IPHealing — Distance energy healing

The practice

What we do

Energy healing is an old practice built on a simple idea: that focused attention, directed with intent, can affect how a person feels in their body. Our therapists work at a distance, which means you take part from wherever you are most comfortable.

The emphasis is on your own resources rather than ours. A session is a two-way thing — you are a participant in it, not a passive recipient — and what you bring to it matters as much as what the therapist does. That is what we mean by inner power.

We are not a substitute for a doctor, and we don't ask anyone to choose between us and their treatment. Most of the people we work with come to us while under medical care, looking for help with the parts of illness that are hardest to live with day to day — pain, tension, sleep, anxiety, the sense of having no say in what is happening to you.

If you are unsure whether this is a reasonable thing to try, that's a fair question to bring to us, and a fair one to bring to your doctor. We would rather have that conversation first than after.

Where the name comes from

IPHealing is short for Inner Power Healing. The initials are also a borrowed metaphor: on a network, an IP address identifies you regardless of where in the world the machine physically sits. Distance is irrelevant to it; the address is what matters. That is roughly how we think about working remotely — the therapist is attending to a particular person, not to a location, and the exchange runs both ways.

It's a way of describing the idea, not a description of a mechanism. We don't claim to know how any of this works, and anyone who tells you they do is overstating things.

Listening

An hour is longer than an appointment

A family doctor's appointment runs ten or fifteen minutes. That isn't a criticism of family doctors — it's the system they work inside, and a great deal of good medicine gets done in it. But it means the account you give of yourself has to be compressed, and compressed accounts lose things.

Plenty of people come away from an appointment feeling they weren't really heard. Some of them are wrong about that. Some of them aren't.

Part of what a session gives you is an hour with someone who has sat with a great many people over three decades and will listen to the whole of what you say, including the parts you'd assumed were irrelevant. Often the useful thing that comes out of that isn't the healing at all. It's realising that a symptom you'd written off is worth mentioning. That two things you'd never connected might belong together. That you're entitled to ask for a referral, or a second opinion, or a test — and roughly how to ask.

Some of what an experienced practitioner notices doesn't arrive as a thought. Illness has a look, sometimes a smell, often a way of moving. Kidney trouble changes the breath and the colour of the skin. Liver disease changes the whites of the eyes. Parkinson's changes the composition of sebum — a woman in Scotland could smell it on her husband years before he was diagnosed, and researchers have since reproduced what she was picking up. None of this is mysterious. It's ordinary information coming in through channels we don't have tidy words for, and after enough years a picture can assemble itself before you have consciously worked out why.

That is worth something, and it is worth exactly one thing: a reason to go and get checked. An instinct is grounds for running a test, never a substitute for one. If something we notice makes us wonder, we will say so plainly and tell you to take it to your doctor.

It only ever runs in that direction. We will never tell you that we sense nothing and you needn't bother. Nothing a practitioner feels in a room is grounds for reassurance, and anyone in this field who offers you that is doing something dangerous.

When that happens, we will tell you to go back to your doctor, and we'll help you work out what to say when you get there.

What we won't do is tell you what you have, or tell you your doctor got it wrong. We're not qualified to and we're not permitted to — naming a diagnosis is a controlled act here, restricted to registered health professionals, and that's a good rule. The value isn't in a healer knowing better than your doctor. It's in having the time your doctor doesn't.

A session

How it works

Sessions run between half an hour and an hour, depending on how much there is to talk through. Set aside a full hour so you're not rushing.

1
Talking first

You describe what's going on and what you're hoping for. The therapist asks questions. This part varies a lot between people and between sessions.
2
The healing portion

Usually 15 to 30 minutes. You stay where you are, somewhere quiet and comfortable. Nothing is required of you beyond being at rest.
3
Afterwards

A short conversation about what you noticed, and whether and when to book again. There is no obligation to continue.

Approach

How we work

Distance is not a compromise

Working remotely isn't a lesser version of an in-person session. What matters more is the setting: both people at ease, in their own surroundings, undisturbed.

Tailored to the person

There is no standard protocol. What a session involves depends on your situation, and expectations should be set from your case rather than from someone else's.

Alongside your care

We ask that you stay in contact with your doctor and keep to the treatment you've been prescribed. Tell your medical team you're doing this.

