As someone who has taken an interest in the rapid advances of energy medicine, I was drawn to and drawn into this book right away!  And it doesn't disappoint.

If your path leans toward integrative health, energy medicine, or the wisdom of Ayurveda, Sally Adee’sWe Are Electricis a must-read. It’s not a guide to healing or diagnosis—it’s a journey into the hidden electrical life of the body, the quiet forces that govern how cells grow, repair, and communicate. Adee calls this internal symphony the electrome—the vast, interconnected electrical network that operates beneath our biochemistry and orchestrates every function of life.

“It is hard to overstate how wholly and utterly your every movement, perception, and thought are controlled by electrical signals.”

Adee’s book traces the long scientific hunt for this hidden dimension—from early experiments showing that living tissues generate voltage, to modern studies revealing that electric gradients guide development, tissue repair, and even regeneration. She makes clear that electricity isn’t just a metaphor for vitality; it is vitality in measurable form.

When we read that, ayurvedic traditions around prana,nadis, and chakras hum in recognition. Ayurveda long speaks of energy flowing through channels (nadis), being balanced in centers (chakras), and influencing every layer of the person: body, mind, spirit. In this light, Adee’s descriptions of voltage gradients guiding cellular behavior or mapping electrical networks across tissues feel like scientific cousins to energetic models.

The Electrome and the Energy Body

The “electrome,” as Adee defines it, is the total electrical activity within the body—the way ions move, membranes charge, tissues communicate, and fields organize biological function. Just as the genome maps our genetic code, and the proteome catalogs our proteins, the electrome represents the electrical language of life itself.

To an Ayurvedic practitioner or energy healer, this may sound strikingly familiar. For thousands of years, Ayurveda has spoken of prana—the life force that animates the body—and of chakras and nadis, subtle channels through which this energy flows. While the ancient texts lacked the vocabulary of electrons or ion channels, the experience of a living energy field—responsive, intelligent, and dynamic—has always been central.  

Adee’s electrome gives modern science a framework to discuss this same subtle system. Electrical potentials flow along nerves and membranes, but they also extend beyond them, forming living fields that interact with each other. In many ways, this scientific mapping of the electrome parallels what energy medicine traditions have long described as the biofield—the electromagnetic and energetic matrix of the human body.

Bioelectricity, the Biome, and the Field of Life

The electrome doesn’t stop at our cells—it’s shaped by everything living within us, including the microbiome. The trillions of microbes in our gut, skin, and tissues not only communicate through biochemistry but also generate and respond to electrical and magnetic signals. Bacteria can sense voltage gradients, form conductive “nanowires,” and influence the body’s own electrical tone.

Modern research shows that these microbial currents can affect nerve signaling, inflammation, and even mood through the gut–brain axis. Ayurveda has long recognized this interplay: a strong Agni (digestive fire) and balanced Vata (movement of energy) are essential for mental clarity and vitality. The Manipura chakra—the energetic center at the solar plexus—is not only about digestion but about our personal power, metabolism, and inner radiance. The electrome may be providing the scientific lens for how this inner fire communicates throughout the body.

Bridging the Ancient and the Emerging

What Adee’s book does beautifully is reframe electricity as the language of life, not merely as mechanical impulse. The electrome is the “bioelectric code” beneath the genetic code—a second operating system that determines how cells organize themselves. In Ayurveda, this mirrors how prana governs the organization and flow of consciousness through the body’s energetic systems.

“We are not just chemical beings; we are electric beings,” Adee writes in summary—a statement that could have been lifted from an Ayurvedic sutra or an energy medicine manual.

When bioelectric signals fall out of sync, development and healing are disrupted. When they harmonize, regeneration and balance become possible. Ayurveda would describe the same dynamic as pranic imbalance versus pranic flow, or blocked chakras versus aligned chakras.  

The Takeaway

We Are Electric is not a prescription—it’s a revelation. It reminds us that beneath the visible anatomy lies a vast, shimmering network of communication and light. Adee’s electrome and Ayurveda’s pranic body may be two ways of describing the same truth: that health arises when our inner currents flow freely, and dis-ease begins when the field is disrupted. 

I have personally experienced energy healing and chakra balancing on several occasions over the last few years and the impact and increased energy and calmness was immediate and lasted for days.  Even with an eye mask on, I could feel the energy "touch" my body.  I was so convinced to see what was touching me, I actually lifted my eye mask to see what it was the first time (and second time) I felt it.  Nothing physical was touching me to my initial surprise.  And this book sheds some light on maybe just why that was the case!

At Natura Sophia Wellness, we hold space for this integrative understanding—where modern science and ancient wisdom illuminate one another. We Are Electricis a bridge between disciplines, and a powerful affirmation that the future of medicine may not only be chemical, but electrical—and energetic.