Electromagnetic energy exists around all thing, including us. We generate little fields of energy that in turn will interact with the earth's own electric and magnetic fields. When we experience illness or injury, the patterns of energy around the body change.

I would suggest that any healing force dealing with auras may well in fact be a way of interacting with these fields. Interacting with fields outside the body does seem to help and encourage the healing process. It can help to reduce pain and tension, and such intervensions can also encourage the body to heal itself.

It has been suggested that the presence of iron in the blood makes magnets effective. I am sure that there is some effect here, but suspect that magnets are in fact ways of affecting your bodies electromagnetic fields.

Traditionally, magnets are worn as part of pieces of jewlery and palced over key areas of the body - most normally the wrist unless there is a specific point of injury. My paternal grandmother used to favour this technique and it gave her some relief from arthritic pains.

Wearing a magnet does seem to help, however, you might want to try a more active approach.
ake the magnet in your hand (or ask a trusted person to help you if you cannot reach teh part of your body in need of aid.) Move the magent over the affected area, holding it an inch or so away from the skin. Circular movements are best. Try to build up a pattern of movement and go with anything that seems natural to you. The results ca be surprising.

I will add that the magnet is not actually vital and that you may well be able to get similar effects using your hands - certainly when working on someone else. You have fields of your own and can use them to interact with an affect other people's fields. The feasibility of doing this depends entirely on your sensitivity, but if you can feel paterns of energy around a person's body (probably manifesting as small force
s that encourage you to move your hands in circular patterns) then you can do this. All you have to do is allow yourself to move with the circles created by the other person's fields. if there is a point of unwellness, it will manifest in some sort of break or change in the rhythm. if you keep going over that spot, you will find that the rhythm starts to settle and that the recepient will feel benefits from this. If you do not produce particularly strong filds yourself, then introducing a magnet into the exersize may well improve your chances of healing. It is well worth trying to do this on your own.

My resources for this are largely personal and derive from the knowledge gained during Tai Chi lessons. Anyone wanting to know more should read up on Chigung (spellings vary, that's the phonetic version.)