Kinesiology is another name for muscle testing. The kinesiology technique is a method to get directly in touch with the physical body's electrical system, which corresponds to the central nervous system. I recommend using kinesiology testing to work with flower essences. The technique itself is based on a very simple principle: What enhances our body, mind and soul makes us strong. Together our body, mind and soul create a wholistic environment which, when balanced, is strong and solid. If something enters into that environment which challenges the balance, the entire environment is weakened. The state of strength or weakness is registered in the electrical system, and through kinesiology combined with asking simple yes/no questions, we can discover just what state we're in.

If you’ve ever been to a chiropractor or holistic physician experienced in muscle testing, you’ve experienced kinesiology. The doctor tells you to stick out your arm and resist his pressure. It feels like he is trying to push your arm down after he has told you not to let him do it. Everything is going fine, and then all of a sudden he presses and your arm falls down like a floppy fish no matter how hard you try to keep it up. That is using kinesiology.

Simply stated, the body has within it and surrounding it an electrical network or grid. If anything impacts your electrical system that does not maintain or enhance your health and your body’s balance, your muscles, when having physical pressure applied, are unable to hold their strength. (Muscle power is directly linked to the balance of the electrical system.) In other words, if pressure is applied to an individual’s extended arm while his body’s electrical system is being adversely affected, the muscles will weaken and the arm will not be able to resist the pressure. The circuits of the electri-cal system are overloaded or have short-circuited, causing a weakening of that system. However, if pressure is applied while his electrical system is being positively affected, the circuits remain strong, balanced and capable of fully functioning throughout the body. The muscles will remain strong, the person will easily resist and the arm will hold its position.

This electrical/muscular relationship is a natural part of the human system. It is not mystical or magical. Kinesiology is the established method for reading the body’s balance through the balance of the electrical system at any given moment.

Everyone at Healthy Living is taught to conduct muscle testing.

Through the face, tongue, and nails, the human body clearly and visibly demonstrates imbalances in the body without the need for expensive equipment or verbal dialogue.

Derived from traditional Chinese medicine this seminar will analyze the face’s structure, lines, and markings; the tongue’s color, coating and spotting; and the different nail types, characteristics, and anatomy.

Having learned the meaning of different characteristics of the face, tongue, and nails allows us to quickly and easily assess weaknesses that may even be unknown to the you and in turn help us help you.

Claire D. Bridges conducts Face, Tongue and Nail Analysis.