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Touch For Health International Journal, 1992

Table of Contents

Richard Harnack, M.ReL Welcome to the Gateway to New Frontiers 3

John F. Thie, D.C. Bilateral Muscle Weakness Correction 92 5

Robert A. Aboulache The 5 Food Groups 7

Elizabeth Barhydt, B.S., and Repetitive Muscle Stress 10Hamilton Barhydt, Ph.D.

Jessica Bear The Wheel of Emotion 12

Clovis Horta Correa Is Wheat a Heavy Metal? 18

Margriet DeWild Balancing with Relaxation 24

Grethe Fremming and Will - Choice 26Rolf Hausbel

David Fuerstenau, and Awaken the Dance Within 27Patti Steurer

Richard Harnack, M.ReL Body Memory 29

John Varun Maguire Circle of Excellance 35

Frank Mahony Shielding, Anyone? 37

Mary Louise Muller, M.Ed, RPP Self-Help Cranial Integration Tools 40

Paula Oleska, M.A. Emotional Integration 44

Sharon Promislow How to Find Priority Issue 47

Sharon Promislow Appropriate Muscle Testing 48

Sharon Promislow Pro/Con Issue Defusion 49

Jim Reid, D.Min. How to Fix AnythinglEverything 50

Kerryn Rowe, Dip.App.Med.Sci. Positive Kinesiology Practice Building Skills 51

S. J. Schultz, D.C. Test for Hormone Imbalance 54Rosmarie Sonderegger Studer The Drama Triangle and Kinesiology 56Angelika Stiller and Developmental Kinesiology - Kinesiological 57

Renate Wennekes Integration of Early Childhood ReflexesWayne Topping, Ph.D., LMT Using Flow Line Massage to Determine the 59

Relevant Acupressure PointsAndrew Verity Identifying Personality Traits 65Alice Vieira, Ph.D. The Power of Your Belief Systems - 74

Don't Underestimate ThemKim Vieira and Hypothyroidism - The Overlooked and 77

Alice Vieira, PhD Unsuspected TIlnessWalter L. Weston, D.Min. The Clinical Effects of Touch Healing Encounters 79Ian White Balancing the Endocrine System and their Related 84

Emotions Using Australian Bush Flower Essences

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Welcome tothe Gateway to New Frontiers

This year's Journal represents the new direction of Touch For Health. The theme ofthe Annual Meeting is "Touch For Health, Gateway to New Frontiers".

St. Louis is called the Gateway City and it's symbol is the famous Gateway Archlocated on the Mississippi River. Touch For Health, for many people, has been aGateway to better health for themselves and their families, and, to new careers inhealth and well-being.

Included in this Journal are a broad variety of articles which are stimulating andenlightening. Each article represents a distinct view or approach to many of theissues we in Touch For Health have encountered - muscles, energy, nutrition,emotional stress, and performance.

Take your time to discover the many treasures within these covers. Some of thesetreasures are short single page articles while others are very in-depth. You will findyourself coming back to these articles again and again using the techniques andinformation they impart.

Enjoy!

Richard Harnack,Annual Meeting Chairperson

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Bilateral Muscle Weakness Correction 92by John F. Thie, D.C.

Abstract: A description is given for correction of bilaterally inhibited muscles

Inchiropractic applied kinesiology circles thegenerally accepted method for correctingbilateral muscle weakness found in themuscle examination described by Goodheart,Walther, Stoner and others has been tocorrect a fixation subluxation. The reason forthe bilateral weakness has been generallythought to be a fixation in a group of threevertebrae. The the restoring of facilitation hasbeen demonstrated to be a special chiropracticadjustment of the spine by hand. Thesechiropractic adjustments for the fixationsubluxation did indeed correct the bilateralmuscle weakness, in most cases. Con ableshowed in a paper presented to the ICAK thatthe description of the correction was not thesame by different authors.

InTouch for Health circles the correction wasmade by use of the neurolymphatic,neurovascular, meridian tracing, origin/insertion, golgi cell, or spindle cell technics.

I have found that another method ofcorrection which has been effective for meand others that have been shown this method.

The method is very simple and can be usedsafely by the patient/student/client at homehaving a member of the family or friend helphim/her by testing the previously foundinhibited muscles and applying the reflexcorrection methods. The bilateral weaknessproblems which I have found, tend to recurwith fatigue of the patient regardless of theoriginal method of correction andstrengthening of the muscles, that is fixationadjustment or the method I will describe laterin this paper.

The spinal fixation subluxations did notappear to follow the spinal nerve pathways tothe muscles that were involved in the patternof subluxations. The fixation of the uppercervicals were discovered by a bilateralweakness of the gluteus maximus muscle andbilateral hamstrings were associated withfixation of the occiput. My observation also

indicate some other pathway ofcommunication seems to be involved in atleast some of the situations where bilateralweakness are discovered by manual muscletesting.

When I was observing Bruce Dewe, M.D.making corrections for a bilateral psoasweakness, I observed that he did not use anosseus thrust but just moved the skin on theocciput with respiration in the direction of theindicated by evaluating the tongue stressprocedures. I experienced this correction onmyself and found that I had at least as muchbenefit from this correction as I had fromrapid thrust adjustments of the occiput for thecorrection. In my own personal experience ofthe bilateral psoas muscle weakness and inpatients I have examined this alternativecorrection is very more effective than therapid thrust of the occiput. I have sinceadvocated this method to others, and theyalso have found that the light pressuremoving the skin is very effective and verysafe.

I then attempted a similar correction ofmoving the skin over the spinous processesin a headward to a footward direction forother bilateral weaknesses when I found themin my patients. I have used this procedurenow for four years and have found that is isvery effective and much easier to correct theproblems. The indicators for fixationsubluxations are usually gone following thecorrection and retesting of the bilateralmuscles and finding the weakness abolished.

Not every time did I find both muscles of thepreviously inhibited muscles strengthened bythe movements of the skin in a repeatedcephalad-caudal motions, sometimes aunilateral muscle weakness would remain andwould be corrected by neurolymphatic reflexmassage or other reflexes such asneurovascular, meridian tracing or golgitendon/spindle cell methods. Occasionally Ifound it necessary to use more than one or

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more of the other reflexes to complete thecorrections.

I felt that my patients and others needed toknow how to help themselves and test themuscles so I worked out a mappingprocedure whereby I have been able to mapall the muscles and their spinal areas that Ihave used in my book Touch for Health.

The procedure I found is that a lateral motionover the spinous tips of the appropriatevertebra(e) will inhibit bilateral musclefunction and that vertical motion moving theskin will facilitate the same muscles ifbilaterally weak. The lateral movement of theskill will not weaken muscles unilaterally inmy experience.

I would be interested in any other findingsthat members of the college have regardingbilateral muscle weaknesses.

The accompanying chart taken from mymanual Touch for Health gives the location ofthe vertebrae that I have found to beassociated with the various muscles. Theseare also listed on the TFH reference chart andthe TFH Folios that have been revised earlyin 1992. The spinal level for correction isfound in the upper right hand corner of thepicture of the muscle test.

This method can be used in the fix-as-you-gomethod or in using the five-elementcorrections, or the 24 hour clock methods,with good results.

Conclusion:

A method which corrects bilateral muscleinhibition, which can be utilized byparaprofessionals and lay persons as well asprofessionals in the course of theirmanipulation of family/friends/clients orpatients is an important addition to Touch forHealth Synthesis methodology.

Procedure:

1. Make TFH muscle assessment.

2. Discover any muscles that are foundweak on both sides of the body (bothPectoralis Claviculars, as example).

3. Look at Chart, Folio, or attachedreference for Spinal level

4. Massage skin over the spinous process(the center portion of the bone in thespine) at the level indicated moving theskin over the bone in a headward tofootward fashion for 10-20 seconds.

5. If not sure of exact location on spine, usetwo vertebrae above and below theindicated area on chart for the massage.Doing more levels does not affect theresults. The correct level needs themassage.

6. Recheck the previously weak muscles.The bilateral weakness should be noweliminated.

7. If one muscle is still weak, use NL, NV,meridian methods for correction

8. Continue with assessment if necessaryfor procedure you are following.

References

1. Thie, John F., DC, Touch for Health,revised edition, THEnterprises, 1987

2. Stoner, Fred, D.C. Eclectic Approach toChiropractic, F.L.S. Publishing Co

3. Walther, David S., Applied KinesiologyVolume 1, D.C.Systems, 1981

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The 5 Food Groups

by Robert A. Aboulache, M.A.

Abstract: Life energy (Qi) permeates every living cell and tissue of our body. Qi isderived from our environment; first through our parents, then primarily throughrespiration and nutrition. This article utilizes the mappings of this life energythrough the 5 Element system developed in the Orient. And, includes within itsembodiment the nutritional components inherent in the 5 Element system. Thepurpose of this paper is to teach you how to nourish Qi so as to promote optimumfunctioning and the prevention of disease.

In Touch For Health we use the 5 Elementbalancing system to help us recognize energyimbalances and then to re-balance the blockedenergy flows founded. This is done so as toprevent 'dis-ease' and gain a more optimumlevel of wellness. We have many differentmethodologies for helping us regain balance.The Professional Health Provider (PHP)balance epitomizes the 5 Element system inThe Touch For Health Synthesis.

David Eisenberg, in his book, EncountersWith Qi; Exploring Chinese Medicine, states:"The occurrence of disease is due to thestruggle between Qi (vital energy) and'pathogenic factors.' If the vital energy isinsufficient to repulse these 'pathogenicfactors,' then the body becomesdysfunctional, and unless treated, thisimbalance will result in disease. If the body isimbalanced, even a minor 'pathogenic factor'can result in illness. Conversely, if one'sbody is in an excellent state of harmony, thenthere will be a strong 'positive vitality' andthe most virulent of 'pathogenic factors' willnot disturb the body."

With this ceaseless struggle between Qi andthe environment, it is crucial that westrengthen our vital energy so as to prosper inhealth and wellness. To strengthen our Qi weneed to continuously nourish it. This is donethrough the ecosystems found in our food,air and through energy/movement balancing(like what we do with TFH or prana yoga).Food and air rejuvenate our vital energythrough the intricate ecosystem inherentwithin life. Energy/movement balancingassists vital energy flow.

Nourishment is a biological agreementbetween chemical structures in our bodiesand those found in nature consumed infoods. Supplements such as vitamins,minerals, protein substitutes andcarbohydrate drinks lack the subtle ecosystemlife force found in food. Althoughsupplements can give us some vital nutrients,there is no substitute for food.

The human and natural worlds are inter-related. The human being is a replica ofnature. What is found in one is found in theother. We remake nature in the make-up ofthe human body. The 5 Elements is amapping of the reflection between nature andhumans. In the Orient, the 5 Element systemsignifies the intricacy inherent in theparadigm of Holism.

This paper will not delve into the full usageand understanding of the 5 Element system.In brief, however, the cycles in the 5Elements (creative and regulative) are inconstant flux. Illness is an impediment withthe flow of these cycles and can be createdthrough toxins in our: food; environment; andemotional, mental, and spiritual processes. Inthis article we will focus on the foods only.

Much can be written on food, eating andnutrients. In general, eating should be doneonly when hungry and not out of habit. Weshould eat foods by chewing themthoroughly, and never should we overeat.We should eat as natural a food as possible--basic, real foods such as: naturally grownwhole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits,nuts and seeds; low fat dairy products andmeats; and drink plenty of water. In addition,

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we should deep breathe often. On the otherhand, we should stay away from refined,processed and artificial foods that areinundating our marketplace. If we were tofollow this regimen combined with the basiclaws of: Variety, Moderation and Balance,we will successfully keep our Qi nourished.

Fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains,seeds and nuts have the highest amount of Qienergy. Milk and eggs followed by fleshfoods give the next highest amount of Qi.When preparing foods for their Qi efficiencyeating them raw is best followed by steamed,baked and fried -- respectively. The longerthe food is cooked, the less Qi it sustains.

Because of life events, environmental toxinsand sometimes poor decisions we manage tocreate imbalances in our Qi. This is whereour training as healers help us -- in bringingbalance back to our lives. The chart at the endof this article lists the foods found in each ofthe 5 Elements. It is to be used as a guidewhen helping ourselves or others in regainingbalance. In the Holistic paradigm it is agreedthat whether you seek to balance a livingsystem through its bio-chemical, psycho-emotional, or energetic natures; working withone will have an affect on the others.Therefore, whether you balance someone bymassaging a point on their body, or bysuggesting some food substances to them --you are affecting the whole of them. Ofcourse, the more avenues you use to assistone in regaining balance (with the body'sconsent), the greater and more powerful thehealing (balancing) force.

Use the Foods And The 5 Elements chart toassist you in balancing yourself or yourclients by following these procedures:

• Do preliminary clearing: switching,dehydration, ionization, central meridianclearing -- with 1M.

• Do a 5 Element balance to asses theindividuals needs (refer to the TFHmanual page 113; or the TFH Midday -Midnight Law book).

• Muscle test Food categories and specificfoods in relationship to specific Element

being balanced and in accordance to 5Element balancing procedures. Check andconfirm with 1M.

• If you are doing a PHP balance,implement prior step as a reinforcement tofinalized goal balance. Ask body if thereis food supplement needed to strengthenand reinforce Qi efficiency, or usePersonal Ecology mode #3. Proceed bychecking appropriate Element and specificfoods.

Summary

In summary, the art of balancing and keepinghealthy is gentle and profound. In order toexperience a vital life energy and to stayhealthy we must live a life of balance.Healing must be seen as a process of thisvital energy flow and work in harmony withit. Food is central to our existence. Eating theright foods in the right amounts will assist usin living a vibrant life because it feeds our Qi.If,however, through our daily encounters wedevelop an imbalance or a dysfunction --balance must be sought. We can do this onmany levels: physical, emotional,psychological and spiritual -- all are beneficialand each will affect the other. Food as anourishment to our Qi is an excellent andnecessary means to regain balance and keephealthy. If dysfunction or disease does occur,using the 5 Element system for balancingcombined with the food chart that follows --balance can be realized.

Bibliography

Eisenberg, David, Encounters With Qi;Exploring Chinese Medicine, New York:W.W. Norton & Company, 1985, page 44

Offhouse, Charlotte D., Ph.D., R.D., R.N.,Diet, Health & Disease, John F. KennedyUniversity, Orinda, CA, Spring 1987.

Stokes, Gordon, Touch For Health (Midday-Midnight Law), T.H. Enterprises, Pasadena,CA, 1981.

Thie, John F., D.C., Touch For Health,T.H. Enterprises, Pasadena, CA, 1987.

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Foods AndThe 5 Elements

By Robert A. Aboulache, M.A.

Elemmt: Wood Orpns: Gall Bladder Liver

Foods: Flavor: Saur

Vf&etables Fruits Gulas MeatsG~enPepper Avocado Oats LiverBroccoli SwrApple Rye Soft CrabRomaine LeINCc SwrCilNs Wheat TroutPanley Plum Lima OIidtenGreen Pea. SwrOleny MUll,Zucchini Loqual Wheat GrassStM,Bean WheatBnnRhubarb WheatGennCanol Barley

PeanutAlfalfa

Using The Chart:

Elemml:Fi~ Triple WannerHean

I. Do P~liminary Ciearin,:awilA:hing. dehydration. ion-izatioo. central meridian cJcarin, - with 1M.

2. Do a S Elemenl balance to .. se. need ••3. Muscle tesl food calalorie. and 'PCC:UICfood. in

~lationship toSpeCUIC Elemenl being balanced and ina<XlOrdance10 S Elemcnllaw baJancing procedures.

Foods:

Orpns: SmaIIlnleSlineCin:ulalion Sex

Flavor: Biller

Vf&etabla Fruits Grains Meats MlscfJ'easRed Pepper Apricot Sunflower Shrimp GingerOlicory Rasbeny Com BeefHean CayeMeEndive Strawbeny Amaranth Lamb CoffeeTomato Red Lentils Mutton Clloc:olateBN.sel Sprouls Sesame LiquorAsparacUI TabaccoSweet Polalo

'" <;) / ,,_..,....Orpns: Spleen

Fire Foods: Flavor: Sweet/"

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Foods: Flavor: Salty Foods: Flavor: Salty

Vf&etables Fruits Grains Meats MIscfJ'eas Vegetables Fruits Grains Meats MlscfJ'easSea Veggies 'Blueberry Buckwheat Kidney Juniper Berry Cabbage Pear Rice Cod Burdock RootArame Watermelon Pede Nenle Leavel O:lcry Peach Taro Flounder ComfreyHijilci Conrord Grape Duck Gin,CI root Caulitlower Soy Haddock GingerKombu Bladtbeny Abalone Sall White Potato Spirulina Halibut GarlicWakami Scallop MilO Tumip Tofu Perch PepperMushroom Sardine Soy Sauce Onion Amazake Beef CayenneWaler OIellnUl Oysrer Daikon Tempeh Turkey Nurme,

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Repetitive Muscle Stressby Elizabeth Barhydt, BS, MT and Hap Barhydt, PhD

Repetitive Muscle Stress (or RMS forshort) is turning out to be a major problem ofthe budding 1990's. This is being triggeredby the rapidly increasing computer key boardusage, causing such problems as numbfingers, painfully stiff wrists (often diagnosedas "carpal tunnel syndrome"), stiff and sorearms, shoulders, back, etc.

Actually RMS has been around for a longtime. Ask the beauticians who can't hold theirarms up at the end of the day or comb theirown hair or brush their teeth. Or ask thegrocery checkout clerk who can't put on apullover sweater. Or ask the meat and poultrypackers who find themselves in such pain thatthey are unable to continue working and findthemselves on disability unemployment. Orask the dentist who works limited or half daysbecause his arms and wrists go weak when heworks too long. The list goes on and on.

The increasing occurrence of RMS with itsvery debilitating symptoms is resulting inincreasing legal action, employees suingemployers, and increasing statutory regulationby the state and federal governments. This isresulting in an increasing morass forbusinesses large and small that mostlytranslates into more forms, more fines, andmore bucks.

Most efforts to reduce the effects of R M Scenter around reducing the repetitive activityimpact. These efforts include "optimal"workstation design, braces and splints,frequent rest periods, and job rotation. Theyall do help to reduce RMS but often at a costof significant loss in productivity.

However the bottom line is restoring theloss in muscle balance and strength triggeredby the repetitive activities. Major factors inRMS are Reactive and Frozen Muscles.

In a typical repetitive activity, certain musclessoon tire. As the activity is continued themuscle tone, or energy level, is altered 'tocompensate. Gradually more and morereactive muscle interactions are set up. A

reactive muscle is a muscle that weakens,when another muscle is activated. Often theperson has the feeling of getting weaker andweaker as they continue to attempt to performan activity, while other parts of their bodytighten up.

In the case of stiff or painful wrists, with thedegradation of the muscle balance in the armsdue to the repetitive activity, the wriststructure, including the carpal tunnel, is nolonger properly supported by the musculature,and the integrity of the carpal tunnel collapsesresulting in irritation of the nerves andtendons passing through it.

Correcting the reactive muscle imbalances andany frozen (hypertonic) muscle conditions,immediately relieves the stress on the wriststructure, allowing it to return to normal.Typically much of the pain and stiffnessdisappears almost immediately, and most ofthe rest disappears in 12 to 24 hours as theinjured tissues quickly heal once the stress isremoved.

We have been helping people with RMS forover 10 years balancing Reactive and FrozenMuscles. Until we discovered the ReactiveMuscle Basic Balance and the FrozenMuscle Basic Balance in 1988, suchbalancing required considerable skill and timebecause the layers of specific reactive andfrozen muscle combinations needed to beidentified and balanced in priority order. Nowthe Basic Balance routines eliminate theneed to identify the specific muscles involved,making it easier for the therapist to achieveeffective results quickly and opening the doorto simple self-help routines.

The do-it-yourself aspect of our BasicBalance exercises makes it possible forworkers to do this balancing on the jobwithout the assistance of a muscle balancingtherapist. The exercises can be donebeforehand, or on the job, or afterwards.

Also involved in some cases are MuscleKnots (localized muscle spasms) limited

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Range of Motion (due to overly tightmuscles fibers), and Shock Absorbers(tight joints). In some cases residualStructural Imbalances, deriving from themuscle imbalances, may also be an importantfactor. When present these factors must alsobe dealt with for complete relief.

Additional factors whose importance we havebecome aware of more recently includeMuscle Control Circuit Imbalance(contralateral and homolateral muscles) andMixed Modes (including Frozen Reactives,Structural Reactives, and Frozen Structure).These too can be corrected with simple do-it-yourself exercises.

R M S is also a factor in many athleticactivities. We have seen these balancingexercises together with our Five FingerQuick Fix improve basket ball, golfing,hiking, and aerobic exercise performance andwould expect significant improvement in mostother athletic and dance activities.

All of the Balancing Exercises and MuscleTesting routines required to balance RMS andrelated imbalances are described in the 64-page version of our book, Self-Help forStress and Pain, (Ref. 6).

The original version of the Five Finger QuickFix can be found in Ref. 1. The updatedversion can be found in Ref. 2. The BasicBalance Exercises for reactive and frozenmuscles are discussed in Refs. 3 and 4.Homolateral and contralateral muscles arediscussed in Ref. 5.

References:

1. Barhydt, Elizabeth and Barhydt,Hamilton, Some New Ideas in MuscleTesting and Energy Balancing, page 56,Touch for Health International Journal,July 1986.

2. Barhydt, Elizabeth and Barhydt,Hamilton, Update on ElectromagneticBalancing, Food Testing, and ReactiveMuscle Procedures, page 13, Touch forHealth International Journal, July 1988.

3. Barhydt, Elizabeth and Barhydt,Hamilton, New Techniques forBalancing Reactive and Frozen Muscles,page 19, Touch for Health InternationalJournal, July 1988. .

4. Barhydt, Elizabeth and Barhydt,Hamilton, The Basic Balance Concept,page 18, Touch for Health Inter-nationalJournal, July 1990.

5. Barhydt, Elizabeth and Barhydt,Hamilton, Balancing Homolateral andContralateral Muscles, page 5, Touch forHealth International Journal, July 1991,& I-ASK Journal !991.

6. Barhydt, Elizabeth. and Barhydt,Hamilton, Self-Help for Stress and PainLoving Life, 3rd edition, September1990.

For information regarding RMS and our Self-Help exercises, please contact us at22625 Ferretti Rd #15, Groveland, CA 95321(209) 962-4847 (HUGS)

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The Wheel of EmotionBy Jessica Bear, ND

Edited by Pam Callaway

Understanding the Cycle of Emotions

The Wheel of Emotion is based on Dr.Bach's Twelve Healers. These TwelveHealers are representative of all personalitiesfound in human nature and which correlatethe 12 Basic Personality types found in allwalks of life. There are, of course, 38 BachFlower Remedies in all, which are separatedinto three basic categories of applications: the12 Basic Personality Types, as mentionedabove; the 7 Helpers, which assist indetermining the virtues of the 12Personalities; and the 19 Assistants that arethe sprays of emotions caused from aPersonality being out of balance for too long.The integration of the Bach Remedies notonly assists the client by offering a physicalsubstance that they can take, as often as theywant, toward easing emotional stress butalso, the Wheel offers a pictorial overview todetermine their true personality with a deeperunderstanding of the cause of the conflictswithin their family and themselves.

The Purposes of the Wheel:

1. The Wheel can be used as an insightfultool to recognize the interrelation of the12 Basic Bach Flower Personality Types.For clarity, the Wheel is further dividedinto 3 sub-personality types: theDominators; Mediators; and Enablers,(shown on the outside perimeters on theWheel Chart). These categories explainhow it is possible that one person couldappear to be playing the role of all ofthese sub-personalty types everyday,thereby losing sight of who they reallyare.

2. The Wheel is a visual tool designed toquickly reveal the true Personality; "whoI really Am," not a pseudo-personalitythat is created by genetics, parentalinfluences, or improper self-programingof the personality. Bach said, "TheRemedies assist us to maintain our

personality. And the secret in life is to betrue to our personality, not to sufferinterference from outside influences."

3. The Wheel exposes negative and positiveemotional characteristicsby utilizing three"Key Words" designed to describe eachparticular sub-personality state: Virtue(+), Reaction (*), and Fault (-): these"Key Words" are "red flags" whichsignal when the destructive process is "inmotion" or, should I say, " E-motion."The "Key Words" assist in recognizingwhen the true, sovereign personality isbeing usurped.

4. The Wheel relates a simple method ofunfolding the internal and externalpsychology of cause and effect.

As stated above in Purpose #1, The Wheel isdivided into three sub-categoriesof emotionalexpression:

The Dominators: Those who are often theauthority figure; in control; the "shakers andmovers" and, most often, the abusers.

The Mediators: the ones "stuck" in themiddle; the natural at public relations; thepeace makers who are able to see both sidesand are often hard to recognize because theybecome easily lost, therefore, unnoticed dueto the conflict between the Dominators andthe Enablers.

