The following are
outlines of some of the main aspects of kinesiology which one can learn in
courses, or experience in one-to-one consultations.
Muscle
Balancing
Applied Kinesiology
began as a system of muscle testing and balancing. This system was taught to
lay people as Touch for Health.
Muscle strength and
balance is evaluated using light-touch muscle testing. Muscles that unlock are strengthened using corrections from acupressure, massage, and
the Chinese meridian system.
One of the discoveries
of Touch for Health and Applied Kinesiology was that each muscle in the body
relates to a specific meridian, (a pathway of energy through the
body). Therefore, we can test muscles and use them to evaluate the strength
of the meridians at the same time. Meridians also relate to organs, allowing
the muscles to give us information about the organ function as well.
Since it began,
kinesiology has steadily expanded, with areas like Educational Kinesiology
and One Brain being developed to meet specific needs, and advanced workshops
being organized as the Professional Kinesiology Practice Series.
Brain
Integration
Much of the electrical
/ circuit work in kinesiology comes into the realm of brain integration and
works with aspects such as learning problems. Kinesiology has developed many
switch-on points and techniques for the eyes, ears, co-ordination, and for
the brain as a whole.
The power of
kinesiology in this area has been brought to the fore by Dr. Paul Dennison,
the developer of Educational Kinesiology (Brain Gym) whose discoveries on
updating conventional cross patterning movements have been most profound.
While “cross crawling” is considered a normal motor activity, many people
are not switched on to this integrated movement. (bi-lateral muscle
activation can create stress and weakness). Consequently, their body
prefers non-integrated models which have a detrimental effect on the ability to learn, or respond appropriately to stress. Switching people back
on in this respect is very basic kinesiology work. The simplicity of
techniques which one can learn in this area is truly amazing.
Emotional
Stress Release
Stress release is what
kinesiology is all about. Physical, mental, emotional, chemical,
environmental and behavioural stress are things which cause our
problems, and the area where these techniques have their greatest effect.
Every course and consultation in this field includes techniques to relieve
some kind of stress.
Various stress release
techniques are combined with emotional balancing, affirmations,
visualization, massage techniques, and movement exercises.
Gordon Stokes, Daniel
Whiteside and Candace Calloway of Three-In-One Concepts have done a great
deal of work in the area of emotional defusion and advanced repatterning.
This kind of stress release of past trauma frees the person to get on with
his or her life. Their courses in Three-In-One Concepts can bring about
profound positive changes in people.
Food
Sensitivity Testing
In recent years
allergies and sensitivities to food, environment and chemicals have become
major concerns. Most of us have some food sensitivities, and unfortunately
we are often not aware of the more subtle ones which are affecting our
health nonetheless.
Muscle testing is a
wonderful tool for determining food intolerances or sensitivities. In fact,
with kinesiology techniques, individuals are able to regularly monitor how
their bodies cope with certain foods. Health Kinesiology includes a great
deal of information on this topic. Working this idea into any diet regime
adds further value. Even young children, babies and pets are not excluded
from help. Much feedback has come from mothers in using testing with their
newborns.