The Empress Bridge Kinesiology College provided the following article, "Kinesiology Corner with Marilyn Buan", which appeared in Feeling Good magazine in the Spring of 2009:

When I was first introduced to Applied Kinesiology, I really had no idea of the marvelous tool I had in my hands. Little did I then realize how this strange way of communicating with the innate wisdom of a person’s body was soon to become a dominant part of my healing work with clients.

Kinesiology or ‘muscle response testing’ engages both practitioner and client in a dialogue – but unlike other forms of communication, sometimes not a single word is spoken! Depending on the type of kinesiology training a person has received, a typical session is carried out with the client lying on a massage table. The practitioner monitors one or more muscles while carrying out a series of tests with each response coming from a seemingly invisible intelligence within the client themselves. Every so often the practitioner can be found ‘asking the body’ to confirm a particular response it has given with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. Once the parameters of the testing procedure have been established between client and practitioner (and again this will vary according to the type of kinesiology being used), the session can begin.

Many answers to questions a person may have lie just beneath their conscious awareness. For example, a person may have no knowledge of why they may be experiencing a particular problem but on testing it may be revealed to have a connection to a long forgotten event that happened in childhood. A trained kinesiology practitioner therefore can help us find the root cause of any problem – physical, mental, emotional or spiritual depending on their special areas of interest. My own focus has been to help clients come to better know themselves through an understanding of their personal astrological chart and then assist them to work through whatever soul lessons may be indicated. This process can also shed light on why a person may be having difficulty reaching a particular goal, finding a meaningful relationship or having the confidence to overcome the many challenges life has thrown their way.

A person practicing kinesiology is looking for what is termed ‘stress responses’ in the client’s energy field that can appear because they have not appropriately dealt with hidden guilt, grief, repressed anger or resentment to name only a few possibilities. A healing session can therefore help them work through these feelings including the many fears, traumas and disappointments they may have experienced during the course of their lives. Varying methods can be used to first identify what emotion is being held in the body and then other techniques applied to release the effect that this has had on a person’s life.

Many practitioners will work with identifying sabotage programs preventing a person from creating what they truly desire. Other practitioners will get to the root cause of a particular pain or illness and still others will focus their work on identifying spiritual lessons and soul issues that once revealed can assist a person to find their life’s calling.

Regardless of the type of kinesiology used, a person trained in this field can help identify where a person may be holding themselves back from who they really are. They can talk to a person’s body intelligence to find what they most need to look at in their life in order to experience more joy and meaning. Even the body’s choice for a particular correction technique, or nutritional preference can be easily identified using this truly intriguing mind/body therapy. On a more personal note, I have witnessed many people become more self-empowered human beings as a result of their experiences with kinesiology and I can’t help but feel privileged to have come across this truly remarkable healing tool!

Marilyn Buan is a Kinesiology Practitioner and Instructor in Edmonton who believes in the power of the human spirit to help us overcome the challenges we face both personally and globally. For more information on private sessions or classes, go to www.empressbridge.com or phone 780-434-8079.