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History of Health KinesiologyThe
Health Kinesiology System After earning my Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology at the University of North
Carolina in 1966, and spending four years doing research at the National
Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, I found myself on the
faculty of the University of California Medical School, first at the Davis
campus, later at the San Francisco campus.During this time I published
over 30 research papers in scientific and medical journals and developed
an international reputation in both sleep research and biofeedback research.
Of course, my scientific training included maintaining a skeptical attitude,
careful clear thinking, evaluation of available facts, and disbelief of
anything not “scientifically proven.”
When I first saw a demonstration of muscle-testing in the early 1970’s I was both fascinated and highly skeptical.Over the next few years, I observed several more demonstrations, some at professional meetings I found them interesting, but on the basis of those demonstrations, I did not see how kinesiology could be useful for me. In the meantime, I made considerable changes in my professional life. While still at the University, I became licensed as a Psychologist and started a professional practice doing biofeedback and relaxation training with clients. I became increasingly frustrated with academic / medical school politics, so I left the University about 1975 to pursue independent efforts. As a result of
working with my clients, I became more interested in what “health” really
is. Clients told me stories about how they were getting healthier
in ways not obviously related to what we were doing, and I began
to analyze what factors contribute to health. This led me into
nutrition work, among other things, and the formation of a new
non-profit health education foundation.One of the evening lecture
programs sponsored by the new foundation was – you guessed
it – Kinesiology. We somehow made contact with Chris Harrison,
a chiropractor and a Diplomate in the ICAK (International College
of Applied Kinesiology). His excellent presentation made it clear
how I might utilize these unusual techniques – if they really
worked! Chris suggested I begin learning kinesiology by reading
some Applied Kinesiology material and taking the Touch for Health
(TFH) course (at the time there was only one, two day, TFH course).
Even before I attended the basic TFH course and the TFH Instructors courses in 1978 I was creating new procedures, the foundation of Health Kinesiology.I had soon discovered that existing kinesiology techniques, although powerful, did not fill my needs. For example, I not only wanted to identify which nutritional supplements a client needed, but also exactly which product would be the very best for them. I wanted another way to assess the progress a client was making, independent of their own subjective report. I wanted to know the most important therapeutic program for my client. I wanted to know the best time to do a procedure. I wanted to know the source of their energy disturbances. And on and on and on. I
soon found ways to use kinesiology to obtain information directly
from the “body.” At first, I used it for nutritional
testing. I stopped doing chemical hair analysis, because kinesiology
gave me equally valid information, on the spot. Nutritional supplement
schedules became truly individualized, something we could only “guess” about
otherwise. As a result, my work became far more effective and popular.
My
goals were to develop the most effective, robust, permanent methods
for change that I could, using my scientific analytic training.
With my new version of kinesiology I had a method to compare procedures.
I could determine which of two or more approaches was best, not
just whether a procedure “worked.” I soon discovered
that many commonly used techniques, although temporarily affecting
energy, do not seem to have much lasting effect.
Because the methods
I devised were so simple, I did not at first believe how incredibly
powerful and effective they were. However, as I continued to work
with my procedures, they demonstrated continued effectiveness.
Within a couple of years I had fully developed the HK Paradigm – an
approach which allowed me to discover any information I needed
from the client's own body to help them achieve greater wellness
and functioning. Next was to systematize this material so that
anyone could follow the same procedures and achieve comparable
results. The basic structure of the HK System was in place by 1981.
Since then many refinements and additions have been made, but the
systematic, comprehensive, holistic approach is still exactly the
same.
Although careful
readers will notice the philosophy underlying HK is similar to
other, more recently published, material, HK did not “borrow” its
attitude. Except for some concepts from Traditional Chinese Medicine,
muscle-testing itself, and some uses of various energy reflexes
(all pre-dating kinesiology, itself), almost everything else about
HK is original, created by imagination, clear, careful thought,
research, and thorough empirical and theoretical analysis and evaluation.
HK is unlike all previous Kinesiologies.
HK has produced
numerous innovations, many of which have now been incorporated
into other schools of kinesiology. Despite this incorporation of
HK techniques into kinesiologies, HK remains original and unique,
and I think it is the most comprehensive, powerful, effective system
of kinesiology ever devised. HK offers an approach, a method of
discovery, a way of thinking clearly and logically, a philosophy:
The HK Paradigm, The Health Kinesiology System. It is an extremely
extensive system, even though each component itself is simple and
easy to do. Some of the major keys to how HK works include:
I have provided here only a brief introduction to Health Kinesiology. Our courses comprise over 90 days of basic instruction. This does not include other work such as chemistry, physics, and anatomy & physiology. We do not have courses focusing on specific topics such as relationships, learning disorders, or allergies, because once students understand the HK System they easily learn how to apply our procedures to any topic. We work on energy as applied anywhere. |
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