Our world can be perceived and experienced as matter or as energy. Einstein suggested this early in the 20th Century in his famous equation, E = mc2 and modern physics has amply confirmed this theory. Matter and energy are two sides of the same coin. Newtonian medicine focuses on the matter side of the equation and has been slow to absorb that the body can also be addressed as energies. Healers and many other CAM therapies address the energy side of this equation. Healers interact with bioenergies in two broad ways. 1. By sensing the bioenergies in and around the body, healers can perceive what is happening in the body. Most people can sense these energies with their hands. Some see them as auras of color around the body. Others may pick up information from the body as different sensory impressions, such as smell or taste. Some intuitives find that their minds translate this information as words when it filters through to their conscious awareness. By interpreting their perceptions of the bioenergy fields, healers can identify a persons state of being on several levels: physical, emotional, mental, relational and spiritual. Assessing bioenergy states, they may note excesses, depletions, blocks or energies that indicate states of dis-ease or disease. Healers report that the bioenergy fields not only reflect the state of the person, but are also templates for what is occurring in the body. 2. Healers can use their own consciousness and bioenergies to adjust abnormalities in careseekers bioenergy fields. The biofield templates will then alter what is happening in the body, bringing about improvements in health. The complexity of the task of analyzing healing is evidenced by Table 1, detailing a broad spectrum of items considered important by experienced caregivers involved in offering and teaching healing. This is a long but by no means a comprehensive list, nor does it address how to implement the inherent recommendations suggested by these items as factors that may influence healing