Why Pain Can Increase After an Energy Healing (or Massage) – And What to Do About It
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Have you ever had an amazing energy healing or deep massage, only to wake up the next day feeling worse than before? Maybe your pain initially disappeared, but then suddenly came back stronger.
If this has happened to you, don’t panic—it’s a normal part of the healing process! This reaction, often called a healing crisis or detox response, happens because your body is releasing toxins faster than it can eliminate them. But the good news? There are ways to ease the process and support your body while it heals.
Let’s break it down.
1. Toxins Are Being Released Faster Than Your Body Can Eliminate
When you receive energy healing or a deep tissue massage, it stimulates cellular detoxification. This means stored toxins, metabolic waste, and emotional blockages get released into the bloodstream. If your body isn’t eliminating them fast enough, they can temporarily cause:
Muscle aches
Fatigue
Headaches
Inflammation
What to Do:
✅ Drink plenty of water with lemon to support detoxification.
✅ Eat fiber-rich foods (chia seeds, greens, flaxseeds) to help flush toxins out.
✅ Take a binder like zeolite or activated charcoal to prevent toxin reabsorption.
2. Your Immune System is Activated
Energy work can stimulate the immune system, triggering an inflammatory response—especially if you have chronic infections, yeast overgrowth (candida), or gut imbalances. Your body is working hard to heal, but in the process, it may feel worse before it feels better.
What to Do:
✅ Reduce inflammation with omega-3s, turmeric, and magnesium.
✅ Get plenty of rest to let your body recover.
✅ Drink herbal teas (like ginger or stinging nettle) to calm inflammation.
3. Toxins Stored in Fat Cells Are Being Released
Did you know that toxins love to hide in fat cells? When you receive energy healing or massage, it can mobilize these toxins into circulation, temporarily making you feel worse.
Common symptoms include:
Joint pain
Brain fog
Fatigue
Skin breakouts
What to Do:
✅ Sweat it out! Try a sauna, hot bath, or exercise to help move toxins out.
✅ Dry brushing stimulates the lymphatic system for better detox.
✅ Take activated charcoal or zeolite to absorb and remove toxins safely.
4. Dehydration & Electrolyte Imbalance
When your body releases toxins, it can flush out essential minerals like magnesium, potassium, and sodium. This can leave you feeling:
Lightheaded or dizzy
Sore and crampy
More fatigued than usual
What to Do:
✅ Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Drink coconut water or electrolyte-rich drinks.
✅ Add Himalayan salt to your water for natural minerals.
✅ Eat mineral-rich foods like bananas, avocados, and leafy greens.
5. Emotional Detox & Energy Shifts
Energy healing doesn’t just detox the body—it also releases stored emotional trauma. Old wounds, suppressed emotions, and stress patterns may rise to the surface, making you feel:
More emotional (sad, anxious, angry)
Overwhelmed or restless
Energetically drained
What to Do:
✅ Practice deep breathing & meditation to calm your nervous system.
✅ Journal your emotions—writing can help release emotional energy.
✅ Move your body gently with yoga or stretching to process stored emotions.
Final Thoughts: Detox Pain is Temporary!
If you feel worse after a healing session, don’t panic—it’s just your body clearing out old energy, toxins, and emotions. Think of it like a storm before the calm—a sign that your body is healing, not hurting.
Listen to your body—rest when needed.
Support your detox pathways with hydration, nutrition, and movement.
Be patient—healing takes time, but it’s always worth it.
✨ The pain is temporary, but the healing is life-changing! ✨
Have you ever experienced a healing crisis? What helped you get through it? Comment below!
Samantha had always been the strong one. The one who juggled work, family, and friendships effortlessly. But at 47, something felt off.
It started with fatigue—not the usual end-of-day tiredness, but an exhaustion so deep it felt like her body was running on empty. Climbing stairs left her breathless, and simple tasks felt overwhelming.
Then came the brain fog. Samantha, once sharp and quick-witted, found herself forgetting appointments, struggling to focus, and losing words mid-sentence.
One night, after a stressful day, a sudden tightness in her chest stopped her in her tracks. It wasn’t sharp, just adeep pressure that refused to go away. She brushed it off as stress—until her left arm tingled, and dizziness set in.
Her husband, seeing the panic in her eyes, rushed her to the ER.
The Diagnosis That Changed Everything
"Your cholesterol is high, and your blood pressure is through the roof," the doctor said. "Samantha, you’re having the warning signs of heart disease."
Heart disease? That was for older people, smokers, or unhealthy eaters—not her.
But the truth was undeniable. Years of stress, late nights, skipping workouts, and emotional suppression had caught up with her.