The Enablers: often referred to as the"victim", appearing to be the weakerindividuals who find it difficult to protectthemselves from outside influences in life;they appear to be fragile, therefore, less ableto cope with the demands of the world. At.any given time during the day we are capableof exhibiting any of these three sub-categories of emotional expression in outstate of being.

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Wheel of Emotion

(+)(*) Reaction(-) Fault

Example #1 but as soon as she walks into her front doorshe receives demands from her children andspouse. She immediately becomes a slave toher family's demands which transforms herinto the Enabler type, frantically runningabout trying to please or fix everyone. Thehusband and children order her about like sheis the family dog and they do nothing to helpher with the dinner or household chores. Shemaintains no control over her family orherself.

Let's say at work you are the manager. Thisfact would naturally place you in theDominator category because the role ofmanager assumes the authority position. Thedominator-authority figure is expected tohandle unexpected situations that arise and tomaintain control of the employees andcompany in general.

This same person, whom we will call Sally,upon arriving at the home-front, may turninto the Enabler. For example, Sally may bethe controller-dominator-manager at work,

Sally may also retreat into the role of theMediator when she goes to visit her parentsand siblings. She is expected to be the

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peacemaker during family reunions such as;keeping peace between the parents or beingthe elected communicator for the parents whocannot seem to talk to their other children.The Mediators often retreat inwardly into thesilence, to avoid the emotional war betweenthe Dominators and Enablers; or, evenworse, they become unnoticed, quietlyslipping into the role of the "middle child."(These levels of the Wheel will be more fullydescribed later.)

As stated in Purpose #2, another veryimportant use of the Wheel is to assist thepersonalty toward recognizing destruc-tive cycles in their life. For example, wasSally being manipulated from the Dominatorinto the Enabler type to accommodate herfamily? Remember, a destructive cycle,according to Bach is any interference fromthe outside that hinders one from remainingtrue to THEIR personality without beingdistorted by the influences of others.

Let's continue by exploring the course of atypical session with someone like Sally. Anoverview of this person's story reveals thatshe appears to be the Dominator at work.Let's now refer to the Wheel Chart and locatethe Dominator-Category. The BachFlower Personalties listed are: Chicory(#12), Rock Rose (#11), Vervain(#10) and Impatiens (#9). Afterdiscussing the differences of the personalitytypes she would probably agree that she isvery intense; and believes that things "shouldbe" a certain way. A workaholic type who isintolerant of others who she feels are notproductive enough. We would quicklydetermine that she was aVe r v a i nPersonality Type (#10) within theDominator category.

Sally's case history, as we had determinedearlier, revealed that she was the Enabler typeat home. If we, again, refer to the Wheel, wewill notice that within the En a b Ie rCategory the Bach Flower Personalties are:Mimulus (#1), Gentian (#2), Cera to(#3), and Centaury (#4). We woulddiscover that she is a Centaury Person-ality Type because she admitted being the"people-pleaser", submitting easily to herfamily's demands, and that it was verydifficult for her to say "no" to them.

She, further cycled into the MediatorCategory after involvement involved with herparents and family. Again, refer to the WheelChart, and notice within the MediatorCategory that the Bach Flower Personalitieslisted are: Water Violet (#8),Scleranthus (#7), Agrimony(#6), andClematis (#5). We would discover,further, that her behavior in this Categorymost typifies the Clematis PersonalityType. She admits that she was a daydreameras a child and that she was the one required tokeep things in order around the house. Whenlife became too stressful she would retreatinto silence to get away, if she could. Shenow avoids seeing her parents at all or onlydoes so when necessary.

Pursuant to the goals of Purpose #2,according to the information revealed inSally's story so far, we have discovered thather true personality could be eitherVervain (Dominator), Centaury(Enabler), or Clematis (Mediator).Where does the process of disintegration ofher True Personality begin? Will the realSally please stand up! Bach believed that ifwe could determine our true goals in life thatthis would be an indication of our purpose,as well as, the key to our health andhappiness. Therefore, at this point, I mightask Sally where she is most happy andcomfortable. Does she love being a mother?Does she love doing her job? Does it makeher happiest when she is being creative orcontemplative being alone within her ownmind? She admits that she likes her job butthat she works because the family needs thesecond income. If Sally admits that she reallyworks because the family needs the secondincome why, then, does she add theadditional stress of also being the manager.Next, I might ask Sally if her father was anintense individual who thought that everyoneshould think and act like him, or be deemed"wrong." If she further stated that her fatherwas the workaholic type and was intolerantof lazy, unproductive people who liked theirtime-off or vacations, I could conclude thather father was truly the Vervain type whoplanted the thought in Sally that she had to belike him or be "wrong" and unworthyaccording to his judgement.

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Next, I would ask Sally how she likes beinga mother. If she said, "I like being a mother,but the reality is that family life really stressesme," I would asked her if her mother was the"good mother" type? If Sally were to answer,"Yes" and add that her mother waited on herfather hand-and-foot, I would conclude thatthe Centaury type was not innately Sally, buther mother's personality. This would indicatethat Sally "bought-into" her mother'spersonality, or "bought-into" her mother'sneed to be the "good, sacrificial mother"type, thereby owning her mother's lifeexpectations in order to win her approval.

When Sally stated earlier that she was a day-dreamy child, I suspected that she was theClematis Personality type. To confirm thatshe was the Clematis type I asked her if shewas creative; for example, did she like topaint or write? And how did that make herfeel? She enthusiastically replied that sheloved being creative; that she soars with theeagles and feels at home when she isimmersed in her own thoughts, writing herpoetry. Remember Dr. Bach's words, "Andthis work , whatever it may be, if we love itabove all else, is the definite command of oursoul, the work to do in this world, and inwhich alone we can be our true selvesinterpreting in an ordinary materialistic waythe message of that true self."

Now that we have located Clematis asSally's true personality, how do wemaintain it? Her work life and home lifeare very demanding. When does Sally have achance to be Sally? Let's refer back toPurpose #3 which mentions the three "KeyWords" which describes the state of thepersonality and further reveals the power ofthe destructive cycle that overwhelms the trueSelf, causing it to lose sight of "Who I Am."This sub-section of the Wheel is delineated inthree additional categories on the Wheelentitled: Virtue; Reaction; and Fault.

The Virtue (+): This "Key Word" isnormally considered the positive trait thatreveals the highest and most Sovereign stateof being and could be called the spiritualexpression of the personality. The closer thepersonality comes to expressing this state ofbeing, the more able it is to remain true toItself and therefore remain in union with its

sole (soul), or higher, purpose. Keep inmind, however, that even a Virtue can beover-positive; that is, the personality may beoverly-tolerant or overly-sympathetic and inthis excess again give away Sovereignpower.

The Reaction (*): This "Key Word"reveals how a personality type would "act-out" their mental state of being. If the personis wise enough to recognize and halt thepotentially negative process at this stage, itmight save them the pain of experiencing theill effects and destruction of sabotaging theTrue Self.

The Fault (-): This "Key Word" indicatesthe physical result of the spiritual and mentallevels being out-of-balance due to' notremaining true to Themselves. Therefore, thecycle degenerates into a negative state ofbeing.

To Continue by applying Sally's case to theseprinciples, you will remember that Vervainwas the personality that Sally expressed inthe Dominator Category, Centaury inthe Enabler Category, and Clematis inthe Mediator Category. '

According to the Wheel Chart:

The Personality states of the Vervain type are:(Virtue +) Tolerance(Reaction *) Intensely Idealistic(Fault -) Overly Enthusiastic

The Personality states of the Centaury type are:(Virtue +) Will-Powerfull(Reaction *) Confuses service with

sacrificing sovereignty(Fault -) Becomes the door-mat

The Personality states of Clematis type are:(Virtue +) Gentle - the creative nature(Reaction *) Running from

actualizing(Fault -) indifference

As we discovered earlier, Sally is imitatingher father's Vervain personalty. Byunderstanding these "Key Words" we areable to explain to Sally the necessity ofremaining cognizant when these "Red Flags"appear which signal when she is becoming a

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victim of another's personality encroachingupon her True Self. For example, a "RedFlag" should go up when Sally realizes thatshe is playing the part of her father by beingtoo intolerant of her staff and having theexpectation that they "should" respondidealistically, as well as enthusiastically. Adifferent set of "Red Flags" appear whenSally is playing the part of the CentauryPersonality type of her mother. For example,because Sally now recognizes when she isplaying the part of the family "door mat."("Red Flag" time) she no longer needs to feelguilty when she does not attend to herfamily's every demand and can now delegatethe responsibility to meet the family's needsto other members of the household. Sallymust now study the "Key Words" tohelp her maintain integrity, remaintrue her Real Self, in her case, theClematis Personality type. Positive indicatorswould be to take time and be creative and tono longer absorb the negativity resulting fromher family's judgement that she is "wastingtime" by writing poetry or doing her art thatshe loves. Sally can realize that her familymeans well, but that they are ignorant of thedemands of her own Personality. She mustbreak the destructive cycle of beingbelittled for expressing her True Self.She no longer needs to crawl into a darkplace to escape the cruelty of her family'sinsensitivities. She is now able to allow herfamily to express their opinion without takingit personally or succumbing to theirexpectations. Now her recreation is in realityRe-Creation. Oh, happy days are here again!!(Purpose #4).

To follow this session with Sally tocompletion, I would formulate a BachFlower Remedy for her that wouldassist in maintaining the integrity ofher True Personality. Based on theinformation gathered during this consultation,I could suggest that her Remedy include:

Clematis: to maintain her True Personality, aswell as to assist her in actualizing her creativeideas in the material world.

Wild Oat: to stimulate her soul purpose inlife, as well as opening doors of opportunityto her creative talents by giving her a channelto express her work.

Chestnut Bud: to help her change her oldhabit patterns and to lift her out of the rut shefinds herself in with her job and home life.

Walnut: to create an extra insulatingprotection from the influence of her family; toassist her to maintain her True Self when thefamily thinks she is wrong to follow her ownsovereign path.

Another case study in the integration ofthe Bach Flower Wheel of Emotion into aself-discovery process can be found byexploring the tendencies of the natural-bornMimulus (#1) Personality type. Theyare normally non-assuming individuals;compassionate, in their highest aspect, asnoted on the Wheel. This type would do wellin an understanding, gentle society, but whensubjected to the outside harshness and crueltyof the human world, they become the mostlikely victims. If the Mimulus type is abusedat an early age and, therefore, never allowedto mature into their natural capacity forcompassion (Virtue +) (i.e. compassionatemothers, natural healers, nurses, clergy,etc.), they may be forced to remain in thelowest aspect of the Mimulus type, whichis fear ( Fault-). The fear, cruelty, andneglect that stunted the maturation of theiremotional Self could then force them toretreat within, possibly into the negativeaspect of the Agrimony (#6) Personalitytype, better known as the "master of denial!"Typical of the Agrimony, the pain of the pastis too unbearable to face (Fault {-}silently tormented) and, therefore, it isnever confronted or released. Further, thesuppression of anger, fear, and torment oftencauses the negative Agrimony type to retaliateby resorting to the behavior of the negativeChicory (#12) Personality Type(Fault{ -} Possessive or possessivenatures) and which is to lash-out by eitherharming themselves (through the use ofdrugs, alcohol or even suicide) or abusingothers who are not as powerful as they are(children, women, animals, etc.) And so, thecycle of abuse continues as the once-innocentchild who was abused, now a frustrated andangry adult, resorts to the negative,destructive behavior of the out-of-balance,abusive Dominator (Chicory #12).

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Hopefully, with the insights that theBach Flower Wheel of Emotion offersus, we can expose the "cause andeffect" of the vicious, destructive,cycle of abuse before it can harmanother child.

In conclusion, the Wheel of Emotion offersan overview of the basic 12 Personalties inexistence and how all personalties interrelate.The most powerful tool at thedisposal of our Higher Self is theawareness of the sovereignty of ourTrue Personality. With the assistance ofthe Bach Flower Remedies it is possible tomaintain that Personality, once found, bystaying aligned with the realization of one'strue destiny while remaining unhampered byunconscious attachments to pseudo-

personalities. In the last analysis the wisdomof the ages affirmed, "Remember, to thineown self be true. Twill follow is the nightand day, thou cans't not then be false to anyman." Shakespeare

Bibliography

1. Barnard, Julian, editor, CollectedWritings of Edward Bach

2. Bear, Jessica, ND, Who "Reigns" onyour Parade?

3. Bear, Jessica, ND, Practical Uses andApplications

4. Jones, T. W. H., The Dictionary of theBack Flowers Remedies

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Is Wheat a Heavy Metal?By Clovis Horta Correa

Introduction

As soon as we came home from IKC/I-ASKConferences of 1991, we started to workwith the new techniques that were developedby the various specialists and presentedduring the congresses.

Among these techniques, the one presentedby Sheldon Deal, DC, at the 1991 TFH andI-ASK Annual Meetings, about the detox-ification of heavy metals, was used almostdaily.

At the same time, we started to study twobooks, Allergies and Candida by StevenRochlitz (ref. 1), and Tired or Toxic bySherry Rogers, MD, (ref. 2). These twobooks have something in common: they saythat we should be extremely carefulwith the allergies derived from foodand environmental components. Asamong the foods, wheat, corn, and sugar,are major components of our dairy diet., wedecided to check our clients on them, in ourinstitute in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (InstitutoBrasileiro do Balanceamento Muscularo) . Toour surprise, and astonishment, all theclients checked had wheat, corn, andsugar allergies!

And, more than that, the wheat allergyhad greater priority to their bodiesthan even a heavy metals intox-ication!

On the other hand, in our point of view,almost all our effort had been done into thedefusion of the neurotransmitters. (Note:for all we are meaning all of us, people thatwork with the techniques known as TFHSynthesis) Almost all of us have beenworking strongly on the emotional part of thetoxic system. But, for us - due to the resultsthat we have obtained until now - what isreally happening is that the emotional part ofthe toxic system is not the most importantpart of the "problem". As a consequence, ourexperience until now is that, if we defusewheat allergy, the process of auto-

healing is extremely faster than if westay working on the emotional levelonly.

Techniques Used and PersonsChecked

We based this work on a total of 171 (onehundred and seventy-one) persons that wechecked on wheat/corn/sugar/heavy metals,64 (sixty-four) men and 107 (one hundredand seven) women. As we are taking newclients constantly, these numbers refer to thepersons checked until February 29, 1992.

The procedure that we used to check wheat,sugar and corn is as follows:

1. We took one Indicator Muscle (1M)clear-- that means, checked to be used asdescribed in TFH I,ll and III and inThree in One Concepts techniques (clearcircuit, polarity, etc.):

2. Then we placed some wheat/corn/sugar inturn on the navel of the testee, and if the1M tested "weak", then we had one"allergy";

3. We double checked this "allergy" byplacing the hand of the testee on the skullover the base of the brain -- if the 1Mstayed "weak", then we had one "allergy"in the moment.

For the heavy metals, we used the techniquepresented by Sheldon Deal, DC, at the 1991TFH and I-ASK Annual Meetings.

As we already said, a wheat/corn/sugar"allergy" was found in all the people wechecked.

A heavy metals intoxication was found in84% (eighty-four» of the clients we checked(men or women, indifferently).

The statistical distribution of the men andwomen with heavy metals intoxication areshown in figure 1 and 2. For the men there is

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one almost even distribution of occurrencesof heavy metals intoxication between 1 to 49years; for women, there is a strongconcentration of almost 70% (seventy) of thecases between 30 to 59 years. Figure 3shows the statistical distribution of men andwomen together.

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NOTE:

HM means people that do have heavy metalsintoxicationNHM means people that do not have heavymetals intoxication.

The Body Priority

When we started to check this "food allergy",we were thinking that, may be some of ourclients would have it. But they all did. Andwe were thinking, too that probably, refinedsugar should be the priority. And they didhave sugar "allergy", but not as a priority.And they did have corn allergy, too, but notas a priority. Wheat was the priority.

As. a great part of the persons checked had"wheat allergy" and heavy metalsintoxication, we decided to check which wasthe priority of the body: to defuse the wheatallergy or to defuse the heavy metalsintoxication - and, to our astonishment, in100% (one hundred) of the cases, the prioritywas "wheat allergy".

As this point we came to one question thatwas: To the human body: is wheat aheavy metal? That means, is it so toxic tothe human beings?

In Tired or Toxic (ref 2) we have [sic]:

"Furthermore there's a population of peoplewho are gluten sensitive. When they havegrains containing gluten (wheat, rye, barleyand triticale) it causes a reaction in theintestinal wall (villous atrophy) where itbecomes incapable of absorbing nutrientswell and causes a host of gastrointestinalcomplaints. This gluten enteropathy is calledceliac disease and can be likened to a severeform of wheat allergy. Sometimes even theslightest amount of wheat can set off a chainof events causing such severe malabsorptionthat these people look like they just comefrom concentration camps. Even a trace ofwheat flour in a food can damage theintestinal lining for months!"

In Allergies and Candida (ref. 1) we have[sic]:

"It can be shocking to find out your favoritefoods are your worst allergies. But this is oneof the causes of allergy. It's no coincidencethat the most frequently eaten foods in oursociety are also the most common allergies.This includes wheat, corn, sugar, coffee,mile, peanuts, chocolate, eggs, oranges,tobacco, tomatoes, beef and yeast."

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And [sic]:

"Another food, only recently eat by man iswheat. Some say it is unnatural hybrid:cultivated and eaten only in the last 5000years. Anthropologists cite cave drawingsdepicting arthritis and schizophrenia at timescoinciding with the first ingestion of wheat."

Then, may be, wheat is really toxic tothe human beings?

So, for these reasons, we started to considerthat, may be, we all have wheat allergy,although we can't just recognize it due to thedifferent reactions we get from "wheatallergy".

One Strange Discovery

At the same time we checked wheat, wechecked sugar and corn.One day, by hazard,we placed sugar and wheat together over thenavel of one testee. And to our astonishment,the wheat allergy just disappeared! Wecheeked that again and the answer was clear:The wheat allergy disappeared withrefined sugar!

For some reasons that we could notunderstand yet, refined sugar counteracts"wheat allergy" for about 70% (seventy) ofthe people we checked.

And, although refined sugarcounteracts wheat allergy, it does notcounteract corn allergy! Nor do wheatand corn counteract each other.

Then, bearing in mind all this information,we came to some questions.:

A. How does refined sugar counteract"wheat allergy"?

B. Why doesn't refined sugar counteractcorn allergy?

C. Is there any other food that willcounteract "wheat allergy"?

"Wheat Allergy" Defusion andResults Obtained

We started to defuse this "allergy" using TFHand Three in One Concepts techniques. As afirst result, the persons that were beingbalanced in spaces of 4 to 6 weeks increasedthe space between one balancing to the otherto 10 to 15 weeks, only due to the "wheatallergy" defusion. That means, they got a lotbetter!

But there is another question extremelyimportant too: What else happened tothose people whose "wheat allergies"we defused?

And that's another strange part on this matter!We had very different results thanwhat we would have expected!

These results ranged from getting better,from depression or migraines, to gettingbetter of stomach problems (aches, sourness,bas digestion), facial flushing, skin problemsand pains in general.

The Body Stressors

With all these results we got on our hands,results completely different in a wide range,we started to ask to ourselves:

• Why?

• What was happening?

• How could wheat depress the bodyfunctioning to a point in which it wouldproduce so many different results?

• And how/why did this reverse when wedefused "wheat allergy"?

We could come to some conclusions basedon the two books referenced at the beginning.The answer is: explosion of thedetoxification system. It is indicated inthese books that the brain is extremelyattacked by the chemicals produced duringthe allergic process, causing several differentresults.

From Tired or Toxic (ref. 2) [sic]:

"These self-made brain chemicals also vie foraldehyde pathways for metabolism. That is

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.food stressors

.neurotrans~ltters(hormones of ourthoughts, emotionsrelllember- pain,fear, fenr of pain)

.formaldehyde•toluene.trichloroethylone.other hydrocarbons.postlcidos.oxhaust fUmes.Candida

ALDEIlYDEDETOXPATHWAY

Figure 4

why stress makes a person more chemicallysensitive.

hydes, are produced during digestion if wehave one allergic process.

As a consequence, whenever we take wheat,and if we have wheat allergy, our bodydetoxification system is automaticallyattacked by chemicals derived from theallergic process itself.

"Furthermore, constant stress, (or anger orfear) can increase noradrenalin synthesis thatincreases histamine release form master cells.Translation: stress also adds to the total loadof the detoxification system, accentuatingchemical intolerances, as well as regular dustor mold allergies." If we consider that we usually take wheat

everyday, we will understand that, the onesthat have "wheat allergy" have constant levelof allergy.

This constant level of allergy is a realproblem! Anything that backlogs thedetoxification system automatically startsfrom a high level of blockade in it: thus

In our point of view, what has been writtenbefore can be synthesized by figure 4. Thisfigure means that we have three major typesof toxic inputs -- food, chemicals, andemotional -- that go to the same aldehydedetoxification pathway. And part of thesechemicals, like aldehydes, and formalde-

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creating all the consequences we have alreadymentioned in this text.

Then, Why Does It Work on theEmotional Level?

Our defusion system (TFH I, II, III andThree in One Concepts techniques) work onthe emotional level primarily, and peopleget better! We have thousands of cases thatprove it. Why does it work? In our point ofview, strongly, because we are reducing thequantity of toxics, (i.e - neurotransmitters)that are going to the aldehyde detoxificationpathway (see figure 4). For this reason thebody develops a better way to handle theother toxics, increasing the capacity of thesystem to detoxify them.

The problem with this solution is thatthe toxic level derived from "wheatallergy" stays on! (And is extremelyhigh, please don't forget!)

Why? Because people take wheat everyday!

That means: we are working like Sisiphus!We defuse the neurotransmitters, but peopletake wheat and build it up again!

Can we win this battle working onneurotransmitters only? Yes, probably, in along range view, but at which cost? Howmany appointments our clients will have totake until they stabilize their detoxificationsystem in order that it can handle wheatwithout exploding?

And, in a long term basis, can thedetoxification system handle this wheatallergy all the way? We should not forget thatpeople get older and the body get's moretired, thus making it more difficult to thebody to detoxify itself.

Asa consequence of this long term attack of"wheat allergy", won't the detoxificationsystem explode one day? We think that itwill for sure!

Conclusions

Food allergy, primarily due to wheat, corn,and sugar, with a full priority on wheatdefusion, is the real problem.

That happens because this allergy is so bigthat we are under one constant, and extremelyhigh level of "allergy" derived primarily fromwheat! A process much more important thananything else because, unfortunately, thisconstant process does not have oneconstant result! For some people,migraines, for other ones, depression orstomach aches, for other ones, anythingthat is happening!

For that reason, we are not aware of thewheat allergy - There is not a single"allergic" answer to wheat! So, whenwe say that we have allergy on one issue, weare looking to the result of a backlog of aconstant level of allergy we normally have.More stressors in the system, emotional orchemical, gives us one result due to the"explosion" of the detoxification system.This happens not because of the singlestressor, but because the system can't stand"more" stressors than it already has.

And, more that that, almost all of us takewheat/corn/sugar everyday. But, usually, noone of us stay angry or fearful all day long.

Due to the results we got till now, our goalhas changed to, normally, defusewheat/corn/sugar "allergy" first then start onthe emotional part of the system.

There are some people that say: "Wheatshould not be taken in tropical countriesbecause it has a natural glue that glues it tothe small and large intestines". Till now wecould not confirm if this is real or not, but asthis research was done in Brazil - a tropicalcountry - we strongly suggest that other onesdo the same tests on wheat/corn/sugar/heavymetals to establish one comparison for theresults we have got till now.

Summary

1. Until now, all the persons checked by ushad wheat/corn/sugar allergy.

2. For the same persons the percentage ofheavy metals of intoxication was 84%(eighty-four).

3. "Wheat allergy" is much more importantto the body than the other "allergies", and

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even more important than heavy metalsintoxication.

4. For the same reasons, sugar counteractswheat allergy in one amount of round70% (seventy), although sugar itself isone "allergy" stressor.

5. Then we come to one question: "Isrefined sugar one antidote to wheatallergy?". I

6. Due to the results obtained until now, wethink that we should change ouremotional defusion target oriented systemto a wheat/corn/sugar defusion targetoriented system, as a priority, and thenwork on the emotional level.

References

1. Rochlitz, Steven, Allergies and Candidawith the physicist's rapid solution,Human Ecology Balancing Sciences, Inc.

2. Rogers, Sherry A, MD, Tired or Toxic,Prestige Publishing

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Balancing with Relaxationby Margriet DeWild

Last year a the meeting in San Diego, I metJohn McMullin, and this is where my storystarts.

We talked about our work, he as ahypnotherapist - kinesiologist - herbalist, andme as a physical therapist and kinesiologist.As you see, two very different persons with avery different kind of work. But we havesomething in common, we both are helpingpeople, supporting them part of their way,we both want to do this in a holistic way.

The other thing we have in common is thatwe both work with kinesiology.

