BodyTalk Fundamentals [Eight ed.] 1299762208

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BodyTalk Fundamentals

by Dr. John Veltheim & Sylvia Muiznieks Eighth Edition

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BodyTalk Fundamentals First published in 2002 PaRama LLC 2750 Stickney Point Rd. #203 Sarasota, Florida 34231, USA Eighth Edition – June 2011 Copyright © 2011 by International BodyTalk Association, Inc. All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of this publication covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means – including but not limited to electronic, mechanical, photocopying, scanning, digitizing, taping, recording, or otherwise – without the express written consent of International BodyTalk Association, Inc. Copyright © 2008 Meridian Chart by Dr. Marita Roussey. All rights reserved. For information regarding permission: Phone +1.941.921.7443 Fax +1.941.924.3779 Toll Free (US only) 1.877.519.9119 Or contact us on the web at: www.ibaglobalhealing.com Printed in Canada ISBN 1-299762-20-8

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Notice to the Reader: Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of the information presented in this book. However, the authors, editors, and publisher are not responsible for errors or omissions or for any consequences from application of the information contained herein and make no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the contents of this publication. Practitioners are independent of the IBA, they are supposed practice in accordance with their own state, country laws and govern their own operations and regulations. BodyTalk texts, videos, websites, other printed materials and sessions are designed to promote relaxation and communication within and between various areas of the body. BodyTalk application methods are in no way deemed substitutes for medical diagnoses, treatments and/or medications and should not be interpreted as such. IN CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY SEEK APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY CARE. By following the instructions contained herein, the reader willingly assumes all risks in connection with such instructions. The authors, editors, and publisher make no representations or warranties of any kind, nor are any such representations implied. The authors, editors, and publisher shall not be liable for any special, consequential, or exemplary damages resulting in whole or part, from the readers’ use of or reliance upon the material contained herein. BODYTALK PRINTED MATERIALS, PROGRAMS, LECTURES AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A NONINVASIVE MODALITY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESSES. THE BODYTALK PRACTITIONER DOES NOT DIAGNOSE DISEASE NOR DOES HE/SHE PERFORM MASSAGE/MANIPULATIONS. THE BODYTALK PRACTITIONER DOES NOT PROVIDE INJECTIONS NOR DOES HE/SHE PRESCRIBE DIETS, HERBS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MEDICATIONS.

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Author: John Veltheim President & Founder of the IBA

“I would like to thank my instructors and colleagues and staff for their help in preparing this textbook.” - Dr. John Veltheim Co-Author: Sylvia Muiznieks Vice President for Academic Studies IBA Academic Committee

“I would like to express my gratitude for being exposed to this work and being privileged to revise and update the BodyTalk Fundamentals textbook.” - Sylvia Muiznieks Special Acknowledgement to Sylvia Muiznieks:

“I would like to express a heartfelt special thanks to Sylvia Muiznieks, Vice President of Academic Studies for International BodyTalk Association, for the enormous amount of work she contributed in the preparation of this textbook. Sylvia’s contributions, subject matter expertise and advice on the content structure and teaching methodologies were invaluable to the successful production of the upgrades and rewrites of this edition.” - Dr. John Veltheim

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Contributor Acknowledgements:

“A note of appreciation goes to the following individuals who served as consultants, editors of content, subject matter experts, photo contributors and inspirations to the successful update and revision of this textbook. My thanks go to each of these individuals for their efforts to rewriting this textbook and for their dedicated commitment to the academic standards and curriculum of BodyTalk.” - Dr. John Veltheim Contributors: Gilly Atkins, PT Senior BodyTalk Instructor

Dr. Marita Roussey, AP, OMD Senior BodyTalk Instructor Emeritus

Melanie Buzek, PT Advanced Certified BodyTalk Instructor

Claudia Schembri-Heitmann President of IBA Europa

Janet Galipo, DOM Senior BodyTalk Instructor

Dr. Laura Stuve, PhD BodyTalk Instructor

Ben Manalo, LMT Advanced Certified BodyTalk Instructor

Edited by: Marguerite Rose Chabau, Ph.D. Associate Professor

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Photo Credits: Eloise Ansell BodyTalk Access Trainer

Charlotte Nielsen Certified BodyTalk Instructor

Dr. Katrin Bergstrome Certified BodyTalk Instructor

Mark Palmer

Taryn Edge Certified BodyTalk Instructor Dr. Janet Galipo Senior BodyTalk Instructor Loesje Jacob Certified BodyTalk Instructor Lesley McIntyre Certified BodyTalk Instructor Debbie Moran Certified BodyTalk Instructor

Amanda Rollefstad Senior BodyTalk Instructor Shelley Saulnier Claudia Schembri-Heitmann President of IBA Europa Ange Trenga-Anderson Certified BodyTalk Instructor Debbie Zacharias BodyTalk Access Trainer

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About the Authors

John Veltheim The International BodyTalk Association was founded by Dr. John Veltheim. Dr. Veltheim is a chiropractor, traditional acupuncturist, philosopher, Reiki Master, lecturer, teacher and the creator of the BodyTalk System. The BodyTalk System is a consciousness based methodology which utilizes the body’s innate healing ability to address health challenges and maintain good health. BodyTalk was first developed in the 1990’s. Dr. Veltheim ran a very successful clinic in Brisbane, Australia for 15 years. He was also the Principal of the Brisbane College of Acupuncture and Natural Therapies for five years. His extensive post-graduate studies include applied kinesiology, bio-energetic psychology, osteopathy, sports medicine, counseling and comparative philosophy and theology. In 1998, Dr. Veltheim moved to Sarasota, Florida to further his practice and research of BodyTalk. Soon he began to teach the BodyTalk System to professionals as well as lay people. When word spread about the successes of this remarkable new healthcare system, he took on the task of training other instructors so the BodyTalk System could be taught worldwide. By 2009 there were over 160 instructors teaching in over 40 countries, with training materials translated into 10 languages. Today, Dr. Veltheim travels the world, teaching BodyTalk and its related wellness programs to professionals, as well as lay people. He continues to mentor and train a network of instructors to ensure this remarkable new healthcare system can be taught worldwide. Dr. Veltheim is available for interviews on the subjects noted, as well as the importance of preventive measures in the overall healthcare debate.

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Sylvia Muiznieks Sylvia has had extensive experience in the complementary health field as a practitioner, educator and administrator. She became a Certified BodyTalk Instructor in January 2002. In 2003, she was appointed a Senior BodyTalk Instructor, certified as a MindScape Instructor and was also elected by her peers to the position of Junior VP of the International BodyTalk Association. In 2007 Sylvia became an Advanced Senior BodyTalk Instructor and the IBA’s VP for Academic Studies. As of January 2011, she is also a Senior MindScape Instructor. Sylvia taught anatomy and physiology and advanced massage technique courses in the Mount Royal University massage therapy program in Calgary. Sylvia subsequently was the Program Administrator of the Centre for Complementary Health Education at Mount Royal University for nine years. In early 2003, she resigned her position so she could focus full-time on BodyTalk. She wrote the manual for BodyTalk Module 5, developed the BodyTalk Anatomy and Physiology correspondence courses, the BodyTalk Access and MindScape for Children courses, revised the manuals for the BodyTalk Fundamentals course as well as for two advanced BodyTalk courses, and created three CDs. Sylvia maintains a busy clinical practice in Calgary and teaches BodyTalk and MindScape courses throughout Canada and abroad.

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Table of Contents 16 History 20 Course Overview Chapter 1 The Scientific Basis of BodyTalk 23 25 Cartesian/Newtonian Model 26 Dynamic Systems Model 27 Quantum Physics and Holographic Model 29 The Consequences of Top-Down Causation of Reality 30 Understanding BodyTalk as a Consciousness- based Health Care System 31 Chapter Summary Chapter 2 Consciousness Localized as Innate Wisdom 33 35 Working in the Zone 35 Consciousness Localized as Innate Wisdom 37 Working in the Zone with Mental Clarity 39 Chapter Summary Chapter 3 Key Concepts 41 43 Yes/No Responses 43 Yes/No 44 Mirroring and Clarity 45 Standardized Biofeedback Methods 46 Exercise for Practicing Yes/No Responses 47 Using a Surrogate 48 Short- and Long-Distance Work 49 The Accuracy and Safety of Yes/No Responses 50 More Concepts 50 The Sequence of Healing 51 Priority versus Problem 51 Attention versus Intention 51 Non-Attachment to Outcomes 52 Caring 53 Tapping 53 Tapping the Head (Brain) 54 Tapping the Sternum (Heart) 55 Tapping for Two Breaths 56 Breathing 56 Breathing Creates Movement 56 Breathing Affects Qi Flow 56 Breathing as a Scanning Tool 57 Breathing out – the act of “letting go” 57 Breathing in – getting “in touch” with life 58 Chapter Summary

