Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing
Researchers at Harvard, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Columbia are bringing practices like reiki, qigong, and other biofield therapies into the lab like never before, testing and quantifying what has often been considered unmeasurable and unproven. And the results could be showing us the way to the next frontier in healing. Phenomena: The Science and Stories of Energy Healing is a documentary-style podcast hosted by business leader and artist Ivy Ross. Join Ivy as she explores astonishing new science alongside moving human stories of healing from chronic pain, PTSD, and even cancer through ancient practices modern medicine has often dismissed.
Episodes
Healing as a Way of Life | Qigong, Meridians, and the Science of Qi at Harvard
For thousands of years, healers across cultures have described a life force that flows through the body — invisible, intelligent, and fundamental to health. In Chinese medicine, it's called Qi. And for centuries, western science has had no idea what to do with it.
Now, that might be changing.
At Harvard, researchers are finding physical evidence for something practitioners have mapped for millenni
Reiki versus Fakey | A Clinical Trial on Chronic Pain with Harvard and the University of Utah
Be sure to visit us at https://www.phenomenahealing.com to find out the latest in biofield science.
The Healer in the Lab: Studying Energy Healing and Cancer at MD Anderson
Original Airing: 5/12/2026
Produced by Sounds True Studios.
Music composed by Dan Baboulene.
Be sure to visit us at https://www.phenomenahealing.com to find out the latest in biofield science.
Phenomena: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing
Phenomena: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing is a documentary-style podcast series, hosted by artist and business innovator Ivy Ross, that investigates this and other quietly urgent questions at the intersection of modern medicine and ancient healing.
Join Ivy as she shares the latest research findings and the incredible, inspirational stories of energy healers and those who have found reli