Taking together, we learned a lot from eachother, and what I wanted to find out, waswhat and how can we combine all thesedifferent things. I asked John if he would liketo figure this out with me. After many phonecalls he agreed and we came together again,watching how each of us was working andcombining the different methods, wherever itwas possible.

I am very happy and grateful that John gaveme the opportunity to be in his office and toaccompany his clients for a while on theirway through their problems using the tools Ihad found through my work as a physicaltherapist and kinesiologist. He also gave methe possibility to set in room, to listen, tolook, but most of all to feel the way heaccompanied his clients. It was then that Isaw and felt the power of relaxation.

As a physical therapists we learned how towork with joints and muscles, but we oftenforgot that this joint or muscle was a part of ahuman being, with feelings and emotions.Because I was aware of this, I knew I had tofind a way to accompany my patients as awhole person and not just pay

attention to a part of their body.

I did this by listening and relaxing them andletting them feel comfortable. I realizedhowever that this only helped for a while and

then invariable they came back with theoriginal complaint.

One day one of my patients told me aboutTouch for Health. She said to me, this issomething for you, it suits your way ofworking.

This is how I got started on my way tokinesiology; in this method I found toolswhich helped me to get to the bottom of thephysical problems and I found tools whichhelped my patients to solve them.

One of the tools is the muscle testing, for mea very good and interesting took, which youall know, because it is the basic tool forTouch for Health, so I won't talk about this.

I want to talk about relaxation.

Relaxation has always been important in mywork. In my praxis in Switzerland, I givegymnastic lessons. My clients need to learnhow to sit down, how to lay, to walk theright way. I show them the right exercises sothat they become aware of the right posture oftheir bodies in all those different situations.

I show them what happens to your posture,when there is a lack of energy.

Let us think about some examples like: whatis your posture when you are depressed, howdo you walk when your lover is waiting foryou.

We all know there are a lot of differentreasons for blocked energy and we alsoknow that out body language reveals it.

I show them how to bring their energy inflow again, using exercises and meridianwork. Here I am using the relaxation as well.I believe that when I am relaxed, I can feelmy body and I can develop my awareness formy body.

When I am aware of how my body feels in arelaxed situation, "this is a good feeling" I

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will be able to learn to understand better whatmy body is telling me when Iam not in goodshape.

So, at the end of every lesson I let my clientsrelax and with this relaxation we make abody-balance. Iuse different subjects for thisrelaxation such as yin/yang, the fiveelements, the chakras, or subjects like'looking for your inner child' or 'looking foryour inner guide'.

I found out that this way of relaxation madethem feel in absolute harmony. Usually thisfeeling of harmony stays with them for morethan a day. Normally I did this in grouplessons only, but when I saw the goodresults, I started to do this work in singlesessions as well.

So what did Ido?

Idid normal muscle testing to find out withmy client what kind of problem there was,what priority there was and how we had towork on it, - including relaxation -.

This is where it happened, there were clientswho wanted to be balanced with relaxation,who wanted to look at their problems in anew and different way.

Because there are so many different ways tomake a body-balance, it is important to findout what a body wants to do, taking care tofind the right goal for this balance.

After talking and testing to find the problemwe have to look at, - with the right goal andthe right age to work with, - . We put thegoal in the pause lock and start the relaxationwith an induction.

When the person is in a deep relaxation, shecan meet herself at a specific age of herchildhood and with the wisdom which shehas now, she can help the child to solve theproblem. You can do this at any age you needto.

After the relaxation we did all the pre-testsagain and we saw that they all had changed ina positive way. And the goal was reached aswell.

I also use this kind of balancing in everygymnastic lesson with a common theme likeyin/yang etc, as Itold you.

I brought a paper for you to keep, where Ihave written down how an induction works.At the same time you will find a paper whereIwrote down two kinds of relaxation.

Knowing that it is impossible to do the samework on different people, Ijust wrote downsome rules, some ideas to work with.

I think that everyone who takes a look atthese rules will see that he may use his ownimagination to handle them.

An important discovery for me was to findout that clients with whom Ihave done thiskind of balancing, became interested in theirown body and their body language, theystarted trusting their own feelings and becamemore secure about them.

Almost all of them started to talk in a differentway out their body.

Before they became aware of their body, Ialways had the feeling they were talkingabout something they knew but were notfamiliar with.

They wanted to use me as a tool to changesomething for them, but then they realizedthat they had to do this themselves.

I think these were reasons enough for me tocontinue this kind of balancing and trying toapply it to different people with differentproblems.

Iknow that I am still at the beginning of theexperience with this kind of work and that Ineed more time to use this tool. At the sametime it would be very valuable to be able toexchange experiences with other kinesiologistand it would be fantastic if next year some ofyou would be able to talk about theirexperiences in this field.

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Will - Choiceby Grethe Fremming and Rolf Hausbel

The following balance is taken from one ofour Transformational Kinesiology (TK)Workshops. The philosophy behind thisbalance is ageless wisdom as presented in thebooks by Alice Baily and TorkomSaraydarian. The purpose of TK is to helppeople understand their own constitution andthe energies influencing them.

We all have 'will-power', some more thanothers; but how do we use it? The personalwill is our driving force to have as good a lifeas possible - often for selfish purposes. This'will-power' is an expression of ouremotional longing. If we cultivated our willto also include a good life for other people,the animals, the nature and the Earth, ourworld would include more Love, Truth,Goodness and Beauty for the benefit of all.

Sometimes we have a goal but our limitingbeliefs or negative emotions cut us off fromreaching it. Many times we know what isright to do and yet we cannot help actingdifferently. We do not listen to "the littlevoice within". WE have a conflict among ourthoughts, our emotions, our body and ourconscience. The conflict can be sooverwhelming that we do not feel we canreach the goal. This balance integrates ourdifferent bodies - physical body and mentalbody - to be in harmony with our Essence. Ifhelps to change our attitude and automaticresponse patterns.

Procedure

1. Clearing.

2. Goal, pre-check, permission.

3. Hand mode: Thumb-ring finger firstjoint (from top) left hand. Test 1Mswitches off.

4. Dissolve hand mode. Verbal check/talkand note all relevant regarding prevalentfeeling or belief troubling person. Wecan especially gain information from theenergy center emotions.

5. Check left and right arm for thefollowing statements. Note results:I feel.. ..I am .Iwant to be .........I can choose to be ..I choose to be ..

6. Permission to balance.

7. Educate about personality. Personchooses colors and draws the 3 lowerbodies

mental body

emotionalbody

physical body

8. Person looks at one body at a time. Test.The body switching off the 1M is the"unwilling" body. Educate about it.

9. Person chooses a color and draws acircle around the 3 bodies, while stating" We choose to be ..... 'positivefeeling'" .

personality

10. Re-check #8, #5, hand mode, post-check goal.

11. Usually no home play. Let the personkeep his beautiful drawing to remind himof his choice.

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Awaken The Dance Within™

by David Fuerstenau and Patti Steurer

This information accompanies a workshopbeing presented at the conference. Theworkshop offers a lively and invitingclass/presentation format which can be usedby any teacher or practitioner of any TFHSmethod for the purpose of introducing muscletesting, balancing, and themselves aspractitioner/teacher to the general public, withthe purpose of gaining exposure andclients/students eager to learn more aboutwhat muscle testing and TFHS have to offer.

The format being presented, the SomaticIntegration Process, is movement based, funand simple. It allows the exploration of beliefsystems, physical movement, or nearly anyissue through the metaphor of movement,with the use of TFHS techniques and muscletesting to create breakthroughs. Participantsall get a personal experience of the changespossible through TFHS, have a great time,and they end up with curiosity, excitementand eagerness to learn more about TFHS,muscle testing and themselves. At the end ofa one-and-a-half or two hour experience, theteacher or practitioner can make the invitationto participants to explore TFHS possibilitiesby coming to them for sessions or attendingclasses.

The Somatic Integration Process is notfocussed on a unique system of balanceformats or corrections, but is an openframework in which many simple techniquesfrom various TFHS systems can be used.Practitioners or teachers wishing to use thisprocess can use most of their skills and toolswithin it. The only limiting factor is thatparticipants do the Somatic IntegrationProcess as a group, therefore those TFHScorrections or procedures that a group cando, such as Cook's posture, work well, andthose which require time, hand modes, orbeing on a table for one-on-one work are lesssuitable.

The workshop will offer backgroundinformation about and teach the SomaticIntegration Process, which everyone willexperience; give each participant the

opportunity to design their own format for agroup exploration using the process; and becoached in their format design andunderstanding of the group process. Oneparticipant will have the opportunity toactually practice their format with the entiregroup, and receive feedback.

This workshop is appropriate for anyonewith a skill level of Basic or higher, and it ishelpful but not necessary to know how toteach someone to do a muscle test. We willnot focus on how to teach muscle testing inthis workshop.

The Somatic Integration ProcessFor Groups of People

A StarFfreMethod of Body Centered SelfDevelopment, ©1992, StarFire Institute

Step #1 Create an Integration Menu.Include any TFHS integrating techniqueyou want the group to learn. Also ask thegroup to contribute the techniques theyuse to integrate themselves that can beeasily taught and done by everyone.

Step #2 Set The Stage.Have each person take a drink of water.Put on some energetic music and crosscrawl all around the room. Have eachperson massage their K-27 points (BrainButtons) and the switching points (thebeginning and end of Central andGoverning meridians.

Step #3 Show the group the specificmovement you are inviting them toexplore.

You can create all kinds of movementexplorations. The exploration can bedesigned to fit the group dynamics. Youcan create a movement exploration thatopens awareness to a certain part of thebody, a belief system, a desired outcome,etc. Be CREATIVE!

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Step #4 Have the group do themovement exploration.

Have each person notice and express howthey experienced the movementexploration."Does this movement feel effortless, ordo you notice some stress in your bodysomewhere?""Does this movement feel like a warmcomfortable running suit or like itchywool?"Do a paired sharing and/or a groupsharing. Whatever they notice andexpress is acceptable.

Step #5 Integrate for the movement.

Form a circle and muscle check arepresentative for the group.a. "All parts of your being are ready,

willing and able to be a representativefor this group."

b. "All parts of all our beings are ready,willing and able to be represented by

"

c. Do the Movement for 5 seconds.(Muscle test switched-off.)

d. Menu - Muscle test which activitiesfrom the Integration Menu willintegrate the group for the movement.Continue to do the activities until thegroup muscle checks switched-on forthe movement.

e. Do the Movement for 5 seconds.(Muscle test switched-on.)

Step #6 Have the group do themovement exploration again.

Notice the changes in each person.Encourage them to feel the difference inthemselves and explore even deeper intothe movement. Playfully have eachperson celebrate the shifts they feel intheir body and mind.Do a paired sharing having each persontake 2 minutes to express what they haveexperienced.

Step #7 Closure: End with a circle inwhich everyone shares in someway.

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Body Memory

by Richard Harnack, M.Rel.

Overview

We have all passed through similardevelopmental stages in terms of movementand body memory. Each of us remembersand interprets these phases idiosyncratically.What follows in this paper is a synopsis ofthe major life stages from a movementperspective. The basic assumption is that allpersons can move easily and freely acquiringphysical skills as they choose. This is alsothe goal of the process developed to help freeour body memory.

Body Memory

Body memory comes in different varieties.The ones most familiar to us are those earlychildhood activities and skills we look backon -- bicycle riding, throwing a ball, rollerskating (or skate boarding, depending onyour era), running and swimming. We alsoare aware of pain memories, old injuries andinsults to our body which may still cause usto pause or inhibit ourselves.

Current research (ref. 1) in phantom limbpain suggests that our body memory is muchmore diverse than previously thought. Themain trend holds that body memory resides inthe somato-sensory areas of the brain.However, new research suggests thatphantom limb pain not only resides in thesomato-sensory cortex, but also the limbicsystem and broad areas of cortical networksinvolved in cognition and experience.

This new research impacts our understandingof movement and how we understand ourbody, as the following quote illustrates.

"The phenomenon of phantom limbs is morethan a challenge to medical management. Itraises doubts about some fundamentalassumptions in psychology. One suchassumption is that sensations are producedonly by stimuli and that perceptions in theabsence of stimuli are psychologicallyabnormal. Yet phantom limbs, as well asphantom seeing and hearing, indicate this

notion is wrong. The brain does more thananalyze inputs; it generates perceptualexperience even when no external inputsoccur. We do not need a body to feel abody."

"...the existence of phantoms in people bornwithout a limb or who have lost a limb at anearly age suggests that the neural networksfor perceiving the body and its parts are builtinto the brain. The absence of inputs does notstop the networks from generating messagesabout missing body parts; they continue toproduce such messages throughout life."

"...the brain generates the experience of thebody. Sensory inputs merely modulate thatexperience; they do not cause it." (ref. 2)

Our whole body is functionally located withinthe neural networks of the brain. Movementthen is "hard wired" into our brain. Theimplication of this line of research goesbeyond phantom limb pain -- it leads us torealms of possibility in terms of helping thosepersons who have had spinal injuries or otherperipheral injuries which have inhibited theirmovement. It also implies that we canimprove our performance in athletics andother areas much more than we had thoughtpreviously.

The next section is a summary of the majorareas of movement develop along with thespecific principles of movement addressed ateach stage.

Stages of Movement Development

What follows is a summary of the variousstages of movement development all gothrough. Each stage overlaps the others andseldom is as distinct from the others asdescribed here.

Birth to Six MonthsBasic Movement Development: Outward to

InwardPrinciple involved: Connecting to one's

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In this early stage, the infant develops thetonic neck reflex, hand-eye and foot-eyecoordination, and turning over. The tonicneck reflex is the earliest of these threemovements and involves the infant's abilityto lift her head herself. Hand-eye and foot-eye coordination are in the early stages,primarily with the infant learning to put herhands and feet in her mouth.

The primary "educational" task involved hereis learning what "belongs to me". Themajority of the movements made at this timeare outward to inward. The infant begins todistinguish those movements and quality ofmovements which bring things to them. Inthis early phase the infant is most likely toscratch themselves on the face. This latteractivity occurs because the infant has yet todevelop the motor coordination necessary tobring her hands to her face using only theamount of force necessary to complete themovement smoothly.

As the tonic neck reflex develops and theinfant acquires more finely tuned motorskills, they begin to turn over. These aremajor accomplishments as the infant nowbegins to be able to modify their ownenvironment. They are the pre-cursors to theearly crawling stage.

Six Months to One YearBasic Movement Development:Crawling.Principle Involved: Inward to Outward.

During this stage the infant begins toestablish a sense of connectedness frominward to outward. The infant now hasachieved some measure of control andcoordination and is now ready to begin toexplore beyond the immediate environment.We begin to go to where we want.

The complete crawling stage involve twophases. The first involves same sided arm-legcoordination. The second involves oppositearm-leg coordination. Each is necessary foras complete as possible neurologicaldevelopment of the infant. The same sidedmovement phase allows the brain to developthe neural pathways to each side of the bodyin turn. The opposite side movement phaseallows the brain to organize the simultaneouscoordination of both sides of the body.

As the infant completes the crawling stage,they then begin to be able to stand on theirown with little or no assistance. This latterpoint is important because of the desire asparents and grandparents to have the childstart walking early. If we hold the childupright to train them to walk, they acquiretheir sense of balance as being dependent onexternal factors. Balance and coordinatedwalking needs to develop from the infant'sinner sensory apparatus, not its' externalproprioception.

The primary "educational" issue for thisphase is the infant's inward development ofself and self-reliance. This sense of self-reliance is at a very fundamental level. Itinvolves the inward ability to trust ourperceptions in relation to ourselves and theenvironment. This is primarily a physicalsense at this stage which affects latercognitive development. The infant learns tomove around in his environment by choiceand ability, rather than relying upon hisparents to move him.

One Year To Four YearsBasic Movement Development:Walking,

Running, and refining Hand-Eye.Principle Involved: Exploration of

movement, Movement for the "Fun" of it

The child completes the crawling andacquires walking/running during this threeyear period. Some children continue crawlinginto the second or third year as their preferredmode of getting around. Unless there isapparent neurological damage, this is not acause for concern, for the child is beingthorough in completing the neurological taskfor the crawling phase. During this time, thechild begins to talk to convey information toher parents and others. At first she will speakin short bursts or phrases, then later incomplete sentences.

As the child begins to acquire other physicalskills, she begins to "pay attention" to the"how" of the movement/skill. She is learningto focus her hand-eye abilities and fine tunethem as she goes. Movement shifts fromlearning through spontaneity to deliberateskill acquisition.

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The child begins to further define herself andestablish her identity. The child acquires theword "No" and begins to ask questions. Eachof is important for the child's growth of self."No" gives the child a measure of controlover her state of being which she lackedpreviously. Her parents now must begin toaccount for her wishes and wants. Questionsare also asked by the child to further gainknowledge about the world and her place init.

Four Years To Six YearsBasic Movement Development: Active

Outward Movement.Principle Involved: Deliberation & Learning

in movement - "Serious Play"

The child begins to move from spontaneousplay to judging and being judged in regard tophysical activity. It is during this stage mostchildren also begin more social playactivities, either in structured settings or inthe neighborhood.

The major movement and educational taskschildren acquire in this phase are more finelytuned hand-foot-eye coordination and basicreading/writing skills. Emotionally/Sociallythe child begins to draw distinctions betweenhimself and babies. This is generally theperiod in which the child begins to perceivehimself as a "big kid".

All of the above results in the child acquiring"inhibitions" or "natural athletic ability". Ifthe child is judged too harshly (either byhimself or adults), or is forced intocompetitive structured sports, he maydevelop emotional-physical inhibitions.These inhibitions generally remain intoadulthood as they tend to become part of ourself-image.

Seven to Fourteen YearsBasic Movement Development: Integration of

Outward & Inward MovementPrinciple Involved: "Doing it right."

Social and competitive play becomeextremely important in this phase. Thosechildren doing well in these types of activitiestend to remain in them longer than childrenwho do not. Children not as good in team

activities as others, tend to decide they havelittle or no physical ability. This choice is asmuch a physical choice as it is an emotionalone.

This period of life finds the child refiningbasic skills and developing confidence inmovement. While it may seem strange tothink of walking and running as becomingmore refined, this is exactly one of the majortasks of this period. The fine tuning of alleye-hand-foot coordination occurs at severallevels. The first of these levels is the grossbody movement. The second is in morefinely tuned activities such as catching orthrowing a ball and writing.

The gross body movements addressed in thisperiod are those involving running, jumping,skipping, climbing, etc. These movementsrequire the child to maintain balance andutilize opposing arm-leg action. As childrenbecome more adept at these movements, theyare able to acquire more finely tuned motorskills. The child who does not move much orwhose movements are frenetic anduncoordinated (as in the case of "hyperactive"children), finds it more difficult to acquirefine motor skills.

The fine motor skills the child acquiresinclude writing, catching and throwing,kicking, drawing, etc. How well the childacquires each, is greatly dependent on howwell they do in gross motor movement. Theexceptions here seem to be in writing anddrawing. Some children, who are fairlyuncoordinated otherwise, exhibit excellentwriting and drawing skills. The reasonbehind their writing and drawing "success" isthat they initially work much harder at doingthese "perfectly". Consequently, suchchildren tend to exhibit a fairly "tight" writingor drawing capability, rather than a smoothand easily flowing capability.

The child also goes through two periods of"awkwardness" in this stage. The first periodoccurs at the beginning of the stage as thechild begins to fine tune his throwing andcatching abilities. The second period occursaround puberty when the child begins theirnext major growth "spurt" and must adapt tothe changes occurring in their body. Bothperiods of "awkwardness" are crucial for the

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continuing development of coordinated bodymovement. If the child is made to feel"clumsy" during either one of these periods,they are more likely to retain this image ofthemselves. If the child is assured they will"grow out" of this, and they are also allowedto acquire skills at their own pace, they arelikely to have a much easier time maintainingand acquiring new motor skills afterwards.

Fifteen to Eighteen YearsBasic Movement Development: Locking-In

Of Physical AbilitiesPrinciple Involved: Refining movement.

In this three year period, a final locking inand/or break through occurs in physicalabilities/inhibitions. We have made most ofour choices in terms of how we choose toperceive ourselves physically. These choicesare both conscious and unconscious and tendto remain with us the rest of our lives. Thus,the child perceiving herself as physicallygraceful, powerful and able throughout thisphase will most likely retain this image.Whereas the child viewing herself asphysically awkward and inept, will mostlikely hold on to this image.

We also make conscious choices as to be the"way we are". These choices involverationalizations and justifications at both themental and physical levels. Thesejustifications become internalized physically.

Nineteen to Twenty-Five YearsBasic Movement Development: Routine &

OrganizationPrinciple Involved: Repetition, Consolidation

and Confidence of movement.

Physical activities, if still engaged in, tend tobecome routine. Organized sports and gamesbecome the main focus for many in the agegroup. By this time, the choices made in theprevious stage are now completely locked in.Comfort and repetition become the hallmarksof adult physical activity.

Confidence is with the routine of physicalmovement and exercise. By this age, ourattitudes towards exercise, movement and ourbody are set. Those believing in the "no painno gain" principle will have a different

"comfort zone" from those believingotherwise.

Repetition of physical movementencompasses the establishment of a routineand the reinforcement of specific types ofexercise and movement. This routine mayinvolve active participation in an organizedteam sport, individual sport, exerciseprogram, martial art, dance, aerobics, etc.The routine may be a more individual effortsuch as weight training, running, swimming,stretching, walking, etc. In both cases, it isthe routine which is important to theindividual's performance levels.

During this stage of physical activityconsolidation of physical prowess becomesparamount. Individuals excelling in youthtend to seek to maintain a level of personalexcellence. Those whose performance was"average" or "lower" generally seek to morefinely tune their physical prowess in hopes ofachieving a higher level of competence.Unfortunately the largest group in this agebracket simply give up on any form ofphysical endeavor due to poor experiences inyouth.

Twenty-five To Forty YearsBasic Movement Development: Experience &

SkillfulnessPrinciple Involved: Comfort and familiarity

of movement.

If a person is still engaged in physical activityduring this stage, they begin to shift togreater reliance upon experience and skill andaway from strength and power. Initially thisrealization occurs at the body level, only laterdoes the individual become conscious thatthey have been changing. This occurs whenthe individual begins to seek understandingof underlying principles in order to increasetheir skill.

People who begin a physical exercise andmovement activity in this stage of life tend togo through all of the previous stages in acompressed format. Thus they tend to acquirethe activity on one side of their body moreeasily than the other. After a while they areable to bring the other side of the body intomore active play. From this point on theytend to consolidate skill levels in parallel

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steps to the developmental phases describedthus far. They usually accomplish this shiftwithin the first three to five years of engagingin the activity.

Forty To Seventy YearsBasic Movement Development: Inward to

OutwardPrinciple Involved: Inner Conditioning &

Movement

In this stage of life, inner understanding ofbecomes paramount. Efficiency andeffectiveness in movement are more likely tobe practiced and sought by those engaging inan activity for more than ten years. Strengthbegins to give way to conditioning as thedesired body state. Raw power in is notutilized as much as is generating an effectiveuse of that power. Skill comes to beunderstood in terms of efficiency andeconomy of movement. Power is nowunderstood as effectiveness more thanstrength.

Inward understanding of the movementsbecomes the primary method of acquiringnew skills, then repetition. This isparticularly true of people beginning aphysical activity in this stage of life. They aremore likely to look for a "reason" first beforestarting the activity. As they become moreinvolved in the activity, they may seek otherjustifications for maintaining interest in theactivity.

Seventy PlusBasic Movement Development:CongruencePrinciple Involved: Unification of Inner and

Outer

People who have been physically active in thesame activity their whole life, when theyreach this stage, generally are able to performfeats which seem extraordinary. These"extraordinary" feats are fairly commonplacefor such persons. What occurs is the mostefficient movement possible. Strength inseldom used in the same way as is byyounger persons. Relaxation and almostcomplete congruence become the effectiveagents of movement.

Persons beginning physical activity in thisstage do so to honor both physical and innerneeds. The physical needs are represented bykeeping flexibility and reducing pain. Innerneeds include the desire to be "healthy". Thereason for the exercise and the exercise itselfbecome identified with each other.

For all in this stage of life, the quality ofmovement is more important than the variety.The focus is on moving with ease and gracerather than with strength. Even a simpleactivity as walking can provide such a focus.

The above "stages" are not distinct, ratherthey blend with each other. The tendency inthe later stages to compress all of the earlierstages, especially in new skill acquisition.Experience and repetition of skills, combinedwith inner development and understanding,leads to greater efficiency and effectiveness inmovement. In other words, there is nosubstitute for actual movement.

Movement Integration I EnhancementProcedure

In this concluding section, I have outlined aprocedure which is designed to help createthe optimal levels possible for new skillacquisition and refinement of current skills. Itdraws in part on the research cited at thebeginning of this paper and combines thiswith techniques currently in use in Touch ForHealth.

1. Decide upon the specific movement youwish to improve upon or acquire.

2. Locate the Life Movement stage(s)involved. If more than one stage set thepriority. Repeat the full procedure foreach stage.