No promises about outcomes

We can tell you what people commonly report. We can't tell you what will happen for you, and we won't claim to know.

Evidence

What the research does and doesn't show

We'd rather be plain about this than let you find out later.

Energy healing has been studied, but the evidence base is limited and the results are mixed. Where benefits have been measured, they mostly concern subjective experience — reported stress, anxiety, pain and wellbeing — and are difficult to separate from the effects of attention, rest and expectation. Reviews by bodies including the Cleveland Clinic describe it as a complementary therapy that has not been shown to treat disease.

There is no good evidence that energy healing cures or shrinks cancer, reverses organ disease, or alters the course of any serious medical condition. Anyone who tells you otherwise is telling you something the research does not support. If you have a diagnosis, your treatment decisions belong with your medical team.

We think this practice can be worth your time. We don't think it's worth misleading you to get you here.

Alongside

Other things people ask us about

These come up often enough to be worth addressing. We don't provide any of them and we don't take a commission on any of them. Raise anything you're considering with your medical team first — that's not a formality, it's the point.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Breathing oxygen at raised pressure in a sealed chamber. It's a real treatment with a defined list of approved uses — decompression illness, carbon monoxide poisoning, some non-healing wounds, radiation tissue injury — prescribed by a physician and delivered in an accredited facility. It's also marketed well beyond that list, at high cost, on evidence that doesn't yet support it. Ask whether your situation is one of the approved uses, and be wary of any clinic that doesn't ask about your medical history.

Meditation

The best-evidenced of the three for the things people most often come to us with: stress, anxiety, sleep and the experience of pain. Structured programmes such as mindfulness-based stress reduction have been studied reasonably well, including in people going through cancer treatment. Free and low-cost options are widely available — you don't need to buy anything to find out whether it suits you.

Nutrition

Eating well during illness matters, and appetite, weight and energy are often among the first things to go. A registered dietitian can help with this directly, and if you're in cancer care, ask whether an oncology dietitian is available through your treatment centre. Be cautious of restrictive diets and protocols sold as cures — during treatment, restriction is more likely to set you back than help.

Experiences

What people report

These accounts are shared with the consent of the people involved. Where an account appears in quotation marks, the words are theirs. Last names are reduced to an initial at their request.

Everyone below was under medical care, or had already completed the treatment available to them, before they came to us. Sessions ran alongside that care and never in place of it. Where someone here has recovered, they also had medical treatment — and there is no honest way to separate those two things or to hand the credit to one of them. We are glad they are well, and we are not going to tell you why. What these accounts describe is how people felt, which is the part they can speak to and the part we can offer.

Novak M.

Came to us with prostate cancer that had spread to his hips and lungs, while under his oncologist's care. Walking and breathing were difficult, and every movement hurt.

Novak's cancer had metastasised to his hips and lungs by the time he found us. He had been told the disease was advanced and that his prognosis was measured in months. He stayed under his medical team throughout, and had sessions with us alongside that treatment. Novak is alive and well today.

Goran, 29

Diagnosed with lymphoma at 29. He started the treatment his doctors prescribed, felt progressively worse on it, and came to us looking for relief while he got through it.

"I was in disbelief when I was diagnosed with lymphoma, so I went and got a second opinion, which confirmed the cancer. As I started the treatment my doctors prescribed, I started feeling worse and worse. That is when I came upon the specialists here. I decided to try it since I had nothing to lose at that point.

I was doubtful at first, but I felt significantly better even after the initial therapy. I stayed on my prescribed treatment the whole time. Several months later I went back to the doctors for tests, and the tests came back clear."

Goran, 29

Jasmina, 41

Living with polycystic kidney disease. A muscle relaxant she should never have been prescribed left her ankles swollen and painful, and the hospital couldn't tell her when it would pass.

"I was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease a couple of years ago. In March I went skiing, my ski caught in the slush, and I felt a sharp pain in my knee. The pain didn't go away, so a few weeks later I saw my family doctor. She prescribed a muscle relaxant, and as soon as I started taking it my ankles became very painful and swollen. It turned out that people with any kind of kidney problem should not take that medication. The doctors at the hospital told me they didn't know when, or if, the swelling would go away.