Chapter 4 BodyTalk Procedures 61 63 BodyTalk Procedures 64 Standardization 64 BodyTalk Formulas 64 Writing Down the Formula 65 Asking the Questions 66 Commencement Box 66 Item Box 66 More Specific 67 Orientation Box 69 Definition Box 71 Flow Chart 72 Link Box 72 Implementation Box 74 Further 74 Backing Out 76 Further Exploring 76 Tapping Longer or Downloading 76 Forward/Backward 77 Revealing the Next Formula 77 End Session 80 Chapter Summary Chapter 5 BodyTalk Protocol Permissions 83 85 Permissions 85 Practitioner Permissions? Yes. 86 Client Permissions 87 Client Permissions? No. 87 Client Permission? Yes. Details? No. 88 Client Permissions? Yes. More Specific? Yes. 88 General 89 Body, Mind, or Spirit 89 When the Statements Do Not Clear 89 Client Permissions? Yes. Details? Yes. More Specific? No. 89 Not Clearing Permissions at All 89 Taken to Permissions During the Session 90 Linking to/from Permissions 91 Chapter Summary

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Chapter 6 BodyTalk Protocol Section 1: E.G.B. 95 Essential General Balancing 95 SB Junction 97 SB Technique 97 Comments 100 Spheno-basilar Junction 101 Summary: SB Junction 102 Switching 103 Technique 103 Comments 105 Summary: Switching 106 Cortices 108 Technique 109 Comments 112 Summary: Cortices 114 Hydration 116 Technique for General Hydration 116 Technique for Specific Hydration 117 Comments 119 Summary: Hydration 121 Scars 124 Technique 125 Comments 128 Summary: Scars 129 Interference 131 Technique 134 Summary: Interference 135 Chapter Summary

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Chapter 7 BodyTalk Protocol Section 1: Organs, Endocrines, and Body Parts 139 141 Organs 142 Technique 143 Comments 147 Summary: Organs 148 Endocrines 149 Technique 152 Summary: Endocrines 153 Body Parts 153 General Body Energies 153 Body Parts Categories 153 Brain 154 Head 154 Back 154 Chest 154 Abdomen 155 Limbs 155 General 155 Box 1 (General Body Tissues) 156 Box 2 (System Level) 156 The Diaphragm 161 Summary: Body Parts 162 Chapter Summary Chapter 8 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Chemistry 165 167 Body Chemistry 167 Microbes 167 Viruses 168 Bacteria 168 Parasites 168 Fungi 169 Allergies 169 Intolerances 169 Toxins 170 Technique 171 Comments 175 Summary: Body Chemistry 176 Chapter Summary

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Chapter 9 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Active Memory 179 181 Active Memory 183 Case Example A 183 Case Example B 184 Case Example C 184 Establishing the Active Memory 184 Belief Systems 184 Heart 185 Pelvis 185 Body Image 186 Events 187 Fears/Phobias 188 Technique 190 Comments 193 Summary: Active Memory 194 Chapter Summary Chapter 10 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Parts Brain 197 199 The Brain 199 The Triune Brain 199 The Reptilian Brain 200 The Limbic Brain 200 The Cortex 201 Frontal lobes 201 Parietal lobes 201 Occipital lobes 201 Temporal lobes 202 Technique 205 Summary: Brain 206 Chapter Summary

Chapter 11 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Energies 209 211 7 Chakras 212 Base Chakra 213 Sexual Chakra 214 Solar Plexus Chakra 216 Heart Chakra 218 Throat Chakra 219 Brow Chakra 220 Crown Chakra 221 Yin/Yang Balance of the Chakras 221 The Sub-Chakras 222 Technique 226 Summary: Chakras 228 Meridians 229 Technique 231 Summary: Meridians 232 Pancreas Reflex Point 233 Technique 235 Summary: Pancreas Reflex Point 236 Chapter Summary Chapter 12 BodyTalk Protocol Section 2: Environment 241 General Environment 242 Technique 243 Comments 247 Summary: General Environment 248 Vivaxis 248 Birth Vivaxis 248 Environmental Vivaxis 249 Technique 249 Comments 251 Summary: Vivaxis 252 Chapter Summary Chapter 13 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Cellular Repair 257 Cellular Repair 258 Technique 261 Comments 263 Summary: Cellular Repair 264 Chapter Summary

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Chapter 14 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Lymph, Circulation/Nerve Supply 267 269 Lymph 269 Brief Anatomy and Physiology of the Lymphatic System 269 Lymph Nodes 270 The Spleen 270 Zygoma 270 Technique 273 Summary: Lymph 274 Circulation/Nerve Supply 274 The Master Organ 274 To, From, Within 275 Technique 277 Summary: Circulation/Nerve Supply 278 Chapter Summary Chapter 15 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Musculoskeletal 281 283 Reciprocals 283 Reciprocals 285 Upper Body to Lower Body 286 Head to Body 287 Head to Spinal Complex 287 Technique 288 Comments 290 Summary: Reciprocals 291 Chapter Summary Appendix 295 296 Basic BodyTalk Protocol 297 Basic BodyTalk Exploring Procedure 298 Technique Summaries 305 Fast Aid Protocol 306 Anatomy and Physiology of a Cell 308 Organs 310 Endocrines 311 Body Chemistry Specifics 312 Symptoms of Common Toxins 313 Brain Specifics 316 The Meridian Cycle 318 Glossary of Terms 322 Further Readings 324 Bibliography 326 Reference Listings for Endnotes

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History

Overview The BodyTalk System was initially developed by Dr. John Veltheim primarily out of personal necessity. In the early 1990’s, after many years in a high-volume clinic in Brisbane, Australia, practicing acupuncture, Chinese medicine, chiropractic and naturopathy, as well as keeping up with his duties in running the Brisbane College of Acupuncture and Natural Therapies and serving as one of its senior lecturers, his own health suffered. He contracted a strain of the Epstein Barr virus that did extensive damage to his liver and he was told by Western doctors that he might not live. Dr. Veltheim treated himself originally with acupuncture and Chinese herbs. His condition went from acute to a chronic stage that lasted many years, manifesting primarily in severe chronic fatigue, a body temperature over 100 degrees, constant pain, and cramping that nothing seemed to change. He also sought out other experts and therapies, but nothing seemed to help. Then he came upon a technique that, quite literally, changed his life. The technique was a precursor to the Body Chemistry technique that is now a part of the BodyTalk protocol. Basically, a small drop of blood was placed in his navel (today we use saliva instead) and his head was tapped. That was it. Three days later, Dr. Veltheim was clear of the virus. Dr. Veltheim was obviously very excited about the result. He started to research and examine why the technique worked. He found that using blood (now saliva) as a signal carrier and tapping the brain to activate it caused the immune system to launch an assault on any chronic virus, infection or parasite. This crucial observation motivated Dr. Veltheim to investigate and develop this principle further. Eventually, he found many applications for the tapping, using his extensive background in various alternative therapies such as applied kinesiology, bioenergetic psychology, osteopathy, sports medicine, counseling, as well as knowledge in comparative philosophy and theology. He developed a number of techniques that, when applied, seemed to get marvelous positive results in a variety of conditions and diseases. Those techniques became the foundation of the first BodyTalk seminar that was taught in 1995.

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In 1998, after having moved to Sarasota, Florida and setting up a clinical practice based solely on BodyTalk, he perfected the procedures and protocols to the point that he could teach the system to anyone and garner immediate results. Dr. Veltheim began to train some of his top students to be instructors. This was the beginning of an exciting period of growth for BodyTalk. The BodyTalk System has evolved tremendously since those early days. It is a dynamic methodology that is always undergoing new developments. One of the first major modifications was the addition of tapping over the heart complex to store the changes that tapping over the brain initiated. After that, Dr. Veltheim brought in advanced concepts of philosophy, physics and mathematics to deepen the formulations that resulted in the ability to cover a much wider variety of conditions. He specialized in incorporating dynamical systems theory into the medical model and into energy medicine in particular. Dr. Veltheim continues to research and develop newer techniques that incorporate concepts derived from the most recent discoveries in quantum physics. With the modern understanding that consciousness is the ground substance of all reality, the philosophy and science that BodyTalk is founded on are now blending together into a holistic picture of the BodyTalk System being a consciousness-based form of health care. This is the cutting edge of the practice of medicine in the future.

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International BodyTalk Association The BodyTalk System is now taught on all five continents and in many different languages. The International BodyTalk Association (IBA) was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It is the official governing organization for the BodyTalk System and its related modalities. The IBA is responsible for the direction of BodyTalk and its family of systems, practitioner standards and credentialing, training and scheduling of courses, and generally works to ensure that the public’s best interests are being served with regard to the BodyTalk System and its family of practitioners. There are two official branches of the IBA, located in Germany and Australia. They serve the needs of instructors, students, and practitioners in the surrounding geographical areas. Independent associations have also sprung up in other areas of the world, as a result of the efforts of practitioners to support each other locally.

