What is Touch for Health?

Touch for Health Kinesiology is a system of natural health care which combines muscle monitoring with the principles of Chinese medicine to assess energy and body function, applying a range of gentle, yet powerful healing techniques to improve health, wellbeing and vitality.

Included in these programs you will learn about the many different energy systems that are in our bodies, and specific muscles that are related to them.  These systems help us to maintain balance and harmony within the body.

Simple yet powerful corrections are applied, using muscle monitoring to create balance within the meridian system of the body - on all levels.  Touch for Health Kinesiology addresses the structural, nutritional and emotional stresses common in our everyday life.

TFH Kinesiology can be learned easily by all people who are concerned with personal development and growth.

1964:
Dr. George Goodheart publishes a paper on muscle monitoring; in his Chiropractic practice he notices that inhibited muscles became facilitated through simple techniques and that the muscle can be monitored.
John Thie, a very successful Chiropractor in Pasadena, California, contacts George Goodheart and the two team up for the next six years to train professionals on how to muscle monitor.

1970:
John Thie and George Goodheart split amicably over the direction of their research: John Thie decides to take the techniques to the community. George Goodheart chooses to continue working with a "professional model" called Applied Kinesiology.
Goodheart and Thie form the Goodheart Workshops Leaders Group - the basis of the International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK).
John Thie develops Touch For Health, using the techniques based on his work with George Goodheart and research by:
·Kendall and Kendall, who used muscle testing methods
·Chapman, who had researched Neurolymphatic Reflexes, and
·Bennett, who researched Neurovascular Reflexes.

1973:
Touch For Health Book first published, originally as a complimentary home-care guide for Chiropractic patients.
John Thie and wife Carrie teach people Health From Within, using Applied Kinesiology techniques and communication skills that improve the healing process.

1975:
John Thie brings together the techniques of muscle monitoring, neurolymphatic and neuro-vascular reflexes with a "grass roots" philosophy to form Touch For Health. The philosophy involves a developmental program to train members of
the community to train others.
A college is established in Pasadena, and Gordon Stokes, Mary Marks and Carrie Thie are enlisted as a team of trainers to take the work to the community.

1980-81:
Gordon Stokes and John Thie bring the first Instructor Trainers Workshop (ITW) to Australasia.
Bruce and Joan Dewe are enlisted to develop the ITW in Australia.

1990:
The original College in Pasadena closes and the International Kinesiology College opens in Switzerland.

2004:
The International Kinesiology College moves its head office to Nambour, Queensland.
NOW:
The Touch For Health Book has sold over a million copies and is translated and taught in over 15 languages.
Applied Kinesiology is recognised and practised by many Chiropractors throughout the world.
Touch For Health is recognised as the foundation of all specialised kinesiology.

How to relieve emotional pain at home.

One of the most powerful tools we have in Kinesiology is Emotional Stress Release or

E.S.R. We learn about this technique in our basic Touch For Health class and expand

upon it later.
Below is a simplified version for self-help at home. You can use this method for present,

past and future problems.

Think of your problem.  Notice how you feel about it             
- does it affect your physical body?
- have you become anxious?

Find a comfortable position, either sitting or lying down.
Place the fingertips of each hand, or the palm of one hand on the ESR points on the forehead.  These are found on the frontal eminences, the bumps on the forehead between the hairline and the eyebrows above each eye.  Use a light touch, just enough pressure to stretch the skin slightly.

Think of your stressful situation.  Make it seem real. How do you feel? Who else is involved? What are they doing? Do you see, hear or smell anything in particular? Focus on your feelings whilst holding the E.S.R. points.

Worst Case Scenario

If fear is a factor, imagine the worst thing that could happen. Make it specific and detailed. Once this is clear in your mind, run it through your mind several times, as vividly as possible.

Completing the Process

E.S.R. is usually complete at such time when the emotions no longer seem to have the same impact.  Take your time to come back to "present time".  Don't make any judgments on yourself or the problem.  Just be an observer.  Now compare your reaction when you think about the problem.
- does it still affect your physical body in the same way?
- are you still feeling anxious?

Usually the reaction is that one feels lighter, calmer, more able to think clearly, and "in control".
E.S.R. may also relieve simple physical pain when the pain site is held simultaneously with the E.S.R. points.  Breathe deeply while holding the points.

This simple self help technique has helped many people.  However, it is not meant to take the place of professional care when there is prolonged pain involved