The illumination process is the practice of bringing the luminous energy field (LEF) back into balance.  It is done by cleaning, clearing, and unblocking the chakras.  It removes toxic energy and clears imprints from the luminous energy field or energetic bubble that surrounds the physical body.  

Resetting the fight or flight response is often done during an illumination.  Many of us are on continuous fight or flight mode, always in a heightened state of reaction.  Resetting this mode of being is one of the first steps of the shamanic healing journey.