Kinesiology: The Path to Healing Assessment

In his best selling book, Power vs. Force, David Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. introduceds the reading audience to a fascinating concept of muscle testing or Kinesiology. According to Hawkins, Kinesiology has the potential to reveal what the mind "thinks" with the body itself. The test is quite simple and is usually performed with two people. Positive muscle reaction occurs when a true statement is spoken, while the muscle will go weak with a false statement. Interestingly, the test appears to work regardless of the test subject's own opinion or knowledge.

The instructions for muscle testing are quite simple. First, have the test subject stand with both arms at his side. Ask the subject to raise one arm so that it is parrallel to the floor. Secondly, stand in front of you subject and place your hand on the shoulder that is not raised. Place your other hand on the subjects exteded forearm. Next, tell the subject to resist when you try to push his arm down. When you push quickly and evenly you can get a feel for the bounce in the arm.

You can then begin to ask questions and true statements will create more of a resistance while false statements will cause him to go weak. To start off with you could begin with something obvious like saying "Your name is Sally" and then the muscle would go weak. And then "Your name is Doug" and then the muscle would resist.

Another technique for muscle testing is to hold items to your chest and see which items cause a weak or strong response. According to Hawkins, nearly all classical music and even classic rock n roll from the 1970s cause a strong response. Conversely, much of the heavy metal music introduced in the 80s causes the test subject to go weak. Try this method out on your own music collection and see what you discover.