Can You Be Impartial?

 As a kinesiologist, I have to be impartial when working with a client. Impartial means that I have to be neutral, unbiased, unprejudiced. This is a difficult job if you are testing yourself or a friend or family member. It took me a year following certification to be able to work with friends and family without any expectation of the outcome of the session. I preferred testing a stranger.

If you are a beginner with muscle testing or still feel that you need more confidence in your ability to be impartial, I offer a few Australian Bush flower essences that might help.

Alpine Mint Bush is a support for any caregiver who is exhausted from the job and needs support. At the same time it is effective when you need to keep your issues separate from the person who you are helping. 

Freshwater Mangrove helps suspend your preconceived ideas
so that you can be open to new perceptions or experiences. 

 

Sturt Desert Rose supports you as you decide what is in your best interest away from bias, pressures and expectations. 

 

 

Yellow Cowslip Orchid allows you the ability to stand aside from emotional issues and assess a situation objectively.

Muscle Test with a Dumbbell

In previous blogs on muscle testing, I completely forgot to include the way I occasionally test myself. Self testing can be challenging. It is hard to stay neutral and put aside preconceived notions of what you would like the outcome to be. So, I use a dumbbell.

I have found that a 5 pound weight is just right for me. You might need something lighter or something heavier. Decide what is best for you. 

I prefer resting my forearm on a table with the weight in my hand and my palm facing inward.

Do a practice test: Think of something that makes you happy or is a positive in your life. The weight will stay put and you will be unable to lift it.

Now, think of something stressful or negative and watch the weight life right up.

You have probably experienced the reason why this works. Has anyone said to you, "sit down, I have something to tell you."? They want you to sit down before you fall down from the stress of the conversation.

      Comforting as well as stressful thoughts can affect your muscles.

Practice with this method. It is a wonderful way to test food. Hold the food in one hand as you test with the other. Know that your body's food needs can change often. A negative test may not mean that you are banned forever from eating that food. It may be a temporary sensitivity while you re-balance your body, mind, spirit. Muscle testing is such a wonderful method for getting to know your body and what it needs.

 

 

A Crazy, Good Relationship Story

 I am often asked what muscle testing and face reading have to do with each other. And, believe me, I questioned the same thing when I took my first course at Three In One Concepts in California back in 1987. The following is the rather dramatic story of discovering how the two modalities can work together to give you more awareness, especially in regards to relationships. 37 years later, I still use both!

Sonja (my aunt and soul sister) and I arrived in Burbank, California in 1987 to begin our study of kinesiology. We walked from the B & B where we were staying to the
building where we would take our courses.

As we arrived at the building, a car pulled up and a tall, thin man with long, curly hair, got out. I leaned over to Sonja and said, 'I don't want him working on me!' She looked at me like I was crazy and said, 'You don't even know him.'

It just so happened that Sonja was seated next to the man, named Robert. Sparks flew between us. Gordon Stokes was teaching face reading that day. He looked at Robert and me and started to say that if we were married to each other....and I finished his thought by saying, 'we would kill each other!' If you know me, you know that I wouldn't be caught dead speaking to someone like that. Sonja was in shock.

After class, Sonja grabbed me to do some muscle testing to figure out what was going on. Another student did the same with Robert. We both had to release unpleasant memories of someone from our past that was triggering antagonism towards each other.

Fast forward a week and Sonja, Robert and I were together in another course. I wanted to skip class that day. Sonja wouldn't hear of it. I said I would go ONLY IF ROBERT WOULD WORK WITH ME!' Robert had become the only person who I trusted the most to support me.

The entire class had watched Robert and me go from sparks flying to best friends in a matter of days. We had never met prior, so the animosity had to do with baggage that we brought to the new relationship. Muscle testing and identifying and releasing the triggering facial structures created a genuine friendship.

 

Over the years I have enjoyed working with couples to identify and release past perceptions and blocks with muscle testing and face reading. The feedback I get is positive as they are able to open up new ways of communicating and getting along. 

I enjoyed writing my book on face reading and having it be a resource for anyone wanting to learn more about themselves or important people in their lives.

 

Possible Questions for Muscle Testing

Information to be gathered with muscle testing is endless. Below are a few suggestions to consider for use with your pendulum, sway test or any muscle testing method.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION TO TEST, WHETHER YOU ARE TESTING YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE.

Questions you might ask:

Do I have permission to ask this question?

Am I asking the right question?

Do I need to ask anything else?

Is it best to participate in this? 

Is it highest and best to share this information?

Will there be any negative repercussions from following this guidance?

Is this the best choice for my life purpose or soul's progress?

Is this reasonable and in alignment with my morals and values?

Do I need a second opinion?

Is this in my scope of knowledge?

Is there an easier way to do this?

Is this something I need to let go of?

Is this for me to be involved with?

Is it safe for me to test today? 

Is there a body level that needs my attention: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual?

When testing food choices, I use a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being food is almost like medicine for your body. Since your body's needs are always changing, it helps to test foods periodically to see what is best at the time.

 

Muscle Testing Option #4

You may have already tried the muscle testing options from the previous blogs. I offer another alternative which you may find a little more challenging if you are learning this without guidance of a teacher or mentor.

One of the best guides for muscle testing is Touch For Health by John Thie, DC and Matthew Thie, M.Ed.

Any muscle can be used for testing provided you can get what is called a CLEAR CIRCUIT, meaning the muscle holds strong for a YES and gives way for a NO. Determine how much pressure you want to use. Know that the lighter the touch, the easier it is to feel the strong and weak response.