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The BodyTalk and Life Sciences Programs There are several streams of BodyTalk itself and a parallel stream of programs known as the Life Sciences. The Life Sciences courses – BreakThrough, and MindScape – were actually taught around the world before BodyTalk was even conceived. The basic concepts and philosophy of the Life Science courses, such as working with respect and not superimposing diagnoses, are woven into each of the BodyTalk courses. The PaRama series of courses are also underpinned by the content of these original courses. So, in addition to standing on their own and contributing to the overall health of an individual, taking and understanding the Life Sciences courses enhances the understanding of all the BodyTalk courses. The following is a list of what streams of study are available through the IBA and a short description of each. • The BodyTalk System The basic and advanced techniques that utilize a biofeedback mechanism to find priorities in the bodymind that need to be balanced and require a tapping over the head (brain) and sternum (heart). • BodyTalk Access and Fast Aid Access is a general health care routine consisting of five basic BodyTalk techniques. It does not require finding priorities and is most effective with daily application. The Fast Aid protocol combines two of the techniques and can be applied in emergency situations.

• BodyTalk for Animals The BodyTalk System applied to domestic and wild animals. • PlantTalk The BodyTalk System applied to the plant world. • EarthTalk The BodyTalk System applied to ecosystems that involve all levels from the inorganic to the organic. • PaRama BodyTalk Extended studies and techniques that go beyond the BodyTalk System but are then integrated into the core BodyTalk System. • MindScape A program that teaches people how to use the potential of their whole mind’s capabilities, including intuition and creativity. • BreakThrough A systematic approach that explores the healing nature of conflict and uncovers the unconscious beliefs which lead to stress and dis-ease. Detailed information on the courses available under each of these areas of study can be found on the International BodyTalk Association’s website located at: www.ibaglobalhealing.com

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Course Overview

BodyTalk Fundamentals The general approach to health care will be undergoing radical changes as science continues to discover new information about how the body and mind operate. There is a paradigm shift taking place in our understanding of how disease manifests in the human living system. The BodyTalk System already operates out of this new understanding, blending quantum physics with ancient philosophical knowledge, to support people with an innovative as well as effective method for healing their ailments. BodyTalk Fundamentals is the foundational course that introduces students, from a consciousness perspective, to the many powerful techniques that make up the basic BodyTalk System. With these simple, non-invasive techniques, it is possible to address a wide variety of conditions that present themselves at the body, mind and spirit levels. Along with this textbook, the BodyTalk Fundamentals course is comprised of classroom work that blends lecture, demonstrations and hands-on practice of the basic techniques. Students will learn how to navigate the Protocol chart with the simple line of questioning of the Procedure chart, to allow them to generate the sequencing of techniques, known as a formula, appropriate for the client at that moment in time.

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1 A BodyTalk Session. Photo credit: Lesley McIntyre

Chapter 1: Scientific Basis of BodyTalk

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Chapter 1 The Scientific Basis of BodyTalk

Chapter Overview

Learning Objectives

This chapter provides the student with a brief description of a few scientific models of reality, in order to understand the principles that distinguish the BodyTalk System as a consciousness-based health care modality. Students will appreciate the significance of top-down causality in classifying the effectiveness of different healing modalities.

Upon completion of Chapter 1: The Scientific Basis of BodyTalk, students will be able to:

Cartesian/Newtonian Model Dynamic Systems Model Quantum Physics and Holographic Model The Consequences of Top-Down Causation of Reality Understanding BodyTalk as a Consciousness- based Health Care System Chapter Summary

Key Terms Cartesian model allopathic holistic energy Qi paradigm alternative consciousness concept dynamic systems yin and yang

2. Explain the views of each scientific model. 3. State three corollary perspectives of the Cartesian/Newtonian model and demonstrate how they limit truly holistic healing.

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1. Name and discuss the three scientific models and their world views.

4. Describe the dynamic systems model. 5. Discuss why, according to quantum physics, consciousness comes first. 5. List and describe the five different levels of body. 6. Explain how an understanding of top-down causation influences the effectiveness of a health care modality. 7. Understand BodyTalk as a consciousness-based health care system.

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Chapter 1 The Scientific Basis of BodyTalk

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BodyTalk is a consciousness-based health care system. What exactly does this mean? On what scientific principles is a consciousness-based health care system based? How does it differ from an allopathic or energy medical system? To answer those questions, we need to look at the various worldviews that have existed up to now and how they influenced our perception of the human body, what they were based on and how the acceptance of quantum physics has changed the way we view reality and hence the role of the practitioner/client in a healing relationship. The following discussion touches upon only a few key points that are relevant to the development of BodyTalk. A detailed investigation of each worldview presented is beyond the scope of this manual.

Cartesian/Newtonian Model The modern Western allopathic approach to health care is based on the Cartesian mechanical model of the world which was founded on Newtonian physics. In this view, the body is seen as a composite of separate parts that form the whole and follow physical laws that apply to all matter on a gross level. One analogy that illustrates the allopathic approach is a watch repair. A watch is comprised of smaller pieces that make up the whole and the moving parts are all predictable in their behavior. So if the watch does not work, you take it apart to find the piece that is malfunctioning and either fix it or replace it. Then you put the timepiece back together and the movement works again. Similarly, in the Cartesian/ Newtonian model of health care, if something is not working properly in the body, you find the part that is diseased and either treat it with a drug or surgery or replace it with an artificial part, based on the physics of the original. The assumption is that when you finish treating the part, or stitch the person back up again, the body should work as good as new. Cartesian model - of or relating to the works of René Descartes in which he hypothesized that something can be best understood and addressed if we understand the component parts that make it up. allopathic - usual or conventional. Usually used with the term medicine. Allopathic medicine is conventional, or Western, medicine. holistic - the idea that all the properties of a given system (physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way, how the parts behave. The whole is different than the sum of its parts.

Communicate, Synchronize, balance. Photo credit: Taryn Edge

Most alternative holistic energy therapies are also based on this Cartesian/Newtonian model. The only difference is that the body is viewed as consisting of non-physical parts that need to be fixed or replaced and the movement is based on energy. For example, the body can be seen to consist of energy channels called meridians. If one of these is blocked, the acupuncturist finds the specific series of acupuncture points that needs to be “fixed” to free up the flow of Qi or replaces the imbalance in energy with that derived from foods and herbs. Another example would be the chiropractic approach to health care. The chiropractor makes an assessment to determine which vertebra is compressing a nerve and then fixes it by making the appropriate adjustment. The body’s state of health is seen to be determined by the parts of the spine being aligned properly so that energy can flow freely through the nerves once again.

energy - one of the most fundamental aspects of our bodies and our universe. It is defined as: “the ability to do work.” Energy comes in many forms, from the basic component of the atoms that make up all life forms to the fundamental force of nature that is transferred between parts of any system or relationship in the production of physical change within that system or relationship. Qi - life-force: that which animates the forms of the world. It is the vibratory nature of phenomena - the flow and vibration that is happening continuously at molecular, atomic and sub-atomic levels. It is also known as Prana, ki, or chi.

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In this paradigm of health care that both Western and alternative modalities are based on, the focus is on finding the symptoms of what is “wrong” with the person and attempting to decrease or eliminate those symptoms. Also, the symptoms are used to provide a descriptive label – called a diagnosis. For this, tests that are often complicated and expensive are required. And, in the end, there is no indication as to why or how a person developed those symptoms. Also inherent to this worldview are three other corollary perspectives, which promote that: 1. All of the smallest particles of all inorganic matter build up into increasingly complex organic life forms which then start to display consciousness. This bottom-up hypothesis of how consciousness evolves from non-organic matter has serious challenges. The concept of sentience emerging from inanimate groups of particles is mathematically virtually impossible. Consider the situation of putting all molecules that constitute a frog in a petri dish and expecting the molecules to combine into cells that then combine into tissues and organs that eventually create the live frog. This is an illogical outcome! 2. The body and mind are separate and can therefore be treated separately. There is no consideration for how diseases of the body are connected to the person’s emotional state, moods, thoughts, beliefs, and approach to life in general. The allopathic approach is to create specialties that not only focus on the separate body parts (e.g., cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, etc.), but also on the mind (e.g., psychology and psychiatry). 3. The world and reality exist independent of the human observer. There is no consideration for the effect that consciousness has on what actually occurs in the world. From this perspective, the world – and everything in it – has its own existence and consistently follows the physical laws of the universe, whether there is anyone there to observe it or not.

paradigm - a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind. A particular belief system about the way something operates – a particular worldview. alternative - that which does not fall within the realm of conventional. consciousness - the self awareness, inner sensibility or cognizance of the processing of one’s own existence. It is the aggregate, collective or unified field of the interplay of all of energies which make up all life. concept - an idea, thought, or belief.

The Cartesian/Newtonian worldview has been proven not to be the way reality is. This is the inherent reason why the allopathic and alternative approaches to health care have not proven successful in all cases in the long run. Admittedly these approaches have their roles to play, particularly Western medicine, in stabilizing acute and life threatening conditions and alternative therapies in working with chronic conditions. However, because they are all based on a false understanding of how reality – and hence the bodymind – really works, these approaches are limited in their ability to truly heal a person on all levels in a holistic sense.

