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“Kinesiology encompasses holistic health disciplines which use the gentle art of muscle monitoring to access information about a person’s well-being. It combines Western techniques and Eastern wisdom to promote physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Kinesiology identifies the elements which inhibit the body’s natural internal energies and accesses the life enhancing potential within the individual.” — Definition approved by the Australian Kinesiology Association (AKA), 1999, amended 2006

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How Kinesiology Found Me

A few years ago I was “kicked” out of the corporate world — my time was up. I had a strong urge to study, though I had no idea what. All I knew was that it was my year for it. Then one day a client said to me, “I noticed you do Kinesiology.” I replied, “No, I don’t right now — however I am going to!” And that is how Kinesiology found me.

I signed up for the course and on day one sat there with absolutely no idea what was involved or how it could help people. What unfolded changed everything.

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So, What Is Kinesiology?

Kinesiology is a healing modality that is becoming increasingly well known and sought after. It is considered one of the truly holistic modalities because it works on all aspects of a person — making it genuinely three-dimensional in its approach. Most healing modalities address only one dimension of a person, or at best two (typically the mind or the physical body). Kinesiology works across all three: body, mind and spirit.

The word itself derives from the Greek kinesis, meaning movement, and kinein, meaning to move. Kinesiology can therefore be understood as the science of movement — and in the context of energy kinesiology, this refers to the movement of energy through the body’s meridian system, chakras and auric bodies, which in turn supports movement through the physical and mental bodies.

This draws on the ancient Eastern medical philosophy: Bu tong ze tong, Tong ze bu tong — “If there is no free flow, there is pain; if there is free flow, there is no pain.”

Kinesiology is an energy-based healing modality with strong roots in both Eastern philosophies — such as the Chinese meridian system, acupressure points and chakras — and Western principles, including coaching methodology and the study of Anatomy and Physiology.

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A Brief History: From Applied Kinesiology to Touch for Health to PKP

The foundations of kinesiology as a healing system were laid in the 1960s, when Dr. George Goodheart DC discovered that muscle testing could be used to gather information from the body. He called this system Applied Kinesiology, and it led many chiropractors to embrace Chinese medicine techniques, utilising acupressure on points of the meridian system.

In the early 1970s, John Thie DC built on Goodheart’s work to create Touch for Health — an accessible version of Applied Kinesiology designed for everyday people, not just those in the medical or chiropractic fields. This was a pivotal moment, opening the door to kinesiology as a widely practised complementary health modality.

PKP Kinesiology

The next major evolution came through the work of Dr. Bruce Dewe MD, a New Zealand physician. Dr. Bruce Dewe researched and further developed the concept of kinesiology into a specialised modality called Professional Kinesiology Practice (PKP) in the 1980s. PKP draws together all the work and systems of Applied Kinesiology and expands it into the most holistic of all natural therapies, focusing on bringing the body back into balance to allow its own innate healing ability to best care for itself.

PKP is a system of addressing issues on the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, biochemical and spiritual level, based on a hierarchical system of priorities. Dr. Dewe researched and documented over 300 finger modes — balancing techniques used like a menu during a session, navigated through muscle testing to identify what each individual needs. He also researched and added over 100 more muscles into the realm of kinesiology, including muscles acting on the shoulder, hip, and upper and lower limbs.

PKP classes were taught during the 1980s and were an exciting, evolving method of combining emotions, nearly 100 muscles, hundreds of finger modes and modern healing techniques. The system has continued to grow and evolve ever since. In 1999, Dr. Dewe and his wife Joan founded the International College of Professional Kinesiology Practice. The four-year professional qualification was a world first, bringing professional discipline and quality to the teaching of kinesiology. The syllabus is now taught in institutes and colleges across 16 countries, creating an internationally recognised standard for the discipline.

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The Role of Muscle Testing

The most well-known tool in kinesiology is muscle testing — also called muscle monitoring. Muscle testing involves challenging the biofeedback mechanism present in all muscles to reveal imbalances within the body. At its most simple, it involves gentle pressure on a midpoint of any particular muscle.

Muscles work in close relationship with the nervous system. Our conscious mind transmits a command to the central nervous system, which converts it into electrical impulses. These travel through the peripheral nervous system to the muscles responsible for carrying out the required movement. When a client processes information that is beneficial or resonant for them, the muscle remains strong. When that information creates a stress or conflict, the muscle goes weak — providing the kinesiologist with a clear biofeedback signal.

Muscles can be thought of as filing cabinets for the subconscious mind. Muscle monitoring gives instant access to holistic information held by the core operating unit of the entire body-mind system — the subconscious — which holds all our memories, information about physical, emotional, mental and energetic states, and also determines our muscle tension.

The muscles have also been shown to reflect unprocessed tension and stress, meaning they can hold the memory of experiences for many years. Such stored stress can eventually manifest as physical dis-ease, aches and pains, sabotaging behaviours or emotional crises — or be triggered by life events that bring it to the surface.

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What Happens in a Session?

Kinesiology is far more than muscle testing. Together, the client and kinesiologist set a goal for the session. Through muscle monitoring, the kinesiologist identifies what is creating energy blockages or sabotages that are preventing the client from reaching that goal. Each session is an individual experience, tailored entirely to what that person needs in that moment — which can vary from session to session.

The kinesiologist works from a broad toolkit of techniques known as “corrections” — a mix of tried and proven energy-based approaches — to address these blocks and bring the body, mind and spirit back into alignment. The real goal of any kinesiology balance is to identify the bottom-line cause of any imbalance and then resolve it. The imbalance may be nutritional, emotional, structural, psychological, energetic or even spiritual — something as simple as an attitude, or a forgotten memory.

A kinesiologist will not diagnose, treat or prescribe. Instead, they work with the client to balance what the AKA refers to as the “triad of health” — the chemical/nutritional, mental/emotional and physical/structural dimensions of wellbeing.

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What Can Kinesiology Help With?

Kinesiology has been known to improve both emotional and physical wellbeing, bringing about a calmer and more relaxed state of being, reducing pain, and improving self-esteem and confidence. It can assist with:

• Increasing confidence, self-worth and self-belief
• Developing internal validation rather than seeking it from others
• Alleviating anxiety, fears and stress
• Trusting your own decisions and supporting yourself through challenging changes
• Increasing energy levels and maintaining a positive outlook
• Overcoming past traumas and hurts, including support through grief
• Enhancing performance — focus, clarity and energy
• Improving brain function, learning and comprehension
• Refining and boosting creative flow
• Easing physical tension and pain
• Improving sleep quality and restfulness
• Assisting with digestion and autoimmune concerns
• Supporting the Law of Attraction

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