What is Energy Work and Why Does it Work Remotely

Energy work views you as an interconnected field of vibrating energy—mind, body, and spirit—and uses that understanding to support balance, flow, and healing, whether you are in the same room as a practitioner or working together virtually. 

What Is Energy Work?

From a quantum physics perspective, everything in the universe is energy, including your thoughts, emotions, organs, and cells. Instead of seeing “matter” and “energy” as separate, quantum physics shows that all matter is fundamentally energetic and always in motion, vibrating at specific frequencies. As humans, we are bundles of electrical, chemical, and biological energy with our own unique energy field, often called an energy signature. 

Your energy signature reflects the sum of your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual state at any given moment. This is why you can “feel” when someone has great energy or sense the heaviness when a person is stressed before they even say a word. 

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Waves, Vibration, and Frequency

Energy moves through waves, which are simply vibrations carrying energy from one place to another. Some waves are visible or familiar—like sound waves or ocean waves—while others, like X-rays and many electromagnetic frequencies, are invisible but measurable. 

Vibration describes the motion of energy around an equilibrium point, and frequency tells us how often that vibration cycles per second. When people talk about being “high vibe” or “raising your vibration,” they are referring to increasing the overall frequency of their energy. 

Your Energy Signature

Your energy signature is like your personal energetic fingerprint: a constantly shifting pattern created by your cells, organs, chakras, thoughts, and emotions. The body produces and exchanges energy all the time—for example, converting food into chemical energy, then into kinetic energy as your muscles move. 

Thoughts are electrochemical energy, and emotions are “energy in motion,” shaping the chemistry your body releases, such as cortisol when stressed or oxytocin when in love. This energetic field extends beyond your physical body, interacting with the environment and other people’s fields—what many describe as an aura.

Muscle Testing and the Nervous System

In modalities like Mind Body Spirit Release®, muscle testing is used as a form of binary biofeedback to read the body’s natural stress response. Because muscles are controlled by nerves, subtle changes in the nervous system create measurable changes in muscle strength or tone when exposed to different stimuli (thoughts, statements, or substances).

By tapping into this response, practitioners can identify where energy may not be flowing optimally—whether that relates to emotional stress, beliefs, or other imbalances. One of the core principles is that the body is a flow system designed to heal itself when blockages are removed and homeostasis is supported.

How Energy Work Can Happen Remotely

A common question is how practitioners can muscle test and facilitate energy work at a distance, without physical contact. Quantum physics offers a useful lens through concepts like the law of vibration and the idea that all energy in the universe is interconnected—a principle sometimes described as Oneness.

In remote work, practitioners use “proxy testing,” where they intentionally connect with a client’s energy signature and use their own nervous system as a stand-in for the client’s body. Because energy fields can interact non-locally, the practitioner can still read stress responses and facilitate energetic shifts, even if the client is miles away.

Why Flow and Balance Matter

The body continually seeks homeostasis—a balanced internal environment that allows you to survive and thrive. When stress, stored emotions, or environmental factors disrupt energy flow, the nervous system can get stuck in chronic fight-or-flight or, on the other side, in a low, depressed state.

Energy work aims to restore dynamic balance so you can respond appropriately to life’s stressors and then return to a regulated, calm state. When energy is flowing and the system is balanced, your natural self-healing mechanisms can function more effectively on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.

To explore these ideas more deeply and hear Dr. Jennifer Rochlis explain them through the lens of both physics and practice, watch the full video HERE.