Dynamic Systems Model In this paradigm, there is an emphasis on the contribution that all parts make to the whole. Everything functions according to dynamic interaction with everything else. So the body is viewed not as independent parts, but as systems that interact with each other and are dependent on each other for their own functioning. For example, the digestive system cannot perform the function it is designed for without the cardiovascular, lymphatic, muscular, respiratory, and several other systems. Within the system itself, the digestive function cannot be performed unless the mouth, teeth, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, small intestines, and large intestines are all synchronized and harmoniously working together. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, working with the balance of Yin/Yang energies and the interaction of the 5 Elements in the Sheng and Ko cycles are a demonstration of how an understanding of key relationships can help reestablish balance within the bodymind.

dynamic systems - used to explain physical phenomena whose state changes over time and is dependent on many factors. yin and yang - terms used to describe how seemingly opposite forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each other – day is dependent on night and vice versa. One cannot exist without the other.

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The techniques and procedures that form the basis of BodyTalk were structured originally from the Dynamic Systems model perspective. Every single atom, cell, organ, and system was seen to be in constant communication with every other atom, cell, organ, and system within the bodymind complex at all times. This included communication through the nervous system, as well as the other subtle energy circuits of the body – such as the meridians, chakras, and the electromagnetic frequencies that are produced by the body through its functioning. Stress experienced in daily life was seen to cause these circuits to become compromised, weakening or disrupting the communication between these components in the bodymind. BodyTalk helped re-establish these energetic circuits and efficient communication by finding the elements of the bodymind which were involved and “linking” them together again, which then allowed the body to very quickly recover and catch up in the healing process. Hence we considered BodyTalk to be a very effective form of energy therapy (or energy medicine) – and it can still be explained in these terms as the concepts are still valid. However, with new understanding coming from the field of quantum physics of the true nature of reality, there has been a re-conceptualization of how the techniques and procedures of the BodyTalk System create the healing results observed over the years since its inception.

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In his book, “The Web of Life,” physicist Fritjof Capra summarized the view of the famous quantum physicist Geoffrey Chew who developed the “bootstrap” theory to explain the observed phenomena of subatomic particles.

“The “bootstrap” philosophy declares that we

must abandon the idea of fundamental building blocks of matter. There are no fundamental entities whatsoever – no fundamental constants, laws, or equations. The material universe is seen as a dynamic web of interrelated events. None of the properties of any part of this web are fundamental. They all follow from the properties of other parts, and the overall consistency of their interrelations determines the structure of the entire web.”

Cleveland, L. (2011). Meeting the ancient seers. Retrieved from http://onlineprnews.com.

Research has demonstrated that when the smallest “particles” of matter are broken down even further, there exist only vast amounts of space filled with possibilities and probabilities. Particles are just concepts! To relate this to the bodymind, there are no fundamental building blocks of matter that make up the organism. The bodymind is an interrelated web of concepts. This perception is challenging for the logical mind, trained to think along the lines of Cartesian/ Newtonian theory, to comprehend!

One of the developments that the Cartesian/Newtonian model of examining the world encouraged was research into finding the basic building block of the universe by breaking things down into their smaller and smaller pieces. This line of scientific inquiry over the past 120 years has resulted in a branch of science called quantum mechanics or quantum physics. The earliest quantum physicists were discovering that, at a sub-atomic level, matter behaved quite differently than the visible matter of the Newtonian universe. And over the years, the theories of quantum mechanics have consistently offered the best explanation of how reality works – even though the theories might appear very strange.

And, as a follow-on to this philosophy, Bell’s Theorem states: “No theory of reality compatible with quantum theory can require spatially separated events to be separate.” In other words, each and every electron must know exactly what every other electron in the universe is doing in order to know what it, itself, has to do at any given moment. Therefore, all distant events are constantly interconnected and interdependent – all is one. When something shifts somewhere, then all other elements making up the web of reality must respond and also shift. (This is one of the theories to explain how distance healing sessions work – the shift experienced by the BodyTalk practitioner who is in one place is also experienced by the client who is somewhere else.)

bodymind - all of the components which make up the entire human being: body, mind, and spirit.

quantum physics - a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta, as described by the quantum theory.

energy medicine - one of five domains of complementary and alternative medicine which utilizes the subtle energies of the body to achieve better health.

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The concept that all is basically one, can be reworded as “the universe and everything in it is holographic in nature.” Holograms are consistent with quantum theory. One of the basic tenets of a hologram is that every single part of it contains the information of the whole. If one part shifts and changes, so too must the representation of it shift and change throughout the whole hologram. The bodymind follows this holographic principle. For example, a person has the same DNA in every cell of his or her body. This means that every cell contains the same information about every aspect of that bodymind even though each cell is a part of a different aspect of the body. What differentiates one part of the body from another is that specific genes are operational in one set of cells while a different part of the DNA is active in another set of cells. So, for instance, heart cells have the part of the DNA active that is involved in the functioning of the heart, while the liver cells are working under the genes that represent the liver. These differences in the activation or silencing of specific genes within any cell is the result of the epigenome (i.e., the factors that control the functioning of DNA that exist in addition to inherited ones and are passed on when the cells divide). As a demonstration of this in a recent experiment (Reuters, January 27, 2010), researchers successfully chemically prodded skin cells of mice to close down the part of their internal DNA that tells them how to be skin cells and open up the information pertaining to neurons. These skin cells turned into fully functioning brain cells! “Researchers at Stanford University in California have transformed the ordinary cells of mice directly into nerve cells called neurons using just three genes, in a move they hope can transform the field of regenerative medicine. These cells are stained red with a compound that identifies them as neurons.” Credit: Reuters/Thomas Vierbuchen/Marius Wernig, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University

The significance of this characteristic of holograms is that when something happens to the cells of an organ, for example damage due to some negative emotions, it results in epigenetic changes that alter the functioning of their DNA. At the same time the DNA in all cells of the body reflect those changes energetically because they are connected holographically. Now the whole bodymind is holding the same information and is aware at some level that there is a part of the body that is not functioning properly. Of course, the reverse is also true – if the factors controlling the DNA of malfunctioning cells are targeted and “healed”, this change is also reflected throughout the whole body at an energetic level through the holographic principle.

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This holographic paradigm, therefore, postulates that every microscopic part of our body knows exactly what every other part is doing and is responding accordingly. And since the body, infused with its own innate wisdom/ consciousness, and is part of a larger universal web, it is constantly “in touch” with and responding to the wisdom of “all that is”, or universal consciousness. This is an extremely important connection to make in light of one of the most important discoveries coming from quantum physics which will impact the direction that medicine must now take.

DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. DNA is often compared to a set of genetic blueprints.

genes - a distinct portion of a cell’s DNA. Genes are coded instructions for making everything the body needs, especially proteins. They determine the traits we inherit and the ones we pass down. innate - the inborn intelligence that guides all bodily processes from conception until death.

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The most startling conclusion that quantum physics has come up with so far is that consciousness, or the act of observing, affects the outcome of any research study – what is observed, exists. Or, in other words, consciousness is required to collapse all the waves of possibilities and probabilities that exist into one form: consciousness creates reality.

The universal consciousness is thus the “observer” collapsing all possibilities, as well as that which also infuses and animates each creation. In BodyTalk, when we consider this level of consciousness within the individual bodymind, we call it the innate wisdom. This is the topic of the next chapter.

In this worldview, intelligent universal consciousness exists first – it is the ground substance of all reality. This intelligent consciousness is evident in the process of conception where two half cells (one sperm and one ovum) come together to create a new whole cell that then goes on to divide into more and more cells which then differentiate into many different tissues and organs to create a new human being. What tells the ovum and sperm to combine their DNA? How does the blastocyst know how to arrange all the different cells into structures with certain functions? There is obviously an innate intelligence that guides all these processes that has nothing to do with the brain or the conscious mind (since they do not exist at this point yet!).

The Consequences of Top-Down Causation of Reality

It is obvious that first there must be the concept or idea of a human being with a template or morphogenetic field that the energy of creation can follow, to result in the physical manifestation of a new person. This is a top-down conceptualization of how life and other realities occur: there is an idea in universal consciousness for the end result (the template) which creates movement in the form of energy collapsing the waves of probabilities to those that mirror the template manifesting in a physical form. As an analogy, we could say that a building is a physical form – you can see and touch it. But before it was a building, someone had to think “building.” From thinking, to a blueprint, to getting the workers and materials together, to actual construction – these are the steps through which the energy moves to create the final product which mirrors the original idea.

universal consciousness - the concept that the universe is whole, ordered and conscious; also known as the collective unconscious a term coined by Carl Jung. He summarized the collective unconscious appropriately by saying that it is our “psychic inheritance” or the reservoir of our experiences as a species that, while we are never directly aware of it, influences all of our experiences and behaviors.

