The term your body is sending signals has been a familiar one. What if those signals could be read, however – prior to becoming symptoms you have actually lived with for years?

The concept behind a bio-energetic assessment is just that one. If you don’t know what it is or if you tried searching for it but came back even more lost than you went, then this guide is for you.

No complicated terminology. Assume that you know the meaning of ‘energetic imbalance’. Explanative description of what a bio-energetic assessment entails, steps involved, who it’s most beneficial for, and how it can be incorporated into a larger wellness coaching framework.

First: Why Do People Seek This Out?

People who try a bio-energetic assessment usually have a long history of frustration first.

Their lab tests are normal. Their practitioner doesn’t understand why they are still tired, drowsy or feeling unwell. Have made some dietary or sleep changes, tried stress-reduction – and yes, in some aspects, they feel better, but there’s something that still doesn’t feel right. They don’t know exactly what, but they feel it in their body and no one has yet managed to decipher what it means.

This is what a bio-energetic evaluation can help cover.

So What Exactly Is a Bio-Energetic Assessment?

Bio-energetic assessment, at its basic level, is seeing the body’s energy patterns for stress, imbalances, and strains that would not be seen through conventional methods.

The idea is rooted in a scientific truth – all living systems function on energy. Your heart has an electrical activity that makes it beat. Your brain communicates through electrical impulses. Your cells make and react to electromagnetic activity all the time. But it does not count as alternative thinking – it’s basic biology.

A bio-energetic assessment operates by taking note of the way in which the human body responds to individual energy frequencies. It can be achieved in various ways, such as using hair and saliva samples, or by attaching sensors to hands or feet that align with the energy flow lines in the body (known as meridians, which are part of traditional Chinese wellness practices for thousands of years). This then creates a visual overview of the stressed, out of balance or supported systems.

Most importantly, a bio-energetic assessment is not a medical diagnostic tool. Does not diagnose, treat nor claim to be able to identify disease. It provides an energetic map, or patterns and signals, that can support a more individual wellness plan.

What Does the Process Actually Look Like?

This is the aspect most individuals are interested and glad of – and it’s really very easy to understand.

The bio-energetic assessment as part of the HealthfullyU functional wellness coaching process. It’s not an isolated occurrence. Together with a comprehensive examination of your past, your daily routine, environmental exposures, and lifestyle habits, it is one dimension of a thorough evaluation of your health.

The assessment is not an invasive procedure. Depending on the technique you use, you can bring a sample of hair or saliva to be analyzed, or you can have the sensors gently placed on points on your hands or feet to read energetic responses. No needles, no blood draws, no discomfort. It’s quite simple, in many people’s opinions, considering how much info it yields.

When the results come in, a wellness coach will discuss the results with you in the context of your complete history. The results do not stand alone, they are part of a bigger picture. The idea is not to overload you with information. It’s simply to help you see what your body may be saying and what changes in your lifestyle may help you maintain better balance in the future.

What Can a Bio-Energetic Assessment Reveal?

This is where it really comes in handy for those who have been stuck.

The lively patterns found in a bio-energetic evaluation can provide information on a variety of areas that are not covered in a typical evaluation. These may include:

Environmental stressors – anything that may be impacting the body on a day-to-day basis, such as mold, toxins, or other environmental factors. Many find that these stressors have been a silent cause of fatigue, brain fog or digestive upset for years, and never realized.

Nutritional and lifestyle patterns – where the body may be lacking energy and how it is handling food, such as what foods it is and isn’t tolerating, or where important support lacks.

Stress patterns stored in the body – there is a very close relationship between emotional load and physical well-being and this is evident in the recordings stored in the body. Stress and tension can become trapped in the body’s energy field, impacting energy levels, sleep quality, and function.

Organ and system stress – there can be indications that a system is stressed even if no standard test indicates this. One of the most often quoted advantages of bio-energetic testing is that it can uncover patterns of imbalance at an earlier stage than they would be detected in other places.

What it doesn’t do: A bio-energetic analysis cannot diagnose disease, pinpoint specific diseases, or be a substitute for a licensed health care professional’s medical advice. It is a complementary, non-medical, wellness tool that can be extremely powerful when used within its appropriate context and most effective within an individualized wellness coaching program.

Who Is a Bio-Energetic Assessment Most Useful For?

Not all people require a bio-energetic assessment as a point of reference. For a certain segment of the population it is the piece that makes everything fall into place.

You may find it particularly valuable if:

• After regular tests, it is confirmed that everything is normal, but you still feel unwell
• Regular fatigue or brain fog, or digestive issues with uncertain cause
• You think environmental causes such as mould may be contributing but can’t be certain
• After experimenting with different wellness practices and making some headway, you’re just not satisfied
• You are embarking on a functional wellness coaching program with a desire for a comprehensive view of the status quo
• Whether you’re on a wellness path related to Lyme, mold, gut health, hormone balance – there are areas where energetic patterns can be helpful and supportive 

How Bio-Energetic Assessment Fits Into the HealthfullyU Coaching Process

At HealthfullyU, the bio-energetic assessment isn’t something we offer in isolation. It is one of the most useful tools we use in our root cause functional wellness coaching method (in addition to a comprehensive questionnaire for life history, a habit evaluation form every day, and personalized coaching that changes throughout the course).

After more than 40 years working with people who are not getting the help they need from traditional avenues we have learned one thing: The body is always talking. In many cases, it is not a lack of signal, rather it is only a lack of the correct tools and context to clearly understand the signal.

The Bio-energetic assessment does just that. It provides you a representation of your body’s energetic patterns that we overlay on all of your other information – sleep, stress factors, food consumption, environment, daily routines. These layers combined create a uniquely detailed map of where you are, and what you need to do, in order to start moving towards actual long-term wellness.

That’s what makes our 6-Month Wellness Program effective. We’re not guessing. We are operating from a whole, person-by-person view.