She felt fear creeping in. Would she have a heart attack? Would she see her kids grow up?
Then came the guilt. Had she ignored the signs? Was she responsible for this?
And the depression—a heavy cloud of sadness, making her feel like a prisoner in her own body.
The Emotional Toll of Heart Disease
Samantha wasn’t just battling a physical condition—her emotions and mind were unraveling.
Fear & Anxiety: Every heartbeat felt like a ticking time bomb. Any chest discomfort made her panic.
Brain Fog & Mental Fatigue: Even on good days, she felt mentally drained, struggling to process information.
Isolation & Depression: She withdrew from social events, feeling like a burden rather than the vibrant woman she once was.
Frustration & Anger: She felt betrayed by her own body—how could it fail her when she had so much life left to live?
Her doctor suggested lifestyle changes, stress management, and a heart-healthy diet, but Samantha knew she needed more than just medicine.
Choosing to Heal—Mind & Heart
One evening, after a particularly tough day, she sat in front of a mirror and whispered, "I don’t want to live in fear anymore."
That was the moment she decided to fight back.
She started morning walks, feeling her heart grow stronger with every step.
She practiced deep breathing and meditation, calming her anxious mind.
She embraced heart-healthy foods, nourishing her body from the inside out.
She journaled her emotions, releasing the guilt and frustration she had buried.
She reconnected with friends and family, choosing love over isolation.
As weeks passed, her energyreturned, her thoughts became clearer, and for the first time in a long time—she felt like herself again.
At her next checkup, her doctor smiled. "Your numbers are improving, Samantha. Keep going."
And she did. Not just for her heart, but for her mind, her emotions, and the life she still had ahead of her.
The Takeaway: Healing Is More Than Physical
Heart disease isn’t just about clogged arteries—it’s about mental and emotional well-being too. Samantha learned that healing starts from within, and the heart and mind must heal together.
"Your heart doesn’t just beat—it feels, thinks, and carries your life. Treat it with love."
Have you ever experienced emotional struggles linked to heart health or other health problems?Let’s talk!
As we step into 2025, my guides have urged me to share a message about the frequency of love.
Before diving into why love is so crucial, let’s reflect on what this year signifies. 2025 is a year of truth, change, endings, and new beginnings. It’s a time to complete old chapters in our lives to make room for fresh projects, new ways of being, and exciting adventures. Change is inevitable this year, and to navigate it effectively, we need to anchor ourselves in truth—and truth requires love.
A Year of Completion and Transformation
To welcome the new, we must first release old energies. This year promises to be a whirlwind of activity, both in our personal lives and on the global stage.
My guides have shown me that in the realms of health and medicine, groundbreaking advancements are on the horizon. From holistic and medical breakthroughs in cancer treatments and anti-aging technologies to innovations in memory enhancement and brain function, there’s a lot to be hopeful for. Imagine growing telomeres to age backwards or unlocking the full potential of our brains!
On a global scale, outdated systems will crumble, paving the way for a more connected and loving world. This process won’t be without its challenges, but it is necessary for meaningful progress.
My guides emphasized the urgency of focusing on love’s frequency to heal ourselves, our planet, and our communities. In the face of rapid change and uncertainty, love can bring peace and stability.
The Frequency of Love
Love is the highest vibrational emotion. It has the power to transform, heal, and restore. Whether we’re grappling with feelings of inadequacy, heartbreak, or past wounds, love can lead us to wholeness. I’ve experienced this truth firsthand.
In 2012, a brain injury left me with chronic pain for years. Despite consulting countless doctors and healers, nothing seemed to work. Finally, I turned inward and asked my intuition why I was in pain. The answer was simple but profound: “You just have to love yourself.”
This realization marked the beginning of a transformative journey. By embracing self-love, I was able to heal. The injury may have triggered my pain, but it was the lack of love for my body that prolonged it.
Love as a Healer
Science supports what many of us intuitively know: love heals.
Studies show that love reduces stress hormones like cortisol, lowers blood pressure and pain, boosts immunity, promotes tissue repair, and improves sleep. It even aids in cellular repair and balances the immune system. Could it be that love changes the vibrational frequency of our cells, guiding them toward healing?
While medicine, herbs, and other treatments are powerful, the most profound healing begins in the heart. Love dissolves stress, strengthens immunity, and fosters longevity. It reconnects us to ourselves and others, softens hardened hearts, and helps us release emotions like anger, guilt, and fear. Love is the ultimate catalyst for healing chronic illnesses and emotional wounds.