The top-down conceptualization of how reality is created, including bodyminds, has consequences for how well different modalities can affect the healing process. The theory postulates that the creative energies move from the conceptual to the manifested, through five different levels of body: bliss, supermental, mental, vital and physical. The physical body is the most obvious and concrete. It appeals to those modalities based on a Cartesian/Newtonian approach and they are able to make changes at this dense level of body. The focus is on symptoms and decreasing or eliminating them. However, since creative energies work downward, these modalities will have limited, if any, effect on the “causes” coming down from the other levels of body. The vital body is more or less the phantom, template form of the body. It is based on subtle energies and so the modalities based on energy medicine, such as acupuncture and homeopathy, will have good results with any imbalances on this level. Since the energy moves from the vital body down to the physical body, corrections at the vital body level will also have visible effects on the physical body. The mental body consists of the egoic mind and the belief systems, attitudes, thoughts, and emotions that are created by that mind. Advanced psychotherapeutic approaches, such as Jungian psychotherapy, which are focused on making changes at this mental level, will also result in noticeable shifts to the vital and physical bodies.

morphogenetic field - an organizing field of energy within which a group of cells is able to respond to discrete, localized biochemical signals leading to the development of specific structures or organs. belief systems - thoughts, attitudes, biases that one acquires from experiences, society, cultures, and families.

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The supermental body is defined by the intuitive, higher aspect of consciousness. Modalities that use tools that can access this level of body will be working with the big picture and the effects will flow down to the other three levels. BodyTalk practitioners who work from a place of non-attachment, no agenda, and utilize their own intuition are working at this level. At the level of the Bliss body, there is no need for any modalities. This is where spontaneous healing on all levels takes place. This is a rare situation as that individual would be operating from a fully enlightened state of consciousness.

Understanding BodyTalk as a Consciousnessbased Health Care System BodyTalk can be considered consciousness-based health care in that its practitioners are aware of the downwards causation of illnesses, conditions, and symptoms from consciousness and work from this understanding. It might seem that a client’s BodyTalk session is addressing their imbalances on a physical level or on the vital body level using energetic techniques, because that is the current comfort level of the client. However, the connection to consciousness as observed by the BodyTalk practitioner during the tap out is what allows the effects of the session to “trickle” down through all the levels including the mental, vital and physical. This is why there is so much emphasis in all the techniques on showing the connection between what the approach is purportedly addressing and how consciousness is actually at the root of the issue.

agenda - a practitioner’s bias or expectations for the session.

It will be totally possible to achieve highly effective results in sessions, even if the practitioner simply follows the BodyTalk protocol and works with the basic treatment standards laid down in this, and other modules. However, if the practitioner wishes to work at a deep and even more effective level, it will be necessary, at some point or another, to gain a better understanding of how consciousness creates the other levels of “reality.” The topic of consciousness has, up until now, been considered the realm of philosophy. However, with new understanding coming from the field of quantum physics, consciousness is being redefined as applied quantum physics. The two fields of study are not really separate. And the BodyTalk System can be viewed as a bridge between them.

“Consciousness is the ground substance of manifestation.” Dr. Amit Goswami – Theoretical Physicist

“Consciousness is all there is.” Ramesh Balsekar – Advaita Jnani

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Chapter Summary BodyTalk is a revolutionary consciousness-based health care system that is founded in Quantum Physics, a new understanding that the universe and everything in it contains the information of the whole. Everything is dynamically interconnected. All systems, cells, and subatomic particles within a bodymind are in communication with every other system, cell and subatomic particle. Each bodymind is also interconnected with everything and everyone else in their environment as well as everything in the universe. This growing understanding of quantum physics, and that the observer merely by observing can change an experiment by collapsing all the waves of possibilities and probabilities, has changed the way we view reality and hence the role of the practitioner/client in a healing relationship. It has allowed us to move far beyond the simplistic confines of the Cartesian mechanical model of viewing the body separate from the mind, and each part of this body as separate, and each one of us as separate. BodyTalk has moved beyond the idea that improving health merely involves finding symptoms and attempting to eliminate or relieve these symptoms, into an infinite field of possibilities within the concept of healing. With this new understanding we now can appreciate the validity and power of distant healing and how dynamic and immediate changes in ones’ health are possible.

Test Your Knowledge 1. Name and describe the scientific models which can be used to explain how BodyTalk works. 2. What is meant by “Consciousness is applied quantum physics?” 3. Name and describe the five different levels of body.

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Chapter Overview

Learning Objectives

This chapter addresses the concept of consciousness and how it manifests in the body as innate wisdom. Students will learn about the role of belief systems and stress in disrupting the body’s balance and how the innate wisdom strives to self-heal and self-regulate. Students will also learn to appreciate the role of the practitioner’s innate wisdom and the role of the BodyTalk Protocol and Procedures charts to be able to work in what is referred to as the zone.

Upon completion of Chapter 2: Consciousness Localized as Innate Wisdom, students will be able to:

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4. Explain how synchronicity gets disrupted and how this disruption influences health.

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Key Terms chakras meridians conscious mind subconscious mind intuition protocol chart procedure MindScape

1. Provide examples of how consciousness operates in the bodymind. 2. Name the location of individualized consciousness. 3. State the responsibility of the body’s innate wisdom and recognize ways in which the innate wisdom “talks” to us.

5. Describe how consciousness and biology are linked. 6. Discuss why the roles of both practitioner and client are equal. 7. Define what is meant by “innate wisdom” and describe the difference between the innate wisdom of the practitioner and client. 8. Explain what is meant by “working in the zone.” 9. Describe the roles left and right brain play in working in the zone.

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Working in the Zone Consciousness Localized as Innate Wisdom Consciousness is what animates all parts of the bodymind, right down to the cellular level. It “knows” what is going on at all levels since it is present from the beginning as the innate wisdom. Its operation is obvious on a day-to-day basis in the homeostatic processes of the body that keep everything within optimum levels for all cells to function at their peak. Its operation is also obvious as the built-in mechanism that initiates the healing process. When we cut ourselves, the in-born wisdom or knowledge of what has to occur brings the proper cells to the area, which release the necessary products to quickly seal the cut and then heal the wound, all in the proper sequencing and at all levels – physical, emotional, and mental. From a philosophical perspective, this individualized aspect of consciousness, awareness, or “I am,” is thought to reside in the heart complex and operates from there.

What disrupts this synchronicity and communication are disturbances generated by the mind which come from learned belief systems, thoughts, attitudes, biases, and so on, that we pick up from our society, cultures, and families. These belief systems and thoughts are interpreted as the stresses that come from living life. What they actually do is act to focus the creative energy on collapsing all waves of possibility into, usually, a dysfunctional one. For example, a child is exposed to the concept that the environment is a dirty and dangerous place by having an over-protective mother who constantly cleans to kill “those nasty germs.” That thought becomes a subconscious filter through which the child interacts with the environment. It focuses the innate wisdom of the child’s immune system into an overreaction to anything that enters the body, including specs of pollen, dust, animal dander, etc., leading to multiple allergies. In other words, we create our state of health by how we focus our spark of consciousness through the filters that are held in our conscious and subconscious minds – like a magnifying glass. Consciousness is the only thing that is real – everything else is a result of consciousness being filtered through the lenses of thoughts and beliefs that direct the focus of consciousness to create its own “reality.” That is how consciousness and biology are linked. Psychological information is transformed directly into biological information.

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The body’s innate wisdom is responsible for all parts of the bodymind working in synchronicity. There needs to be clear communication within cells, between cells, and also amongst all the other tissues, organs, chakras, meridians, etc. and then the body is able to function healthily.

But this does not mean that we are stuck with what we have manifested to date. The infinite possibilities still exist at some level. What has been created can also be “uncreated.” Our bodies, including our genes and nervous systems, are not fixed and can change.

chakras- from the East Indian perspective are vortices of energy situated along the spine.

conscious mind - the part of the mind that is consciously aware of beliefs and what is happening in the surrounding environment.

meridians - from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective are pathways through which the life energy known as “Qi” flows.

subconscious mind - existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness awareness. It is the storage room of all of one’s beliefs and memories.

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When we have created something dysfunctional in the bodymind, then the innate wisdom starts “talking” to us by giving us noticeable feedback. The feedback can be in the form of pain, swelling, vomiting, headaches, or other symptoms and conditions. This type of physical feedback is designed to alert the person that something is going on in the mind that needs to be changed. An example of this would be the allergic reactions of the child indicating that he or she has a belief about the environment that needs to be altered. The feedback can also be in the form of very subtle feelings on the intuitive level that something is not quite right. Intuition is a strong tool for the innate wisdom to “speak” to us. If we listen, it will guide us back to health. Just because many of us have lost touch with our intuitive awareness does not mean it is irretrievable. The fact that we heal in “normal” circumstances shows that the innate wisdom of the bodymind is still there doing its job, to some degree, given the circumstances limiting its function. This is the aspect of consciousness that we refer to when we say we are working with a client’s innate wisdom – the in-born tendency for self-regulation and self-healing within the bodymind. By finding a way to tap into the information a person’s innate wisdom holds, the focus of a BodyTalk session is contextualized to that specific client and their particular needs. The role of the BodyTalk practitioner to act as an intermediary between the client and his or her own innate wisdom. Using various techniques to help bring an alternate state of being into focus, the client has the opportunity to ultimately release the conscious or subconscious belief systems that are the dysfunctional filters and thus shift the symptoms and conditions to reflect the change. In order to accomplish being an intermediary, BodyTalk practitioners use that part of the innate wisdom within themselves which facilitates the cooperation of the left and right brain thinking that is the foundation of structured intuition.

intuition - the power or faculty of attaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference. protocol chart - the chart used in BodyTalk that lists the techniques and different areas of the bodymind that can be addressed in a BodyTalk session.

