Energy Testing  on Yourself

Muscle Testing. In Energy Psychology, "muscle testing" is a frequent type of energy test, used to assess or dowse energy flow through a muscle group. The muscle testing used by Energy Psychology clinicians is a simple form of Kinesiology. Muscle testing is used by many of the well know energy healers such as Donna Eden, Richard Gordon, Dr Bradley Nelson, Brent Philips, to mention a few, and with some patience and practice you can learn this as well.

What's more, energy self-testing is easy and fun to do.

Energy Testing with or without the Muscle. Also popular and exceedingly useful are energy-check methods that do not test muscle energy. These methods are ideal for self-use, and are the methods I use when I work with my clients and I use myself: (1) a sway test, (2) muscle testing with the fingers for yes or no answers, (3) pendulum dowsing, or you can use the self arm test. There are many ways to self test yourself, find on that works and practice it until your comfortable with the response and move on to the next one.  I'll introduce you to  a few these easier energy self-tests and then suggest practice activities.

Think YES, with a strong positive feeling. Wait, and notice your body's subtle response to YES. It will naturally sway slightly forward. Repeat this a few times for practice. Now think NO, with a yucky negative feeling. Notice your body's response to NO. It will lean slightly back or to the side, and do so readily and reliably with practice. That's the ideomotor response.

Relax, breathe, and then invite your head to indicate YES. Notice your head's natural response to YES. It will naturally tip slightly forward as though beginning to nod, "Yes." Repeat for practice.

Then relax, breathe, and invite your head to indicate NO. Notice your head's natural response to NO. It will naturally turn slightly to the side as though beginning a head-shake, "No," or it will draw back a little. We'll do some "practical practice" a little further on.

All muscle testing works on this proven premise:  When you make a statement your subconscious mind (the part of the mind that controls the body) believes to be true – there is a ‘yes’ response from the subconscious – the muscles of the body become momentarily stronger.  When you make a statement your subconscious mind believes is not true – that is there is a ‘no’ response from the subconscious - the muscles of the body become momentarily weaker.  Using this premise it is possible to pick one muscle of the body to use for testing ‘yes’ (strong) and ‘no’ (weak) responses of the subconscious.

 One must always apply the same amount of pressure to the muscle.  The amount of pressure to use is one in which the muscle is strong enough to resist the pressure being applied when you think/say ‘yes’ and not strong enough to resist the same pressure when you think/say ‘no’.

 Very important:  If what you say is not the same as what you are thinking the response will be to what you are thinking, not what you are saying.  Keep your mind focused on what you are saying. If you are visual, imagine you are reading what you are saying.  If you are auditory, listen to what you are saying.  Make statements – not questions and state the statement as though it is true.  The muscle test will tell you whether the subconscious believes it is true or not true.  This is what you want!  You want to know what your subconscious believes. 

Self-Muscle Testing w/ Finger Responses:

 Method 1: 

• Place palm of hand on a flat surface.  Press fingers and thumb down on the surface.  Not so hard it hurts. 

• While keeping your fingers/thumb pressed against the surface, use your other hand to lift either the index finger or the thumb of the hand pressed on the flat surface.
• Now press that index finger or thumb down on the surface again and think to yourself or state aloud:  ‘yes’.  Really focus on that thought of ‘yes’.  While you focus on the thought of ‘yes’ again use your other hand to lift the same finger or thumb up again.  Use the same amount of pressure you used before.  If you use the same amount of pressure you will not be able to lift that finger or thumb.  You could if you applied more pressure, but you don’t want to apply more pressure.  You want the finger or thumb to stay pressed against the table when you think/say ‘yes’. 

• Repeat the step before this but this time think/say ‘no’.  This time the finger or thumb will lift easily.  You are looking for the same amount of pressure, which lifts the finger or thumb easily for ‘no’ and does not lift it for ‘yes’. 

 Method 2: 

• Make circle with your thumb and index finger or your thumb and pinkie finger by pressing the pads of the chosen finger and thumb together firmly. 
• Do the same thing with your other hand, but inside the first circle so the circles are interlocked (like a horizontal figure 8).
• Think/say ‘yes’ and briefly (no more than a split second) try to pull the circles apart.  You are looking for the amount of force to use that does not break the circle apart when you think/say ‘yes’.  Then, using the same amount of force think/say ‘no’ and briefly try to pull the circles apart.  If you do pull the circle apart, you know this is the amount of force to use for this method of testing.  If you do not pull the circle apart use less force and repeat the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ sequence.  You are looking for the amount of force to use that keeps the circles together when you think/say ‘yes’ and pulls them apart when you think/say ‘no’.   

Method 3:

• On one hand make a circle with your thumb and index finger or your thumb and pinkie finger as you did in method 2 above.  Keep the finger and thumb pressed together firmly.     
• Insert the index finger and thumb of your other hand into the circle so they are like a closed pair of pliers surrounded by a circle.   
• Think/say ‘yes’ and briefly (no more than a split second) try to open the circle by opening the ‘pliers’ formed by the finger/thumb inside the circle.  Then, using the same amount of force think/say ‘no’ and briefly try to open the circle again.   If you can break open the circle, you know this is the amount of force to use with this method of testing.  If you cannot break open the circle, use less force and repeat the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ sequence.  You are looking for the amount of force to use that keeps the circle closed when you think/say ‘yes’ and opens it when you think/say ‘no’.

Method 4: 

• Hold your index finger up in front of you.  If it is your right index finger point it to the left.  If it is your left index finger point it to the right. 
• With your other index finger or other hand briefly (no more than a split second) push down on the finger you are holding up in front of you.  You are looking for the amount of pressure to use that does not lower that finger when you think/say ‘yes’ and press down on it, but does lower that finger when you think/say ‘no’ and push down on it.   

SELF-Muscle Testing is not reliable for testing matters that require a therapist’s care.  SELF-Muscle Testing is not reliable when one is negatively or positively emotionally excited.  It is best done when one is calm and as free as possible of a strong desire for a particular response.    SELF-Muscle Testing is strongly affected by an expected outcome.  Keep a neutral attitude.  SELF-Muscle Testing requires patience, practice, and proper wording

Do the same with a strong NO thought and feeling, and watch your pendulum. It's likely to make the opposite movement. If it swung forward-and-back for Yes, it may swing side-to-side for No. If it circled clockwise for Yes, it may swing counter-clockwise for No.

If your response is unclear, choose one of those patterns I just mentioned, and practice those pendulum movements while thinking/feeling Yes and No. Once your pendulum is programmed, it will always use the same indicators unless you program it differently.

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