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The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy

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The Subtle Body is a truly outstanding 5 star book, and a masterpiece of publishing and easy readability. In my view, it is an essential book on the subject of subtle energy and health/disease. The book is subtitled An Encyclopedia Of Your Energy Anatomy, however it is that and MUCH MORE. The book is beautifully and clearly written; and subdivided into 6 parts containing 40 chapters each addressing essential fundamental information on energy structures and systems - (the fields, channels, and bodies) -- that underpin our physical bodies and physical reality. Additionally, this book explores means of accessing the tools and techniques used to energetically modify (heal) dis-ease and illness examining techniques used in ancient times as well as today's contemporary theories of subtle energy. The 10 pages of Notes allows for additional detailed reading on any area of special interest. The extensive bibliography alone is worth the price of the book. The many color illustrations are of the highest caliber and clarity; plus the publisher used high quality paper in the book imparting a wonderful feel to the reader.
On a personal note, I am a practicing physician with over 30 years experience as a specialist treating patients with pharmaceuticals and surgery. However, over the years I begin to wonder why some patients healed, and others with the same diagnosis and treatment did not heal. A quest for greater knowledge sparked a journey that ultimately lead me to discover Cyndi Dale and her work in healing. There are many books now in print on subtle energy, however, this book by Cyndi Dale is by far the most comprehensive, most researched, and best written book I have seen on the subject. In my view it is essential reading for anyone who desires to participate in the next revolution in medicine.
James E.(Ed) Shotts, MD

I have bought many different energy based books, and used different energy based techniques, with great results.

Quantum Touch taught me the importance of breath and how to move energy, and the principles of resonance and entrainment. EFT taught me how to release negative emotions within two minutes by tapping on specific energy points. Reiki taught me the importance of healing touch, and using Universal Life Force energy effortlessly.

Matrix Energetics taught me the importance of intention, and active imagination. I could go on, Qigong, Reiki, Touch of healing, Yoga, Tibetans, Huna..

Here we have a visually stunning book, with great diagrams throughout. It offers a complete energy system overview, and numerous diagrams, and chapters on anatomy, and the different medical systems. It's important to understand how energy correleates with anatomy, and this book does a great job of that.

It gives an overview of different practices. I particularly liked reading about shiatsu, which was discovered by a 7 year old Japanese boy who healed his mother of rheumatism, and I loved the explanation and diagrams of Reflexology. In addition, the description of chakras and how they work, and what each one means is displayed in a very easy to assimilate format. Visually compelling.

You can also learn about Reiki, Qigong, and many others.

In educating us on many different practices within one volume, we get the big picture, and so it is not a specialist book. For example, you will learn what EFT is but not the tapping routine. If you're like me, there are a couple of places where you might like more detail. If it had a bit more detail such as the tapping routine, I would definitely give it five stars.

If you wish to explore energy medicine more, I recommend:

The Energy Medicine Kit by Donna Eden, which shows energy testing being demonstrated, energy zipups and more advanced techniques, including a five minute daily routine to boost your energy.

Quantum-Touch: The Power to Heal (Third Edition) by Richard Gordon.

Life Energy: Using the Meridians to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Emotions by John Diamond MD, one of the best books I have read on energy medicine, and a complete manual.

The Touch of Healing: Energizing the Body, Mind, and Spirit With Jin Shin Jyutsu by Alice Burmeister. It's Jin Shin Jitsu, a complete system, very easy to learn and use.

The EFT Manual (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)by Gary Craig is a simple tapping process useful for letting go of troubling emotions. Imagine easily letting go of issues such as anger, anxiety, fear, forgiveness, stress, procrastination, traumas. [...], and buy various books on Amazon.

The Emotion Code by Bradley Nelson. Another complete system for releasing trapped emotions using magnets discovered by a chiropractor. A very well written book.

I hope this was helpful.

This 2009 book is a wonderful resource book for those interested in understanding the methodology of healing the energy/light body (which also affects the physical body). There is a treasure chest of information here that you often have to go to multiple books to find. It is explained in simplistic language and in a beautifully illustrated 488 page book, approximately 8" x 10" in size.

This wonderfully informative book begins with Universal Energy and Energy Healing, and moves to the Human Anatomy (human cell, DNA nebula, electromagnetic field of the heart), then on to Energy Fields (subtle energy fields, global ley lines, magnetic field of the body, sine wave, Fibonacci sequence, merkaba, platonic solids, layers of the auric field, etc.) , then to Channels of Energy and Channels of Light (various meridians, the 5 Chinese Elements, emotions and organs, food and emotions, etc.).