Structured intuition happens when the left brain has enough logical details on a particular subject to allow the material to become second nature (no effort is involved in working with it) and the right brain uses this structure to tap into universal consciousness for picking up “felt sense” or intuitive information about what is being focused on. So, if enough practical, left brain information is present by learning the BodyTalk Protocol and Procedures, and the right brain is not too encumbered by detrimental, limiting belief systems, then it is possible for the practitioner to intuit information about what a client needs. The practitioner “receives” clarity on the situation, and it is their own intuition that reaches that clarity. Note: the terms “left and right brain” do not necessarily refer to the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Although the left hemisphere is thought to hold most logical, left brain functions and the right hemisphere is thought to hold most creative, intuitive, right brain functions, because of its holographic nature, all areas of the brain can potentially generate both right and left functions. As is now obvious, we are all connected consciousness and, as such, are involved in each other’s healing process. Both the practitioner and client are essential to the healing process and both roles are equal. The localized consciousness in the bodyminds of each person involved in a session is drawn upon slightly differently. BodyTalk practitioners use one aspect of their innate wisdom (the interface of left and right brain) to collect information about breakdowns in communication within the client’s bodymind complex. We then rely on the innate wisdom of the client’s own body to bring about the healing changes. One of the most common side effects of a BodyTalk session is that clients often notice an increased state of well-being and general harmony within their body and mind. This well-being is subjective in nature, but it is very real to the client. Once clients start experiencing this stronger harmonious relationship with their bodymind, their innate wisdom is better able to function and maintain optimum health in the future. procedure - the systematic question asking that is a unique aspect of the BodyTalk system. This is how the BodyTalk practitioner determines which aspects of the bodymind need to be in communication with other aspects of the bodymind to facilitate improved health.

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Working in the Zone with Mental Clarity The concept of “the zone” is a metaphor for a state of consciousness that is outside of or beyond the norm. In the context of BodyTalk, the zone is not necessarily an altered state of mind – although sometimes it is experienced this way. Rather, working in the zone refers to the experience that comes about when the practitioner’s left and right brain functions infuse one another in a way that allows for lateral or “outside of the box” type thinking.

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In order for the brain to process anything, it needs a program and information. In the BodyTalk System, the information is the never-ending accumulation of data about the bodymind (learning more complex information about anatomy, physiology, psychology, energetic understandings and concepts) and the program consists of two components: 1. The techniques of the Protocol chart. This provides an overall structure that enables us to systematically cover the various components of the bodymind complex to ensure that we can address whatever is necessary for better health. 2. The basic methodology of moving around the Protocol chart. This involves the terms and concepts covered in the Procedures chart.

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Once the left brain has learned the information on the two charts well, moving around the Protocol chart to reveal the formulas becomes second nature. This process is similar to learning any new skill – such as driving, dancing, or using a computer – you no longer need to consciously think through all the steps. Now the right brain is freed up to do its work. The right brain’s function is to scan the energetic field of information that represents the client and use the questions of the left brain to intuitively pick up what is necessary for the session. This is also known as lateral thinking or making use of imagination. Imagination is a very high level of right brain function. We use the left brain constructs to structure, focus and put our imagination into context, to end up with a very reliable intuition. (A system that encourages the development of structured intuition is MindScape, which is one of the BodyTalk Life Sciences courses.) One thing that can interfere with a practitioner’s ability to stay in the zone while working is the practitioner’s own subconscious belief systems of what is and is not possible. Therefore, it is highly desirable for practitioners to receive BodyTalk sessions themselves to breakdown the conditioning of learned belief systems in their own minds. Luckily, even when practitioners simply provide BodyTalk sessions to others, they will be indirectly affecting their own belief structures. Either way, the practitioner ends up working with more mental clarity.

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MindScape - A program that teaches people how to use the potential of their whole mind’s capabilities, including intuition and creativity.

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“The left hemisphere of the brain has 186 million more neurons than the right hemisphere.” (“Fun Facts About The Brain”, n.d.)1

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Test Your Knowledge

In BodyTalk we use the term “innate wisdom” for the aspect of consciousness that animates all parts of the bodymind and is responsible for all of those parts working synchronously. It is also the aspect of ourselves that knows how to heal us when we are injured.

1. Describe what is meant by the term “innate wisdom”.

Our beliefs, thoughts and attitudes, when negative, disrupt the synchronicity and communication within the bodymind creating dis-ease and dysfunction. We create our state of health and our experiences of the world, good or bad, by our state of consciousness. Luckily, our state of consciousness and, therefore, our health can change.

3. Being in the zone that we speak of in BodyTalk refers to?

The role of the BodyTalk practitioner is to act as an intermediary using their own innate wisdom between the client and the client’s own innate wisdom to help affect this change. BodyTalk Practitioners learn to work in the “zone” with their clients. This zone is a state of consciousness that integrates the use of the right, intuitive brain, and the left, logical, structured aspect of the brain. This zone offers a clarity of thinking that is beyond the normal way of perceiving. It offers a deeper connection to the intuition which is a strong tool for the innate wisdom to “speak” to us and help guide us back to health.

2. True or False? The BodyTalk practitioner is asking the innate wisdom of the client what is needed to re-establish a healthier balance.

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Chapter 3 Key Concepts Chapter Overview

Key Terms

The objectives in this chapter are to provide an explanation as to what the Yes/No responses are, how to set up the responses, what can interfere with the accuracy and clarity of the responses, and in which situations the Yes/No responses are applicable. The use of surrogates in short- and long-distance work is also covered.

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Students will also learn to understand the significance of working without an agenda and allowing the order of healing to occur naturally; why working with priority within the bodymind is desirable; why it is important to be non-attached to the outcomes of sessions; and why agenda-based attitudes like “caring” are limiting. Lastly, this chapter covers the theoretical explanations of why BodyTalk practitioners tap over the head (brain) and sternum (heart) in order to assist the client’s bodymind in making changes and then storing those changes. The role of breath is highlighted as well as the relationship between tapping and breathing.

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Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 3: Key Concepts, students will be able to: 1. Understand the muscle checking technique as used during a BodyTalk session. 2. Describe mirroring and its relationship to muscle checking. 3. Demonstrate three standard biofeedback methods.

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4. Describe the difference between a Yes and No response.

43 Yes/No Responses 43 Yes/No 44 Mirroring and Clarity 45 Standardized Biofeedback Methods 46 Exercise for Practicing Yes/No Responses 47 Using a Surrogate 48 Short- and Long-Distance Work 49 The Accuracy and Safety of Yes/No Responses 50 More Concepts 50 The Sequence of Healing 51 Priority versus Problem 51 Attention versus Intention 51 Non-Attachment to Outcomes 52 Caring 53 Tapping 53 Tapping the Head (Brain) 54 Tapping the Sternum (Heart) 55 Tapping for Two Breaths 56 Breathing 56 Breathing Creates Movement 56 Breathing Affects Qi Flow 56 Breathing as a Scanning Tool 57 Breathing out – the act of “letting go” 57 Breathing in – getting “in touch” with life 58 Chapter Summary

5. Name and perform the two stages for practicing muscle checking. 6. Understand how to use a surrogate. 7. Understand the ethics and basic premise of distance work. 8. Explain how to improve the accuracy of Yes/No biofeedback. 9. Address concerns about the safety and accuracy of BodyTalk and the Yes/No biofeedback. 10. Compare BodyTalk’s use of sequencing to support healing to other modalities’ approach. 11. Explain the importance of working without a preconceived agenda. 12. Distinguish between a priority and a problem. 13. Discuss the idea of having no attachment to session outcomes. 14. Discuss how caring limits the potential of both the practitioner and a BodyTalk session. 15. Name the two areas that are tapped during a BodyTalk session and provide reasons for tapping them. 16. Name and discuss five functions of breathing.

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Yes/No Responses Yes/No We are not really communicating with anything or anyone when we are conducting BodyTalk sessions. We are not accessing any “Truth” nor are we asking a definitive “Innate”, God, or Higher Power any questions. As BodyTalk practitioners, we are consulting our internal intuitive functions to gather information about the client which is accessible as part of the universal information available through the holographic web of reality. We are not “asking the client’s innate wisdom” as a source of information. By using the left brain (learned) knowledge of the BodyTalk protocol and the right brain deep intuitive processes, the BodyTalk practitioner has a way of knowing at some level what needs to be observed and focused on for a shift in the client to be possible. In order to facilitate this process in a clinical setting and give both the practitioner and the client something concrete to understand and base the work on, we initially use the questions provided by the BodyTalk Protocol and a type of neuromuscular feedback to demonstrate the intuited information. There are several ways to establish what appears to be a communication system to obtain information from a client’s bodymind. Many modalities use neuromuscular biofeedback to obtain responses from the body. This is known as muscle testing and, at first glance, looks very similar to what we do in BodyTalk.

