There are various schools of energy healing, including biofield energy healing, spiritual healing, contact healing, distant healing, therapeutic touch, reiki, qi gong, and many others.

Biofield therapies are based on the idea that energy fields surround and penetrate the body and can be influenced by movement, touch, pressure, or the placement of hands in or through the fields.

Biofeedback is a technique that uses simple electronic devices to teach clients how to consciously regulate bodily functions, such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, to improve overall health. Biofeedback is used to reduce stress, eliminate headaches, recondition injured muscles, control asthma attacks, and relieve pain.

Energy healing therapy is a technique that involves channeling healing energy through the hands of a practitioner into the client’s body to restore a normal energy balance and, therefore, health. Energy healing therapy has been used to treat a wide variety of ailments and health problems, and it is often used with other alternative and conventional medical treatments.

Qi gong or qigong is a component of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) that combines movement, meditation, and regulation of breathing to enhance the flow of qi, improve blood circulation, and enhance immune function.

Therapeutic touch is derived from the ancient technique of laying-on of hands; it is based on the premise that healers can identify and correct energy imbalances by passing their hands over the patient's body.

Reiki is a complementary health approach and one form of therapeutic touch; it is intended to correct disturbances in the flow of life energy ki and enhance the body's healing powers through the use of specific hand positions on the patient. Ki is the Japanese form of the Chinese life energy qi.

Bioelectromagnetics ( also known as bioelectromagnetism) is the study of the interaction between living organisms and electromagnetic fields, both those produced by the organism itself and those produced by outside sources.The term can also refer to the ability of living cells, tissues, and organisms to produce electrical fields and the response of cells to electromagnetic fields.

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The amount of research on mind and body approaches varies widely depending on the practice. For example, researchers have done many studies on acupuncture, yoga, spinal manipulation, and meditation, but there have been fewer studies on some other practices.

Because there is less information available about complementary and alternative therapies, as well as less regulation of associated products and providers, it is important for consumers to take an active role when they are thinking about using them.

Tai chi developed in China in about the 12th century A.D. It started as a martial art, or a practice for fighting or self-defense, usually without weapons. Over time, people began to use tai chi for health purposes as well.

Many different styles of tai chi, and variations of each style, developed. The term "tai chi" has been translated in various ways, such as "internal martial art," "supreme ultimate boxing," "boundless fist," and "balance of the opposing forces of nature."

Yoga and two practices of Chinese origin -- tai chi and qi gong -- are sometimes called “meditative movement” practices. All three practices include both meditative elements and physical ones.

Generally, mind-body medicine focuses on:
• The interactions among the brain, the rest of the body, the mind, and behavior.
• The ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health.