Next is Energy Bodies: Chakras and Other Light Switches (the charkas in detail, various other charka systems--Cherokee, Tibetan, Incan, Egyptian/African, Kundalini an 12 Chakra System, The Tree of Life: The 10 Sephiroth, The Sephiroth and Chakric Associations, etc.) Following is the section on Energy Practices (Acupuncture, Gemstones, Color Therapy, Shiatsu, Buddhist mudras, latitudinal cross-zones, reflexology, sound and color, etc.)

Another feature I like about this book is that it names names, so you know what to search on to find more information on the specific subject matter. For example, let's say you were reading about Sound Healing, on page 401. As you go through facts such as how ". . .In the 1970s, researcher Fabion Mamon sounded a tuning fork on a cancer cell. The cell dissolved. . . " and the additional information that follows to help you understand the relationship between sound and healing, you can easily google "Fabion Mamon" if you want additional information on the subject matter. The subchapter also mentions Jonathan Goldman, as a respected sound therapist and author for energetically based sound therapies. If you want to know more, you can search on Jonathan right here on Amazon and pull up some of his CDs. I even found Alberto Villoldo and the Incan Bands of Power and the luminous energy field in here. Although the book does not specifically mention the Munay-ki rites by name, if you check for Alberto Villoldo on Amazon, his books will come up or you can also google him by name. From there you can read more about the 9 rites and search on where to get them (if you are so inclined).

Although the book can be very useful to anyone, it is even more useful to someone just beginning to learn about energy bodies and healing because it provides so much knowledge up front, in one resource book. Think of it as a good "Energy 101" course. As the Doctor said in his review--how come some people, with the same illnesses, heal and some do not. Even if you already know a lot, this book still provides a one stop resource for a ton of factual information. Excellent product. On a scale of 1 to 5, worth WAY more than a 5. (How much is your health worth to you?) Do yourself a favor. If even a little piece of you can believe, get this book and read it. This book can provide a lot of information on understanding alternative healing, which you can use to supplement your care. First, you must accept the possibility. Second, you must obtain the knowledge of what is out there. Then, you can begin to make a more informed analysis and decision on your health care needs when you talk with your primary care physician. I have been "into" energy/light body healing since about 1999 and I strongly believe in this stuff. Many people do themselves such a huge disservice. The power of your mind, your belief system, your perception is TRULY awesome! YOUR PERCEPTION IS YOUR REALITY. Believe it. But don't take my word for it. Read. Read. Read.

God bless you in your search for truth and wisdom.

For many years I was an arch-skeptic when it came to the subtle systems of the body, but then a great deal of personal experience lead me to do a U-turn, and for more than twenty years I have been teaching others how to feel, sense and work with these systems, with often remarkable results. Though critics still love to call this "Woo," the tide is turning against them, and this book is a huge help.

Any book about the "energetic" or "subtle" systems of the body will always attract a mixture of breathless enthusiasm and mean-spirited criticism. And sadly there are still some who believe that any mention of these systems is somehow New Age or occult, although there are almost one hundred cultures around the world that have recognized and discussed them, including the Fathers of the Christian Church. This book provides a wealth of well-researched evidence for skeptics and enthusiasts alike.

Although you can have a look inside the book at the top of this page, and also on the Sounds True website, I think that it is helpful for a potential reader to see a breakdown of the six sections and forty chapters to get a good idea of the contents of the book.

Part I: Energy and Energy Healing
1. Energy Is Universal
2. Being an Energy Healer

Part II: Human Anatomy
3. The Cells
4. DNA
5. The Skeletal System
6. The Muscular System
7. The Nervous System
8. The Skin
9. The Circulatory System
10. The Respiratory System
11. The Endocrine System
12. The Digestive System
13. The Excretory System
14. The Reproductive System
15. Metabolism
16. The Immune System
17. The Senses

Part III: Energy Fields
18. A Primer on Energy Fields
19. Two Unified Field Theories
20. The Natural Fields
21. The Radiant Shine of Molecules: Lost and Found Research
22. L-Fields and T-Fields: The Partners Composing Reality?
23. Field Pollution: Geopathic Stress
24. The Power of Magnetism
25. Hands-On and Distant Healing: Proving Subtle Fields and a Nonlocal Reality
26. Sacred Geometry: Fields of Life
27. Human Energy Fields