I heard about the practice from a friend. Although I believed that bio energy therapists do what they do, and that they can heal people, I was very skeptical that I could be one of those people. I have always seen myself as a very realistic, down to Earth type of person who needs to see things in order to believe in them. I was so wrong. And never in my life was I so happy to be wrong.

He started the treatments, and I felt great right away, in terms of having more energy and feeling like I could do anything. The swelling and pain went away after only a few sessions.

After several treatments in person, I also tried the distance treatments — remotely. Again, my skepticism kicked in. I had great difficulty believing that the same could be done over the phone, or that I could get the treatment while being asleep. Once more, I was very wrong. I would feel the same, and in some cases even stronger sensation, from treatments I received remotely.

I still feel great physically and mentally, and the only 'side effect' that I have from the treatments is that I am a more energized, better and happier version of myself. Not bad for a side effect.

They are people with good hearts and only the best intentions. I fully trust them, and I would recommend them to anyone."

Jasmina, 41

Questions

Common questions

How many sessions will I need?

There's no fixed number, and it depends on your situation.

It isn't possible to know an exact number in advance. Broadly, the more difficult the situation or the further-reaching your goal, the more sessions tend to be involved.

Many people notice something after a single session. But every person is different, and it matters that your expectations come from your own case rather than from someone else's. A therapist can suggest an approximate number once they understand your situation.

How long is a session?

Between half an hour and an hour. Allow a full hour.

Length depends on how much discussion is needed, which varies with how often you're having sessions and how much you and the therapist want to talk through.

The healing portion itself generally runs 15 to 30 minutes. Set aside at least an hour so there's room to settle beforehand and not rush afterwards.

How often should sessions happen, and for how long?

It varies by person. We'll suggest a plan once we know more.

Frequency and overall duration differ from person to person. If you send us as much detail as you're comfortable sharing through the contact form, we can suggest a plan rather than guess at one.

Are there side effects?

None have been reported to us. It's intended to sit alongside other care.

Across three decades of practice, no negative effects have been reported to us. Sessions are intended to be compatible with other treatment, whether conventional or complementary.

The one real risk with any complementary practice is that it delays care that would help. Please keep your medical team informed and keep to what they've prescribed.

What does a session feel like?

Most commonly mild physical sensations, and a settled or sleepy feeling afterwards.

People most often describe mild sensations: tingling, a sense of streaming, localised warmth or coolness, perspiration, slight swaying or other small movements.

Sessions are usually calming. Afterwards people tend to feel either sleepy or noticeably energised, depending on the person. Some people feel very little, which is also normal.

Can you tell me what's wrong with me?

No — but we can help you work out what to ask the person who can.

No. We don't diagnose, we're not qualified to, and it isn't legal for us to. If you want to know what a symptom means, that question belongs with a doctor.

What we can do is listen properly and at length, which appointments rarely allow for. If something you mention sounds worth pursuing, we'll say so and we'll help you put the question into a form your doctor can act on. Sometimes that's the most useful part of a session.

Can I do this instead of medical treatment?

No. Please don't stop or delay treatment on account of these sessions.

No. If you have a diagnosed condition, continue with your medical care and discuss any complementary practice with your doctor.

We won't take on work that's premised on replacing treatment, and if that's what you're looking for, we'd rather say so now.

Confidentiality

What we do with what you tell us

The relationship between you and your therapist depends on trust, so this part is simple. Anything you tell us — through the form on this page, by email, by phone, or in a session — is confidential.

We do not sell your information. We do not share or publish it in any form without your explicit permission. Your contact details are used only for communication between you, your therapist and IPHealing, and only in relation to your own case. We don't send unsolicited material.

We sometimes ask whether someone would be willing to share their story, when we think it might help another person in the same position. You are never under any obligation, and it is not something we make a habit of asking — most of the accounts on this page were offered rather than requested. If you do agree, you decide what is included, you see it before it goes up, and you can ask us to take it down at any time.

Contact

Get in touch

If your question is answered above, start there. If it isn't, or you'd like to talk about your own situation, write to us and we'll come back to you.

The more you can tell us, the more useful our first reply will be. If you're comfortable, include what you've been diagnosed with or what symptoms you're dealing with, how long it has been going on, what treatment you're having or have had, and what you're hoping for. If you'd rather keep it short to begin with, that's fine — say as much or as little as you like.

Inner power healing, without the mystique.