EXAMPLES:

Testing using the DELTOID MUSCLE

Testing using the FASCIA LATA muscle

 

Testing using PECTORALIS MAJOR CLAVICULAR

 

Muscle Testing Option #3

The muscle testing technique that I use primarily when working on the phone with a client is finger testing. 

Bring your thumb and index finger of one hand inside a circle made with the opposite thumb and index finger.

Use the same amount of pressure each time you test. Find pressure that feels right for you. On a scale of 1 - 10, where 10 is very strong, keep testing around a 5 or under.

A YES response will hold strong and a NO response will cause your fingers to slide out.

 

A variation of the above finger testing:

 

Another way to finger test:

Place your middle finger on top of your index finger;

Press down;

A YES response will hold strong;

A NO response will cause the fingers to drop.

With any of the muscle testing techniques in this or the previous blogs, practice as much as you can. Keep it simple at first. Test you body's response to pictures, words, beliefs, colors, food. The wonderful outcome is developing a greater awareness of your body's response or reaction to the people, places, things you encounter daily.

 

Muscle Testing Option #2

If you have practiced using your body as a pendulum as discussed in the last blog and like doing that, keep practicing. In this blog I offer testing with an actual pendulum as an option. 

I love watching the students who use a pendulum as their technique for muscle testing. Because I started out learning to physically test Anterior Deltoid muscle and had developed confidence in it, I never felt completely comfortable using a pendulum. If you start with it, I guarantee you will become quite adept at it.

Many do find using a pendulum for testing to be the most accurate and most comfortable.

If you choose to use a pendulum, practice to insure that you are clear as to what a Yes/Positive response looks like and what a No/Negative response looks like.

Decide if it is easier to use standing or sitting. 

Before you start testing, make sure that you are grounded and have had enough water to be hydrated.

• Hold the pendulum at the heart center where the vibration of your energy system lies. 

• Ask to see a YES response. I often instruct to ask for a STRONG YES. See how your pendulum swings.
  

• Ask to see a NO response or a STRONG NO. See how the pendulum swings.

Keep it simple to start. Have fun with it.

 

My first experience with muscle testing was with a spider plant. The "babies" hung down near other plants in the sun space. I moved the plant and the babies to another spot in the house. I asked, "Does the plant have enough water?" YES. "Is there enough sun?" YES. "Is the plant happy?" NO. Huh. Then I asked, "Would the plant be happy in the original spot?" YES. 

I had a great chuckle and marveled at what nature knows! The spider plant and her babies enjoyed being with all of the other plants

Muscle Testing Option #1

Can anyone learn to muscle test? YES. As with anything new, it takes time to build confidence. There is no specific time table for feeling comfortable with the science of muscle testing or in your ability to test. Learn and practice at your own pace.

Using your body as a pendulum is one of the best techniques for learning how to test your Higher Self/Body Wisdom/Body Intelligence.

 

 

When asking a question, wait for either a forward-tilting response or a backward-tilting response.

For most people, a forward-tilting response indicates a YES/POSITIVE and a backward-tilting response indicates a NO/NEGATIVE response.

**Your job when muscle testing with any technique is to have no expectation of the outcome - to be neutral and attune to yourself or anyone who you are testing.

The first question to ask is: Do I have permission to test?" Honor the outcome.

Practice with simple questions and responses. 

For example, hold something in your hand like a piece of fruit or a supplement and see how your body tilts. Is it a positive response or a negative response.

When teaching a beginner class, I have my students practice muscle testing with pictures on flash cards to see how their body responds. There is no right answer.
Examples of pictures that I use: money, chocolate cake, a snake, fire, a church, a wheelchair, a scale, a clock, a lake, a spider web.

I also have students muscle test words and phrases. Again, there is no right or wrong. It is testing your subconscious perception.

Examples:

I can't or I can

Life is scary

I trust myself

I can never make enough money

I go with the flow

I love routine and a schedule

I love change.

I'll try 

I learn by seeing and hearing

I learn by touch and doing 

I always say what I mean 

 

 

 

Muscle Testing 101

                The only source of information about you...is YOU. 

Discovering the gentle, powerful, bio-feedback tool called muscle testing or *Kinesiology, can change your life.

Acknowledgement for the science of Kinesiology goes to George Goodheart, the "father" of Applied Kinesiology, John Thie - Touch for Health, Paul Denison - Brain Gym/
Educational Kinesiology and Gordon Stokes and Daniel Whiteside - Three In One Concepts, Inc. who I had the wonderful opportunity to study with, and of course, all those who continue to utilize and teach the concepts.

 

 WHAT IS MUSCLE TESTING?

• Muscle testing is a unique approach to wellness, prevention and stress management;

• Muscle testing is a bio-feedback tool that identifies blocks that occur on the physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual body levels;

• Muscle testing makes it possible to identify and release unresolved emotional stress and negative beliefs and fears that keep you from functioning up to your full potential; 

• Muscle testing is a quick and reliable means of getting information from your Body Wisdom, eliminating guesswork and interpretation;

• Muscle testing has proven remarkable effective for relieving a wide range of stress-related problems including: depression, anxiety, addictions, phobias, weight issues, learning problems, relationship challenges and more. Any problem caused by negative emotional stress can be treated with this system.

 

* KINESIOLOGY = the study of muscles and motion. Using kinesiology/muscle testing to identify and release stress/blocks, allows you to move forward with clarity, confidence and success.