In the BodyTalk System we begin with a similar muscle testing process when the practitioner is starting his or her training – so that it looks like we are getting “Yes” or “No” answers from the body. This analogy works because the results obtained are excellent, and the explanation is reasonably comfortable for most people. Testing via the arm is a technique designed to give the left brain a credible medium, or prop, to interact with the right brain. We are using the arm movement for our left brain to build a structured mental/physical prop that can be utilized by the right brain for a specific purpose. Testing via the arm could be done in many ways, but we prefer to standardize it in BodyTalk because experience shows that when many people use the same technique, there is an energetic matrix that develops that tends to make it more reliable. Eventually what needs to be understood is that we are not using the strength of a muscle, nor are we really “communicating” with anything. We are simply setting up circumstances to physically mirror what has been picked up on an intuitive level by the practitioner. Because in BodyTalk we are not doing true muscle testing, we also do not use those terms to say what we do. Instead, we say we are muscle checking – checking our intuited Yes/ No answers with something visible or palpable.

In applied kinesiology, the strength of the muscle is used to ascertain whether the body is reacting to some input such as an allergen. This relies on neurological reactions that cause a muscle to stay strong or temporarily weaken when the body is challenged by an environmental input – be it a substance or a concept. neuromuscular biofeedback - the process used to receive information on the functions of various systems in the body by using the response of a person’s muscles to movement. applied kinesiology - a chiropractic diagnostic and treatment modality using manual muscle-strength testing for medical diagnosis and a subsequent determination of prescribed therapy.

muscle testing - a technique used to assess the strength of a muscle; a technique which involves testing the body’s responses when applying slight pressure to a particular muscle (often a shoulder muscle). It is used for diagnostic or treatment purposes. muscle checking - the manner in which the BodyTalk practitioner uses the client’s arm to get Yes and No answers when using the Exploring Procedure.

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Mirroring and Clarity The reliability of a practitioner’s Yes/No responses via muscle checking is dependent on the clarity of the interaction between the right and left brain functions. The belief systems of the practitioner, especially those held in the subconscious mind, limit the free flow of intuition. In order to understand this concept, it is necessary to look at the concept of mirroring. Mirroring is the idea that whatever is going on in the mind of the practitioner is reflected back through the environment and those in it. This mirroring dynamic will be evident when someone is conscious of their moods and thinking processes.

If you are having problems with your Yes/No responses, never blame the client’s innate wisdom. Improving your innate clarity involves improving the precision of your Protocol, adding more left brain information about the subject, and then working on disassociating the limiting beliefs, perspectives, and prejudices residing in your conscious and subconscious mind.

For example, if you as a practitioner come to a session feeling insecure and desiring a certain outcome, and if you are conscious of your insecurities, you will see those insecurities mirrored back at you in your client’s body language and questions. The key words here are “if you are conscious.” Often times, when mental clarity is lacking, it is very easy to project onto the environment and conclude that the client’s insecurities are unfounded and undermining to your authority as a practitioner. In fact, all that is happening is that the client is providing you with a very clear mirror in which your own doubts, insecurities, and neediness are being reflected back at you. If you apply this concept to getting Yes/No responses, you can see how when you have doubts about your abilities, your knowledge base, and have low self-confidence as a result, your own muscle system will cause the movements of the client’s arm to be wishy-washy, unclear, and unreadable. Beginning students will tend to want to blame the client.

conscious - deep awareness of what one is doing, not just going through the motions.

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Standardized Biofeedback Methods When first learning the art of biofeedback, there are three procedures which have been standardized. 1. The client rests the arm at their side, palm resting against the thigh, with a little resistance while the practitioner attempts to pull it away from the body. 2. The client rests the arm at their side, palm facing down towards the table, while the practitioner pulls it up against gravity. 3. The client rests a hand over their abdomen while the practitioner pulls the hand off the body. The Yes response, in all cases, feels light and the arm moves easily. The No response feels much heavier and the arm less inclined to move. (Note: this is in reverse to the responses expected in applied kinesiology. This was done purposefully to break the pattern and distinguish what we do in BodyTalk from this other modality – we are not doing muscle testing!)

At first it might feel as if some people’s responses are weak or spongy for the No, as well as the Yes, although the Yes feels even weaker. Or some people may feel very strong for both responses, with just a little more give on the Yes. For this reason, it is better not to focus on total muscle movement, but to develop the subtlety to feel for the difference between a particular person’s Yes and No. Once you understand that you are really asking your own “innate” the questions, and that it is your innate that is tuning into the innate wisdom of the client, then you realize that it is your own muscle system that is moving the client’s arm appropriately – even though it might feel as if it is the client’s arm that is or is not moving. Now the client can fully relax without having to do anything. The client can even be asleep. This is also why we are able to work with a client in a coma. The client’s innate will immediately reflect the practitioner’s mental clarity and the Yes’s and No’s “received” on this intuitive level can be trusted to reflect the priorities of the client’s bodymind.

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This is/show me a “Yes”

This is/show me a “No”

Exercise for Practicing Yes/No Responses The Training Stage - In order to train yourself to feel the difference between a Yes and a No response, the first step is to “rig” the movements that you expect. With the client holding an arm in one of the three positions mentioned above, say out loud: 1. “This is a Yes.” Then pull the client’s arm with enough force to move it. 2. “This is a No.” Pull the arm without much force so that it does not move. You need to do this only a few times for the intent to be processed by your brain. Now go on to the next stage.

inertia - when at rest, the body’s or object‘s tendency to stay at rest – lack of movement.

The Confirming Stage - This will give you confirmation that the Yes/No feedback system is working. With the client still holding an arm in one of the three positions, say out loud: 1. “Show me a Yes.” And pull the arm with only slight force. Feel for the apparent lightness and ease of movement. 2. “Show me a No.” Now pull the arm with exactly the same amount of slight force. Feel for the apparent inertia of the arm. You are feeling for the difference between what the Yes feels like and what the No feels like. It can be a very subtle difference. It is a subjective comparison, but will be experienced as real.

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Using a Surrogate Although we can work with anyone who is lying still for us whether they are awake, asleep, or unconscious, there are occasions when getting the Yes/No responses is still a challenge. Examples would be when working with babies or small children who will not lie still. Another example would be a mentally or emotionally disturbed adult who will not cooperate. Animals are another example – it can be hard to get a cow to lie on the table with its leg on its stomach! In these cases, the practitioner can use the arm of another person as a surrogate. Remember that this is just a prop to allow your right brain to perform its function and bring information to the attention of the left brain. The key in using a surrogate is the practitioner’s focus.

Muscle testing in New Jersey, US. Photo credit: Charlotte Nielsen

Repeat this exercise with the client’s arm in the other two positions. One of the positions will feel naturally more comfortable for you to “read” the Yes/No responses. If you need to, you can add a little resistance by lightly pressing on the client’s forearm with your free hand. This tends to make the movement/non-movement easier to distinguish. Another tip is to use very, very light touch in pulling the arm and to focus on what your pulling hand feels. The difference between the Yes and No will be more obvious.

The practitioner directs any questions with attention to the client, not the surrogate. As the focus is on the health of the client, the intuited information will correspond to that objective. It can sometimes appear to help if the surrogate is touching the client. This also provides some perceived credibility to the situation, which is important in any interactive situation.

Continue to practice with the approach that gives you the best distinction until it becomes second nature. Eventually you will be able to conduct the Yes/No biofeedback in many different positions, even through a surrogate or off the body when required (as it is your own muscle system that is responsible for the movement or lack of it).

The key in using a surrogate is the practitioner’s focus. Using a surrogate. Photo credit: Debbie Moran

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Short- and Long-Distance Work For the experienced BodyTalk practitioner having the surrogate touching the client is unnecessary; sometimes, that is impossible anyway – or even unsafe – such as in the case of working with horses and other animals. In that type of situation, working through a surrogate at a short distance who is focused on the animal is appropriate. Even the tapping is done on the surrogate to maintain a safe environment for all involved.

Using short distance with Pink Dolphins at the Sentosa Underwater World in Singapore. Photo credit: Loesje Jacob

Excellent results are being obtained by BodyTalk practitioners who conduct sessions with clients at long-distance. This type of work requires the practitioner to mentally focus on the client’s hologram for information and understand that time and space are not barriers to allowing changes to occur in that hologram. It is helpful for the practitioner to train the mind using a mental focusing tool such as the MindScape technique. (In MindScape we demonstrate clearly that anyone can “tune in” to anyone else on the planet merely by having a label to identify that person with. The practitioner can then accurately identify the client’s physical characteristics and diseases, even though they have never actually seen or met the person. This further demonstrates the existence of a universal consciousness that the right brain has access to when it has the proper training.) Because many people are unaware of the possibility of doing BodyTalk or any other kind of healing modality at a distance, care should be taken as to how to approach the subject with a client, so that some credibility can be maintained.