The Importance of Self-Love
Self-love is where healing begins. Too often, we extend compassion to others while neglecting ourselves. We criticize our flaws, doubt our worth, and strive to meet unrealistic standards. But to truly love ourselves is to honor our journey—to appreciate the simple joys, set healthy boundaries, and practice self-care.
The energy of 2025 demands self-love. Without it, we cannot stand in our truth or radiate love outward. As the world undergoes massive changes, self-love becomes essential for fostering peace, hope, and positive transformation.
Practical Ways to Practice Love
Incorporating love into your daily life can be simple yet powerful:
Speak words of kindness and encouragement to yourself and others.
Practice gratitude by focusing on the good in your life.
Forgive yourself and those who’ve hurt you.
Say “I love you” to yourself and feel its transformative energy.
Take a moment now to say “I love you” to yourself. Feel the shift that love creates within your body. It’s a remarkable tool for healing.
Throughout history and across cultures, the power of love has been recognized for its ability to heal and connect.
In 2025, love has the potential to create a ripple effect, bringing positive change to individuals and communities alike. This year, as you face endings and new beginnings, let love guide you.
Let love be your compass in 2025. Allow it to heal you from the inside out, and watch as its transformative power extends to the world around you.
Why you need good energy flow in your body to be healthy.
Good energy flow in your body is essential for health because energy underpins the functioning of every system in your body. Disruptions or blockages in this flow can lead to physical ailments, mental stress, emotional imbalance, and spiritualdisconnection.
Here's why maintaining good energy flow is vital:
1. Supports Physical Function
Cellular Health: Energy fuels your cells to perform vital functions like repair, regeneration, and detoxification.
Organ Efficiency: Free-flowing energy ensures your organs receive the necessary vitality to function optimally.
Healing and Immunity: Proper energy flow strengthens your immune system and accelerates your body’s natural healing processes.
2. Enhances Mental Clarity
Focus and Concentration: Smooth energy flow to your brain enhances cognitive abilities like memory, focus, and decision-making.
Stress Reduction: Proper energy flow calms your mind, reducing stress and preventing overactivity.
Mental Resilience: Balanced energy supports your ability to handle mental challenges and recover from setbacks.
3. Balances Emotions
Emotional Processing: Good energy flow allows your emotions to move freely, preventing the buildup of unresolved feelings.
Emotional Stability: A balanced energy system fosters emotional equilibrium, reducing mood swings and promoting joy.
Inner Peace: Harmonized energy creates a sense of calm and emotional resilience.
4. Boosts Spiritual Health
Self-Connection: A smooth energy flow strengthens the connection to your inner self and higher purpose.
Awareness: Balanced energy facilitates spiritual growth and heightened intuition.
Fulfillment: Free-flowing energy helps you align with your values, bringing a sense of purpose and contentment.
5. Prevents Disease
Energy Stagnation: Blockages in energy flow can lead to stress, which is linked to chronic conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
Holistic Health: Energy imbalances often manifest as physical symptoms; maintaining flow can address issues at their root.
6. Promotes Longevity and Vitality
Aging Gracefully: Good energy flow slows cellular aging by reducing oxidative stress and enhancing repair mechanisms.
Sustained Energy: A balanced energy system prevents fatigue and supports sustained vitality throughout life.
How Energy Flow Gets Blocked
Stress and Trauma: Prolonged stress or unresolved emotional trauma disrupts energy pathways.
Poor Lifestyle Choices: Lack of exercise, unhealthy diet, and insufficient sleep can stagnate energy flow.
Environmental Factors: Exposure to toxins, electromagnetic pollution, or a negative environment can impact energy.
Practices to Maintain Good Energy Flow
Mindfulness and Meditation: Cultivate mental and emotional balance.
Physical Activity: Engage in yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, or other practices that harmonize energy flow.
Have you ever wished that you could get clarity from your intuition, talk to your guides, and feel confident in your decisions?
Perhaps you've wished that you could see into the future, or that you had an intuitive counsellor on speed dial?
Maybe you've been to many different doctors and practitioners, and still not found what you were seeking?
Maybe you have dreamt about speaking with your angels and guides?
Your intuition can lead you to access all of this and more.
It can help you live your very best life and bring you so much love and joy.
Your soul has been whispering to you all along.
I am a Medical Intuitive and Functional Medicine Practitioner.
For many years now, I have been doing Medical Intuitive Readings and helping people connect to their intuition.
I once was in deep chronic pain, not knowing where to turn or who to turn to for answers. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars seeking answers outside of myself. I remember what it felt like to feel alone and lost, scared to make decisions in fear I would make the wrong ones. It took me years to realize that all I had to do was return home to my inner voice. She led me to exactly what I needed to heal, find my ultimate joy, and feel confident in life once again.