3. Once you have located the priority LifeMovement stage, look at the issuesinvolved. State in your own words howyou wish to embody these issues. Checkfor Muscle Stress Response on eachissue and statement.

4. Perform the movement you chose inStep 1. Note and rate the ease, levels ofinhibition, discomfort, etc., involved.

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5. Locate an overall emotion for themovement.

6. Locate which partes) of the brain is (are)involved in the movement - Somato-Sensory, Limbic System, Visual Cortex,Corpus Callosum, Reticular Formation,and, the Cerebral Cortex in general.Establish which is the priority area.

7. Test the individual muscles involved inthe movement. Test the opposingmuscles and diagonal contralateralmuscles as well. (Note: If you are usinga large movement, you may want to testall 42 muscle groups.) Note any patternsof inhibition in response to themovement.

8. Correct any muscles found inhibited bythe movement using Neuro-Lymphatics,Neuro-Vasculars and Origin-Insertion.Do all three. (Please note: in this step Ihave kept the correction proceduresfairly basic. In practice, I have foundthat I may have to use Cross CrawlRepatterning, Homolateral MuscleCorrection, Muscle Spindle stimulation,Reactive Muscles, or Postural StressRelease. It is not that these are "better"than the basic corrections given, butrather they may be needed in addition tothem. My guiding principle here is tostart with the simplest corrections firstand only proceed to the more complex ifneeded.)

9. Repeat the movement and retest themuscles which were previously inhibitedby the movement. Note if any remaininhibited. Do not do any morecorrections at this point.

10. Locate the specific age(s) involved.Determine the overall emotion for thisage, and, locate the area of the braininvolved. Also determine if there areother ages from this stage involved, if soset the priority.

11. Do the movement as if you wereacquiring it for the first time. Test themuscles involved. (Cf. above step 7.).Correct any which were inhibited. (Cf.step 8.) Repeat the movement and retestthe previously inhibited muscles. (Cf.step 9.)

13. Repeat step 10 for any other ages whichare also involved in the Life Movementstage. Modify the movement to reflectthe level of skill for each additional age.

14. Once all of the ages in a given LifeMovement stage have been checked andcleared, check for any other LifeMovement stages and issues involved.

Conclusion

The goal of the above procedure is to helpyou improve your ability to move and acquiremovement skills. It is not intended tosubstitute for actual practice. Use thisprocedure from a sense of play anddiscovery. Enjoy!

References

1. Melzack, Ronald, Phantom Limbs,Scientific American, April 1992, pp. 120- 126.

2. Melzack, Ronald, ibid., p.126. Seeillustration below for more detail.

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Circle of Excellence

by John Varun Maguire

This technique helps you access a peak stateof body/mind to enhance the quality of yourperformance. It can be extremely valuable forathletes, musicians, dancers, actors,entertainers, public speakers and those whowish to improve their performance in anyactivity. It also gives a person greaterawareness of physiological and psychologicalcues which they can use to put themselves inthe state they want to be in at any time.

The Procedure:

1. Ask your partner which performanceactivity they want to enhance. As thefacilitator, designate an imaginary circlethat your partner will be stepping into.You have three approaches you can useto get them to achieve their peakperformance state. Use any that areappropriate. Have them:A. Recall a specific time when they had

their best performance.B. Think of a time unrelated to this

activity where they experienced greatconfidence, success, power and anyother feelings they want to be able torecreate. This is particularly helpfulif this is an area they have not yethad success in.

C. Think of a person they want toemulate. Imagine how that otherperson feels when they areperforming this activity.

2. Have your partner stand in the circle andexperience the feelings of thisresourceful state. They may want to shifttheir posture or move their body as theyget more in touch with their state ofexcellence. Visualizing being bathed incolored light, as if standing in aspotlight, is often empowering. Yourpartner can also imagine inspiring musicor people cheering them on to give themfurther access to this state.

3. Observe and write down all thephysiological signs your partner displays

while they stand in their circle ofexcellence. How are they breathing?How are they holding their facialmuscles? How are they standing? Whatis the focus of their eyes? What is thecolor of their face?

4. Have them notice and report any imagesthey see or feel. One runner felt like agazelle - light and quick. A woman whohad been an accomplished dancertransferred her presence on the stage toher performing as a pianist. She wasamazed at the improvement in her pianoperforming skills.

5. Your partner may discover new attitudestowards their performance which theypreviously had not considered. Usingthis technique, one man about tocompete in the 140 mile IronmanTriathalon, replaced his attitude of dreadand fear with one of joy and enthusiasm.After the nice he said he never had somuch fun in his life. His race resultswere also quite astonishing.

6. Test an indicator muscle when they arein their peak state and it will be switchedon. This further anchors or associatesthe performance activity with the state ofexcellence.

7. Now have your partner step back fromthe circle and recall a state of lowresourcefulness, where they feel lack ofconfidence. Notice the physiologicalsigns of this state. Test the indicatormuscle and it will be switched off.

8. Have your partner disassociate from theunresourceful state by stepping forwardinto the circle of excellence and key in totheir empowering feelings. Anchor thisin with a switched on muscle test. Askthem to notice what they are aware of, asillustrated in step 3.

9. If your partner is having difficultygetting back into their state of excellence,

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repeat the process until she or he finds iteasy to do so.

10. When the process is successfullycompleted, share observations with yourpartner so they can recreate their state ofexcellence any time they desire. Switchroles and create your own circle ofexcellence.

Before a performance activity, or any timeyou are not in a state you want to be in, youcan enter your circle of excellence. Recall thesensory and motor responses that areexpressions of your empowered state.Maintain your "power posture" and breathingpattern. The more you practice accessing thisstate, the easier it will be to put yourself incontrol and be in your peak state. Use thiswith clients, family and friends who want toget winning results in any performance.

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Shielding, Anyone?

by Frank Mahony

Huh? What? Shielding? Most of the timewhen I present this concept in myHYPERTON-X workshops only a fewpeople have even a concept of shielding andthe ones that do usually are not. So let's go toit!

Shielding means protecting yourself in someway from being affected by negativeenergies, i.e., thoughts and feelings ofothers. Does the source of this energy need tobe in your presence? No! You can have yourenergies affected even at a great distance. Dowe have scientific proof of this? If you areta11sillg~bo~J_theclassical double bli~tudy

~tific!}not that I knoyrof~enmentsby CleveBackster lean in that direction.

Backster's experiments has been referred toin several books, such as The Secret Life ofPlants and The Secret Life of Your Cells.Backster is an expert in the use of thePolygraph (aka Lie Detector) which heconnected to a plant to measure osmosis butwas surprised to find the plant showedhuman responses to negative and harmfulthoughts directed at the plant.

The next logical step was to involve humansat some level. Donor cells were placed in asaline solution and connected to thepolygraph. The donor cells registeredemotional responses of the donor at distancesof twelve kilometers, which indicates that weare affected by thoughts a('cellular level atgreat distances. I have discussed setting upan experiment involving shielding withBackster, but time and details need to bework out, so stay tuned.

Besides Backster's works there are manyanecdotal experiences of people connectingtelepathically.Many times a person will cometo mind and shortly after contact in someform takes place. Many have experiencedanxiety about a loved one to find they havebeen hurt or jeopardized at that time. Everyone has probably experienced specificfeelings in the presence of others such asfeeling~d, safe, anxious, tense, excited,fearful, uneasy, etc. And some people are

natural born energy suckers! Some timesyou have had someone you like visit you butcan't wait until he/she leaves, and/orexperience a sudden feeling of calm andrelaxation after the party has left. A shift inenergy has taken place.

AKers are familiar with surrogate balancingwhere a third party is used to interfacebetween the facilitator and the client,sometimes done without physical contactwith the client, and a great distance. Also,facilitators often experience negative feelingseither during or as an after affect of .:performing a balancing. Many ~liif sYiltlm("" , _routinely perform a form of pre and post '-';.:session self cleansing to release any negative"stuff' they might encounter.

In my own experience before I was aware ofthese possibilities, I attended to a teen age girlin an auto accident. Ironically this happenedin front of the TFH Foundation in Pasadenawhen I was taking an Instructor update. Thegirl was seated in front next to the driver. Thewindshield indicated that she has struck itwith her head, but there was no cut. She wasin shock, body rigid, and making funnynoises. I put one hand on the back of herhead and one across her forehead for stressrelease. Within two minutes she was out ofshock, and able to converse with me, andable to move her limbs. I held her head for afew more minutes until the paramedicsarrived. A short while later when classresumed I suddenly experienced minorwhiplash symptoms lasting several days.

Workshop Syndrome

Learning new things creates stress. In aworkshop there is a multitude of little stressemitters crashing about trying to figure out ifthey are getting it right. There is often a callfor help because, "it didn't correct! n I adviseboth persons to reshield and retest, which, inworkshops, usually results in correctionbeing achieved. Under stress we have atendency to lose our shield, just when weneed it most, and we are inadvertentlysurrogating either ourselves or someone else

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in the vicinity. The energies got scrambled.So there are many indicators that the thoughtsof one affect a second party either here orway over there.

What to Do!

Be aware that the inner language of the body(self) is symbolic and the need is ritual. If wehonor this we can achieve results quickly andat a very deep level. J"shield should be thechoice of the owner. Anything appears towork providing that THE INTENT ANDPURPOSE OF THE SHIELD IS ABSOLUTELYCLEAR! Some people are used to workingwith the concept of being in white light, butin my experience, if the intent is not specificshielding doesn't happen. Thevvisualize orthin~f being in white light, period, as if thatis enough. It's not!

Demonstration

This process incorporates the use of anIndicator Muscle (1M). My choice is the triedand true deltoid. Be sure it is strong in theclear, and will show an indicator change,either by asking for an indicator change orasking yes or no while testing.

Then test the 1M as you change your thoughtssilently from positive to negative. If the 1Mtests weak on the negative thought and staysstrong on the positive shielding is not takingplace. Actually, if the indicator test becomeserratic during the process accept that as anintermittent shield and complete theprocess.Intermittent usually is a result of theperson trying to shield but not clear about it.We'll discuss other possibilities later.

After several cycles of the 1M going on andoff, stop and ask the person for theirperceptions. Some people are not aware ofthe differences in the 1M response, so repeatthe process until they do. Or they will raisequestions and doubts about what took place,perhaps with the usual newcomer'saccusation, "You pushed harder!" Once youare both in agreement as to what took place,repeat the process while speaking thepositive/negative thoughts aloud.

Explain that the person appears to bevulnerable to thoughts by others and to

mentally create a protective shield about thebody with the understanding and purpose thatNO HARMFULENERGIESOR THOUGHTSCANENTER, THAT I AM SAFE AND PROTECTEDATALLTIMES!

A shield can be anything of the personschoice, such as, circle of white light, suit ofarmor, God's hands, mother's arms, anycolor, house, call, a warrior's shield, etc.

When this is complete, repeat thepositive/negative tests as before. The 1Mshould stay strong on both.

IF THE 1M STILL UNLOCKS ON THENEGATIVEOR IS STILLERRATIC,HAVETHEPERSON DESCRIBE THE SHIELD AND THEPURPOSE THE PERSON MAY HAVE HADBEENTOO ABSTRACTANDUSEDONLYTHETHOUGHT WITHOUT THE SYMBOL. If so,have the person take corrective steps andrepeat the challenge again.

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Also, sometimes the body needs time toprocess and accept the concept. Ask:

"Is the body processing?"

If "Yes", then ask how much time and ifanything is needed to be done by either ofyou, such as ESR, Life Issue, or Emotionaldefusing, etc.

Other Possibilities of ShieldBreakdown

The person may not feel worthy or deservingof shield. Test the 1M on statements related tothis, such as:"I deserve to shield and protect myself!""I don"t!"I am worthy of shielding myself!"''I'm not!""Is there a life issue we need to clear beforeshielding?""An emotion to be cleared?"

Ask the body what is needed to acceptshielding and respond within your area ofexpertise. Also, ask the person what the feelneeds to be done. Quite often they will giveyou the right answer.

And stay shielded!

For informatIon regardmg· Hyperton-XWorkshops, please contact me at531 Main St. #876, EI Segundo, CA 90245,(310) 322-3425.

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Self Help Cranial Integration Toolsby Mary Louise Muller, M.Ed, RPP, LMT

In this article we are going to discuss some ofthe interfaces between kinesiology and cranialwork. We will also learn simple self-helptechniques to enhance cranial function.

Integrating cranial touches and under-standings with kinesiology can transformyour work. The gentle "five gram" touchempowers practitioners to be present witheach individual client's process. The ability tofeel release pulses and stillpoints givesimmediate feedback and improves theefficiency and effectiveness of the session.Understanding the cranial movement, itssignificance and how to work with it enablesyou to directly work with the core energies ofthe being. Simple self-help exercises can begiven to clients to enhance cranial function,thereby boosting thinking abilities, generalenergy level and overall alertness and bodyfunction.

The cranial rhythm has been called the"primary respiration". It is essential to life. Itis a core energy system without whosefunction we would die. When it is dampenedand distorted, we may experience symptomsvarying from cloudy thinking abilities to amultitude of physical malfunctions.

Cranial Sutures and NeurovascularHolding Points

Learn to tune in and feel what the cranialsystem is doing as you hold neurovascularholding points (NV's). Six of the thirteencranial NV's are located on sutures. Suturesare landmark transition areas of the skullwhere things come together and where thingsalso have the potential to shift. They are likethe geographic cracks of the plates of theearth along which movement can occur. It isbelieved that the sutures can respond to longterm structural distortion by remodelingthemselves through small islands of bonecalled Wormian bones.

For many years, British oriented anatomistsand physiologists taught that the suturesbecome solid and rigid by adolescence. This

belief was challenged in the United States byDeJ arnette of Chiropractic tradi tion andSutherland of Osteopathy who both offeredtheir own teachings based on personalresearch and experience that worked withrealigning the cranial structures.

In the 1970's, Osteopathy decided to eitherverify or negate their own teachings aboutcranial work through scientific methods. Aresearch team headed by Dr. John Upledgerproved that sutures are filled with vital livingtissues. The team also scientifically measuredthe cranial movement of people andmonkeys.

A normal Cranial Rhythmic Impulse (CRI)moves at the rate of 6 to 12 cycles perminute. This corresponds to the filling andemptying of cerebrospinal fluid. It can be feltas an expansion and contraction with handscradling the skull. The touch used to feel theCRI is a non-intrusive 5 grams, about theweight of a nickel. When the sutures areproperly aligned and free to move, the CRI issymmetrical and fluid. When the sutures arejammed or misaligned, there are distortionsand sluggishness in the movement.

As we look at the neurovascular holdingpoints drawn on skulls on page 25 of theTouch for Health book, we note thefollowing NV's are located on sutures.NV #2 is located at the posterior fontanel, thesoft spot in the back of a baby's head. This iswhere the lambdoidal and sagittal suturescome together. The bones that meet here arethe occiput and the two halves of the parietal.NV #3 is slightly higher on the sagittalsuture. It is between the two halves of theparietal.

NV #4 is located at the anterior fontanel, thesoft spot on a baby's head in the front wherethe sagittal and coronal sutures cometogether. The bones that come together hereare the frontal and the two halves of theparietal.

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Nasal

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Cranial Sutures

NV #8 is located on the zygomatic archwhere the temporal bone and zygomatic bonecome together. This is called thetemporozygomatic suture.NV #9 is located on the squamosal suturewhere the parietal and temporal bones cometogether.NV #13 is located on the lambdoidal suture.

As you lightly hold these NV's feel for shiftsand stillpoints as well as pulses. Even whenyou are holding NV's that are not located onsutures, lighten up your touch and feel forstillpoints and shifting of the tissues beneathyour hands. The membranes, connectivetissues and bones move as the body self-corrects and realigns.

Enhancing the Flow with Self-HelpExercises

The CRI undulates throughout the entirebody. In the arms and legs there is a subtleinward and outward rotation. We can usecertain exercises to enhance this inward andoutward movement. Two of my favorites are"Pierre Ha Breath" and "Seated Scissors".

These self-help exercises are commonly usedin Polarity Therapy.

Pierre Ha Breath was developed by PierrePannetier. It is an amazingly simple andpowerful exercise. Stand in a stable positionwith feet slightly apart. First practice makinga deep and effortless "Ha'' sound that comesfrom the belly. It projects through the throatwith a forcefulness that frees the diaphragmmuscle. Now place your arms outstretchedwith palms up. Bring them to cross eachother, alternating ways for the count of three.On the fourth count, let them come out andalso let out a "Ha" . Repeat this 1-2-3-"Ha"cycle over and over. This inward andoutward arm movement enhances thevibrancy of the cranial flow. You may alsoadd coming onto the balls of your feet as youdo the "Ha". This frees the diaphragm reflexin the foot and works with releasing thetendon guard reflex that may have dampenedcranial movement.

Seated Scissors is more quiet and gentle,yet also deeply effective. Sit with your legsreaching out in front of you. Supportyourself with your hands behind or lean

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Pierre Ha BtUIh

against something firm. Allow your feet torotate inward and outward in a steadyrhythm, somewhat like 'windshield wipers'.(This is an alternative name for this exercisewhich children seem to like.) This mimics theinternal and external rotation pattern of thecranial rhythm and it enhances flow. Childrenoften do this naturally while seated on thefloor with legs outstretched. Older childrenand adults often do a variation seated in achair. They cross one leg over the other andthen swing the upper leg. This pumpingmotion enhances the pumping within thecraniosacral system. It helps bring energy tothe brain for integration and clear thinking.

Creating Still points forSelf-Cor rectlon

The cranial rhythm has a way of balancingitself and other body issues by"stillpointing". This means that the rhythmstops for a moment as if to build up pressureand then uses the extra force to balance.When it is done, the movement resumes.Stillpoints do happen naturally. However, wecan also create them.

One way is to use two tennis balls in a sock.Tie the sock so the tennis balls are snuglyresting against each other. Now lie down andplace the two tennis balls at the back of yourhead midway up the skull, about an inchabove the occipital base. One ball is undereach brain hemisphere. Rest your head on theballs. As you do this, they create a natural

barrier to the expansion and the rhythm willeventually stillpoint for self-correction. Thebody will go into and come out of stillpoints.Do this as long as it feels appropriate. This issimilar to a hands-on technique called theCV -4 where the practitioner consciouslycreates a passive barrier to the expansionphase of the CRI in order to initiate asti1lpoint.

Another technique, I call "Healing Hugs".This can be done anywhere on the body.Gently cradle two arms, two feet, twoshoulders, two sides of the hips or somesimilar option. As you rest your hands, bringthem closer together until you feel the leastresistance. Stay there and wait and once againfollow in when you feel a slacking ofresistance. Continue this gentle hug until youno longer sense it being able to followinward. Wait. Things may be quiet for sometime. When you feel the body symmetricallypushing you out as if it wants to expand outof the hug. Then expand with it. This is allwith a very light, gentle touch.

Freeing the Sacrum

Another issue related to craniosacral functionthat we often work with in kinesiology is therelationship of the sacrum to the two hipbones. When peoples' backs hurt, the sacrumis often seated improperly. In a typical Touchfor Health balance, this may shift back intoplace when we restore balanced musclefunction.

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The Sacral Rock is a self-help way to freeup the sacrum. This exercise is in Paul andGail Dennison's Brain Gym book and FrankMahony's Hyperton-X. Sit on the floor withyour legs bent at the knees and your feetresting flat. Your hands rest behind your hipsso your arms help to support you. Begin togently rock. Feel for movements that may bestiff and gently work into them. Do smallcircles and figure eights. Breathe and relax.

As practitioners, we can assist the sacrum innatural self correction by helping to createspace through a process called "gapping".Lightness of the touch, sensitivity and pacingallow for self initiated shifting.

Have the client lie on their back. Place onehand cupped under the sacrum. With theother hand, find the two ASIS's (the knobbypoints as the hip crest comes down in frontinto the pelvic area). Place your elbow on oneASIS and your fingertips on the other. Overtime you will develop sensitivity andexpertise at doing this effectively. Verygently use the fingertips and elbow to bringthe ASIS's closer to each other. This is a fivegram touch. Wait until you feel the sacrumbegin to move in your bottom hand. Follow itwherever it goes. Continue until it stopsmoving and feels settled.

There is a self help option to this where youlie on your back, cradle your two ASIS's andvery gently push them toward edge other.

Conclusion

These are simple ways to help improvecraniosacral function. I hope you find them

helpful. The references below will give youfurther information. If you have anyquestions, feel free to contact me. MaryLouise Muller, 39582 Via Temprano,Murrieta, CA 92563, (714) 677-0652.

Illustrations of exercises by Mark Allisonfrom Energy Exercises, courtesy of PolarityPress.

References

1. Chitty, John and Muller, Mary Louise,Energy Exercises, Polarity Press,Boulder, CO, 1990

2. Dennison, Paul and Gail, Brain Gym,Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc, Glendale, CA,1986

3. Dennison, Paul and Gail, Brain GymTeachers Edition, Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc,Glendale, CA, 1989.

4. Mahony, Frank, Hyperton-X, TotalBody/Mind Integration, EI Segundo, CA,1988

5. Muller,Mary Louise, CranialIntegration-You have a Fine Head On YourShoulders, Pacific Distributing, Murrieta,CA,I992

6. Sills, Franklyn, The Polarity Process,Element Books Limited, Longmead,Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, 1989

7. Stone, Randolph, Polarity Therapy I andII, CRCS Publications, Sebastopol, CA,1986

8. Thie, John F., Touch for Health,T.H.Enterprises, Pasadena, CA, 1987.

9. Upledger, John E. and Vredevoogd, Jon,Craniosacral Therapy, Eastland Press,Seattle, WA, 1983

10. Upledger, John E., Craniosacral Ther-apy 1/, Beyond the Dura, EastlandPress, Seattle, WA, 1987

11. Upledger, John E., SomatoEmotionalRelease, Upledger Institute, West PalmBeach, FL, 1990

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Emotional Integration ™(Including Summary of Emotional Integration, Part 1, TFH Journal 1990)

by Paula Oleska, MA

Emotions can be viewed as a language of thebody. It is the original language that we allused as infants to communicate with theworld. The sounds and movements of joy,fear, anger, sadness, pleasure or frustrationwere signals by which we expressed howwell our needs were being met. From thatpoint of view then, no emotions are negative- they are only expressions of needs orfulfillment of needs.

As we developed more verbal skills, thatprimal language received more and moredisapproval to the point where it isconsidered "immature" for adults to expressany emotions directly, positive or negative.And yet as we look at the 5 Elements chart inTFH, we can see immediately that all of thebasic emotions are necessary for life.

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'OMP~SIOrJGI1'(GIN6-

They are all an emanation of the life forceflowing through all meridians and organs.They require acceptance and at least aminimum of expression to stay in balance.Someone who cannot shout is just asimpaired as someone who cannot laugh.

It is also evident from the chart that blockinganyone emotion will diminish the energy ofthe whole cycle, while expressing all of themwill always eventually lead to joy.

It is beneficial to do a 5 Element balanceusing ESR points or Cook's posture or both,

for the goal "I accept and express all of myemotions." While doing the exercise, go overthe emotional cycle, recalling experienceswhen the expression was blocked. Giveyourself permission to express each of theemotions.

This process, described in TFH Journal '90is an essential first step in Healing Your InnerChild™ process. In this paper we will furtherexplore the concept of the Inner Child and theimportance of Emotional Integration TM.

When we examine the traditional view of thebrain functions, we can see that a child reliesprimarily on the right/back/bottom brain(which we will call Right brain forconvenience).

LEFT

thinking

verbal language

RIGHT

feeling

non-verbalcommunication,movement,touch, sound

big picture

space

diffuse vision

intuition

simultaneous

details

timefocused vision

logic

sequential

conscious control reflex

abstract concrete

The non-verbal language described before,for example, is a Right brain function.

Verbal language integrates later, atapproximately 1-2 years. Child's initialcapacity is for feeling. Thinking integrates at3-6 years. (ref. 1) Initial thinking, however,is concrete. Abstract, logical thinking oftendoes not become fully integrated until mid-to-

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late teens. A sense of time is non-existent in achild - it is either now or never (that is whychildren want immediate gratification). Mostof us can recall how difficult it was to explain"next year" to a child. Children, however,have a great sense of space as evidenced bytheir games and drawings. It can be said,therefore, that the Inner Child is the Rightbrain.

We are born with the structure in place forboth brain hemispheres, but the function ofthe Left brain develops later. The Right brain,then, contains our primal identity andindividuality.

In the early years of life, the model for thesubsequent development of Left brain skillsis provided by the surrounding adults:parents, teachers, other family members.They serve as a sort of surrogate Left brain,with their verbal skills and intellectualunderstanding, necessary for the properguidance and eventual integration of bothhemispheres. The imprints those people makein the brain are called "introjects."

Most of those people, unfortunately, have noacceptance for the Right brain behavior.Thence all the "don't cry", "don't shout","don't run", "don't ask stupid questions","don't be a nuisance" injunctions imbeddedin our brains. According to research, by thetime we are 18 we have heard 148,000negative commands and only a handful ofpositive ones. (ref. 2)

These introjects occupy so much space in ourthinking and so distort our consciousperception that it can be said that our Leftbrain really does not belong to us.

