Pranic healing reenergizes body

• Quincyans Rose Amen and Rose Ann Liesen are grateful they found one another.
• Amen, a massage therapist, has helped Liesen gain back mobility in her shoulder after being hurt in a car accident in February.
• In return, Liesen has helped keep Amen energized with pranic healing techniques.
• According to the Web site pranichealing.com, it is a no-touch system of energy-based techniques that use "prana" --- a Sanskrit word that means life force --- to balance, harmonize and transform the body's energy processes.
• People like Liesen who do "energy work" say they can activate a person's chakras, which are like power plants that supply the body with energy.
• Sitting several feet from a client, Liesen says she scans an invisible energy field known as the health aura to locate blockages and then cleanse, energize and revitalize the area.
• "I work on the chakras to help people from getting ill, as well as to help people with cancer, depression and all kinds of illnesses," Liesen said.
• For example, Liesen did energy work on her husband when he was told he needed open heart surgery.
• It was no substitute for surgery, but the time he spent in the operating room was shorter than expected, as was his overall recovery.
• Liesen says pranic healing can be particularly beneficial to doctors, nurses, massage therapists and other caregivers who "give away their good energy" to help others heal.
• She worked in an office environment for years and decided she wanted to do something to help others.
• She says therapeutic massage has multiple benefits --- from stress relief to improved range of motion and relief of muscle tension and soreness.
• I hope to eventually see that here in the Midwest."