I'm a naturopath, but I never knew if I wanted to be a doctor. I stumbled on naturopathic medical school to learn more about the science of the human body. Along the way I found that I enjoyed teaching patients about how their bodies and minds worked. I found that I could help people.

What I never liked was the actual practice of medicine, even naturopathic, functional, or integrative medicine. See, "medicine" involves taking a unique human problem and generalizing it by putting it into a diagnostic box. 

If a person came into my office feeling tired and cold and depressed. I might test them for antibodies to the thyroid gland and diagnose them with Hashimoto's. 

"Aha!" I said ten years ago, "Now that I know what's wrong, I know how to treat it!" 

Alas, each case of Hashimoto's is unique and there is no one treatment that is generally successful.

I failed many times.

So, I dove deeper into study, training, and practice. I learned about all the...

This is an easy question to receive and a bear to answer. Quantum revolutions in science can hint at some answers, as can newer understandings of biofields and biological systems. 

However, our perceptions of how the world works is still stuck in the linear science of hundreds of years ago. Medicine is stuck in the linear science of hundreds of years ago. Therefore, it's easy to discount the explanations of energy medicine and assessment as "woo-woo."

But worldwide, there are groups of researchers who are trying to deepen our understanding of biofield therapies--a category that my IBA could be put into. 

In a summary article of the research in this field, David Muesham states:

"Advances in a wide range of scientific disciplines (such as biophysics, biology, functional genomics, neu- roscience, psychology and psychoneuroimmunology), have begun to emphasize the importance of informa- tion in the natural processes of life. These results pro- vide a new viewpoint on...