What I have come to realize, is there is no better intuitive than you.
You have the power to know exactly what to do in every area of your life. Your soul has a whisper that you can hear better than anyone else. It has been with you since the dawn of time. It knows you better than any other person on the planet.
Your soul has been waiting for you to speak to it, it has been waiting to give you all the answers you need for a joy-filled life and more.
That is why I created the FREE Meditation: Activate Your Intuition.
In this meditation I guide you how to Activate and Connect with your Inner Voice and come up with the answers you’ve been searching for to improve your health your health, life, purpose, and passion.
This info is for you if you suffer any of the following symptoms:
High Blood Pressure
Fear or Anxiety
Excess Stress
Weak Lungs
Heart Problems
Shallow Breathing
In the spring of 2024 I found out that I had high blood pressure. I was very surprised because I thin, eat a good diet, take supplements are suppose to help regulate blood pressure and exercise everyday.
In my search to find out what I could do the find out lower my blood pressure I found a Breathing Exercise that has been scientifically proven to lower blood pressure immediately and over the long term when done regularly.
I share this Breathing Exercise in the video below.
If you would like to learn more about regulating your stress response and feeling more confident and emotionally resiliant click here before Aug 24.
It is part of your character development. The person you want to be grows when under pressure.
To make it easier, it’s important to develop a growth mindset.
If you haven’t read Pt. 1 of Is there Purpose in Pain? Click here.
In Pt. 2 you’re going to learn:
How to foster an attitude of gratitude.
How to develop a mindset of resilience.
How to be strategic.
All these skills will fuel your growth to be stronger and healthier.
Foster an Attitude of Gratitude
Have you ever felt happy to visit a friend or go on a trip somewhere?
This feeling of excitement/gratitude is something you can create every day in your life.
What I like to do is be grateful for my family, friends, community, financial freedom, and my connection with God/Jesus, and business.
There have been times in the past where I didn’t feel grateful for these things causing me to take these things for granted.
When fostering an attitude of gratitude you can even be grateful for things that aren’t in your life yet.
By being grateful for things not in your life yet it helps make you more receptive to receiving them. So, I highly recommend including them when you do your gratitude exercise.
A statement I learned from Bob Proctor that is very powerful for cultivating gratitude is, “I am so happy and grateful for…. (Insert thing).
Do this with your eyes closed and see, imagine, and feel this thing you are grateful for 1mins.
Do this gratitude exercise every morning to boost your energy and emotional wellbeing.
Resilient Mindset
There are 5 keys to building a resilient mindset.
1. Purpose – why do you exist? Write the reasons why you exist.
Some of the main reason why I exist are: to help others, to be connected to God, to help others spiritual evolve and to learn from the holy spirit.
Did you know only 25% of Americans claim to have a purpose in life.
Having a sense of purpose is one of the most important things to have for being a leader, to know who you are, to feel connected, and to feel part of something greater than you.
2. Find your Mission – attach a goal to your purpose.
For example, my mission is to help 2 million people be the healthiest versions of themselves.
Some people have a mission to give x amount of money per year to a charity.
What is your mission?
3. Identity – know your identity or others will label you. Identity is tied to your role and responsibilities.
For example: I am a dad. Nourishing my children and challenging them to be best version of themselves are my responsibilities.
Another example is I am a healer. My responsibility in this role is to help people heal by finding their power within.
What is your identity?
4. If you have poor self-control. Spend time around disciplined people.
Who are the people that you know that have a strong mindset?
Listen to them and spend time with them.
If you don’t know any here’s a couple that I recommend:
Brendon Burchard
Dr. Axe
5. Who can you become?
Think about the most powerful version you can become.
Who do you want to be seen as? Do you want to be seen as a healthy, loving, compassionate, abundant person?
What else would you include on how you want to be seen?
Focus on developing the characteristics and qualities you want to be seen having.
This is done by listening to, reading, and spending time with people that you believe have them already. Find out how they developed them.
Be Strategic
If you are dealing with a physical pain or struggle, make sure to optimize your energy level.
Do this through your diet, breathing, stress management, sleep, and exercise.
The more energy you have the easier it is to deal with your challenges.
If you are not sure how to optimize your energy level, seek out someone or people that have overcome what you are going through.
They already have the roadmap, so why not speed it up for yourself.
If you would like to receive additional help from me, go here.
Also, Keri and I are hosting a FREE Group Healing on May 29, which we would love to have you join.
