When we hear the word energy, a lot of us think of coffee or electricity but energy is everywhere. It’s not a spiritual buzzword or a vague feeling—it’s a real, tangible part of how our entire universe functions.
One of my goals as an Energetic Awareness Practitioner has been building a shared language around energetic awareness in the body and reminding people we already live in an energetic world. Even if terms like “energy work” or “somatic coaching” are new to you, you’ve absolutely experienced energy in its many forms.
Everyday Forms of Energy
There are two broad categories of energy:
KINETIC = the energy of motion
POTENTIAL = stored energy waiting to be used
But within and beyond those are everyday forms of energy that you interact with all the time—often without realizing it:
- Thermal Energy (Heat): Produced when particles move faster and raise temperature. That burn you get from a hot pan? That’s thermal energy transferring into your skin.
- Radiant Energy (Electromagnetic Waves): Sunshine, X-rays, radiant heating—all forms of radiant energy.
- Light Energy: A visible form of radiant energy, carried by photons.
- Chemical Energy: Potential energy stored in molecular bonds. It’s what your body uses after eating, what’s released when wood burns, and what fuels batteries, coal, and even photosynthesis.
- Nuclear Energy: Stored in the nucleus of atoms, released through fission or fusion.
- Electrical Energy: Created by the movement of electrons.
- Gravitational Energy: Energy stored due to position.
- Mechanical Energy: The total energy of motion and position.
You’ve felt these in your own body—
- The rush of heat in your cheeks when you’re embarrassed (thermal + emotional energy).
- Goosebumps when music gives you chills (electrical energy firing in your nervous system).
- That “heavy” feeling after doomscrolling vs. the “light” feeling after laughing with a friend (emotional + chemical energy shifts). Energy isn’t abstract—you live inside it all day.
Why This Matters for Your Body
The truth is, energy isn’t foreign or “woo”—it’s physics. You don’t have to understand how a microwave works to use one. And you don’t have to master quantum mechanics to begin noticing how energy moves through your own body.
Your body stores energy. Your emotions generate energy.
Your presence, your thoughts, your movements—they’re all part of your energetic signature.
✨ This is also where energetic awareness becomes more than just interesting science—it becomes a tool. By noticing how different energies affect you—heat, sound, thought, emotion—you can begin to map your own energetic thresholds. That’s the foundation of living in alignment with your own energy range.
Everything = Energy
You may have heard the phrase: “All matter is energy.” It’s a simplified interpretation of Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc², which shows that mass and energy are essentially the same thing—just in different forms.
So what does that mean for you? It means your body—the cells, tissues, organs, bones—isn’t just a physical structure. It’s energy, condensed and moving at frequencies we often overlook.
Your emotions? Energy.
Your breath? Energy.
Even your thoughts create measurable energetic shifts in the brain.
Science Has Been Pointing Here All Along
As Nobel Prize winner Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi once said:
“In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy. It is only in Western medicine that we treat the human body as if it were inert matter.”
When we ignore energy, we flatten the human experience into symptoms and surface-level solutions. But when we honor the energetic nature of the body, we begin to see how healing, emotion, and expression are part of a much deeper system.
One glimpse into that system comes from Kirlian photography—a technique that captures the electrical field around living objects. A leaf, a coin, your fingertip—all of them emit a corona of light, a visible signature of the energy within.
You’ve felt it before—
- When someone walks in with heavy energy before they even speak.
- When a hug calms you before your brain can process why.
- When a room feels “off,” or a person feels “safe,” instantly.
That’s energetic communication.
✨ Reflection Prompt: Think back—when was the last time you noticed the energy of a room shift before anyone said a word? What did you feel in your body?
The Next Frontier
As Dr. William Tiller, PhD, once said:
“Future medicine will be based on controlling energy in the body.”
His research suggested that energy isn’t just a background force—it’s interactive, responsive to intention, and fundamental to how our bodies function.
For many, that quote feels radical. But when viewed through the lens of physics, physiology, and personal experience—it’s simply the next step in understanding what it means to be human.