And what has happened to the Right brain inthe face of this constant disapproval?

1) It learned to pretend it was a Left brain.Children who went that way became veryrational and verbal, trying to be like adults.

2) It went into fear and confusion. This couldmanifest a range of behavior from spacingout to severe learning problems.

3) It rebelled. This could produce behaviorranging from aggression to addictions. These

defensive postures against the Left brain soaffected our behavior and self image that itcan be said that the Right brain is not ourseither. We lost our originality and creativity,putting ourselves down on the one hand anddefending ourselves on the other one. This isthe reason why there are so many peopleunsure of who they are and what they want todo in life. Emotional IntegrationTM involvesliberating oneself both from the disapprovingintrojects and from the defensive behaviors,to reclaim one's true creative potential.

Reclaiming Your Brain

It is a well known fact that learning andmemorization are tied to emotional states.Themore intense the state, the deeper thelearning. A concept of "state-bound learning"explains that if we learned specificinformation in a specific state we may need togo to that state in order to recall it. Forexample, if someone learned math in a stateof panic, they may need to get into the panicagain to be able to do math. Similarly, theintrojects were internalized in specificemotional states and those states will need tobe re-experienced to let go of thosemessages. TFH and other forms of balancingare in a unique position to facilitate releasefrom the body of both the introjects and thedefensive postures. The process could begreatly enhanced by including more directemotional expression.

Messages were absorbed at various levels ofintensity, so some of them can be releasedeasily. The deepest beliefs about ourselves,however, are held in place by very intenseemotions and can only be released by re-experiencing these states and the originaltrauma.

Emotional IntegrationTM includes this type ofrelease. When an emotion comes up with acorrection, a client/student is encouraged toexpress the sounds or words that emotionbrings up, following with a movement orposture that seems appropriate at the moment.Complete experiences can be recalled andreleased this way, adding great depth to thebalancing process, and accelerating thehealing.

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In one example, a man complaining of arecurrent headache started to experience angerduring the correction of lazy 8. Followingthat with words and sound in a specific visualfield, he recalled a forgotten incident when asa child he tumbled down the stairs and hit hishead, experiencing an emotional state thatwas parallel to that surrounding his currentheadache. The headache subsequentlydisappeared. In another example, a womanwho has had no memories of her childhoodbefore the age of 7, was able to recall (in thatway) an incident at age 3, when her motherwas shaking her violently, yelling hatefulwords. It helped the client validate her ownfeelings and understand her childhood better.There are many other examples that can begiven of how Emotional IntegrationTMhelped clients release and heal deeply buriedincidents that otherwise would have remainedin the subconscious, constantly feedingdestructive or baffling behavior patterns.

Emotional Integration TM is not a one shotdeal. The programming happened over many

years from different sources and it will taketime to "get it out of the system". While eachsession brings measurable improvements,clients are encouraged to pursue the processfor one to two years. The above examples arejust single experiences in those clients' longterm process. All my clients who choose togo that way got better results. Longer periodsof time allow us to develop a rapport that inturn encourages work on deeper levels.While miracles are nice to have once in awhile, there is no substitute for a process. Iwould encourage you to include the processof Emotional Integration TM in your practice.

References

1. Clarke, Jean I., Self Esteem: A FamilyAffairs, Winston Press, 1978.

2. Helmstetter, Shad What To Say WhenYou Talk To Yourself. Pocket Books,1982.

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Appropriate Muscle Checking

by Sharon Promislow

The one common denominator to all ourApplied Kinesiology disciplines is thenecessity to clearly and simply teach andpractise effective muscle checking. Whetherwe are directly testing the integrity of aspecific muscle in Touch for Health, orsimply getting a read-out of a brain stressresponse to a particular activity, goal orsubstance, it is important to have a simpleand universal understanding of the process.

Over the years the languaging of energybalance has included "Switched on vs.Switched off" "Strong vs. weak", "HighGear vs Low gear" "Locked vs.unlocked" ,etc. The terminology for energyimbalances has been equally awash withjargon: blocked, overenergy, underenergy,overfacilitated/underfacilitated, switched,stuck high gear, stuck low gear etc. Whatdoes it all mean, and how can we teachpeople to easily identify and work with theseenergy responses?

I propose a simple concept:A MUSCLE CHECK IS EITHERAPPROPRIATE OR INAPPROPRIATE.

The definition of an appropriate muscleresponse is:

A "switched on" muscle that is capable ofshowing an indicator change: showing thereis still an instantaneous, clear "appropriate"communication between that muscle and thebrain.

There are two easy physical ways tocheck for this:1. Zipping up/down the central meridian2. Tonifying or Sedating the belly of the

muscle in question using the spindle celltechnique.

There are verbal cues to show if thatclear communication is in place and themuscle can quickly respond:1. "Show me an indicator change"2. "Show me a yes: Show me a no." (or

"positive" and "negative" )

3. "Your name is (Real name) Your name is(incorrectname) "

So a muscle test is APPROPRIATELYswitched on or "high gear" when a strongmuscle check can instantly switch off to:1. Zipping down of the central meridian,or2. Sedating (pinching the spindle cells in the

belly of the muscle), or3. "Show me a No", "Your name is

(incorrect name)", or some other verbalrequest for a falling away of the muscle.

When a "low gear", falling away coding isexpected for one-sided brain bodyprocessing, a muscle test isAPPROPRIATELY switched off or "lowgear" when a switched off muscle willinstantly switch back on to:1. Zipping up the central meridian, or2. Tonifying ( pushing apart the spindle

cells in the belly of) the muscle, or3. "Show me a yes", or "Your name is

correct name " or some other verbalrequest for a switched on or high gearresponse.

An inappropriate check that holds strong andcan't fall away is blocked or stuck high gear,etc.

An inappropriate check that falls away andcannot be switched back on is in overload orstuck low gear, etc.

A rule of thumb for effective musclechecking isNEVER TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER.

Always zip it down or see if you can get anindicator change. Only then do you know thatyou have gotten a precise and appropriatereadout of the effect of the stressor issue orsubstance on that person's system.

© 1992 Sharon Promislow and Enhanced Learning &Integration, 3584 Rockview Place, West VancouverB.C. V7V 3H3. Canada. (604) 922-8811

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How to Find Priority Issueby Sharon Promislow

Sometimes we have trouble getting specificabout the issue we need to deal with. Thefollowing gives us a format for working withclients to identify their priority issues.

1. If the person's system demandsconscious knowledge of a specific goaland if you have an idea of what it mightbe, state it and ask the body:"This is the priority issue." (Push)"Is there any better at this time?" (Push)If your instinct has proven correct andyou have identified the issue, proceeddirectly to #3.

2. If this in not the issue, ask:"The priority issue is in the area of:"o WORK RELATEDo PERSONAL LIFEo Parent-(O Mother 0 Father)OSpouse OChildren OBrother OSisterOAunt/Uncle, etc.ORELATIONSllP(0 Male or 0 Female)

o SELF TO OTHERo OTHER TO SELFo SELFo PERFORMANCEo Learning 0 Physical 0 Sensoryo Goal setting 0 Organizationo Procrastinationo SELF ESTEEMo WEIGHT LOSSo PHYSICAL WELL-BEING -

SERIOUS ILLNESSo HABIT CHANGEo FINANCIAL

o SPIRITUAL

o Social Readjustment Rating Scale(If yes, determine priority area)(See Success Over Distress byWayne Topping)

o Burnout Issues(If yes, determine priority area.See above)

o Health, nutrition, or exerciseo Use your intuition

3. When you have determined issue ask:

"Do we have to be more specific."(push)"

Anything to be added or changed."(push)

When body is satisfied with priorityissue, correct using your preferredmethods.

THE PRIORITY ISSUE IS:

ROLE PLA Y ISSUE to involvekinesiological response:

Actionl: _

Action2: _

© 1992 Sharon Promislow and Enhanced Learning &Integration, 3584 Rockview Place, West VancouverB.C. V7V 3H3. Canada_,_(604)922-8811

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Pro/Con Issue Defusion

by Sharon Promislow

The brilliance of kinetic work is neverbrighter than in its ability to assist the client inidentifying the priority stressors underlyinghis/her body and brain imbalances.Correction literally flows from newunderstanding.

This Pro/Con issue defusion was inspired bythe work of Dr. Wayne Topping and is mademore profound with techniques drawn fromOne Brain. It is a superbly insightful andeasy way to approach any stressful andpuzzling relationship, goal or issue the clientmay present. It is particulary useful forbreaking down into segments an issue that inits totality causes overwhelm for the client.

A. Analyze Issue in Depth

1. On the top of a sheet of paper write downthe affirmation , statement, goal or issue.Create two columns - Pro and Con.

2. On the left side of the sheet, have theclient write down all the pros-everythinggood that will come if it were to beactualized. Everything, no matter howsilly.

3. On the right side to the sheet, have theclient write down all the cons-vall thenegative things it would cause in yourlife, fears, etc. Again, everything, nomatter how silly. Muscle check that allnecessary pros and cons have beenidentified. If not, determine how manyare missing, and assist the client indetermining what they are. This is, inmany cases, the most insightful part ofthis defusion.

B. Defuse Stress with Muscle Testing

4. Muscle test to determine which pros andcons are stressful.Determine the precentage of NegativeEmotional Charge on stressful issues:more than 60%, more than 70%, etc.,until arm falls .... more than 65, 66, 67%,etc. until arm falls.

5. Muscle test for the priority stressor ( is ismost often a pro!)Determine the priority emotion using FiveElement emotions, the BehavioralBarometer or Barton's organ emotions. Ifa pro, determine percentage of positiveemotional charge.

6. Ask permission to age recess to age ofcause or best understanding if youpossess these skills. Determine that age.

7. Defuse this issue at that age with apriority correction offered from yourpersonal knowledge. Usually frontaloccipital holding is sufficient.

8. After defusion retest indicator muscles onissue. If strong, determine that theemotion is now clear and issue is 0%negative emotional charge, at age of causeand in present time. (If you wish use,other One Brain skills (infusion, futureprogression etc.,) to support yourbalance.)

9. Proceed to retest all the other formerlystressful statements. Most if not all willhave been defused by the prioritydefusion. If any remain, determine nextpriority issue - Pro or Con- and repeatsteps 5 through 9 for defusion. Retestuntil all pros and cons are 0% negativeemotional charge with no emotion lockedin.

10. Muscle test main issue. It should bestress free, 0% negative emotionalcharge and 100 % positive emotionalcharge. Defuse if necessary to achievethis.

11. Confirm 100% willing to get the benefitof this balance. Defuse if necessary.

12. Determine if there is any homeplaynecessary to support the new integration.

© 1992 Sharon Promislow and Enhanced Learning &Integration, 3584 Rockview Place, West VancouverB.C. V7V 3H3. Canada. (604) 922-8811

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How To Fix Anything/Everythingby Jim Reid, D.Min.

Necessity was the mother of invention wherethis correction is concerned. Two weeksbefore Christmas a friend of mine had oralsurgery on a Friday morning. That eveningshe was in a world of hurt. Her oral surgeonhad given her no medication and had lefttown. Her dentist was unavailable. Shecalled me in tears and asked if I could doanything to alleviate her pain. I told her tocome over. In twenty minutes she got off thetable without any pain, and went to the mallshopping with her friend that had driven herto my house.

The process I used with her I have repeatedmany times on a variety of complaints thatone might think cannot be affected by theTouch For Health Synthesis with incredibleresults. Here is the process.

1. Identify the emotion involved and defuseusing F/O holding.

2. Ask, "Is there something that I know thatcan facilitate relief of your complaint?"

3. How many corrections will it take tofacilitate relief? Muscle test to see howmany are necessary.

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4. Say, "Be the first correction on the right,"and test indicator, "on the left," testindicator.

5. Ask," What meridian are you on?" UseFive Element chart to identify meridian.

6. Ask, "Should I use neuro-lymphatics,neuro-vasculars, or meridians to makethis correction?"

7. Make an extended correction. Rubneuro-Iymphatics twice as long as younormally would. Hold neuro-vascularstwice as long as you normally would.Ask how many times to run the meridian.Ten, twenty or thirty times is notunusual.

8. Retest indicator for the first correction onthe right and the left. Now the 1M islocked.

9. Proceed through all corrections the sameway.

10. Drain negative energy from the session.

When you do this process, expect miracles,because you will see them again and again.

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Positive Kinesiology Practice Building Skills

by Kerryn Rowe, Dip.App.Med.Sci.

Why do we want to be KinesiologyPractitioners?

Do we want to help people to helpthemselves? Do we want to help people tohelp ourselves? Or are we just helpingourselves to people ??

We all have different motivations for workingas Practitioners, some community minded,some personal and some global. The burningquestion really is: " How do I create asuccessful business as a KinesiologyPractitioner?" What is the essence or thedifference that makes a difference between a"successful" person, and a "non - successfulperson ?"

In my paper I presented at the TFHConference 1991, I mentioned that manystudies have been done to find the " magic"and it all came down to YOU!! You are theintention, the will, the determination, you arethe energy. You are your business and whatyou put into it , is what you shall get out ofit. Look at your intention behind the decisionto be a practitioner. Does it line up with yourheart and spirit?

What we work with in Kinesiology is theenergy of the heart and spirit. A large part ofyour success in the business is understandingyourself. We can access such deep changes inpeople with whom we work, but are wewilling to keep making those changesourselves in our lives, or do we think wenow know everything? While we havestudied Kinesiology, we have experiencedmany corrections and many insights, someprofound, that have affected us enormously.Through these insights many of us have hadto adjust our lives in order to continue withour commitment to become Practitioners.

As Practitioners we sometimes take forgranted the power and effect of the work wedo. We need to keep in touch with ourselvesthrough the work, and have regular sessions.As well, we remember the preciousness and

vulnerabilities of our clients when weexperience the client role.

Having completed enough training to begin abusiness, we feel our goal has been reached.The action is to now open a business. Wehave the table, the room and all the bits andwe are ready to begin. It is time to re-assessour GOAL. Is it still congruent? Has itchanged? Have you compromised yourself,or have you achieved a greater expectation?GET SPECIFIC!! Be clear about youroutcome. The next step is to set up youroutcome procedure for you and yourbusiness.

Process: Specific Personal andProfessional Outcome ProcedureHandout

The Business begins as You, Your energy,Your intention, Your generation. As it builds,it becomes a separate entity. It begins tomove with its own momentum, and Youbegin to work ON the Business instead of INIT. What does it now enable you to do? TheBusiness becomes an asset. The Businesshas value. Once you have achieved yourinitial goal, it is time to step up to the nextchunk and create greater momentum, forgreater challenges and greater successes.CLIENTS.

Clients create our baseline. Clients are not thesum total of a successful Practice. (read:expertise) Clients are the baseline. To achieveour specific outcome as a Practitioner weneed clients. How do we "GET" clients? Analmost unquantifiable question. There aremany ways of generating clients, throughfree lectures, brochures, advertising etc. Thestability of the practice depends upon enoughclientele. Kinesiology itself is unquantifiablewhen people ask you "What do you do?"

Many people will come out of curiosity, lastchance fix its, pain, trauma or for personaldevelopment. The diversity of the work isboundless. However what is the key to astable clientele? Will they come back, and

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will they refer? Referrals are about TIlE mainsource of regular clients. Why do peoplerefer? They have experienced something ofvalue and have shared that experience with afriend, acquaintance or a loved one. It isimportant to acknowledge the client who hasreferred, and to find out what works forthem. Clarify the expectations of your newclient specifically about why they came, andexplain again how you work to avoidmisunderstanding. Kinesiology can be veryeasily misrepresented.

Personally I feel success does not dependupon the amount of people you see, but theeffectiveness and commitment you have witheach person individually. The commitment ofyour 100% attention and intention reaps itsown rewards. " Where the attention goes, theenergy flows". Be congruent with yourselfand your clients. When a person feelsunderstood most of the stress is dissipated.Understand your clients needs and meetthem. Effective communication and listeningskills are essential. Using the tools of HumanPhysiography and Language Patterning weneed to be able to identify the subconsciousstresses, and communicate within theirreality. This may be the first time in theirlives that they have felt truly understood.Listen to what they are not saying?

Establishing rapport in the first session canbe critical to the success of any subsequentsessions.

You don't get a second chance to make agood first impression.

Process: Language Patterning Exer-cise and Handouts, Key Physic-graphics Exercise and Handouts

The WeUness Model:

Last year at the Annual IASK Conference Idelivered a paper on Refr aming forEnhancement. A different philosophicalapproach in the sickness / wellness paradigm.The Wellness model is just that. Throughuseful communication with our clients we canreframe their intention for coming to see us.Most often we are sought out to alleviate painand suffering and so, we are neurologicallyimplanted into the clients subconscious as

part of the pain process. Many clients exhibitsimilar symptoms week after week eventhough we have done a GREAT SESSION,and they left feeling wonderful. The nextappointment fires off the sickness anchorsand some or all of the symptoms recur.

Often practitioners have hidden agendas tokeep people coming for financial security.The fear is, "If they get well they won't comeback." On the other hand some practitionersfeel rest assured that, "There are a lot of sickpeople out there to keep me in business."

Reframe your clients' reason for coming toKinesiology. Become a positive anchor fortheir wellness and your own. The projectionof negative energy in the office is not goodfor you. Work towards a goal they couldachieve without the current pain orsymptoms. Instead of defusing stress, worktowards wellness behavior beyond theproblem. Believe me, the same issues comeup, however in a Positive context with aPositive purpose. The sessions no longerfocus on the negative but create a positive,which the Conscious Can Understand.

(Note: See 1991 IASK Paper for reframingprocess.)

Enhancement

And yet again, beyond the reframe we haveEnhancement. The balance we do when thegoal has been defused. There is no more painand suffering. But is there enoughunderstanding and feedback about how wecan sustain this state in ourselves. Is theclient fully empowered? Now is the time forFuture Balancing with Enhancement. In thisworkshop I will address the needs of thePractitioners in the process.

Process: Enhancement Finger Modewith Future Balance Handout.

Goal Statement: "I want all my clientsto get well."

Enhancement Statement: "I will becreating positive health for asmany people as I can."

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Clients now become free to CHOOSE tocome and see you for a session. A Practicebased on POSITIVE KINESIOLOGYworks. The client understands Kinesiologyas part of the progressive aspect of life. Theyare free of the stress that they need to be"sick" to come and have a session. You arebuilding a business on referrals where yousee the people who are in need of healing onsome level, as well as the clients who nowchoose to see you for enhancement, and useKinesiology to maintain their wellness. Ongoing generation of business from a positiveperspective. There is a real feeling of clientand practitioner working together, rather than"us" working on "their" problem.

The reframe of using Kinesiology to clearany obstacles to get to a better place takes thefocus off the obstacle. This is a change in the

paradigm of your thinking, your intentionand energy. It is up to you to actualize thisphilosophy. I hope the Enhancement Processwill prove to be a great tool to your practice.(read: expertise) Balancing for changinggoals, and the Enhancement beyond the goaltowards the future. Positive Kinesiologymeans feeling great and being congruent withPhysical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritualwealth and health, both for the Practitionerand client.

Specific Outcomes, Effective Com-munication, Reframing and Enhance-ment are integral in creating the WellnessModel that is the difference that makes adifference in successful KinesiologyExpertise. (read: Practice)

What is Kinesiology? Handout.

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Test for Hormone Imbalanceby S.J. Schultz, DC

I. When and how to test for hormoneimbalance.

A. When to test for imbalance.1. Each time the season changes.2. A week before the full moon or the

menstrual cycle.3. If you are having mood swings or

unstable emotions.4. When the world is wrong and you are

right.

B. How to test for any imbalances usingany strong indicator muscle.

1. Patient puts one hand on the foreheadso testor can test against the pituitary.Then, either one touches the otherpoints for testing.

2. Test each gland listed below for overand under functional energy (use thealarm point to test for over). If anygland tests weak, do all thecorrecrtions.

IT.What to test against pituitary.A. Pineal - Emotion: Unsettled, want to

move or leave, migratory feeling,seems to have cycles of 3/6/9/12.Circuit localizing point (CLP): baby'ssoft spot on top of the head.

B. Pituitary - Emotion: Can't focus, feelabandoned, uncaring, self-destructive,suicidal, "so what".CLP: forehead, (can test this alone aswell as against the others).

C. Thyroid - Emotion: Cry easily,discouraged, depressed.CLP: lower throat.

D. Liver (regulates estrogen &progesterone) - Emotion: Anger,rage, "work-a-holic"CLP: lower right ribcage.

E. Pancreas/Spleen - Emotion:Compulsive eatingCLP: lower left ribcage.

F. Kidney - Emotion: Fear, withdrawal,"leave me alone".CLP: Over each kidney on patient'sback.

ITI.Corrections for horomone imbalance.A. Achilles' heel: With two fmgers of each

hand, firmly hold the Adhilles' heel.Breathe in. Counting to seven so it willwork faster.

B. Liver points: Tap the point (threefingers below the knee and just to theinside of the leg) with the knuckle,gently 30 times.

C. Head Pull: Overlap both hands inhollow at base of skull(nape). Pullforward and upward gently as youcount to 3. Count to 3 again as yourelease. Do 4 times.

D. Pituitary pump: Place heel of hand onforehead of patient and whole hand onthe nape of the neck. Firmly squeeze aspatient breathes in deeply, and releaseas patient breathes out. Repeat 3 times.

E. Foot reflexology point; massage the bigtoe.

F. Recheck any gland that showedweakness. You can also rub any weakpoints, except the lympatics on thechest of a nursing mother, unless youintentionally want to dry up her milk.

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IV. Nutritional Corrections:

OVER UNDERPineal digestive aid with hypoyhalamic

pepsin & chloride concentratePituitary ma_gnesium vitamin B6 I

Thyroid chromium or GTF thyroid glandular I

with ke!pLiver B vitamins vitamin APancreas pancreatrophin GTFKidney protein enzymes protein enzymes

S. J. Schultz. Chiropractic PhysicianSpecializing in Injuries and Proper Diet

4200 N. Cloverleaf. Ste K.Sl Peters. MO 63376

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The Drama-Triangle and Kinesiologyby Rosmarie E. Sonderegger Studer

Purpose

As a Kinesiologist, each one of us workswith people that come to use, be it to groupsor private sessions, with courage and trust.Therefore, it is important for use, to knowhow we interact with people and what ourreflex patterns are in communication whenwe are under stress. One way to deal withthis, is to look at the DRAMA-TRIANGLE.

This presentation helps to reveal these maybeunknown patterns and show ways to dealwith them in a responsible way.

Introduction

InKinesiology we state that a human being isSTRUCTURAL, CHEMICAL, and EMOTIONAL.

In TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS the triangle isused to explain human relationship patternsunder stress. Stephen Karpman, atransactionalist, has designed a diagram, atriangle, that shows the "games" (trickytransactions) we all play at times.

Rescuer Prosecutor

VictimThe Roles

The Prosecutor: The prosecutor is hard onthe other person, puts down, devaluates, givethe impression of looking down on them andthat, of course, they cannot measure up tohim/her.Consequence: The others are not okay =Discount.

The Rescuer: Devaluates the other person,understanding that he/she is slightly "above"and from this position he/she offers help ...because the "poor people" are unable to helpthemselves.Consequence: The others are not okay =Discount

The Victim: Also for this person,somebody is inferior and not okay - he/shehim/herself.Consequence: Discount of self.Sometimes the victims are "hunting" for aprosecutor that puts them down, or arelooking for a rescuer for help because theybelieve that they need help. They confirm: Iam unable to make it by myself.

VVhereas prosecutor and rescuerdiscount others, the victim discountshim/herself.

All the three roles ar part of a "game". Peopleparticipating react to past experiences (oftenas far back as childhood) and lack thepresence of HERE and NOW.

Balance

With Kinesiology, a DRAMA can become aCOMEDY!

1. Switching, PACE, etc.2. Permission to address this issue.3. My "favorite" role in general?

in specific circumstances?4. A situation, a person?5. % Stress - my role

- my co-players' role6. What advantages/disadvantages do I have

in this game? - Be specific.7. "I am willing to release the need for this

role", M-test"I allow my co-player to give up hisrole", M-test

8. How will I be different, then?- Be specific

9. Balance

This balance is not only important forKinesiologists or people working in a helpingprofession, very often a client who does notfeel any changes, is repeating the DRAMA-pattern over and over, and has a chance forchange with the DRAMA-TRIANGLE.

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Developmental KinesiolgyKinesiological integration of early childhood reflexes

by Angelika Stiller and Renate Wennekes

The baby is born with reflexes and reactions.They belong to his "first equipment". Theyare planned in our genetic code and proceedin a special order. The normal development isdependent on the building up and impairingof reflexes. The special stages of the reflexactivities helps the medical doctor torecognize the degree of ripeness of the brain.