If you suffer from chronic stress and pain these techniques can help you…
I am no stranger to chronic pain. Not only did pain dominate my life for 4 years, but it also increased my levels of stress substantially. It is not an easy living each day with pain.
Along with pain most people deal with varying levels of depression and stress. I know I did. It took a Jedi Knight mindset to ignore the pain and push through each day.
But did you know that chronic pain might not be a physical problem?
Yes, the pain is real and what you are feeling physically is too.
But what if I told you that most chronic pain holds a key in the mind?
It has been scientifically proven that many aches and pains that are chronic are rooted in the brain. As in your emotions, negative mental chatter, and inability to handle one more bit of stress can actually affect different brain centres and manifest into the body.
In other words, your mind can refer pain into the physical body.
Do you have pain in your body with an unknown cause?
Or maybe you have found the cause. But have you ever noticed that some people can have the exact same issue and have no problem at all?
No Pain At All?
In the book The Hidden Psychology of Pain, by Dr. James Alexander, he talks about John Sarno’s work.
John Sarno found that medicine knew very little about chronic pain. He observed in his research there was no neat relationship between damage in the body and the existence of pain.
In other words, people with chronic pain when examined with x-ray and other diagnostic tools were found to have no structural abnormalities at all.
It was also found that people with no pain at all who participated in the research, that a high percentage of them showed evidence of structural pathology of the spine but had no pain at all.
How can that be?
Could it be that the key to healing chronic pain is in the mind?
Throughout Western and Eastern Medicine there are countless stories of people healing their pain via the mind.
Placebo Effect
In Western Medicine it is known as the placebo effect. This is when in controlled double blind studies there is a group of people who consume a medication and a group of people who believe they are getting the medicine, even though they are getting a sugar pill.
The interesting thing is that just as many people heal who didn’t get the medication as the people who did. They healed because they believed the medication would heal them. Their belief, their mind healed their body….
Have you used a placebo to stimulate healing?
In Eastern Medicine, meditation appears to work for pain relief as it reduces brain activity in your somatosensory cortex. This area in the brain decides the feeling of where and how intense pain should be in the body.
More than that, Eastern Traditions are now exploring the power of your thoughts as a mind body therapy in pain.
Therapies like Neuro-linguistic Programming and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy help to reprogram a your response to pain as well as change negative thought patterns, which stimulate a chronic stress response.
I have had success with some of these techniques. Not only did they help muffle the pain in my body, but they also helped me to be at peace with my body no matter the situation.
5 Techniques to Reduce Chronic Pain and Stress.
1. Mindfulness Meditation – Mindfulness is a very effective meditation technique for relaxing the mind and body to turn down the stress response. It has been proven effective for pain relief and pain management. Mindfulness is simply becoming aware of your breath, relaxing your mind to such a point that you lose track of your body. Your body becomes so relaxed, that all pain diminishes.
Mindfulness meditation helps put you into a deep Theta brain state, where anything is possible. Not only does pain become more manageable and in some cases disappears, but you find yourself in a more peaceful, happy state in your day-to-day life.
2. Hypnosis –Hypnosis is scientifically verified and an effective technique that allows you to tap into your subconscious mind and promote change.
Hypnosis allows you to create desired changes in behaviour, emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing.
It’s a powerful visualization technique that you can learn to use for things like pain reduction, healing, weight loss, quitting smoking, anxiety, and PTSD.
It allows you to gain control of undesired behaviours and make changes.
3. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – CBT focuses on developing coping strategies that solve current problems such as pain, depression, anxiety and allows you to consciously change your thoughts, behaviours, and beliefs.
CBT has been proven to give the person practicing it new ways to cope and look at things. It has been shown to be effective for pain relief.
4. Visualization – Visualization is a technique that incorporates the power of the mind to heal the body. In a meditative state, you see the problem you would like to see healed being resolved.
You are essentially telling your body what you want with your mind. You literally visualize yourself in perfect health. Some people will even visualize going into the problem such as pain and seeing it healing. The mind is very powerful. If you believe it, you will see it happen.
5. Placebo Effect – This is where you choose a food or an object that you believe will heal your body. You make this food, such as a green drink for example your placebo. Every time you drink this green drink you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is the medicine you need to heal your body. Much like people that believe taking a medication. When in fact they are taking a sugar pill and heal anyways. The green drink becomes your placebo. The trick is, believing in it. If your mind truly believes this will heal you, it most likely will.
Have you tried any of these techniques and had success?
I know I have.
I truly believe in the phrase ‘Mind Over Matter!’
Do you have a mind body success story?
I would love to hear about it. The more people that share their stories, the more people will know what is possible. Comment below.