Health
Kinesiology: What is the HK Difference
By Jane Thurnell-Read*
Originally published in KF News — The
newsletter of the British Kinesiology Federation, September 1998
My first introduction
to Health Kinesiology (HK) was in 1987 when Kay McCarroll arranged
for Dr. Jimmy Scott, the developer of HK, to come to England to
teach a workshop. I had been using Kinesiology for allergy testing
since 1983: in that time I had tested literally thousands of clients
for allergies. I used Kinesiology to test for allergies and then
homeopathic drops to desensitize them. I had a very successful
and busy practice but I was getting bored and frustrated, feeling
that allergy problems were a symptom of energy disturbance rather
than the underlying problem. I had started to look at various branches
of Kinesiology, herbalism, iridology and homeopathy but none of
them seemed to be quite what I was looking for. Then I attended
Jimmy's first UK course in Health Kinesiology.
I was completely bowled over by what seemed to me to be a very holistic system
with a strong theoretical framework, so I went home determined to try it. I
used my eldest son as the guinea pig: he had severe reading difficulties and
had been diagnosed as dyslexic. Although he was eight years old he read as
though he had never met any of the words before. He was not very willing to
allow me to practice on him, so we compromised with him lying on the sitting
room floor watching television while I scrabbled around with my new manual.
I did not explain that I was trying to help his dyslexia, only that I wanted
to try out some new techniques I had learnt. The session lasted less than an
hour with Jonathan repeatedly asking “Haven’t you finished yet?” That
evening he read in phrases for the first time in his life. The benefit of that
session lasted, without any additional homework or work by me: I was immensely
impressed by the power of this Kinesiology. From then on all my clients got
HK and I have never looked back. I found that with Health Kinesiology I could
often correct allergy problems instantly, and also that I could help people
with a much wider variety of symptoms and problems, including helping people
to achieve their potential intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. I am
still amazed at the power, depth and width of HK to help people with a whole
range of physical, psychological and spiritual problems.
The Courses
The basic system is taught in 5 four-day courses. These are spaced about 2
months apart, but students can work at their own pace, taking much longer if
they wish. There are 4 teachers in the UK We all work to the same syllabus,
using the same manuals. It is possible for students to do different courses
with different teachers if they wish, but the courses must be taken in order.
Even Kinesiologists from other backgrounds have to take Stage 1. Some of them
have been unhappy about this at first, but after taking Stage 1 they always
say they have learnt a tremendous amount and it has been very worthwhile.
HK
Stage 1: the basic HK meridian balance, psychological
techniques, allergy and tolerance testing and correction,
basic treatment protocols, etc.
HK Stage 2: further information
on allergy and tolerance work, procedures for detoxification
to heavy metals, viruses, vaccinations, etc., techniques
for strengthening the body against electromagnetic pollution,
self-testing, etc.
HK Stage 3: powerful psychological techniques,
procedures for scars and pain, methods for improving intellectual
abilities, new protocols for working at a deeper level of understanding
with the body, etc.
HK Stage 4: more psychological techniques,
working with programmed crystals, procedures for improving the functioning
of the five senses, designing affirmations, etc.
HK Stage 5: more psychological techniques,
chakra re-balancing procedures, more work on improving intellectual
functioning and remembering, designing exercise programs, etc.
Theoretical
Framework
What is not clear from this listing of techniques is the theoretical framework
which surrounds and informs HK. Jimmy Scott has developed an energy model which
allows a greater understanding of what we are doing and why. HK techniques
do not treat particular symptoms or illnesses directly, but correct specific
imbalances within the energy system, allowing the body to heal itself. So,
for example, psychological corrections are concerned with energy flow within
the meridians, the Body Brain Energy Integration Technique is concerned with
energy entering the brain, Tissue Energy Blocks are concerned with energy blocks
at the tissue level, Mechanism Control is concerned with blockages at the level
of cell receptors. In consequence two people presenting with the same symptoms
will almost certainly receive entirely different treatments, because the symptom
is a manifestation of completely different energy disturbances.
