Muscle Testing for Answers
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MEET YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS
I always thought the subconscious was this elusive part of our brain that wasn’t necessarily completely inside our physical head… Then I found out it was right under our noses: It’s our body! Yup, our hands, our feet, our stomach, our back, our neck, the whole vessel we have chosen to use in this lifetime IS our subconscious. It’s the computer that stores all our data, including ancestral information.
Just as we use a keyboard and mouse/trackpad to interact with our computers, so too do we use muscles to interact with our subconscious. By applying gentle pressure on them to see if they get firm or soften up, we can ask the subconscious any question we want. When the muscle goes strong, the answer is yes. When it goes weak, the answer is no. Now before you go asking when the next Bitcoin moon will happen, just remember that we cannot ask questions about the future. The subconscious only has information about the present and the past, and will only give information that is helpful to us.
HISTORY OF MUSCLE TESTING
The roots of muscle testing can be traced back to ancient Eastern healing traditions. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), practitioners have long recognized the flow of vital energy, or "qi," through meridians in the body. The principles of Muscle Testing are similar to TCM's pulse diagnosis, where subtle imbalances in the pulse were used to diagnose health conditions.
Similarly, Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient system from India, acknowledged the interconnectedness of the body's energies. While not identical to modern muscle testing, these ancient traditions laid the groundwork for understanding the body's energy dynamics.
Muscle Testing was developed into the field of Applied Kinesiology by Dr. George Goodheart in 1964. During his medical research he noticed that when patients were sick certain of their muscles went weak when gentle pressure was applied to them. He discovered that different muscle groups were wired on the same circuit (meridian) as certain organs, and could therefore relay information about the health of those organs.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Muscle Testing gained popularity, partly due to the work of Dr. John Thie. Dr. Thie simplified the technique and developed "Touch for Health," a system that made Muscle Testing more accessible to the general public.
Today, muscle testing is widely practiced by chiropractors, naturopaths, nutritionists, and various holistic healthcare providers. Its applications have expanded to include allergy testing, nutritional assessments, and emotional release work such as Emotion Code.
MUSCLE TESTING TECHNIQUES
There are many ways to Muscle Test. You can test others or you can self-test on their behalf. Self-testing is the most common way Emotion Code practitioners work with clients. There are a variety of self-testing methods as well:
Sway test: using the whole body
Ring test: using fingers
Log test: using the forearm
Tongue test: moving tongue from cheek to cheek
Rub test: rubbing finger tips together
Advanced Muscle Testers don’t use any of the above- they can just sense the change in the energy of their body, and sometimes just their head. It feels different for each person, but with practice everyone establishes a baseline and can tell clearly yes from no. There is no wrong way of Muscle Testing as long as you understand the principle.
THE LEARNING CURVE
Our meridians need to be clear for qi (energy) to flow appropriately the same way our vessels need to be clear for our blood to flow. Ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine has proven that illness, including mental health issues, stems from a disruption in the flow of qi. Once there is a blockage in one part of the body, much like a traffic jam, the longer it’s there the more backed up the entire body system gets. We are resilient beings and can tolerate a large amount of blockages- but eventually, it adds up to disease, conflict, emotional problems and scarcity.