Heartbeat of the Soul
And everything that's happened to you since — the conditioning, the family dynamics, the education, the relationships, the trauma — has been slowly burying it.
The work isn't to build your energy. It's to uncover it.
That's what this pillar is about. And honestly? It's my favorite one.
The Pyramid of Health
Before we go deep — let me give you the framework.
Think of healing like a pyramid. Physical on the bottom. Then mental. Then emotional. Then energetic. Then spiritual at the top.
We are physical beings. Controlled by our minds. Our minds governed by our emotions. And sitting right between all of that physical and spiritual stuff — is our energy.
Your energy is the most you thing about you. It's innate. It's who you were before the world told you who to be. Every healing modality — massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, Reiki, crystal healing, somatic work — is ultimately trying to do one thing: calm the frantic energy down so you can get back to your essence.
Back to homeostasis. Back to yourself.
Science Is Finally Catching Up
For a long time energetics was dismissed. Woo woo. Not real. Can't prove it.
Now science is catching up. Heart rate variability. Nervous system regulation. Somatic therapy. The gut-brain connection. These are all just different entry points into the same truth: your energy is real and it affects everything.
One tool I love for this is HeartMath. No affiliation — I just genuinely use it. It tracks your heart coherence — basically how regulated your heart is — which is directly tied to how you're breathing. When you're breathing deeply and your heart is settled? That's homeostasis. That's your energy at rest.
It's a tangible, measurable way to see your energetic state in real time. And for those of us who need something concrete to hold onto — it's incredible.
I Skipped My First Day of Business School for This
When I first moved to the city I heard about an energy healing workshop at Namaste Bookshop on 14th Street. I think it was called Healing the Matrix. It conflicted with my very first class at NYU business school.
I skipped the class. Went to the workshop.
Looking back — that impulse makes complete sense. It was one of the most me decisions I've ever made. And I want to say this clearly: honor your impulses. Especially the ones that feel a little reckless. Because in the big picture those impulses are pointing at something true about who you are and what you actually want.
What Energy Actually Feels Like in the Body
Here's where it gets personal.
In fifth grade I was on a bowling league. I had a pink bowling ball with my name engraved in it — it was everything. And I genuinely believed I was moving that ball with my eyes. It worked a few times. Then it stopped. And I told myself I was making it up and moved on.
I wish someone had told me to keep going.
Years later — deep in a toxic corporate job — I'm sitting in a small conference room with someone I reported to and my left ear starts pounding. Painfully. Intensely. I knew immediately it was the energy in that room. I got up and left. The pounding stopped.
From that point on my ears became my energetic compass. Left ear — something is off. Negative. Wrong room, wrong person, wrong situation. Right ear — something good is coming. A new relationship. A better job. An aligned next step.
It's still happening 15 years later. Still annoying. Still accurate.
I'm not telling you this because I have it all figured out. I'm telling you this because energetic sensitivity is real — and so many of us have been dismissing our own signals for years because nobody validated them.
Two Practical Ways to Work With Your Energy Today
Yoga. Not just as exercise. As a tool for energetic awareness. The more you practice yoga, the more you notice the direct connection between what you're feeling emotionally and what happens in your body. Fall out of a pose? Pay attention to what you were just thinking. That's your energy speaking.
Charging your food. This one sounds esoteric but stay with me. Before you eat — pause. Put your hands over your meal if you want. Set an intention. Feel gratitude for where it came from. Be present for the act of nourishing your body instead of just scarfing it down. That's energy medicine in its simplest form. Intention changes everything — including how you receive what you consume.
Limiting Beliefs Are Energetic Blocks
Here's something worth sitting with: you can have the purest intentions and still be blocked.
Because underneath the conscious desire — there are layers. Subconscious insecurities. Old stories. Patterns you picked up so young you don't even know they're running. This is why healing is an onion. You peel back one layer and find another.
Energetic health isn't just about feeling good. It's about getting honest about what's actually driving you underneath the surface. The fears. The doubts. The places where you say you want something but your energy is quietly self-sabotaging.
That's the work. And it's the most important work there is.
The Work
Notice your body's signals. Tension, ringing, heaviness, lightness — your body is communicating constantly. Start listening.
Try HeartMath or any breath-tracking tool to see your energetic state in real time.
Bring intention to the small things — your meals, your movement, your morning.
Practice yoga as an emotional and energetic tool, not just a physical one.
Honor your impulses. Especially the ones that don't make logical sense.
Your energy was never broken. It was just buried.
Start digging.
Lindsay Trimarchi Richter is a life coach, speaker, and host of the How to Heal Podcast. She works with high-achieving women ready to stop performing and start living. Learn more at www.lindsaytrimarchi.com apply for The Upgrade.