Part IV: Channels of Energy: Channels of Light
28. The History of Meridian-Based Therapy
29. An Overview of the Meridian System
30. Theories of the Existence, Purpose, and Functioning of the Meridians
31. The History of Meridian Science
32. The Major Meridians
33. The Basic Acupuncture Points
34. Five-Phase and Related Diagnostic Theories
35. The Seven Emotions and the Corresponding Organs

Part V: Energy Bodies: Chakras and Other "Light Switches"
36. Energy Bodies
37. Kundalini, the Unifying Force
38. Scientific Principles Meet Chakra Theory
39. Chakra Systems from Around the World
40. The Jewish Mystical Energy System: The Ancient Kabbalah

Part VI: Energy Practices
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography

As you will see this book is extremely comprehensive! If you are new to the field it gently leads you by the hand. There is also a wealth of information for the more experienced practitioner or researcher. Despite many years as both a researcher and practitioner of a number of methods that use the subtle systems of the body, I found a lot of new material in this book.

Cyndi Dale writes well and I thought that her views and opinions were very fair and balanced. My only small quibble is the use of the word "Energy." I prefer the term subtle "systems" composed of the inseparable twins: First the subtle energies and second, the subtle fields that carry them. Without energy, the fields could not actualize, and without the fields, there would be nothing to carry the energy.


The book itself is beautifully produced and easy to navigate. I am delighted that Sounds True is producing ever more high quality books like this.

This is the only book on the subtle systems that you need. It is well worth the price, and is not only a reference and textbook, but also a wonderful book to browse through.

Very highly recommended.


Richard G. Petty, MD, author of Healing, Meaning and Purpose: The Magical Power of the Emerging Laws of Life

This book is an amazing accomplishment - the author has compiled and detailed energy body teachings from virtually every known energy healing tradition. Among these are Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, native and shamanic traditions from around the world, Hindi, Tibetan and Kabbalah chakra systems, ancient Greek philosophy, Western mystic teachings such as those from the Rosucrucians, and many, many others. She has combined this material with sections on basic human anatomy, and coverage of cutting-edge science that supports the mind/body/spirit connection, including work in physics and research into various alternative healing methods.

This book is written as a reference manual for healers, and is expertly organized and indexed to facilitate using it in this manner. However, I am not a healer - just an occult 'geek' that practices chakra meditation and loves energy theories of all types - and I LOVE this book. The author does a great job of making the material accessible to anyone.

Prior reviews have summarized the contents, so I won't repeat that here, but let me just mention a few goodies not mentioned already - sections on Sacred Geometry, mudras, and kundalini meditation were favorites of mine. Also a favorite was the final section, describing what must surely be every energy diagnostic and healing practice in the world - from acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, and crystal use to thai massage, numerology, radionics and mudras. Ms. Dale does occasionally compare systems, but doesn't try and reconcile the differences between them, or offer judgment on which are more effective or provable, leaving that, presumably, to the healer and/or reader.

As I said, this book is expertly organized and indexed, to assure that a reader can return to it over and over looking for guidance on a particular ailment, energy system, or healing practice. The pictures and diagrams are also beautifully done and comprehensive. I would think any healer would want to own this book and keep it close at hand, and anyone interested in energy body theories from a spiritual perspective as well.

THE SUBTLE BODY covers a smattering of information on most every topic that someone interested in healing could hope to see. Just enough of an overview of necessary material is provided along with stunning full color illustrations on most every page, so readers will feel inspired to seek further details through sources mentioned in the index.

Author Cyndi Dale does a truly marvelous job of covering a subject so vast that no other single book has yet attempted to squeeze into one volume, and she succeeds brilliantly. The book is clearly organized into six sections, starting with an overview of physiology and anatomy, so readers who are starting from scratch with very little prior knowledge of the human body can come up to speed. The sections covering energy work do a very nice job of covering both ancient and more modern day systems, without delving too far into some of the more esoteric avenues.

THE SUBTLE BODY is highly recommended for nurses, energy healers, lightworkers and martial artists who are interested in a reference book with great height and length, and not as much depth. Intermediate and advanced energy healers will likely love the gorgeous design and layout of this book, while not necessarily feeling all areas they are interested in covered to their full satisfaction.

