ACES Model
ENERGY
Energy – Energetic Balance
The Energy dimension in ACES includes the body’s electrical, emotional, and behavioral patterns—the systems that regulate vitality, mood, stress response, and the flow of Qi or bioelectricity. When energy is balanced and free-flowing, it supports healing across all dimensions; when disrupted, it leads to fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, and impaired resilience
For Patients
Balanced energy means reduced stress, better sleep, and enhanced healing capacity.
For Clinicians
Addressing energy regulation improves outcomes across nearly all conditions.
Evidence
What Does Science Show
Autonomic Regulation
The balance of the sympathetic (“fight or flight”) and parasympathetic (“rest and heal”) nervous systems, which control heart rate, digestion, breathing, stress response, and emotional stability. When this system is dysregulated by stress, trauma, inflammation, or poor lifestyle habits, it disrupts energy, sleep, mood, and overall resilience.
Electric Equilibrium
The stable electrical signaling that allows the brain, heart, nerves, and muscles to function smoothly. When this balance is disturbed—by stress, toxins, inflammation, or nutritional deficits—it leads to arrhythmias, nerve pain, brain fog, anxiety, and impaired healing.
Energy Flow
The smooth circulation of bioelectric, emotional, and physiological energy through the body—what traditional medicine calls Qi and modern science recognizes as nervous system and metabolic signaling. When energy flows freely, the body heals, digests, sleeps, and functions with ease; when blocked or stagnant, it leads to pain, fatigue, tension, and emotional imbalance.
ACES Approach
How Does The ACES Model Manage It
Acupuncture & biofield therapies
Breathwork, meditation, and vagal toning