Initial
Balancing Technique
Before asking about the techniques needed, the Health Kinesiologist carries
out the initial balancing procedure. Unlike some other Kinesiologies, this
is based on working with over-energy rather than under-energy and working at
the level of elements rather than individual muscles or meridians. In HK there
is also a preferred order for testing the elements [governing/central, gall
bladder/liver, kidney/bladder, large intestine/lung, stomach/spleen, triple
warmer/ circulation-sex, small intestine/heart]. This does not correspond to
the normal cycles used in other branches of Kinesiology and TFH. Jimmy ascertained
through extensive verbal testing that this is an effective and robust way of
ensuring the acupuncture meridians are balanced. I find using the HK system
that I can often have a client balanced and ready to proceed with further work
in less than 5 minutes. My experience has been that this is a quick, effective
and lasting way of ensuring that the energy system is balanced, so that I can,
in general, get accurate answers to my verbal questions.
Once the energy system is balanced the next step is to ascertain which procedures
to use. Establishing where the imbalances are is not the daunting prospect
it might seem at first sight: Health Kinesiology uses an extensive and systematic
verbal protocol to establish exactly what is needed. In general we use one
indicator muscle: often the anterior deltoid or the brachioradialis. The on/off
response correlates with yes/no, so it is possible to ask a wide variety of
questions using this indicator muscle.
Verbal
Questioning
In Health Kinesiology we do not use finger modes, but teach students to be
able to ask clear and precise questions: this means the possibility of the
dialogue with the body is enormous, particularly because we are not limited
by the number of known finger modes. Verbal questioning is the real skill of
a good Health Kinesiologist and all the teachers spend a lot of time teaching
students how to do this accurately and as objectively as possible.
In HK there are three basic ways of working: according to body priority
[item or issue] or according to an issue [or goal] specified by the client.
Asking
the body for the preferred issue is a fascinating and sometimes revealing
exercise. A Belgian client's energy system wanted her to work on her
relationship with
the midwife she blamed for her baby's death many years before. She had
not told me about the incident so this was established by muscle testing.
When
I discovered the issue, she immediately recognized that emotions she
had thought long gone had been suppressed and were now ready to be addressed.
She also
realized that this terrible tragedy had influenced her life and her relationships
since then. If I’d asked her to provide a goal for the session
she would never have suggested this.
Five
Types of Procedures
Health Kinesiologists make a distinction between five types of procedures:
Energy
correction factors: these are procedures
which are only carried out once in that precise
format. In other
words once they are properly done they stay done
and do not need to be repeated. This is the vast
bulk of the Health
Kinesiologist’s work.
Energy toning factors: these are procedures
which might be carried out repeatedly: they are designed to establish
stronger energy flow and more easily accessible energy pathways,
unlike energy corrections which are designed to correct underlying
energy problems. Some of these procedures are carried out during
a client session, but often they are things people do at home
to strengthen the energy system. Taking homeopathic remedies
and flower essences or carrying a suitable crystal fall into
this category. Although they affect the physical body, it is
indirectly through their effect on the subtle energy bodies.
Adjunctive factors: this is
mainly homework; things that the person goes home and does
for themselves which could be taking a nutritional supplement,
following a specific exercise program, etc. The exact nature
of the homework is ascertained by using verbal questioning.
They differ from energy toning exercise in that they are
designed specifically to work directly on the physical
body.
Energy redirection factors: these
are procedures which are needed sometimes when the energy
work has been done, but for some reason the energy system
has not picked up the change. These procedures tell the energy
system that there are better options available now and to
look for them. Not all clients need these procedures: for
many people as soon as the changes are made [mainly through
energy corrections] the new possibilities are immediately
utilized.
Environmental factors: these techniques
and procedures are covered in some advanced and supplementary
courses. They include consideration of toxins, intrusive
energy and geopathic stress.
In HK we have
an extensive menu of techniques and procedures, backed up by a
model of the energy system, coupled with a rigorous protocol of
verbal questions for establishing a dialogue with the body through
muscle testing. At first sight the system seems to be very complicated,
but as understanding of the model and protocols grows it is clear
that in many ways HK is breathtakingly simple: it consists of a
limited number of building blocks which are put together in endless
permutations, allowing each session to be tailored precisely to
the needs of the individual client.
I have now been practicing HK since 1987 and teaching it since 1990; it never
ceases to fascinate me. It is a Kinesiology with great depth and subtlety capable
of helping people in a very profound and long-lasting way.
Notes:
*Jane Thurnell-Read is the senior teacher and coordinator of Health Kinesiology
in the UK. See Jane's biography for contact information. And visit the HK web
site of the United Kingdom at: www.healthk.co.uk.
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