I love the concept of this book, and my main issue with it is that it is not nearly big enough. Perhaps in future printings, this book can be expanded to cover topics more comprehensively in order to satisfy even the curiosity of intermediate and advanced level energy workers. Since the scientific aspects mentioned in this edition will tend to go out of date with time, I hope my wish will be granted, and the second edition will include many more of the details I desire.

Two of my friends are becoming certified in healing (energy) touch (one is a psychologist and the other a nurse). Both are encouraging me to also obtain this certification. Although I've read several books from Chopra's Quantum Energy to other various alternative medicine/energy books, I was attracted to this book due to the vast overview of all the human energy theories and related alternative therapies. This high quality hefty book is comprised of 5 parts containing 40 chapters and part 6 that is one large chapter on Energy Practices. Many of the chapters are short and give a basic overview of the topic presented. Since my profession is nursing, chapters 1-25 were a very quick easy read that did not provide me much new information. Chapter 26 Sacred Geometry was the first chapter I read that contained new information for me. I found it very interesting regarding geometry (voice) and sound, but wished it had more detail. The remaining chapters were also quite informative on Chinese & alternative medicine and some energy therapies I'd never been exposed. The color diagrams are high quality and actually useful. The extensive bibliography is 27 pages long and a great resource for more in depth reading divided to correlate with each of the 6 parts. I really enjoyed this book overall, as it is attractive, well written, easy to understand, and it shows a lot of careful research, planning and care were put into it becoming published. For anyone interested in energy healing or other alternative therapies, this book will definitely whet your appetite and hopefully spur you on to make use of its bibliography for greater knowledge. Enjoy!

I ordered this book primarily for my wife who teaches yoga and has a much more spiritually-oriented view of the human body. I am more of a pragmatist, so when I picked up the book to read, it was through decidedly skeptical eyes.
Okay, this book is not for everyone, but it still makes a fascinating read for those at least curious about alternative views of human anatomy and "energy" points. I can't say that I am totally sold on the notion of chakras and color-coded auras, but there is nothing offensive or utterly wrong with viewing our mortal coil with more spiritually-oriented eyes. And some of the notions conveyed are actually quite enlightening - for example did you know that your feet may be a signal post for your entire body's well-being? I sure didn't, and now I know!

As an encyclopedic overview of the theories and practices associated with subtle or putative energy, this book delivers. A little bit of everything is covered in enough detail so that the typical practitioner will know whether the particular item merits more study, and the volume of notes and bibliography is impressive.

The book does fall into the typical New Age trap of trying to relate metaphysics to theoretical physics using great leaps of analogy, a fair number of false facts (e.g., the bit about the earth's magnetic field dropping from 2 Gauss to 0.8, when the actual change in human times has been -5.8%), and the occasional unfalsifiable assertion. I know how to filter this stuff out, but a significant percentage of this book's target audience would not.

Fortunately, it doesn't really matter. Subtle energy is still safely in the realm of META-physics for now. Maybe some day, about the time someone figures out an experimental validation for a string theory, the scientific basis for all kinds of paranormality will fall into our laps. In the meantime, if you're studying complementary medicine or something else using subtle energy, this book is worth having.

The soul is the substance of energy that organizes conscience and body and makes of it all, a coherent being for reality. And the spirit is the superior dignity of life.

-Unknown Author

A fascinating journey of discovery awaits you in Cyndi Dale's The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy. By far this is the most in-depth collection of energy healing this reviewer has ever discovered.

What makes this book so unique is that it covers all of the top forms of holistic healing. Which includes chakras, energy meridians, acupuncture, reflexology, international healing, Ayurveda, Shiatsu, distant and hands on healing, energy fields, sacred geometry, color and sound healing, and magnetism. It is broken down into six easy to understand parts that include:

Part I: Energy and Energy Healing

Part II: Human Anatomy

Part III: Energy Fields

Part IV: Channels of Energy: Channels of Light

Part V: Energy Bodies: Chakras and other "Light Switches"

Part VI: Energy Practices

From the very first page I found that I was so mesmerized at all the knowledge that I was absorbing. With my background in healing touch and reflexology, I was able to quickly put to use the high quality illustrations that showed all the pulse points of the body.

No health care professional should be without a copy of Cyndi Dale's The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy. This book is such an asset to the health care world I believe it should be introduced into the college setting. If all health care providers were to be exposed to all the information that this one book offers, mankind's health benefits would be unlimited. Very highly recommended.