Health Kinesiology: An Interview With Jimmy Scott by Jane Thurnell-Read

Health kinesiology was developed by Jimmy Scott, Ph.D. He is a physiological psychologist, and was working as a research scientist at the University of California Medical School in the 1970’s when he first saw a demonstration of muscle testing. He was initially both fascinated and highly sceptical. The scepticism has long gone as he has since developed a separate branch of kinesiology. I asked him to tell me about it, and this is what he said:

"In health kinesiology we start by quickly meridian energy balancing the client. Unlike many other kinesiologies we do not test for anything until the energy system is balanced. Rather than finding what strengthens a weakened system, we start with the energy system balanced then determine what weakens, stresses, the system and then we strengthen it again in the face of the stressor.

"HK uses muscle testing to establish the most important thing to work on (as well as asking the client). We rely mainly on muscle testing with verbal questioning to establish what we work on and how we proceed. HK students undergo thorough training in this skill so that they can use verbal questioning reliably and consistently.

"HK doesn’t focus so much on fixing symptoms as addressing the deeper core issues in the bioenergy system. HK also considers that the energy in the tissues is even more important than the energy in the meridians. We focus on the energy in the entire system, and also look at environmental energies such as geopathic stress, intrusive energies, nutrition, and body work. The practitioner may use various tools such as crystals, homeopathic remedies, light, sound, and magnets.

"The HK practitioner is able to find out what is important for that person through verbal questioning, using flow charts as reminders and guides. Everything is part of a comprehensive and systematic approach, not just a collection of ‘recipes’ to put people right. This means that the health kinesiology practitioner can figure out what to do even in unusual circumstances – it’s a dynamic and adaptable system."

Visit the international web site of HK by clicking here, or the UK one by clicking here.

Click here for Jane Thurnell-Read's book Health Kinesiology: the Muscle Testing System That Talks To The Body.

Read the article 'What Is Kinesiology?'

Read some kinesiology case studies.

Find a kinesiologist