The reflexes are dominated by subcorticalcores. In getting older most of the reflexesare impaired, and higher parts of the braintake over. Others especially the ones whichinfluence the vestibular system stay or ariseand help us during our whole life.

During therapy the main interest in reflexes iswhether they are impaired or not. In ourwork we are more interested in the living ofthe reflexes and reactions.

Why do they exist?

And what are our possibilities in kinesiologyto integrate the early childhood reflexes?

The healthy child does not come completelypassive and helpless to this world. It isprovided with abilities that help it to survive,such as breathing and the beating of the heart.In addition to this it has the sense organs andreflexes that support the baby in its growth.These abilities that the child has when it isborn, can only unfold in a supportingenvironment, because the development of thechild proceeds "reactively". Besides feeding,it needs warmth, body contact, a smile, loveand stimulation (see ref. 3, p 45-46)

It is like a bunch of flowers. We get a littlepresent: the flowers can only unfold theirbeauty, when we know how to handle them,and they have a beauty completelyindependent of us. The baby needs providingand has abilities to "convince" the adult to bebusy with its needs so that it gets enoughstimulation for the development of thenervous system. The baby is not completelyhelpless. It is competent.

We think that the child makes specialexperiences with each reflex. They are mainlyconnected with the senses: the child is all ear,all eye, all movement. Each reflex procureskinesthetic, tactile, and vestibular experiencesfor the child. Again and again the child isgoverned by automatic movement patterns.Again and again it has sensory experiencesthat help it to learn how the body feels indoing special movements, how heavy thehead is, how the relation is between thevarious parts of the body, etc.

The development of the child underliescomplex cycles, and the reflexes are a veryimportant part of it.

We can't miss them in our development:

• They give us a feeling of the movementand prepare for complex movements.

• They help us in the development of thesense organs and help us to survive(e.g., suck reflex).

• They serve the development of the brainwith its complex connections.

We conclude that it is very important toalive the reflexes, to integrate and sometimesimpair them. Only when they are free fromcharges and compensation, we can reach andfeel competence as adults.

What does this mean?

"Living" means that the child experiences thereflex on the level of the senses and themovement during the stage where nature hasplanned it.

"Integration" means, that these experiencesleft marks in the brain and that they wereconnected to other experiences.

"Impaired" means that higher developed partsof the brain can stop the reflex activity and

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therefore the voluntary movement candevelop.

"Charges" can emerge when one or several ofthose aspects are disturbed in their sequence.

"Compensation"is a reaction of the body, tomake up for deficiency in order to reach thenext developmental stage.

"Competence" means that the integration ofthe reflex frees you for self-determinateaction.

What happens, if you don't have thisexperience?

What happens, when we learn onlyinsufficiently to impair special reflexreactions?

What happens, when we got dependenton old reflex patterns under stress?

Here are two examples:

As adults we often have problems withgrasping and letting go, in the literal andtransferred meaning. We suppose that thishas something to do with the grasping reflexthat is lived insufficiently during childhoodand therefore often poorly integrated andcompensated.

Children who have problems with readingand writing often have difficulty in crossingthe midline. This can have a connection to theinsufficient impaired ATNR

Kineseiolgy gives us the opportunity to helpthe body to integrate the reflexes even afterthe early childhood development. We use the14 TFH-muscles as indicator for the effectsof a non-integrated reflex on the body.

Procedure:

1. 14 muscle balance.

2. Activating of the reflex by a movementsimilar to the early childhood reflex.

3. Test of the 14 TFH- muscles.

4. Stress test on "living", "integrated","impaired", "charges", compensation",and "competence".

5. Balance- Touch for Health- The reflex movement- The senses that belong to the reflex- Hand modes- Other systems.

6. Re-test the weak TFH-muscles, thewords, the movement of the reflex, andthe initial problem.

The ideas that we have presented in this paperare part of our kinesiological work for earlychildhood development. We feel that humandevelopment is a process for the whole life. Itstarted in early childhood and gets moreliveliness when we respect these experiences.

References

1. Ayres,. A. Jean, Sensory Integration ofthe Child, WPS, 12031 WilshireBoulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1989.

2. Flehming, Inge, Normale Entwicklungdes Sduglings und ihre Abweichungen,Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1987

3 Vieira, Alice, Understanding the Originsof Sabotage Programs and Pain of LifeBehaviors through the DevelopmentalStages of Man, Touch for HealthInternational Jouranl, 1991, pages 43 -46.

4. Zimmer, Katharina, Das wichtigste Jahr,Kosel Verlag, 1991.

5. Zukuft-Huger, Barbara, Die ungestorteEntwicklung des Sduglings, Thias:Thieme, Hippokrates, Enke)

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Using Flow Line Massage to Determinethe Relevant Acupressure Points

by Wayne W. Topping, Ph.D., LMT

Abstract: Flow Line Massage is one of several techniques we have used inBiokinesiology in our multi-faceted, wholistic approach to restoring balance to thebody. A specific application of flow line massage provides us with a fast way todetermine which of several acupressure points is most useful to balance the body.To illustrate this, we'll consider acupressure points to (i) reduce cigarettewithdrawal symptoms, (ii) balance the eight extra meridians, (iii) determine whethertoxicity is priority, and (iv) help balance local problems.

Introduction

One of John Barton's first books, FlowLines to Health, published in 1977 (nowtitled Take Care of Yourselves Naturally -ref. 2), described how any kinetic tissue inthe bodymuscle, tendon, ligament, fascia, oraponeurosis. can be switched on bymassaging firmly along the tissue from itsorigins to its insertion. Massage of foot andhand reflexes, for example, is toward toesand fingers.

It was also discovered that kinetic tissues andacupressure points can be switched ontemporarily by use of light pressure. Thelight brushing is in the origin-insertiondirection on the head, torso, and toward thefingers and toes on the palm and bottom ofthe foot.

However, all brushing of skin on the top ofthe foot and back of the hand, plus the skinon the arms and legs, is toward the shouldersand hips respectively. Light brushing in thisdirection switches on the tissue, dorsal handor foot reflex, or acupressure pointtemporarily. Tapping the same reflex orbrushing lightly in the opposite directionrecreates the imbalance or restores it to itsprevious condition.

Applications

There are unlimited applications for thisprocedure. Four will be described here to getyour creative juices flowing.

A) Acupressure Points for Reductionof Cigarette WithdrawalSymptoms.

Many of the withdrawal symptoms peoplemay experience when they quit smokingcigarettes can be eliminated or prevented bystimulating acupressure points related to theliver and other digestive organs. There arenine points that work very effectively(ref. 3). However, usually only two or threeare needed for each individual. Using flowline massage allows us to determine whatthose points are.

1. (a) For the client experiencing withdrawalsymptoms, test indicator muscle forcentral and governing and the twelveregular meridians and challenge theneuro-lympathic points or use the prioritymode to determine which one is priorityover the others.(b) If the client is still smoking and is notcurrently experiencing withdrawalsymptoms, you can have the personimagine they have been without acigarette for 24 hours to artificially createthe "withdrawal" pattern of imbalances.Determinepriority indicator muscle.

2. Test the priority indicator muscle, 1M (itshould be weak). Lightly brush over oneof the acupressure points listed in Table 1in a direction consistent with the arrowsin Figure 1 (i.e. up the arm or leg, up thecenter of the body).

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Figure 1: Light Flow Lines(From Take Care of Yourselves Naturally by the Biokinesiology Institute, permission of John Barton)

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Table 1: Acupressure Points for Prevention of Withdrawal Symptoms

ev 15: On the midline of the body, immediately below the bottom of the breastbone (sternum).

ev 17: In the center of the breastbone (sternum), in line with the nipples (must be compensated for in thecase of an adult female).

ev 22: On the midline, in the depression above the suprasternal notch.

ex 6: The width of two thumbs above the most prominent crease on the inner wrist, in line with themiddle finger.

LN 2: The width of two thumbs above the separation between the biggest and second toes, top side of thefoot.

LV 5: In the crease of the inner elbow, on the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon. flex elbowsslightly to locate the points.

LV 7: Above the styloid process of the radius one and one-half thumb widths above the transverse creaseof the wrist. Or, when the index fingers and thumbs of both hands are crossed, the point is in thedepression right under the tip of the index finger.

SP 6: The width of one hand above the crown of the inner ankle bone, just behind the bone (tibia) on thefront of the leg.

ST 36: The width of one hand below the bottom of the kneecap; then the width of one thumb toward theoutside of the leg.

3. Retest the priority IM.(a) 1M is strong. This acupressure pointcan be used to help prevent withdrawalsymptoms. Brush over the acupressurepoint in the opposite direction to restorethe IM to its original condition. Go to 4.(b) 1M is weak. This acupressure pointwill probably not be useful in helping toeliminate or prevent withdrawalsymptoms. Go to 4.

4. Repeat step 2 with each of the other eightacupressure points until you havedetermined which of the nine acupressurepoints will be most useful for your client.

B) Acupressure Points to Balance theEight Extra Meridians.

I. Each of the eight extra meridians(irregular vessels) has its own specificnature and symptomatology, andacupuncturists can work with themindependently as the client's picturerequires.

2. They can be used in coupled pairs, pairedas in biokinesiology: central and

governing; vital and belt; mobility yin andmobility yang; regulating yin andregulating yang. These meridians areyin/yang pairings in the same way thatthere are yin/yang pairings of the twelveregular meridians within the fiveelements.

3. Traditionally, acupuncturists havecoupled the eight extra meridians on adifferent basis, either both yang or bothyin, thus utilizing the individual "flavors"of each meridian in combination toproduce a third, totally different one (ref.8).

The coupled meridians with their KeyPoints (Master Points) are:Belt/Regulating YangGoverningIMobility YangVita1/Regulating YinCentra1/Mobility Yin

GB41nw5SI 3/UB 62SP4/CX 6LV 7/K 6

When an extra meridian is out of yin/yangbalance, acupuncturists have a number ofdifferent options:

(a) They can stimulate the Key Point toempty excess energy from the meridian.

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Table 2: Key Points (Master Points) for the Eight Extra Meridians

Key Point Location of AcupressurePoint

CX 6: (Regulating Yin) The width of two thumbs above the most prominent crease on the inner wrist, inline with the middle finger.

GB 41: (Belt) In the depression anterior to the junction of the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones.

K 6: (or 3) (Mobility Yin) In the depression one thumb width below the inferior border of the medialmalleolus. (This is K3 011 Felix Mann's chart.)

LV 7: (Central) Above the styloid process of the radius, one and one-half thumb widths above thetransverse crease of the wrist. Or, when the index fingers and thumbs of both hands are crossed,the point is in the depression right under the tip of the index finger.

SI 3: (Governing) Located at the end of the transverse crease, on the border of the palm below the littlefinger.

SP 4: (Vital) On the medial aspect of the foot, in a depression at the anterior and inferior border of 1stmetatarsal bone, at the junction of the "red and white" skin.

TW 5: (Regulating Yang) Two thumb widths above the transverse crease of the back of the wrist betweenthe radius and the ulna.

VB 62: (Mobility Yang) Directly below the tip of the outer ankle bone, and half a thumb width lateral to itslower border.

(b) If unsuccessful, they can use thecoupled point.(c) If still unsuccessful, they can use thekey point of the central/governingmeridian whichever is opposite(yin/yang quality) of the originalunbalanced meridian.

(d) They can also stimulate thebeginning and end points of theextra meridian.

With the flow line massage technique wehave an ideal means of determiningwhether any of these options wouldbenefit us in our quest to balance ourIM/meridian.

Method:

1. Test 1M for the specific extra meridian(weak).

2. "Switch on" Key Point for thatmeridian by light brushing in the flowline direction.

(a) 1M strong. stimulate point then checkmore mode (ref. 6) to see if (i) point

needs further massage, (ii) you'vefmished, or (iii) you need to go to 3.(b) 1M weak. tap point to restore it to itsprevious condition then go to 3.

3. "Switch on" the coupled point.

(a) 1M strong. stimulate point then checkmore mode to see if (i) point needsfurther massage, (ii) you've finished, or(iii) you need to go to 4.

(b) 1M weak.tap point to restore it to itsprevious condition then go to 4.

4 "Switch on" Key Point for centralmeridian if you are working with a yangmeridian or switched on Key Point forthe governing meridian if you areworking with a yin meridian.

(a) 1M strong. stimulate point then checkmore mode to see if (i) point needsfurther massage, (ii) you've finished, or(iii) you need to go to 5.

(b) 1M weak. tap point to restore it to itsprevious condition then go to 5.

5. Switch on beginning or end pointsfor the extra meridian.


(a) 1M strong. stimulate point(s) thencheck more mode to see if (i) point(s)needs further massage, (ii) you'vefinished, or (iii) you need to pursue othercorrection procedures such as neuro-lymphatic points, neuro-vascular holdingpoints, nutrition or emotions.(b) 1M weak. tap point to restore it to itsprevious condition. Pursue other possiblecorrection procedures.

C) Is Imbalance Related to Toxicity?

In Biokinesiology we have long used a quickscreening test to determine whether theimbalance we are working with is due totoxicity or not. This method is a simpleapplication of the flow line massageprinciple.

At first we used GV 25 for this purpose.More recently, John Barton of theBiokinesiology Institute has found GB 14 tobe even more effective.

1. Test weak muscle, or an 1M whilelocalizing a "weakness."

2. Brush up lightly on the tip of the nose toswitch on GV 25. Or, brush down overGB 14 (one thumb width above themidpoint of the eyebrow, below thefrontal eminences). If either of theseacupressure points switch on the 1M, wecan assume there is toxicity involved andyou might want to look for nutrition thatwill antidote the toxicity.

Acupressure Points for MiscellaneousProblems

A number of books describe variousacupressure points which may be useful for aseries of named conditions such asnosebleeds, car sickness, hiccough(hiccups), heat rash, restlessness,nightmares, and light headedness (eg. refs.3,4, and 5).

Generally, several acupressure points arelisted and the reader is asked to "begin deeply

probing the area on your body that mostclosely corresponds to the illustration untilyou/eel a distinct twinge 0/ sensitivity. Thatis the exact pressure point. .. .If the point doesnot announce itself clearly, you may need toapply more pressure; some points are noteasily found. Finding the "best" point is atrial and error process; however, that point isoften distinctly more pressure-sensitive thanother recommended points." (ref. 3, pg. 5)

While this method does work, if the"problem" can be localized. such as bursitis,headaches, sore throat, sprains, and variousother aches and pains.the flow line massagemethod gives us a faster way of determiningwhich points are relevant to us.

Method

1. Test a strong 1M.2. Circuit localize (C.L.) the "problem"

area. If it weakens, go to 3.3. Switch on one of the acupressure points:

(a) 1M is strong.you've located a relevantacupressure point. Tap point to restore itto its previous condition before going to4.(b) 1M is weak. this acupressure point isnot useful to help the problem area. Tapthe point then go to 4.

4. Repeat step 3 with each of the otheracupressure points that are possibilities.

Contraindications

This is a reminder not to use acupressure ifyou are pregnant (especially beyond the thirdmonth of pregnancy), have a chronic heartcondition(especially if you wear an artificialenergy-regulating device such as apacemaker), or take regular medication for aserious health problem such as cancer ordiabetes. Don't use acupressure within fourhours of taking drugs, medications, alcoholor other intoxicants. Don't massage anacupressure point if it is beneath a scar, mole,wart, blemish or other disfigurement.

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Table 3: Key Points and Coupled Points for the Eight Extra Meridians

Biokinesiology TraditionalMeridian Key Point Coupled Point Pairing, i.e. Pairing, i.e,

Relationship I Relation nCentral Lu7 K6 (K3* =Mann) ( F F/OGoverning SI3 UB62 -. H HIDVital Sp4 CX6 / N NrrBelt GB41 1W5 't._ C C/IMobilityYin K6 (or 3) Lu7 ,- 0 F/OMobilityYang UB62 Sm3 "7- D HIDRegulating_Yin ' CX6 Sp_4 T NrrRegulatingYang 1W5 GB 41 _ I CII

*K6 in other charts is shown as K3 on Felix Mann's chart (i.e. in the depression one thumbdirectly below the inferior border of the medial malleolus).

References

1. The Academy of Traditional ChineseMedicine, An Outline of ChineseAcupuncture, Chan's Corporation,Monterey Park, CA, 1979.

2. Biokinesiology Institute, Take Care ofYourselves Naturally, U.S.A., 1984.

3. Blate, Michael, The G-Jo Handbook:Finger-Pressure Techniques forParamedical Use, Falkynor Books, 1976.

4 Chan, Pedro, Finger Acupressure, NewYork, NY: Ballantine, Davie, Florida,1975.

5 Chan, Pedro, How to Free YourselffromPain, Price, Stern, Sloan, Los Angeles,CA, 1982.

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6. Dewe, Bruce, The More Mode, Touchfor Health International Journal, pg 44,July 1990.

7. O-Jo Institute, The G-Jo Institute StopSmoking Soon Program, O-Jo Institute,Hollywood, FL, 1980.

8. Low, Royston, The Secondary Vesselsof Acupuncture, Thorsons, Welling-borough, Northamptonshire, 1983.

9. Topping, Wayne W, Balancing theBody's Energies: Muscle Tests for theEight Extra Meridians, ToppingInternational Institute, Bellingham, WA,1983.

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Identifying Personality Traitsby Andrew Verity

Kinesiology and Cheirology

Hand analysis (cheirology) is a reflection ofthe entire personality in all of its forms fromhuman potential to grave, from before birth todeath, from health to sickness. It refers totime and successes, failures and destiny. Asdesign, it can be studied, being the visiblereflection of the unconscious resolutions andgenetic influences.

Authors as Noel Jaquin, Dr. Charlotte Wolff,Desbarolles and others have providedsubstantial research to indicate certainformations in the hand as symbolic of theexistence of definite characteristics. CarlJung, in his introduction to The Hands ofChildren by Julius Spier acknowledges in hiscautious manner:

"... then hands whose shape andfunctioning are so intimately connectedwith the psyche, might provide revealingand therefore interpretable expressions ofpsychical peculiarity that is, of humancharacter"

The study of the hand is a most frustratingand rewarding activity. It will provideinsights hitherto unthought of, challengesyour set and precious ideals, changes yourcomplacencies and captures yourimagination. It will reward you for yourdiligence and motivate you in yourpersistency for truth. In all things whenanalyzing from the hand ... ask thereasons why.

Cheirology looks more for the "why" ofanything via the traits in the hand. It interestsitself in proofs that can be establishedpsychologically and physiologically, notingcorrelations and using this data to redirectfaulty behavior patterns.

Cheirology maintains that change can takeplace within the person's life, if the persontakes the necessary steps to create thatchange. It points to the Will as the guidingforce, this will being subject to the worlds

view, the person holds to. If that world-viewis contrary to the psychological makeup,conflect will surely be involved in thelife ...the degree of which will be recorded inthe hand. If there is a harmony establishedand allowed to develop, then good mustfollow. The lines will then change to suit thenew life-style.

Hand-analysis is a serious business, dealingwith a person's potential and limitations. Itsets out to comfort the sorrowful by offeringhope, while also identifying illness in itsvarious forms from the systemic diseases tothe more subtle dis-eases of the psyche.

The cheirologist sees destiny as beingcontrolled by the individual through the will,finding in the hand the best paths for successin life. The change of the shape of the handand the change of lines as well, shows we arein control of our own destiny - if we exerciseour God given skills to do so.

Dr. Charlotte Wolff refers to Drs. CarlGuntar Carus and N. Vaschide as two whohave added much to scientific knowledge ofhand reading. W. Benham has brought handreading into a clearer perspective, along withNoel Jaquin. A.A. Desbarrolles should bementioned along and DeArpigny all of thesepeople being serious students of the hand.There are hundreds of others as well, alladding to the knowledge necessary to thestudy, but it is the INDIVIDUAL who addsknowledge in any sciernce. YOU can be thatindividual.

As everything has a CAUSE, everything musthave an EXPLANATION.

WHY STUDY HAND ANALYSIS?

Because of the advantage it has over othermethods of analysis.1. IT IS PERSONAL.

2. IT IS IMMEDIATE.

3. IT IS CONVENIENT.

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4. IT IS TOTAL ... in the hand are found thepsychological make-up from the parentalinfluences, the inherited tribal instinct, thesubject's place within society, therelationship of the inner world of selfwith health, ambition, direction,capacities, strengths and weaknesses,best times for major events to be attendedto, and when to avoid action, vocationand so on.

5. IT IS INEXPENSIVE.

6. THE HAND'S DESIGN ... the manufactureof the hand is indescribably complex andincredible in its design. The nervous,lymphatic and circulation systems,chemistry, state of the organs and glands,a MIN D , the unique and almostindefinable spirit of man that sets beforehim his own unique desires. The hand isdesigned to show all this, and muchmore.

WHAT IS IN THE HAND?

Character, temperament, genealogy,childhood, health, profession, attitudes,thought processes, ambitions, mentalstrengths and weaknesses, emotions,affections, money, children, mileu,friendships, enemies, failures, successes,losses, gains, psychology, all this and morerevealed by a process of logical deductionthat effectively puts it into the area of humanscience.

Failure in job satisfaction has becomecommonplace. Failure in marriage the same,failure of parents, failure of children, failureof personality. All brought about by a lack ofknowledge of the self. This is where handanalysis excels.

When balancing the Cheirology traits, alwaysuse care in expressing an opinion, knowingthe individual is extremely sensitive toinfluence from his/her own make up.Sensitive, nervous, anxious to hear what youhave to say. Treat all your clients with thedignity they deserve. Never EVER ridicule, astheir fears and phobias are real to them, andthey have had to live with them for manyyears.- their fears are old friends that hauntand hurt daily.

Embryonic development is a time ofindividual success, and although lockedinto a micro-world, it is a world of design,and is subject to strict natural laws ofdevelopment, these laws continuing throughthe creation of the blastocyst, the trophoblast,the bilaminar germ disc to the establishmentof the body form. The ectrodermalderivatives include two interesting featuresbetween days fourteen to twenty eight: thebeginnings of the brain, and the beginningsof the hands and feet, all made from the samematerial.

THE SHAPE:THE MASTER INFORMATION

This is the most important part of any studyof the hand. It will be the initial contact, andfinal arbitor of your analysis of the person infront of you. Without this knowledge of theshapes and their meanings, any attempt tocertify accurately will be presumption ratherthan fact. All else in the hand isdetermined by shape, and everycondition, combination, characteristic, andline will be established in a most accuratemanner once the shape has been mastered.We will be looking at the natural divisionswithin the framework of cheirologicalanalysis.

There are three natural divisions in the shapeof the Hand:

(1) Prehensile/tactile(2) Three levels of comprehension(3) The psychological divisions

Pre hensil e/Tactile

Beginning with the prehensile/tactile, there isa natural division that sets the person, verybroadly speaking, on one of two paths. Theprehensile hand is eminently suitable forgrasping or holding onto objects, and is seenas a broad, strong hand designed formovements of purpose, the broader the hand,the more prehensile the person. Thisdemands also an outdoors existence, toexercise the prehensile preferences of theperson. The more square the palm, with theouter edge protruding, the more prehensilethe hand.

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The prehensile personality is seen as the moreextravert type of person, a person whosebasic orientation is towards the externalworld of doing. This creates the outgoing,sociable, and rather impulsive person whoneeds a constant source of stimulation fromthe environment. They also have loweranxiety levels than their opposites-theintrovert personalities. It is peculiar that theprehensile person also has a strongpotentiality towards music, and also seems tobe more in tune with the extra-sensoryphenomena, perhaps because of theircloseness to the elements of nature. There areseveral outlines of extravertion, (keenly notedin the difference between the types describedby Wolff in her elementary and motorclassifications.) The different extraversionscan be seen under the general description ofan outward-directed personality that seeks asociable activity, with interests in the publicenvironment rather than inner-directedattitudes and interests.

Summary of types of Extraversion.1. Active extraversion. The outward

direction of the libido (the totality ofmental energy at the disposal of theinstinct of love) which is willed by thesubject, rather than pulled from anexternal object or source. The handwould register this at the MtVenus, thatmount being rather large in proportion tothe rest of the hand.

2. Passive extraversion. This outwarddirection of the libido is compelled by theexternal object this being seen in theheartline that sits on the prehensile handstarting from the headline - the romanticposition, or from high up, even touchingthe finger of Jupiter, with the MtVenusnormal.

3. E xtraverted-feeli ng. Here theextraversion is directed by a feeling forexternal objects, and the ability toestablish friendships. The hand-type herewill include slightly finer fingers, aslightly longer palm, finer skin and linesthan the elementary type. This issometimes referred to as the 'social-square'type.

4. Extraverted-intuition. This type seesan ability to manipulate and control the

external objects. Here, the hand willrecord a bent little fmger, and/or a longerthan usual Apollo finger. These are thespeculators, and businessmen. A longlittle finger with a long Apollo will do thesame. A very straight headline will bringabout similiar results if the fateline is alsostrong, and leaning towards theMtJupiter.

