What if your thoughts and emotions were not just fleeting states of mind, but actual energy frequencies that shape your physical health and the world around you? The attached diagram is a simplified version of the The Energy Scale That Maps Our Inner World – by Dr. David Hawkins. This was a concept that radically shaped the nature of my yoga classes and yoga retreats. When I discovered Hawkins’ work, I realised that the electrical body of the person, the frequency they vibrated at, not only came from their physical bodies, but their emotional and mental bodies as well. This is when I realised that no amount of yoga and healthy eating could shift these deep-seated problems until we addressed the trauma behind them. The rest is history. If I can help my students somatically (from the body) release traumas from childhood and even intergenerational trauma, they move up on the map of consciousness and are no longer shackled by low frequency default emotions.
Here’s a simplified breakdown:
Level 20 – 100: shame, guilt, apathy and fear: weakens the body and immune system.
Level 200: courage (turning point): threshold into empowering, healing energy.
Level 300 – 400: willingness, acceptance: enhances emotional resilience and balance.
Level 500: love, compassion: promotes deep healing and joy.
Level 600 – 700+: peace, enlightenment: spiritual transcendence and lasting vitality.
200 is the critical dividing line. Below this threshold, people are ruled by fear, anger, or despair—states that are energetically draining and often linked to physical illness. Above 200, individuals begin to reclaim their personal power, align with truth, and tap into energies that support healing, vitality, and inner peace.
Many people fall ill not because of bacteria or external factors alone, but because their emotional vibration is too low. When we live in fear, hold grudges, dwell in guilt, or resist life, our frequency drops—and the body, being energy-sensitive, responds with imbalance and dis-ease. Chronic stress, suppressed anger, and emotional numbness are not just psychological burdens—they create an environment where illness can thrive. If a person’s vibrational frequency is above 200, they are less likely to become ill.
The crucial point is that by changing ourselves we can change the world.
So how are we going to raise our vibration and leave the retreat even more healthy and joyous? Silence and meditation will allow us to focus on divine compassion, love and light and raise our frequency. Yoga and movement will open up the channels of the body. Forgiveness: forgiveness is not for others, it’s a gift you give yourself to release energetic baggage. Surrounding ourselves with uplifting influences – nature, space, sky and fellow students who inspire joy. Honesty: you’ll let go of the story, the one you’ve been telling yourself for years, and start the process of rewriting a new script. Invoke a higher consciousness – chanting, mantra, sound, sacred Bija seed sounds – these are magical syllables that are shown to uplift energy and bring healing calm.
Wellness begins from within. By raising our frequency and consciousness – choosing love over fear, and aligning with truth and compassion, we can live not only healthier lives—but more joyful, meaningful ones. Your mind is more powerful than you think. And your heart—when opened fully—has the power to heal not just your body, but the world around you.