The Missing Piece of Wellness – Why Energy Hygiene Matters as Much as Physical Hygiene
- Brainz Magazine
- Sep 15
- 7 min read
Written by Trina Zaragoza, Wellness Coach
Trina Zaragoza is a National Wellness Coach, Registered Nurse, and Energy Practitioner who blends holistic wellness with integrative coaching to help clients achieve personal empowerment. Focusing on mind-body connection and healing, she offers a unique approach and perspective to transformation and well-being.
We’re living in a world of constant inputs. Notifications, endless conversations, background noise. Rooms that hold the echo of an argument long after the words have stopped. Emotions that aren’t ours but somehow settle heavy in the chest.
Most of us have been taught how to wash our hands, brush our teeth, and shower off the day. But what about the things soap and water can’t touch?
The nervous tension that clings after a meeting. The emotional weight we carry from listening to a friend in crisis. The static buzz that hums through the body after hours of scrolling online.
We scrub the dirt off our skin, but what about the residue clinging to our field, our fascia, our nervous system?
That is the domain of energy hygiene.
What is energy hygiene?
Energy hygiene is the practice of tending the invisible layers of the body, the sensory skin, fascia, electromagnetic field, and aura that science is just beginning to measure.
Think of it as the second skin you live in. Your skin picks up temperature and touch, your fascia transmits vibration through your whole body, your nervous system tracks thousands of cues each second, and your electromagnetic field (generated mostly by the heart and brain) shifts in response to emotions, both yours and others.
Throughout the day, we absorb more than we realize. Conversations leave an echo in the nervous system. Hours of scrolling leave the brain buzzing with unfinished impressions. A tense interaction at work lingers as a weight in the chest or a knot in the stomach. These “micro-residues” stick not just in thought, but in fascia, breath, and the electromagnetic field around the body. Without clearing, they accumulate, leaving us carrying static that isn’t even ours.
Where physical hygiene clears dirt and plaque, energy hygiene clears the “static” your system absorbs through daily living.
Why it matters in an overstimulated world
The average nervous system processes millions of bits of sensory information every second. The conscious mind only handles a small fraction. The rest lands in the body, a tightening of the gut, a subtle change in heart rhythm, a heaviness in the shoulders.
Left unattended, this accumulation weighs us down. Just as skipping showers would leave a physical residue, skipping energy hygiene leaves an invisible buildup that can show up as fatigue, irritability, brain fog, or even carrying emotions that aren’t yours.
Research supports this subtle clearing. A Harvard Medical School study found that even short bursts of genuine laughter lower cortisol (the stress hormone) and boost dopamine, serotonin, and endorphin, chemicals that create an embodied sense of safety, joy, and connection. This is energy hygiene in action, a release that immediately changes your chemistry.
Sound works the same way. Before your brain decides whether you “like” a song, vibration has already traveled through your skin and fascia, nudging your breath into a new rhythm and shifting your mood. Science calls it auditory stimulation. Energy workers call it frequency, one of the oldest, simplest, and most reliable ways to cleanse and reset the field.
The layers of hygiene
Physical hygiene keeps the outer body clean. Energy hygiene keeps the inner and subtle body clear. Both are necessary. You wouldn’t feel fully clean if you washed only your hands and ignored your teeth. The same is true for ignoring your energetic body while tending only to the physical.
Think about how easily impressions land on you. A tense conversation leaves your shoulders tight long after the words are done. Hours online can leave your mind buzzing and your eyes heavy, even if your body hasn’t moved. A friend’s grief can sit in your chest as though it were your own. These imprints don’t vanish on their own, they lodge in your nervous system, fascia, and energy field.
The nervous system is constantly “catching” signals from the environment, some of which aren’t yours to carry. Fascia, that connective web wrapping your entire body, can hold micro-tensions from stress or unprocessed emotion. The electromagnetic field around the heart and brain shifts in response to every interaction, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes absorbing static.
Science is starting to catch up to what healers have long observed, emotions leave a physical trace. In one study using facial electromyography (fEMG) and electrodermal activity (EDA), researchers found that when people were exposed to emotional stimuli, their facial muscles and skin conductivity changed almost instantly, often before they were consciously aware of what they were feeling. In other words, the body records and holds the charge of experience in real time.
Without energy hygiene, those micro-residues, the tightening of muscles, the skin’s electrical response, and the shift in breath can accumulate. This is why clearing matters. Just as we rinse dirt from our skin daily, we can rinse emotional impressions from our nervous system and fascia before they harden into tension.