5. Extraverted-sensation. This type ischaracterised by a realistic, materialisticoutlook and an orientation towards theconcrete features of objects. Squarefingertips on a squarish palm will showthis.

6. Extraverted-thinking type. Here thepersonality is characterised by anattraction to sensory impressions as abase for logical areas of life, and aninterest in fact rather than theory. Thehand in this case will have a largeinclusion of bony fingers, squarefingertips, masculine headline.

Thus the four areas of thinking, feeling,sensation and intuiting become a base for theexpressions outlined above. For further studyon the active/passive extravert, see Freud.For further study on the other four see lung.

The tactile hand is a narrow hand, andexhibits movements of expression. Where theprehensile hand relates to the cortical activityof the brain, this tactile hand relates to thesubcortical responses of the person. Thishand is narrow, often flat across the palm.The more narrow the hand, the more theperson is centered to the indoors, with itsamusements and activites, and seeks tactilereleases for his/her feelings and activities.

The tactile hand is involved in introversion, acharacteristic type that is described as beinghesitant, withdrawn, reflective, reserved.Here we see the thoughts being directedinwards, with personal thoughts dominant,rather than toward social interests. They arecharacterised by rather fast dissipation ofinhibition, allowing a ready response tostimule, but in an internalised sense. It is forthis reason they are often seen as neurotic.The neurotic form is characterised by anxietyand depression symptoms, this type being

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seen in a thick, but narrow palm, with rathershort fingers.

Summary of Types of Introversion1. Active introversion. Here the inward

direction of libido is willed by the person,or a voluntary preoccupation with internalsubjective reality. This is seen in the'motoric bony' hand quite often, in fact itcould be said to be a basic characteristicof that hand type.

2. Passive introversion. Here theinward direction of the libido is due to aninability to direct it towards outer objects,or an inability to relate to external reality.This hand is called the 'sensitive longtype'.

3. Introverted-feeling. Here there is adominant subjective orientation such thatthe person lives in his/her own innerworld of feelings, a daydreamer, a quietpeaceful person. The hand shows a shortfirst finger, non aggressive thumb, and ismost ofter the 'sensitive' type.

4. Intr overred-Intultfon. A need toexpress through imagery, the visionary,to the point of influencing activity, with astrong tendency to live within the self. Agirdle of Venus line, and/or the line ofintuition on the sensitive long hand wouldcarry this indication.

5. Introverted sensation. This type ischaracterised by his/her attendance to theexternal world through perceptionsdominated by the individuals internalstate. Here is the 'bony motoric' hand,with a short first finger, and strong lines.

6. Introverted-thlnklng, This type ischaracterised by logical and thoroughorganisation of ideals until they suit theperson and society. A strong ego-centering can associate Again the bonymotoric, but with square fingertips and amasculine, straight headline.

Introversion is seen mainly in the first fingerbeing shorter than the ring finger, when thethumb is held relaxed, beside the hand. If thisfinger is far too short, and the little finger isalso short on a narrow palm, the the Adler'scomplex can result.

This complex represents unconscious forcesthat exaggerate feelings of insignificance,resulting in defensive and behaviouralmanifestations. If the first finger is bentinwards the defences are active if the finger isalso short, and aggressive if the finger islong.

HORIZONT AL DIVISIONS WITHINTHE SHAPE OF THE HAND

The second natural category within the shapeof the hand is seen in an interesting divisionof the three levels of comprehension. Asshown in diagrams A, B, and C respectively,the first division is at the base of the hand,the second through the middle, and the thirdis the fingers.

The first division (diagram A)measures the 'energy' of the feeling,or the strength value of it. The area iscomprised of the base of the hand, with theball of the thumb included. It is the area ofthe viscera. It represents the basic feelings-the gut feelings, the physical forces available-through the affections, vitality andsociability. The outer part of the handrepresents the deeper, internalized feelingsincorporating the imagination , and also theancestral influences.

The viscera has an organizing mind of itsown. This is the 'understanding ofenergy'. The larger this area, the larger theenergy content at the physical level. If thispart of the hand is narrow, then the person isliving in another part of the feeling; not basic,not earthy, not outdoors. They become wearyin action, and are not to be found amongathletes or physical workers.

The base of the thumb is a reservoir of basicand latent energies that can be utilized forself-assertion, as well as offering a sense ofstability. Any type of hand has its ownpeculiar type of thumb base. If a stout, heavyand stiff base of thumb is found on asensitive hand, then, being atypical, it wouldshow unusual force, even strong feelings ofsuperiority. If there are no lines on theMtVenus, and the mount is large, then theenergies are concentrated mainly upon thesexual, as there are not other avenues forexpression, and the concentration of energy

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Diagram A Diagram B Diagram C

Horizontal Divisions of the Hand

there promotes an asocial attitude, sometimesto an extreme. This mount represents theouter strengths.

The hypothenare side of the hand, Mt Moon,represents the inner forces of thepsyche - imagination, closeness to naturalforces, inner and outer consciousness. Thearea of ancestors, those forces accumulatedover many centuries, is here. Lines of thispart of the hand will allow a free flow offorces if those lines link up with otherprimary lines. If they fall into an empty voidinside the mount, then a neurotic responsecan occur, not having the ancestral forcesworking within the psyche to create aharmony of purpose. The first division isthe area of understanding. The base ofthe hand is rich in information relating to the'Child' in Transactional Analysis, and is ameasure of the child.

The second division (diagram B)measures the quality of feeling andexpresses it with strong emotional power.The area included both the mounts of Marsand the Plain of Mars. It is the area ofquality, and represents the value the personsuconsciously puts on life matters. If the firstdivision is seen as first-line consciousness,then this area would be second-lineconsciousness. Many lines in this areaactivate the Martian energies. The fmnness ofthis area, and its development, records theability to face life realistically. With a weakfeel to this part of the hand, there is a lack oflife quality.

The Mt Mars Lower offers a description ofthe person's willingness to fight for his orher beliefs, whether in a physical orintellectual manner, depending upon theshape. It is like the active soldier.

The outer Mt Mars Upper is also anexpression of the person's active readiness tofight, but in a more defensive manner - it islike the sentry on duty. Lines on these remotemounts are a positive help to expression. Alack of lines will offer no form of release,and forces within can accumulate the feelingsof passive resistance. The area also showsthe quality value of the response in thefeeling. This is the area of the understandingof quality, and helps the person to adopecontrol, helping also to create purposefulactivities. This is the 'Parent' in TransactionalAnalysis, and is a measure of that parentquality, or controlling capacity.

The third division (diagram C)measures the full comprehension ofwhat is being felt, and eventuallycommunmicates the feeling through thesymbols of language and thought. It is thereality of the feeling and the place where theunderstanding comprehension takes place.The fingers and thumb-upper are theaspirations of the person, so if there is anyun-evenness to be seen here, there can be noobjective appreciation from the brain as towhat is being felt.. Nor can there beperceiving from the memory. This partenables us to 'be in the present', and allowsus to relate to the past and screen it throughour mind to the present. This is the

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understanding of comprehension, and is the'Adult' in Transactional Analysis.

If any of the digits are deficient, then thevalue of 'present thinking' is diminished inthese fingers. A short, or weaker, first fingerwould not allow the outer world reality tofunction in a strong and balanced manner.Thus, the comprehension peculiar to thatfinger would be impaired. A state ofinferiority towards the outer world would bepresent. If the finger is too long, then an airof extreme competency - or superiority -would be present, an out of place energy thatovercompensates for irrational feelings ofself-worth. The world view of the person isthus geared to the superior self image, and isoften expressed in employment, or positionsof authority.

VERTICAL DIVISIONS WITHINTHE SHAPE OF THE HAND

The divisions seen in the Psychological studyof the hand shape are the vertical divisions.These distributions run.(1) down the first finger and includes thethumb and the wrist (diagram D).(2) the finger of Saturn down to the wrist(diagram E).(3) the last two fingers down to the wrist(diagram F).

This type of approach allows us to gainfurther insight into how a person by way ofthe three Freudian concepts of(1) the Active self,(2) the Balancer, and(3) the Unconscious.

The first vertical division (diagramD) represents the 'executive' of theperson. This division is represented by theplacement, length, flexibility, finger tip,fingerprint pattern, nail shape, anddifferentiation of the first finger, as well asthe same relative to the thumb.

The function of the first finger relates to theouter world of reality, and measures theadaptive abilities of the subject's active self.This is the measure of the reality principle,the synthesis of the pleasure principle in

conscious and applied actions. This area doesnot represent creativity, but rather organisesthe creative energies into an acceptablepresentatlion to the self and the outer world.It is a totally conscious area which plans toachieve satisfaction for the underlyingunconscious. Being the 'executive' of thepersonality, it decides what actions areappropriate, and what deeper instincts orpleasures will be satisfied, how and when.The index finger related to the outer world ofobservation, and the more forceful the finger,the more efficient are the powers ofobservation and sense-perception, with self-assertion. It records outer-world realities andhow the subject can deal with them.Repression can also be measured here as anaction of the active self, in response tosignals from the more automatic balancer.

The third vertical division (diagramF) represents the Unconscious. Itmeasures the content of the non-real world offantasy and hope. Its part on the handconsists of the last two fingers of the Apolloand Mercury, plus all the area under themdown to the wrist.

The area under the fingers includes themounts of Apollo and Mercury, of MarsUpper and Mt Moon.Apollo shows understanding, competency,pity.Mercury shows communication in aU of itsforms.Mars Upper shows inner calm and quietforce.Moon mount shows the deeper feelingsassociated with the imagination.

All of these qualities of the person areencompassed within the area of intuitivefeeling.

In studying the active self or balancer, we cancite cases and actions, also behaviour patternscan be examined in their light. But when westudy the unconscious, there is no scenariofor description, and we are thus led to vaguedescriptive devices. It is with this limitationthat the unconscious is here discussed.However, no such limitation is placed uponthe Kinesiology/cheirological measure of the

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Diagram D Diagram E Diagram F

Vertical Divisions of the Hand

unconscious, the size and shape of the partsconstitution the focus of the procedures.

The unconscious is represented in man asthe original personality source from whichthe active self and balancer develop. Hereare all the inherited and instinctual drives.When the energies of the id are increasedfrom either internal or external stimuli, apsychological homeostatic reaction occurs toreduce the tension and return the personalityto an acceptable balance. The unconscious isseen as a source of primitive impulses,operating and the pleasure principle, avoidingpain and seeking gratification of the senses. Itis obvious the innate desires of the youngchild must go somewhere, and the amount ofavailable energy to do this is measured in thisthird area.

What happens when the free flow of energiesfrom these areas is interrupted? The childseeks release through pathways that areunique to him/her, these being recorded inthis part of the hand in bent fingers, brokenlines, underdeveloped mounts, all of whichhave their own story.

Short fingers do not allow a full developmentof the unconscious, restricting theunconscious values to little desire, or even tono action available at all. As the little fingerrelates to industry, these people would notfind satisfaction in working for themselves,but would rather have others make thedecisions for them. The have a weakenedsexual drive, but become the morereactionary because of it, a pretend sexuality,

with no ability to back it up with action.

The second vertical division of thehand (diagram E) represents theBalancer. The third area is almost entirelyin the realm of the unconscious and may beplayful or destructive, but is alwaysunpredictable. The balancer however is atotally learned process as the childinternalises experience as he learns andmatures. It is essentially a controlling factorin the personality, and operates at a more orless conscious level of experience. Where theaction self tests the reality value of an act,and the unconscious seeks a comfortablebalance of psyche, the balancer strives forharmony between the two, to make forperfection. It is the judge, the balancer-ideal. Parental standards, whether good orbad, are found in this division, and areanalyzed from the middle fmger in its length,lineality, and in the lines that associate withit.

It shows the internalised representation ofvalues as seen through the developing child'seyes. All the experiences that hold apermanent part of the child's psyche have aneed for resolve in some way, and if theresolve was acceptable by parents and/orsociety, then the conscience is good for thatmatter, and is rewarded by feelings of pride.This is the balancer-ideal. If the resolve wasinappropriate and the child was reprimandedin some way, then the prevailing guiltbecomes the controlling conscience of latteryears. From this learned platform, the personjudges rights from wrongs.

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It is obvious then, that in most cases, theconscience is not a safe guide, but must besafely guided. An overly long finger ofSaturn shows the ability to over-react tostrictly mental resolves and absorbs thedefences to the point of splitting off fromreality into hysterical reactions. Defenses turnto rationalisation.

Tensions and anxieties can be produced fromthe conflicts between the Action self,Balancer, and the Unconscious. Fears causedby either conscious or subconsciousmemories from childhood, or from impulsesfrom the Unconscious as toaboo sexualdesires, or from guilt that comes fromimpulses from the Unconscious sources.Inadequate Action self response to conflictscan also cause anxieties that have to bedefended against. These anxieties may beconnected to a spedific object or cause, andthe reason for the anxiety is usually clear.

In this third natural division, or method ofhand analysis, the fingers can give the firstimportant clue to the person's stability withinthe Action self-Balancer-Unconsciousrelationship, by their being straight andtherefore sound in structure, or weakenedand bent, indicating unsound structure. Thesefingers can be strengthened or straightenedby application of will and appropriatekinesiological balancing.

FIRST DIVISION, THE ACTION SELFSelf-preservation, reality, resolution ofproblems, adaptive abilities, organization,totally conscious, achievement satisfaction,decision pride, honor, dignity, high ideals,love of nature, observation, control,reasoning will, thought power, integration,sociability leadership logic.

SECOND DIVISION, BALANCERBalance between the ego and id, conscience,the judge, ego-ideal, perfection, mediator,intellect, wisdom, sobriety, caution culturalstandards, social standards, internalisedparental standards.

THIRD DIV., THE UNCONSCIOUSThe unconscious, pleasure, art, expression,success forces, resistance, courage,imagination, mystery, calm, forces utilised inthe ready assistance to help mankind.

HANDS

Please remember there are very fewopportunities for you to see any 'type' in itspurity, although anything is possible in handanalysis. When you do see one, it will stay inyour mind and memory forever as a constantreminder of its form.

When we speak of the form, or type of hand,we are speaking of the final product, up tothat time of a mass of energetic growthpatterns that have as their material all the cellsof the hand, with the nervous and venalsystems with the host of other factors makingup the final product. The forces of bothnature and nurture have combined to createthe shape that offers you the key tounderstanding the person. It is not a simplestudy, but it is a most satisfying one, if theunderlying rules are adhered to.

The client has travelled through time andexperiences and by several laws of nature, asis seen at the time of analysis as a completeunit, and not a series of disjointed statements.

If you ever find yourself lacking an answer,go back to the shape of the hand for thefoundation of your final assessment.

THE SHAPES THEMSELVESElementary simple = Practical = ElementaryElementary Irregular = Intellectual = Square to square/philosohicMotoric Bony = Intellectual = PhilosophicMotoric Fleshy = Intuitive = Conic(variable) to squareSensitive Short = Sensitive = Smaller versions of any typeSensitive Long = Sensitive = PsychicDysplastic = Mixed

Hand shapes as named by three different sets of criteria by three different authors.

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Defusion Procedure for Hand - Divisions

1. Prehensile/factile

2. Horizontal- Adult, Parent, Child

3. Vertical-Psychological Makeup

4. Shape of the Hand

Holding the Structure/Function finger mode,Test that Cheirology is the current priority toclear.

If it is not, do not proceed to balance thiswithout further understanding of Cheirology.

If it is, Test for the area to correct, eg, say,"Prehensile" and test "Tactile" and test.If this changes, an indicator muscle, put thisresponse into retaining mode, (pause lock),and do a full balance with any and all toolsavailable to you. You may need to find thespecific category under prehensile or tactile.

OR

"Horizontal Divisions" and test to seewhich division actually needs clearing bysaying "Adult" and test,Say "Parent" and test,Say "Child" and test.Whichever division makes the indicatormuscle change will be the one to balance ..

OR

"Vertical Divisions" and test to see whichdivision needs clearing by saying "Actionself", "Balancer" or "Unconscious".

OR

"Shape" and test off the list above to identifythe shape to be balanced. .

Andrew Verity, Adv. Kinesiology CentreEducating Alternatives4 Brougham St, Box Hill 3128, Australia61-3-898 4477~. FAX 61-3-890 6686

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The Power of Your Belief SystemsDon't Underestimate Them

by Alice Vieira, PhDClinical Psychologist and PHP Practitioner

Belief systems are formed early in life byhow others treat us, how we see others treateach other, and how our needs are respondedto as we grow through our developmentalstages. Our belief system permeates all thatwe do. It is the sum of assumptions,judgements, myths, and behavior patternsthat are familiar to us on a moment to momentbasis. Our belief systems contain all ourfamily messages about our own personalvalue and worth. Our belief systemsdetermine how we plan and make decisions,how we interpret other people's actions, howwe make meaning out of any experience wehave, how we solve problems, how we formrelationships, how we develop our careers,how we establish our priorities. Our beliefsystems form the filter through which weconduct the business of our lives. Ifour innerchild is wounded in some manner or if weexperienced some trauma during ourgrowing, then our view of the world will beskewed and distorted. The phrase "seeing isbelieving" is more accurately stated in thereverse: "believing is seeing" for it is whatwe believe that becomes the screen throughwhich we see our world.

What makes this a most importantphenomenon is that whether we are happy ormiserable depends completely on how we seeour world, which is based wholly on what anumber of authors refer to as our core beliefsystems. Milton Erikson, a famous hypno-therapist, states that every person has aunique map of the world, an inner beliefsystem that is unconscious. Erikson calls theunconscious belief system a kind of hypnotictrance out of which we operate every actionfor our entire lives. Thus, when M. ScottPeck (refs 10 and 11) says that mental healthis based on two things: (1) the belief in apower greater than ourselves and (2) theconstant struggle to know and be in touchwith reality, isn't it crucial that we examinewhat is the reality in which we believe?

DeePak Chopra (refs. 3, 4, and 5) describesthe way our initial sensory experiences getprogrammed. Once sensory experiences areconditioned the nervous system continues torespond in such a way that reinforces theinitial interpretation of that experience. Dr.Chopra calls this a Premature (because it ismade at an early stage of cognitivedevelopment), Cognitive (because itprograms our senses in a certain, fixed way),Commitment (because it fixes us to thatcertain reality). The Premature CognitiveCommitment imprisons us in that reality. Thesensory experience gets structured in such away that it shapes the very anatomy andphysiology of our nervous systems so thatultimately the nervous system serves onlyone function: to reinforce what has nowbecome a core belief system. The PrematureCognitive Commitment limits our world andbecomes the core belief system.

Dr. Chopra gives numerous illustrations ofthe above phenomena. A few of his exampleswill serve to imprint the visual for our ownempowerment:

a) Fish, raised in a tank in which a glassplate is placed in the middle of the tank sothat only a portion of the tank can beused, will only use that portion of thetank when the glass is removed from thetank. The glass that has been removedremains a sensory barrier that, in reality,no longer exists.

b) Flies, raised in a jar with a top on it, willremain the jar and will not fly out - eventhough the barrier that, in reality, nolonger exists.

c) When an elephant is young it is bound toa tree with a rope. As the elephant growsthe tree can be smaller and the ropechanged to string and yet the grownelephant remains bound to the twig of atree without believing that his own power

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can overcome. what has become a limitingsensory expenence.

d) An autistic child (one who does notrespond to his/her world) can be taught tostand up with a rope tied between twochairs. With practice the child will standup, hold on to the rope for support andmove from the one chair to the other. Intime the rope can be changed to a stringtied between the two chairs. Then thechild can be given a string alone, tied tonothing, and will walk unaided. If thestring is taken away the child will falldown.

William Faulkner in his classic book, LightIn August, puts it a different way but with thesame powerful impact: "Memory believesbefore knowing remembers". In my ownpsychotherapylPHP practice I experience theincredible limitations an individual places onhim/herself by their premature cognitivecommitments. We become predictablebecause what we feel we become. We are theend product of our experiences and theinterpretation of those experiences. Emotionis the energy our body carries. Alice Miller(refs 7, 8, and 9) states it well: "Your bodywill present its bill". John Bradshaw (refs 1and 2) states that our bodies carry the pain ofour wounded inner children. He emphasizesthat we must realize that we can be in ourhead and not even know that sadness andrage is going on inside our emotional brains.Our unresolved issues will be acted out. Ourbelief systems will ensure that we will act toothers the way that we were acted upon. Ourneuronal gates can close down to theemotions just as the fish get closed down tothe other side of the fish tank, the flies to theoutside world, the elephant to its ownstrength, the autistic child to his/her ability towalk without the support of a string, andeach of us to our limitless potential. If weallow ourselves to remain in the prison of ouroriginal experiences than we allow ourselvesto be limited and cramped in a space that, inreality, has no walls, no doors, no barriers,no limits, but those of our own making.

It is not surprising that there are numerousmodes in PHP that deal with belief systems:PE & ST over second joint of thumb(personal belief systems); PE & EM over first

joint of thumb (tribal unconscious beliefsystems); Self Mode 8e (beliefs about self);EM 14 (roles under stress); EM 5 1/2a(misinterpretation or assumptions about selfand others); EM 3 lI2a (misunderstandingsabout self and others). I believe that allmodes on the Self Mode are belief systems orone sort or another.

The key point of this paper is to call to mindthat these belief systems are not easy toshake. All that we do is based on the realityas we see it through our own set of glasses.Ernest Holmes describes the situation:

"We are like one who, without knowingit, has put on some kind of glasses thatinvert everything so that in walking downthe street the right side of the street mightappear to be at the left, the sidewalkmight appear to be up on the top of thebuildings, the sun might appear to rise inthe west and set in the east. Suppose weimagine someone wearing such glasses,and imagine that everything he looks at isinverted and is out of place. Even thatwhich is true in itself assumes a falseposition. In reality this falseness is notthe object of his perception but in hisinterpretation of that object. The Biblespeaks of this as looking through a glass,darkly. Now he has become soaccustomed to this inverted viewpoint thata true viewpoint would be shocking, itwould be amazing, it would beunbelievable. suppose, then, we changethe glasses and put on a pair that revealsthings more nearly as they must be. Hehas to reverse his whole mental reaction.The sun is now rising in the east andsetting in the west etc ... It will be difficultfor him to readjust his mental viewpointto this new order, even though seeingstraight for the first time. It almost seemsas though he must put on the old glassesthat he may again be in familiarsurroundings ..." (ref. 6).

Any new belief system will be unfamiliar,uncomfortable and, in some instances,intolerable. Change comes from awareness,then acceptance and appreciation of how andwhy these belief systems got embedded.Tony Robbins suggests that a way to get tothe bottom of how we act and react is to list

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things that we do and like to do, things thatwe don't do and don't like to do. Then writedown the belief system that has establishedthat behavior. Muscle test for accuracy. It is abeginning of a most important journey - onethat we cannot ignore if we are to growbeyond where we are.

References

1. Bradshaw, John, Bradshaw On: TheFamily; Healing the Shame that BindsYou, 1988;

2. Bradshaw, John, Homecoming: Reclaim-ing and Championing Your Inner Child,1990

3. Chopra, DeePak, Creating Health, 1987

4. Chopra, Deepak, Quantum Healing, 1989

5. Chopra, Deepak, Unconditional Life:Mastering the Forces that Shape PersonalReality, 1991

6. Holmes, Ernest, How To Use theScience of Mind, 1950 p.26-27.

7. Miller, Alice, Prisoners of Childhood,1981

8. Miller, Alice, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware,1981

9. Miller, Alice, For Your Own Good, 1980

10. Peck, M. Scott, Road Less Travelled,1978

11. Peck, M. Scott, People of the Lie, 1983

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Hypothyroidism - The Overlooked and Unsuspected IllnessEssential Considerations for Anyone Working in the Health Field

by Kim Vieira and Alice Vieira, PhD

Have you been in touch with anyone who ischronically fatigued even after being rested?Anyone who has a continual loss of energy?Anyone always coming down with a cold orflu? Anyone who always has cold hands andfeet or who are very sensitive to the cold?Anyone who has UMS (ugly mood swings)?Anyone who is depressed and no amount ofpsychotherapy or anti-depressants seems tohelp? Anyone who has excessive menstrualflow, cramps or irregular periods? Anyonewho has severe headaches? Anyone whoseems to have lost their sexual appetite?Anyone who swings from being aperfectionist to not caring about anything?Anyone who has rapid weight gain or cannotlose weight? Anyone who has excessivelydry skin, broken nails because they are toobrittle or nails that are too soft, brittle hair orloss of hair, cracked or constantly bleedingheels? Anyone who has poor memory? Andall of these complaints are met with thediagnosis that "nothing is organically wrong"and thus a person is seen as a hypochondriacor someone that "doctor shops"? Thesepeople may have hypothyroidism. If you seeanyone with these complaints, it is essentialthat hypothyroidism be one of yourconsiderations.Hypothyroidism is simply thatthe thyroid is subnormal. Broda Barnes,M.D. (ref. 1) emphasizes that a thyroid maybe under functioning and not be detected on athyroid blood panel. David Williams, D.C.discusses the thyroid on an excellent tape(available at Mountain Publishing P.O. Box829, Ingram, Texas 78025): The thyroid isthe body's thermostat. It regulates themetabolism, how you burn energy. If thebody is not burning enough energy,everything slows down resulting in a numberof conditions, including fatigue and inabilityto lose weight. Depressed and suicidal peoplecan also have serious hypothyroidism.

