We are Light: Biophotons, Energy Healing, and the Language of the Soul

Have you ever felt your body respond to energy before your mind could explain it? A sense of peace during a Reiki session, warmth in your hands while meditating, or a knowing in your chest when someone walks into the room?

That's not just imagination. That’s light. That’s energy. That’s you.

What are Biophotons?

Biophotons are tiny particles of light that are emitted by all living cells. Discovered in the 20th century, scientists found that our bodies don't just use light from the sun, we actually emit light. These particles are so subtle that they can't be seen with the naked eye, but with sensitive instruments, researchers have recorded them coming from our skin, organs, and especially our brain.

They are not just by products of cellular activity …they seem to be involved in communication between cells and systems. It's as if our bodies are always whispering through light.

Light is the Language of Healing

When we talk about life force energy in Reiki Healing work, many might assume it's abstract or symbolic. The more we learn through science, the more we see that this energy has a real, physical expression. Light- biophotons are a big part of that.

Biophotons move through the body's facia, or connective tissue, which is now being explored as a vast communication network in the body. In energy healing sessions, I often sense energy flowing or becoming blocked around these very channels. Could it be that what we intuitively feel is biophotonic communication at work?

Some studies even suggest that healthy cells emit coherent light, harmonized and orderly, whereas stressed or diseased cells emit disorganized or diminished light. That's a powerful image: when we're in balance, we shine brighter.

Reiki as Lightwork, Literally

In Reiki, we aren't pushing or forcing, we're allowing. We’re inviting divine light -universal life force- to move through us, bringing coherence and clarity back to the places that feel dark, heavy, or disorganized.

Many clients tell me after a session that they feel lighter. I believe they truly are on an energetic, cellular, and perhaps even photonic level.

It's no coincidence that many spiritual traditions describe divine presence or healing as light. Angels appear in radiant forms. Saints are often painted with halos. Near death experiencers speak of a loving, enveloping light.

Science is beginning to echo what healers and mystics have felt all along…we are beings of light. Healing happens when that light is allowed to flow freely.

A Return to Radiance

When I give or receive Reiki, I'm not just moving energy, I'm tending to the light within. Whether I call on angelic support, use sound healing tools, or simply lay my hands with intention, I'm honoring the truth that you are already whole, already radiant. Sometimes we just need to clear the static and remember.

Reiki or energy healing is not magic, but it is miraculous. It doesn't fix you because you are not broken. It reminds your system how to flow, how to breathe, how to shine as it would without anything blocking that flow.

As your body remembers, your biophotons respond, your energy shifts, your light returns.