Energy hygiene is the daily rinse that keeps those impressions from solidifying into heaviness. Just as washing removes dirt before it builds into an infection, clearing your field prevents energetic residue from turning into fatigue, irritability, or disconnection. The more consistently you tend to it, the quicker you return to your natural state of clarity, calm, and coherence.
Quick energy hygiene practices
These simple practices can be done in under three minutes:
1. Breath clear
Take a deep inhale. Exhale forcefully through your mouth, as if fogging a mirror. Repeat three times. This clears the diaphragm and fascia while signaling the nervous system to reset. Why it works. The exhale stimulates the Vagus nerve, shifting your nervous system from stress mode into calm. It also helps discharge leftover adrenaline, the chemical that keeps the body braced long after a stressful moment has passed. Energetically, the breath moves through fascia and field like a sweeping wind, clearing static and opening space for coherence.
2. Sigil trace
With your index finger, draw a spiral or symbol of choice into your palm. On the surface, it’s a simple touch, but mechanoreceptors in your skin send that tactile signal to your brain, focusing awareness and resetting attention. The chosen shape carries meaning, imprinting an intentional “code” into your electromagnetic field. Energetically, this organizes scattered impressions and creates coherence, like smoothing ripples on water.
3. Tone release
Hum a low “mmmm,” like savoring a delicious bite, or sigh out a gentle “ahhhh” like a release of relief. Feel the vibration in your chest and skull. This isn’t just noise, humming vibrates the Vagus nerve, the main switch of your parasympathetic nervous system. That vibration calms heart rate, deepens breath, and reassures your body that it is safe. Energetically, the frequency travels through fascia and field, shaking loose static and organizing your energy.
5. Shake it out
Stand and gently shake your arms, legs, and torso for 30 seconds. This loosens fascia and discharges static. Shaking may seem too simple to matter, but the body uses it instinctively. Animals tremble or shake after stress to discharge the surge of adrenaline and reset their nervous systems. Research shows that gentle, repetitive movement releases muscle tension, increases circulation, and signals the vagus nerve to shift from fight-or-flight into calm. Energetically, shaking loosens stuck impressions in the fascia and field, scattering static before it settles. Even thirty seconds of shaking your arms, legs, and torso can leave you clearer, lighter, and more grounded.
Restorative energy hygiene
Beyond quick resets, there are deeper ways to clear and balance your system, especially at the end of the day or week.
Epsom salt bath: Salt has been used for centuries to cleanse and neutralize energy. Epsom salts also relax muscles and replenish magnesium. Soaking for 15-20 minutes both soothes the nervous system and clears the field.
Running water: Even a short shower with mindful intention can act as an energetic cleanse. Imagine the water rinsing away static, not just dirt. Flowing water helps reset the skin and aura.
Time in nature: Walking barefoot on grass or sand discharges excess static through the fascia and electromagnetic field. Forests, oceans, and rivers also act as natural regulators, synchronizing your field with a wider rhythm.
Sound immersion: Listening to healing frequencies, singing bowls, or even simply toning with your own voice surrounds the body in vibration that organizes and resets the field.
The invitation
Energy hygiene isn’t about ritual for ritual’s sake. It’s maintenance as ordinary and necessary as brushing your teeth.
When you practice it daily, you stop carrying what doesn’t belong to you. You return to clarity more quickly. You feel lighter, steadier, more present in your own skin.
In an overstimulated world, tending to your energetic body is not a luxury. It’s the missing piece of wellness.
If you’d like to learn energy hygiene practices tailored for your nervous system and field, I offer private sessions that blend science and energy work. As an Integrative Energy Medicine Practitioner drawing on experience as a Registered Nurse, National Board Certified Coach, Reiki Master, Shamanic and Angelic Practitioner, and Sound Healing Therapist, I bridge neuroscience, bioenergetics, and ancient healing arts to create shifts that last.
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Trina Zaragoza, Wellness Coach
Trina Zaragoza is a National Wellness Coach, Registered Nurse, and Energy Practitioner who loves helping people reconnect with their inner strength and well-being. Drawing from both her medical experience and energy-based practices, she creates a supportive space where clients can heal and grow. Trina is all about making wellness practical, using simple yet powerful tools that guide people toward a balanced, fulfilling life. She believes that everyone has the ability to transform their own health from the inside out.
