More than two thousand years ago, the Han dynasty physician Chunyu Yi, known as Canggong, kept careful notes on his patients. The historian Sima Qian preserved 25 of these records, called zhenji (诊籍), or "diagnostic records." Each one noted who the patient was, their work and home, their symptoms, what Chunyu Yi observed, how he treated them and what happened next. He even recorded the cases that ended in death. His notes are China's earliest surviving medical case records, and they still teach readers how an experienced practitioner thought.
A single case, described with care, lets you walk alongside the practitioner and see what they saw. This article does that with a genuine, anonymized See Your Aura scan. Here is the case step by step, from the first visualization through Yvette's interpretation, the energizing stage and the second visualization, along with what you can learn from it for your own scan.
Why a real case study is valuable
A description of a service tells you what to expect. A real case shows you. When you can see genuine before-and-after images, every angle of the field and an excerpt from the written interpretation, you understand far more clearly what you will receive and how Yvette works.
What single cases have taught the world
France: one patient and the language of the brain
Louis Victor Leborgne spent 21 years at the Bicêtre hospital near Paris, able to say only one syllable, "tan." After he died in April 1861, the surgeon Paul Broca examined his brain and presented it the next day to the Anthropological Society of Paris. Broca found damage in the left frontal lobe, and that single case helped establish that language depends on specific regions of the brain. French historians of medicine describe it as the birth of neuropsychology.
Russia: thirty years with one remarkable memory
The Soviet psychologist Alexander Luria met a young newspaper reporter, Solomon Shereshevsky, who seemed unable to forget anything. Luria studied him for about thirty years and wrote about him in The Mind of a Mnemonist. He found that Shereshevsky turned everything he heard into vivid images, arranging them in his mind along an imagined street. Luria called his approach "romantic science": studying one whole person in depth to understand what numbers alone could miss.
Today: a global standard for case reports
In 2013, an international group of clinicians and researchers published the CARE guidelines for writing case reports. They describe case reports as early signals of what may help or harm, and as a source of ideas for future research. The guidelines include the patient's own perspective as one of the elements a complete case report should contain.
Chunyu Yi's records, Broca's patient and Luria's reporter each show the same thing. One case, observed closely and described clearly, can open a door to understanding.
The case at a glance
- First visualization: a wide area of pink across the upper body, including the chest, throat, shoulders and upper back.
- Interpretation themes: responsibility, expression and rest.
- Energizing: completed remotely by Yvette.
- Second visualization: several pink areas smaller, the blue grid more continuous and parts of the upper body more evenly filled, with some of the original pattern still visible.
You can view the images and report excerpt on the sample scan page.
Step 1: Reading the first visualization
Yvette begins by describing what is visible. In this scan, pink gathers mainly in the upper body. It covers a broad region, appears on both the front and the back, and the lower body shows comparatively little pink. That first observation sets the direction for everything that follows: this field shows a wide upper-body pattern.
Step 2: Turning the field
The four still views show how much the rotation adds.
- Front: the most noticeable pink sits around the chest and throat.
- Right side: the pink wraps around the upper torso.
- Back: the shoulders and upper back become the most prominent area.
- Left side: the view allows a comparison with the right, showing how evenly the pattern spreads.
Seen only from the front, the pattern might look centered on the chest and throat. The full rotation shows it reaching across the shoulders and upper back as one connected region.
Step 3: From observation to interpretation
With the pattern clearly described, Yvette considers what it may reflect. Drawing on close to thirty years of holistic health practice, she links this upper-body region with three themes for reflection:
- Responsibility: what the person may be carrying on their shoulders for others.
- Expression: what may be waiting to be said, a theme many traditions associate with the throat.
- Rest: whether there has been enough space to put the weight down.
People in many languages describe their lives in the same body-based way: carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, feeling a weight on the chest or finding it hard to get words out. Yvette offers these themes as invitations. The person reading the report decides what fits their own life.
Step 4: The remote energizing stage
After the first visualization and review, Yvette completes the energizing stage from a distance. The client does not need to be online or do anything during this time.
Step 5: Reading the second visualization
The second visualization looks visibly different. The changes are genuine shifts generated by the technology.
- Less pink: pink is less extensive across parts of the upper body.
- A fuller grid: the blue grid looks more continuous across areas that were highlighted before.
- More evenness: parts of the upper body look less interrupted.
- Some remaining pattern: the field has not become perfectly uniform, and some of the original pattern remains.
The remaining pattern is part of what makes this case useful. A clear comparison shows what shifted and what stayed, and both carry information for reflection.
Where energy medicine meets the case study tradition
Energy traditions and modern medicine both value careful observation of one person over time. Traditional Chinese physicians recorded the pulse, complexion and response of each patient. Modern clinicians write case reports following shared guidelines. A See Your Aura case study follows that spirit: describe what you see, interpret with experience, compare before and after and invite the person's own perspective.
This case is a wellness reflection. It shows how one field looked and how it shifted after energizing. It does not describe a diagnosis, a medical history or a treatment outcome, and the client's identity is protected.
What you can take from this case for your own scan
Describe first. Before reading your report, note where pink appears and how far it reaches.
Use every angle. A pattern seen from the front may be part of a larger region.
Look for themes. Notice which of Yvette's reflections connect with your life right now.
Compare with care. Note both what changed and what remained after energizing.
Add your own perspective. Write down what you felt, what resonated and what you want to explore next.
Keep your health team informed. Any physical symptom belongs with a qualified professional.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a real scan?
Yes. It is a genuine See Your Aura scan, shared anonymously, with before-and-after images, four views and a report excerpt.
Will my scan look like this one?
Every field is individual. Your pattern, your interpretation and the way your field responds to energizing will be your own.
Why does some pink remain after energizing?
Fields shift in their own ways. Areas that remain can point to themes that may benefit from continued attention.
Does the upper-body pattern always mean responsibility or expression?
No. Yvette interprets each pattern in the context of the whole field and the person's intake, and the client decides what resonates.
Does this case show a medical improvement?
No. It shows how a displayed energy field shifted after energizing. Medical questions belong with a qualified professional.
Where this leaves us
Chunyu Yi's diagnostic records, Broca's patient "Tan" and Luria's thirty years with one reporter show how much a single, carefully described case can teach. This See Your Aura case does the same on a smaller scale. It lets you follow a real field from its first visualization, through every angle and Yvette's interpretation, to the shift that appeared after energizing.
A case like this becomes most meaningful when you imagine your own. If your field were the case being described, what do you think the first visualization would reveal about what you have been carrying?
Sources and further reading
These references cover the history of medical case records in China, France and Russia, and modern international standards for case reports.
Case records across history
- 中华民族名医像（6）：淳于意 (Portraits of great Chinese physicians, part 6: Chunyu Yi). Visit Beijing. visitbeijing.com.cn
- Louis Victor Leborgne ou monsieur « Tan » (Louis Victor Leborgne, or Monsieur "Tan"). Le Quotidien du Médecin, 9 August 2019. lequotidiendumedecin.fr
- Сдобнов С. (2017). «Маленькая книжка о большой памяти» Александра Лурия (Alexander Luria's "The Mind of a Mnemonist"). Ведомости (Vedomosti), 29 August 2017. vedomosti.ru
Modern case reporting
- Gagnier JJ, Kienle G, Altman DG, et al. (2013). The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting guideline development. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2(5), 38–43. doi:10.7453/gahmj.2013.008
Client experience
- The case is drawn from the genuine, anonymized sample scan published on See Your Aura. Individual experiences vary.