The thyroid, like all the other glands in thebody, is like a factory, it produces productsthat are needed in other parts of the body.The body works as a total unit and each part

depends on every other part. The thyroidproduces hormones and to do this it needs theproper raw material. In the thyroid's case, theraw material needed is iodine. This is not thetype of iodine that is used on cuts which is apoison. It is an iodine that is found in someseafood, vegetables, fruit grown in areaswhose soil is high in iodine content, etc. Itdoesn't take but a little bit of iodine for thebody to function but being just a little bit lowcan cause any of the above conditions. In theextreme, as what happened in the Mid-Westin the 1930's, goiter is the result. Goiter isnothing more than an enlarged thyroid. Theenlargement of the thyroid is caused by thethyroid searching desperately for iodine.When the thyroid gets too large it may haveto be surgically removed.

The thyroid is a little bow tiel shape glandthat sits under the Adam's apple. It formssort of a semi circle around the trachea or thewindpipe. If it gets depleted in iodine it willenlarge to try to absorb or accumulate more.Most people with thyroid problems do nothave goiter. They have enough not to havegoiter but not enough to produce the neededhormones. Without the needed raw materialto function properly a person will have a lotof symptoms and begin to live life miserablyin a chronically fatigued, and/or unhappy,less than optimally functioning manner.

Since the functioning of the thyroid variesfrom person to person the usual method ofchecking low thyroid by blood tests is notalways indicative of low thyroid functioning.The blood tests show the circulating hormoneof the thyroid (T-3 and T-4 tests are differenthormones produced by the thyroid and theblood tests will show if these hormones fallwithin normal limits. The problem is thatthese hormones will fluctuate throughout theday and may show within normal limits butmay be too low for a particular person, i.e.the thyroid may still not be functioning at100% efficiency.)

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There are a number of ways that the thyroidcan be easily and simply checked. A fewexamples will be cited here for your perusal:

1. Dr. Broda Barnes method: Take atemperature reading first thing in themorning (shake thermometer down thenight before, leave on bedside because todo this accurately you cannot get out ofbed first). Place the thermometer on bareskin in the armpit for 10 minutes. Takethe temperature 2-3 days in a row to getan accurate reading. The normaltemperature should be between 97.8 and98.2. Anything below that will usuallyindicate a hypothyroid condition. Womenshould begin taking this reading the 2ndor 3rd day after their menstrual flow hasstarted.

2. Dr. Victor Frank's method from the TotalBody Modification workshop: Being thatthere are three functioning lobes of thethyroid the thyroid cartilage can becontacted with all fingers, one finger left(MT), one finger center (MT), one fingerright (MT), or anyone of the 16combinations possible.(Note: MT = Muscle Test)

3. Gordon Stokes (Three in One Concepts)utilizes the Venous! Arterial Flow tests inStructural Neurology: Use a runningmotion with your first two fingers tostrike the sternal notch a couple times(MT). If the muscle test is weak, continueto stroke the sternal notch until a rednessappears. Retest. If redness does notappear within 5-8 strokes hypothyroidismmight be considered.

The solution to hypothyroidism may besimple. Dr. David Williams recommendsthyroid glandular supplements, available athealth food stores, which are desiccatedthyroid glands from healthy cattle and aresimilar to the thyroid hormone. He alsorecommends Ioaquasoll, a non toxic watersoluble ammonium iodide (available fromTPCS Distributors, 343 E. Orange GroveBlvd., Pasadena, CA 91104). This form ofiodine is easily assimilated and becomes apure iodine in the body (unlike sodium orpotassium iodide). He also recommends kelpthat has not been depleted of its normal iodine

content by pollution. He cautions that if youtake thyroid supplementation that your bodymay need to have increased amounts of the Bvitamins as well.

Dr. Stephen Langer, M.D. discusses the careand feeding of the thyroid (ref. 4). WalterSchmitt, Jr., D.C. discusses the need to beparticularly aware of thyroid deficiencies(ref. 5).

In extreme cases a thyroid hormone may betaken. When a hormone is used, it mayreplace the natural functioning of the thyroid.The message from the pituitary gland is thatenough hormones exists. This false messagewill make the thyroid lazy and unproductive.What isn't used will be lost! A recent studythat appeared in the Journal of the AmericanMedical Association (ref. 3), indicated thatthere is some evidence that the thyroidhormone levothyroxine may cause decreasedbone density and therefore may be a risk forosteoporosis.

There are other things to be aware of whenhypothyroidism is a consideration, such asmineral deficiency of iron as well as iodine(ref. 2). But the initial awareness that there isa problem that may be unsuspected,undiagnosed or overlooked and can becorrected is important to all of us.

References

1. Broda Barnes, M.D., Hypothyroidism:The Unsuspected Illness, 1976.

2. Beark JL et al, Impaired thermoregulationand thyroid function in iron-deficiencyanemia, American Journal of ClinicalNutrition 1990; 52:813-9.

3. Kung AWC, Pun KK, Bone mineraldensity in pre-menopausal womenreceiving long-term physiological dose oflevothyroxine-s, Journal of the AmericanMedical Association, 1991; 265:2688-91).

4. Langer, Stephen , M.D., Solved: TheRiddle of Illness, (1984)

5. Schmitt, Walter, Jr., D.C., CompiledNotes on Clinical Nutritional Products(1990)

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The Clinical Effects OfTouch Healing Encounters

by Walter L. Weston, D.Min.

The most ancient form of touch healing hasbeen practiced by every culture and religionon Earth by persons simply known as"healers" who transmit a healing flow orenergy with their hands or minds in order torestore health by healing the body's energyfields. As a clergyperson with the ability toheal with the hands, I searched for scientificevidence to understand the causes andeffects, eventually receiving by doctorate inhealing research. As the clinical evidenceaccumulates, a clear picture of the healingeffects is emerging. The following data offersa scientific and experiental picture of thehealing encounter.

1) Touch Healing Produces aMeasurable Effect. Montreal biologistBernard Grad's classic 1957 Wounded MiceExperiment (ref. 3) is a good example ofhealing clinical research. With a scalpel andtemplate, Grad surgically removed a one-halfinch square of skin from the backs of forty-eight laboratory mice, of whom sixteen weretreated by healer Oskar Estebany with the restof the mice used as controls. The woundhealing rate was regularly measured with atemplate. After fourteen days, the healertreated wounded mice had a statisticallysignificantly increased surgical woundhealing rate over the control group. Thisexperiment provided the first scientificverification that healers produce a measurablehealing effect on living organisms.

2) Healing is a process taking placeover a period of time. the woundedmice's surgical wounds were not healedinstantly. Touch healing increased the normalrate of healing in mice. My own experiencevalidates this for humans. For twenty-fiveyears as a pastor-healer, I have practice touchhealing with thousands of surgical patients.In about eighty percent of surgical patients,the wound healing rate appeared to doubleand in the rest, there was an approximatelyseven-fold increase in healing rate.

3) The existence of a healing energy.Early life energies researchers proposed theexistence of a healing energy to explain theexperimental effects of healing prayer. Theexistence of a healing energy had long beenclaimed by healers, who sensed the energyflow from their hands into the healee. Thehealing energy changes the surface tension ofwater. (Ambrose Worrall) It acts likeelectricity in flowing from a high potentialsource to a person or object of lowerpotential. (Bernard Grad and AmbroseWorrall) Human beings act like electricalcapacitors for the healing energy. (BernardGrad)

4) The healing energy is informationaland acts intelligently. Researcher Gradstates: "the energy is informational! Theenergy itself is an information-bearer, self-regulating, programmed. Where healing callsfor the slowing down of cell growth, as inthe goiter experiments, thyroid developmentis inhibited. Where healing required speedingup of cell growth, as in the wounded micetests, the process is accelerated. Slow downor speed up for healing? The same agent doesboth. The energy itself knows." (ref 1)

5) Healing energy produces theoptimum state for life. A beanexperiment by Spindrift in Salem, Oregon,graphically demonstrated this. Three trays ofbeans were prepared. One contained beanswhich had been dried out by oven heat. Thesecond tray had been soaked to increasewater content. The third was the control withuntreated normal or healthy beans. In a seriesof runs, persons prayed for the beans. Thisresulted in all three trays of beans developingthe same moisture content. The prayer effectsadded to the dried out beans, reduced watercontent in the soaked beans, and had noscientific effect on the normal beans. Thehealing energy of prayer effect was to bringthe treated beans to their optimal state ofbeing.

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6) Healing energy can be imparted toother substances. Through touch healing,human hands can impaart the healing energyto sealed glass or plastic containers of water,to cotton or wool, or to surgical gauze. Thiscauses the same effects as direct touchhealing. In Grad's "Wounded Barley SeedExperiment", twenty barley seeds werewounded by soaking in a 1% saline solutionand then planted and water with 1% salinesolution. Half of the saline solution wastreated through touch healing; the controlgroup was not. Robert Miller (ref 6)discovered similar effects in healer treatedwater as a research chemist in Atlanta,Georgia. As a healer, I regularly chargebottled water with healing energy and havefound it to heal viral infections, arthritis, andspinal spurs. Grad's "The Healing ofInduced Goiters in Mice Experiment"involved depriving mice of iodine andfeeding them the goitrogen thiouracil toartifically produce goiters. Healer touchtreated wool and cotton cuttings were placedin the cages., preventing goiter fromgrowing. Dolores Krieger, (ref. 4) reportssimilar results with healer treated gauzewhich was applied as a wound dressing,resulting in a faster rate of wound healing. Iregularly charge cotton dish towels withhealing energy by touching them with myhands for fifteen minutes. These chargedtowels, draped over a body part 24-hours aday, consistently enhance the healing rate andproduce healings of arthritic joints, spinalinjuries, sprains, bruises, broken bones,lacerations, skins ulcers, and skin diseases.

7) Healing energy is extremely stable.The qualities of the healing energy in healertreated substances are differnt from any otherenergy source. The energy does not dissipate;its power level will remain unchanged, evenwhen stored for a two year period. Healercharged bottled water does not leak out tocontaminate adjacent bottles of water. Healertreated cotton cloth continues to emit healingenergy for up to two years and is notdissipated by contact with an ill person.(Bernard Grad) This means that isolatedhealing energy is the most stable, sotrableform of active energy known. Heal over 120degrees F and direct sunlight do destroy thehealing energy.

8) The healing energy dissipates whenimparted to living organisms. Whenhealing energy is imparted to livingorganisms, it is rapidly utilized anddiminished in quantity. When Olga andAmbrose Worrall sought to make a blade ofrye grass grow, the rye grass rapidlyaccelerated growth for 11 hours to amaximum of 830% of normal. This growthenhancement then diminished for the next 36hours, reaching a low of two times thenormal growth rate, where it remained fortwo weeks. (ref. 5) The healing effectdecreases with time as the healing energy isused up. Grad reports that the healing energyimparted to laboratory mice was so rapidlyused that a healer had to hold the mice for anhour at a time to maintain the necessaryhealing threshold of energy. This wasattributed to the rapid metabolism of mice.My experience is that the imparted healingenergy is at its highest strength for aboutforty-eight hours in surgical patients. Afterthis the emotional calming side effectdisappears. When seeking to heal a chroniccondition like scoliosis, a series of dailyhealing encounters is required to provideenough energy to restore the spine's normalcurvature. In acute illnesses, the energyappears to dissipate as quickly as in lab micein order to heal the disease.

9) The emitted energy can bephotographed. Research indicates thatwhen photographed with infrared film, thehealing energy can be seen emerging from thefingers and the palms. (ref. 8)

10) Healer treated water emits a 7.8 to8.0 hertz electromagnetic frequency,as do all healers world-wide, as doesthe planet earth. No surprise. All energysources emit electromagnetic frequencies. Allpersons effectively practicing touch healingmust emit a specific healing frequency. Thoseknown as healers emit a 7.8-8.0 hertzfrequency at all times. Beginning in 1969,physicist Robert Beck began testing theemitted healing frequencies of the healersthroughout the world. All healers emmitted inthe identical energy frequency rage of 7.83hertz, plus or minus. This occurredregardless of what society they were in, whatcustoms they believed in or what type ofhealing modality they employed. Beck

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worked with charismatic Christian faithhealers, a Hawaian hahuna, and practitionersof wicca, Santeria, radesthesia, radionics andseers, ESP readers and psychics.

11) A specific extremely lowfrequency electromagnetic wavebelow 8 hertz induced cancer in micewithin 48 hours. An 8 hertzfrequency healed the induced cancerin mice. Other frequencies causedsuch mood and behavioral changes asdepression, anxiety, aggressiveness,and calming. This high security date fromUnited States Navy research physicists,(1977-78) was reported in a lecture by Dr.Andrijah Puharich. It provides evidence thatelectromagetic waves have an effect on livingorganisms and can cause physical illness atbelow the 8.0 hertz frequency and at an eighthertz frequency heals cancer. The U.S. navalphysicists learned that at 6.6 hertz a persongets drowsy, has diarrhea, and can becomedepressed. Frequencies below 5 hertz aredangerous and can result in death. The Navyphysicists then tested a healer's energy field.They discovered that when a healer placed hishands in water, the water's protons beganemitting an 8 hertz signal. The significance ofthis is that human body chemistry is made upof protons in body fluids. Thus one was thehealing energy may work is by effectingthese protons. Every enzyme in the body isalso triggered by hertz frequencies. Theseresearchers are proposing that all diseaseshave a hertz frequency, which can be curedby exposure to 7.8 -8.0 hertz frequency.

Physicist Robert O. Becker (ref. 2) reportsthat several Russian and Polish groups haveestablished that prolonged exposure to a 50hertz, 130 gauss magnetic field producedstress system changes and depression.Becker's U.S. Veteran's Administrationresearch team discovered that frequencywaves produced by high power lines arelinked to tumors in mice, slowed heartbeat infish, and chemical changes in the brain,blood, and liver of rats. Another studydemonstrated that depression and suicideoccur more often in those exposed to hightension power lines. The greatest harm toorganisms has been thought to be in the 35 to100hertz frequency electromagnetic bands. A1979 study by Nancy Wertheimer and Ed

Lepper of the University of Colorado MedicalCenter on childhood cancer and power lines,statistically lined a doubling of the childhooddeath rate due to leukemia, lymph nodecancer, and nervous system tumors to highcurrent wiring configurations. These are thenegative effects of certain frequencies. InDecember, 1990, the United Statesgovernment made its first publicannouncement that electromagnetic energycan be a health hazard. For our purposes, thefact that electromagnetic frequencies have aneffect on human health strengthens explainshow healing energy form a healer works.

12) A Threshold of healing energy isrequired. In the 1989 Chouban-WestonClinical Experiments in the BioelectrographyLab of the nPMUR government hospital inPondicherry, India, Ramesh Chouhan,M.D., and this author videotaped the energyfields of cancer patients as Western practicedtouch healing. The videotape demonstratedthat the healing energy did not slowlytransform the test subjects' energy fields. Thecancer subjects' original ill energy fieldsremained constant during the passage of eightto ten minutes. This was followed for asudden change in the energy field. Like anexplosion, the test subjects' energy fieldsbecame about three times larger, about tentimes more intense. and were altered from abluish-white to a pure white. This experimentimplies that the transmitted healing energyneeds to accumulate in power, reaching aspecific threshhold., before it can transform acancerous energy field. This implies the needto soak people with healing over a period oftime for any effect. In other words, thehealing energy works somewhat like anantibiotic, needing to be applied regularly.

13) There is no correlation betweenthe size of a healer's energy field andhealing effectiveness. Previous researchhas assumed that there is a direct correlationbetween the large size of the healer's energyfield and the rate of healer effectiveness. Butemerging data refutes the contention. Inpreliminary tests during the Chouhan-Westonexperiments, the five staff members were allyounger than the healer by seventeen or moreyears. The healer's enegy field was thesmallest of the six persons present and greweven smaller during healing encounters. This

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implies that it is in the quality of the healingfrequency and not the quantity. whichdetermines healing results. An attunedhealing frequency is the first requirement ofany transmitted energy which heals. Dr.Chouhan's clinical research data verifies this.

14) Touch healing increases theamount of oxygen in the blood by upto 12 %. (ref. 4) Dr. Dolores Krieger,professor of nursing at New YorkUniversity, had heard that Grad hadmeasured increased chlorophyll in plantstreated with healer treated water. Kriegernoted that hemoglobin "is an iron-containingproteein and, as do all proteins, it is able toact either as an acid or a base, dependingupon the medium in which it is. Thisability ...would appear to make it anappropriate vehicle for the 'balancing of thepositive and negative currents' of lifeenergies during the healing process aspostulated by Eastern literature." In each ofthree different sophisticated tests withhemoglobin, the lying-on-of-hands forhealing resulted in increased oxygen inhemoglobin up to 12% beyond normal.

15) All persons can emit an energythrough their hands, but this energyis not necessarily healing energy.Bernard Grad had two depressed men in apsychiatric ward charge up the water in acontained held in their hands. One man'senergy retarded the growth of the plants. Theother man's charged water caused a positivegrowth in the plants, seemingly due to beinghappy with being useful. After one healingservice, a woman filled the chronic angerasked if she could place her hands on thisresearcher's head to offer me healing.Unwisely, I agreed. Within moments of hertouch, I experienced a terrible headache andfelt myself being drained. The presence ofsome people can make an illness worse.

16) Medical clinical evidence. Medicalclinical research in the Russian Republic,Poland and Italy (ref. 7) clearly establishedthe benefits of touch healing. The followingdiseases and conditions responded to touchhealing:allergiesbedwettingbronchial asthma

arthritisbenign tumor

coronary insufficiency

deafness in childrengall bladder diseaseheadochesnervous system fatigueovarian disordersrespiratory disordersskin diseases

chronic middle ear infectiongastric ulcers

heart muscle damagenutritional disorders

ovarian cystsinus infection

sterilitydepression

hysteriastress disorders

anxietyhypochondriaobsessive-compulsive neurosis

17) The professional observations of ahealer. These are this healing researcher'sobservations from twenty-five years ofpracticing healing with thousands of persons.Two other clergy healers agreed that theseresults matched their own observations.

With trauma injuries like bruises, tornmuscles, lacerations, broken bones, andsurgical wounds touch healing enhances thehealing rate by 2 to 30 times. Some medicallyuntreated ruptured discs became symptomfree within twenty-four hours. Treatment ofthe brain dead with skull injuries were healedin two-thirds of cases, with damaged braintissue regenerated. Normal physical therapyfollow-up was necessary.

Most illnesses normally require three or fourtwenty-minute healing sessions a week forseveral weeks or months. The exception isosteoarthritis. With no previous surgery,most osteoarthritis responds to one or twohealing sessions, with the healee beingrelieved of all symptoms. Muscle damage dueto a heart attack is best treated in the earlieststages. Irregular pulse rates can be restored inone twenty minute session using two healers.Genital herpes IT can be cured with a fewminutes of treatment. Scoliosis (curvature ofthe spine) responds to four consecutive dailyone-half hour sessions. Between sessions thehealee usually experiences extreme spinalpain or pleasant spinal spasms during thenight. Breast lumps disappear overnight andliver cancer can be healed within six weeks.

18) Grad sees health careprofessionals as unwitting healers.Bernard Grad made an important conclusionfrom the studies of the placebo effect. Hisexperimental data suggests that positiveresults in psychotherapy and the placeboeffect are the results of psychotherapists andphysicans emitting a healing energy to the

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patient when there is a rapport and trust bythe patient. Professionals can assess thisoccurence by the side effect of healingenergy: patients feel an inner sense ofcalnmess, their negative behavior diminishes,and their vitality noticeably improves. (ref. 1)

As a healer and preacher, the author of thispaper has practiced most of the healingtechniques offered in the United States. Nonehave proven to be more effective than simplytouching the ill with the intention of offeringhealing. During my first dozen years as ahealer within the Christian Church, I knew ofno other healing technique other than simpletouch. Touch is the primary means by whichthe Christian Church and healers in mostcultures have offered healing throughout thecenturies. From these experiences, I amforced to logically conclude that most touchhealing techniques are by a respectable wayof making both patients and practitioners feelcomfortable with the healing encounter.Techniques also engage the awareness of thehealing practitioner, occupying the mind, andthus, freeing his or her hands to naturallytransmit healing energy. Any techniquewhich enables the energy to be properlyattuned and transmitted through touch for theapplicable amount of time will producehealing results.

References

1. Bartlett, Laile E., Bernard Grad andEnergy, Human Behavior, June 1978)

2. Becker, Robert 0., The Body Electric,1985

3. Grad, Bernard, Some Biological Effectsof the Laying on of Hands, Journal of theAmerican Society for Psychical Research,April, 1965, Vol. 59, No.2

4. Krieger, Dolores, Therapeutic Touch,1979

5. Miller, Robert, The Positive Effect ofPrayer on Plants, Psychic, April, 1972.

6. Miller Robert, Methods of Detecting andMeasuring Healing Energies, FutureScience, ed. White and Krippner,Doubleday, 1977

7. Steffy, Joan, and Vilenskaya, Larisa,Some Comparisons of Psychic Healing inthe USSR, Eastern and Western Europe,PSI Research, June, 1984

8. Zimmerman, John, PhD, Laying-on-of-hands Healing and Therapeutic Touch: aTestable Theory, 1988, an unpublishedpaper.)

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Balancing the Endocrine System and their Related Emotionsusing the Australian Bush Flower Essences

by Ian White

The Australian Bush Flower Essences are apowerful system of healing that act ascatalysts in helping an individual resolve theirnegative beliefts, attitudes and emotional andphysical traumas. The Bush Essencesintegrate all hemispheres of the brain, bringabout mental clarity and litterally balance thebody.

The Bush Essences carry on a very longtradition of healing using flower essences.Ancient records show that the Egyyptiansused them thousands of years ago whilst theAustralian aborigines have also used flowersto heal emotional imbalances. *They used toeat the flowers in a symbolic ritual as well asplacing the person amongst the particularflower to gain the same effect.

The earliest European record dates back toParacelsus in the 15th century, who used tomake remedies from the dew of flowers inorder to treat his patient's emotionalimbalances. More recently in the last fiftyyears there has been an upsurge in familiaritywith flower essences due to the work of theirmodern founder, the late Dr. Edward Bach(1886-1936).

Endocrine Glands

For each endocrine gland in the body, there isa corresponding Bush Essence that willbalance the gland.1. Pituitary - Yellow Cowslip Orchid2. Pineal - Bush Iris3. Hypothalamus - Bush Fuchsia4. Thyroid - Old Man Banksia5. Thymus - Flame Tr

6. Pancreas - Peach Flowered Tea Tree7. Andrenals - Macrocarppa8. Ovaries - She Oak9. Testes - Flannel Flower

To test the endocrine gland circuit locate (CL)and the corresponding Test Point (TP), ie.put two fingers on the gland

If any gland test weak, retest while the testeeholds the corresponding Essence against thebody, ego if the Thyroid is weak, then holdthe Old Man Banksia and retest. NB don'ttake any Essence at this point, unless there isonly one gland down. The Endocrine Systemis similar to a symphony - if one is out thenall the others are affected. Also, there isusually one key gland which, if corrected,will balance the whole Endocrine system. Ifthere is more than one gland testing wesk,use the Schmidtd test to determine that keygland This test is as follows:

1. CL a weak gland TP whilst the testersequentially test the other weak glands.Stop if there is an 1M change. If, forexample, the thyroid tests strong whilealso CLing the adrenals, this indicatesthat by correcting the adrenals you willalso correct the thyroid. If the thyroidtested weak while also CLing theadrenals, this simply indicates that theadrenals aren's causing the weakening inthe thyroid.

2. i. If no other gland is affecting the thyroidsimply balance it with the appropriateEssence, This is an unusual outcome.

OR

ii. If the adrenals correct the thyroid, thenhold the adrenal TP then CL any otherweak gland to see if it will correct theadrenals - usually Macrocarpa - then testthe other weak endocrine glands. Theyshould now all test strong. The adrenalsbeing the key gland If the adrenals testedstrong whilst holding the thymus, TPthen repeat the same pattern that you havejust done for the thymus.

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3. When you have the key gland, balance itby taking the appropriate Bush FlowerEssence.

The beauty of the Bush Flower Essences isthat they are a totally safe, non-addictive andsimple and yet a very effective, inexpensivesystem of healing that works in harmonywith Kinesology and is a very valuable tool.

In practice, seven drops of the essence isprescribed on rising and retiring and it isusually best if either a single remedy orremedies addressing the one theme are takenat one time. The usual duratin for taking theremedy is two weeks.

On the finger modes when Bush Essencecomes up, one dose is usually sufficient toclear the problem although again one merelyneeds to test to find out how long to take theremedy for.

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