Alternative Medicine

The Belief System Behind  Touch Therapies

You may ask, "How do practitioners of touch therapies claim that they work?" The answer is startling. There is no proven scientific methodology though which touch therapy works. All components of how their practice works are not science, but identifiable beliefs.

The theory is that there is a "Universal Life Force" consisting of the energy emitted from all living things. This concept is directly related to Buddhism's pantheistic idea that "god is all and all is god". They continue, stating the practitioner serves as a channel of this "force" through which this energy flows. This belief is very similar to the practice of mediumship in spiritism.  Therapists contend that the human body has invisible vortices or reception points. These vortices are called "chakras", as they are called in Hindu religious literature. The therapist uses touch to channel the Universal Life Force into these power points.

From the chakras, the Universal Life Force energy is transferred to the medians. The meridians are a concept from Traditional Chinese Medicine. Meridians lines ( or energy channels) supposedly run throughout the body connecting to various organs. The flow of the universal life force through the chakras to the meridians is what they believe causes healing.

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