Those who have had success with energy healing believe that the treatments work by manipulating the energy that pulsates in and around all living beings. Energetic intervention by a practitioner, either through the hands or other methods, can serve to correct imbalances in energy flow, restore symmetry, and re-establish the free flow of energy through the body’s energy pathways. These pathways are known in energy healing as channels, charkas and etheric levels. In diagnosing and treating a client, a practitioner of energy healing will look at the pattern of energy flow in one or more to these pathways and manipulate energy wherever it is blocked. Often during a session, a client will achieve a deep state of relaxation. Western science tells us that such deep relaxation helps to balance the autonomic nervous system and possibly trigger the release of hormones and neurotransmitters, which can help to decrease pain and increase a sense of well being.