and the movement of the practitioner’s hands within your body’s energy field.

While the methods Dr. Fitzpatrick uses are gentle and considered non-invasive, it is possible that physical or emotional after-effects may occur once your energies have been stimulated and adjusted. In some instances, deeper pressure is used to move energies that may be blocked or congested in a particular area of the body, and this may cause some pain or discomfort. Dizziness, nausea, or anxiety are relatively unusual but not unheard-of side-effects to energy work. If any procedure is uncomfortable or leads to discomfort, please tell Dr. Fitzpatrick immediately. She will stop the procedure and can often provide a technique to counter the discomfort.