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'Letting go': The rise of energy healing practices in Lebanon

No official framework regulates these practices, and their cost can be a barrier.

'Letting go': The rise of energy healing practices in Lebanon

Dima Ajam Halabi (left), founder of The Healing Center, during a session. (Photo provided by Dima Ajam Halabi)

"I was anxious, always in control, as if the worst was about to happen," says Rania, 32. Reiki, a therapy based on transferring energy through the palms, helped her to "let go." Like her, more and more Lebanese are seeking a "return to self" through energies, meditation, family constellations (unconscious family dynamics), biological decoding (physical symptoms linked to unresolved emotional conflicts), or sound therapies. All these practices are making a comeback in a "country of traumas," as described by Marie-Therese Fazaa.A dentist and trans-generational therapist based in the Ivory Coast, Fazaa says she "quickly realized that dental pain was often linked to psychological disorders." Her approach is based on "feelings" and aims to "reveal hidden patterns" to allow...
"I was anxious, always in control, as if the worst was about to happen," says Rania, 32. Reiki, a therapy based on transferring energy through the palms, helped her to "let go." Like her, more and more Lebanese are seeking a "return to self" through energies, meditation, family constellations (unconscious family dynamics), biological decoding (physical symptoms linked to unresolved emotional conflicts), or sound therapies. All these practices are making a comeback in a "country of traumas," as described by Marie-Therese Fazaa.A dentist and trans-generational therapist based in the Ivory Coast, Fazaa says she "quickly realized that dental pain was often linked to psychological disorders." Her approach is based on "feelings" and aims to "reveal hidden patterns" to...
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