Energy Medicine for Women: Aligning Your Body's Energies to Boost Your Health and Vitality Paperback – Illustrated, August 21, 2008

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this book before - I have owned it for 2 years and recommended it to many people, all of whom have loved it. The author, Donna Eden, is an energy healer and teacher who draws upon several different energy medicine traditions for her approach - chakra work, Traditional Chinese medicine (meridians), reiki, aura healing, and others, as well as mainstream medical science. This book is written for any woman - you do not need a background in energy systems or medicine to use it. It revolves around exercises that anyone can do to balance, clear, and strengthen various aspects of their energy body. These may be used alongside conventional medicine and other alternative medicine approaches.At the beginning of the book, Ms. Eden covers the basics of energy medicine, and her view of the problems with conventional Western medicine. She then offers a daily energy routine, that takes about 5 minutes - a collection of breathing, movement, and visualization techniques for cleansing and strengthening your energy body on a daily basis. The book then focuses chapter by chapter on specific phases of a woman's life or specific health issues - hormonal balance, a healthy menstrual cycle, fertility and pregnancy, menopause, and weight management.It does take some effort to get the most out of the book. Personally, I xeroxed the daily routine, and then a few additional exercises that applied to specific health concerns I have, and combined them into a personalized daily routine. I don't do it every day, but I try, and I do something almost every day. I have found these to be a great prelude to meditation, and I have felt a definite improvement in my energy level and flow. I have friends that use exercises only sporadically, but still felt they got so much out of reading the book.I highly recommend - along with Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Dr. Christiane Northrup, this is a book I think every woman should own!

Fantastic book!Well organized, clear directions, love this book! So easily applicable and so much less invasive than prescription solutions.Thank you Donna and David!Seller: Exactly as ordered, well packed, seller shipped quickly (arrived 4 days early!).Used Book in much better condition than I anticipated.Thank you for all you do!

I have been hearing about Donna for a long time. am also in healing arts. and to tell you the truth, even though I had gotten lots of training, certificates under my belt in energy work, nothing really stuck with me. Was leary about spending yet more money on another healer's method, but something kept speaking to me about this, so finally ordered this book, and am blown away with the wisdom contained here. Donna's understanding of energy/energy medicine is remarkable, largely because it comes from her personal life journey where she learned how to use her body's natural energy, to heal almost continuous stream of life threatening personal health problems, also from her personal experience of helping thousands of other people. She learned/s from the energy itself. and has incredible insight. This book has made me want to get a whole library filled with Donna's teaching. Is rare that we find someone with as much personal experience as this woman. This book is such a gift. I am learning more in reading it, and applying the tech. than I have in all the others put together. She really knows what she is talking about. and it has universal appeal. largely because of her huge scope of experience. Highly recommend this book, and if like me, have studied with others, still recommend getting this book and perhaps starting with one of her earlier ones. This is what I was looking for, this depth of understanding. Thank you, Donna.

I own both Energy Medicine for Women and Energy Medicine. I find their contents to be surprisingly distinct, save for how to trace and clear meridians. They are well written, logical, and practical, each with it's own good stories. By using their practices, I got major improvement in my health. Each title continues helpful to me, 3 or 4 years since purchase. If I could get only one, I'd definitely get Energy Medicine -- unless my primary issues were reproductive or hormonal.

This wasn't exactly what I was expecting. I was thinking it was more about meditation and mindfulness, but there is a lot of movement and exercises. I probably wouldn't have bought it had I realized that, but I'm glad that I did. It's turning out to be a great book and I like the movements and feel good after doing them. At times I am bothered a little by her phrasing, but I can live with that. A great book.

I am a naturopath and I have dabbled with energy healing before, and learned Touch for Health in my training, but i haven't used it very much. This book has come at the right time for me and I am ready to delve more deeply into this subject. It is clearly written and I love the author's tone and message. I am peri-menopausal myself, and using the techniques for menopause, I am feeling relief already and find myself using them in queues and at traffic lights and even when in conversation, casually massaging certain points. The most amazing thing happened which convinced me this stuff really works. I had a large breast cyst- I had it checked out, not malignant or anything- and I was taking herbs to help it go away, but nothing was really working, after several months. I wasnt too worried but it was getting bigger and a bit uncomfortable. Then after starting this book, I found the lymphatic points above that breast were really sore and felt blocked. Honestly, within 2 days of massaging those points several times, the cyst had disappeared- from about 15cm across to zero. It was like somehow the energy was just blocked there and it needed unblocking so the cyst could drain away. I highly recommend this book to any woman who wants to be empowered in her own healing.