Using short distance with a seal. Photo credit: Ange Trenga-Anderson

It is also very important for the BodyTalk practitioner to receive verbal permissions from a client before doing any type of distance work. We do not conduct sessions on people who are unaware of them being performed. Exceptions, of course, would be in emergency situations or when the client is in a coma or is underage – then the legal guardian’s permission will be required. This all relates to the ethics of working with clients in general. Upon examination, the motivation behind working on someone without their knowledge would reveal itself to be egotistic on the part of the practitioner and very agenda-based. This would be detrimental to the actual balancing session.

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The Accuracy and Safety of Yes/No Responses When students first begin learning BodyTalk, they have a poor mix of the two ingredients necessary for clear interaction between right and left brain functions. Although everyone brings right brain processing functions with them, it cannot yet work at a second nature level because they have not yet learned the programming and their knowledge about the bodymind can vary dramatically. Therefore, when students first start, they are trying to get innate clarity by infusing a powerful, but often poorly conditioned right brain, into a left brain with minimal appropriate mental structuring, and various degrees of information. Little wonder that the Yes/No “answers” can seem to be “lost” or unreliable at times! By the end of the BodyTalk Fundamentals course, the basic programming of the left brain is completed and available. Information is more structured, thanks to the Protocol and Procedures charts, and the right brain will start being drawn on with more confidence. The Yes/No answers will reflect a more precise and reliable measure of the practitioner’s ability to pick up intuited information about the client. Luckily, no harm happens to the client if the practitioner’s Yes/No responses are inaccurate in the beginning. If items are inadvertently included in a formula that is subsequently tapped out, the client’s brain will not recognize the “wrong” items for correction – the brain will simply do nothing about them. As BodyTalkers, we only highlight the potential issues, we do not intervene directly. Therefore it is safe to tap out what might be considered “wrong” links.

As BodyTalkers, we only highlight the potential issues, we do not intervene directly.

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This, however, does not mean that clients will not experience shifts on a very physical or emotional level – which if not expected, can be interpreted as something gone “wrong.” For example, after a Body Chemistry balancing, the immune system may kick in and cause a rise in body temperature. The fever is part of a normal healing response, but the client may come back to you and ask what you “did” to them. Another example is the diarrhea type release after a balancing of emotional holdings via the Active Memory technique. Clients might think that they are now sick after the session. Client education will reduce these sorts of fears around the safety of receiving BodyTalk sessions. The less than 100% accuracy of responses is another reason why we do not use this method of biofeedback in BodyTalk for making a diagnosis or prescribing any products. Many people who get involved with muscle testing tend to want to ask specific questions about the client’s health or well being. Such as: “Is this the right vitamin/supplement for this person?” “Is this breast lump malignant?” “Is this Hepatitis C?” “Is she going to have a serious accident?” “Is she pregnant?” For specific questions such as these, experience shows that the practitioner’s strong personal agenda will often reduce the accuracy of the information. The position of the International BodyTalk Association is that BodyTalk should never be used in this way. Practitioners who are also licensed to diagnose or prescribe should follow up the BodyTalk session with standard medical testing before making any diagnostic statements or prescriptive suggestions.

active memory technique - the BodyTalk technique which serves to improve mental and emotional balance around emotions, upsetting events, or belief systems.

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More Concepts The Sequence of Healing Since the innate wisdom of the bodymind is present from the moment of conception, it is also present and “aware” of how the natural balances of the body were disturbed and in which order things unraveled to eventually result in symptoms and conditions. The innate wisdom is also quite naturally always at work trying to reestablish balance within the bodymind complex. When we, as BodyTalk practitioners, direct our focus on the client’s innate wisdom to find the items that make up the next formula during a session, we are tapping into this information on a subtle level. We are working in a way that complements the body’s ongoing, innate/inborn function of healing itself. In other words, the BodyTalk practitioner is intuitively following the sequencing that is optimum as determined by the client’s innate wisdom to start their healing process. In this way, the bodymind’s own healing process is supported and potentially achieves results faster. This approach distinguishes BodyTalk from most other modalities. Most modalities train their practitioners to view the body from a very specific perspective. Assumptions are then made as to what is wrong with the body (establishing a diagnosis) and what the best approach to take to facilitate healing (devising a treatment plan). It is the practitioner’s “superior” knowledge and training that determines how the client’s health issues will be addressed. This results in forcing the practitioner’s preconceived ideas and agenda onto the client. This can then, paradoxically, slow down the client’s healing or overstress the entire system and make matters worse.

From a BodyTalk perspective, it is important to work without a preconceived agenda based on specific perspectives about how the bodymind functions.

It must also be remembered that the bodymind is a total, holistic system that involves billions of interrelationships and linkages. Some of those linkages can be quite obscure and involve a dynamic that is way beyond the comprehension of a practitioner. It is virtually impossible for anyone to have enough left-brained learned information about the body to consciously be able to locate and unravel all of the imbalances present. From a BodyTalk perspective, working without a preconceived agenda based on specific perspectives about how the bodymind functions is important. This, however, does not mean that a BodyTalk practitioner should not learn any information about the body or mind. The more left-brained information that is learned will be, of course, invaluable to understanding the intuited information picked up with the right brain. The emphasis being made is that the bodymind will respond best if the client’s innate wisdom is recognized as having all the information necessary for a dynamically functioning system to be reestablished. This includes the sequencing of what needs to be addressed. This might mean that the major condition or symptom a client is presenting with does not get directly addressed within a BodyTalk session. There may be several other underlying factors that need to be balanced first. For example, a client may come in with a back problem. The priorities that come up during the initial session may be balancing the stomach, psoas muscle, and rib cage. Or perhaps emotional issues of the client are picked up as the priority items that need to be released. The back may not be addressed directly at all. Instead, the original balancing may need to have time to work before the harmonizing of the back occurs. Many times the client’s symptoms disappear, even though the location of the discomfort was not directly addressed.

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Priority versus Problem

Attention versus Intention

Because the BodyTalk practitioner relies on the client’s innate wisdom to direct the most advantageous sequencing of the issues in the bodymind, there needs to be a constant awareness that all questions are directed towards finding the “priority” that needs balancing. This is very different from looking for “problems.”

In BodyTalk, a differentiation is emphasized between the terms “attention” and “intention.”

In the average person, most parts of their body have a problem to some degree. If we asked the question “Does this organ have a problem?” we would intuitively get a Yes response in almost every case. However, is that the aspect of the imbalance that needs to be focused on? Or is there something else that is more important to address first? The liver could have a problem, but maybe the person is about to have a heart attack. Focusing on the liver would not be the most advantageous sequencing for this person, at that point in time. Another argument against looking for problems in the body is that once a problem is found, the expectation usually is that the practitioner will treat it. This is the Cartesian/ Newtonian approach. It implies following a ready-made treatment plan based on the practitioner’s training. This agenda-based approach has already been demonstrated to be ineffective. Hence, in BodyTalk, we do not speak of treating clients. Rather we conduct sessions to help their bodies balance themselves for better health. Also, we do not prescribe any products, such as supplements, herbs, medicines, etc., as we are concerned primarily with the client’s bodymind healing itself through better communication between the parts that were highlighted as priority. (The only exception to this would be if the BodyTalk practitioner is also trained and licensed to make such suggestions.)

A BodyTalk session. Photo credit: Lesley McIntyre

In many energy-based modalities, you often hear the phrase “it is the intention that matters.” From this perspective, intention carries the connotation of agenda. When you proceed with intent, you are proceeding toward a goal with bias and expectations derived from past training and experiences. You are hoping for a specific outcome to the session. In BodyTalk, we prefer that you conduct a session by paying full attention to what is happening in the present moment. You are there with the client – fully. In this way attention and awareness take advantage of the interfacing of left/right brain which encourages innate mental clarity; whereas if you proceed to do something with intent, your own agenda, beliefs and expectations inhibit the healthy interface of the left and right brain.

Non-Attachment to Outcomes By working with attention to what is required by the client in the immediacy of the session, there is no thought given to the outcome of the session. The BodyTalk practitioner working from this understanding has no emotional attachment to what the client experiences after receiving balancing sessions. This is a crucial lesson for BodyTalk practitioners to learn. The BodyTalk practitioner acts as an intermediary between the client’s innate wisdom and brain. The client’s innate wisdom is directing the sequencing of the formulas being tapped out. The practitioner brings this to the attention of the client’s brain. Then the client’s innate wisdom is responsible for making the changes in the client’s bodymind.

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This is why in BodyTalk the term balancing is used in lieu of the word treatment. We are not in any way engaged in a treatment process. The BodyTalk practitioner provides the observation and secondary energetic input necessary to highlight alternative ways of being and then allows the client’s innate wisdom to do the rest – it is fully responsible for the healing process. As BodyTalk practitioners, we are not making any diagnoses of what is wrong; we are not devising treatment plans for the client to follow; we are not making any prognoses for results. The practitioner’s role has no direct bearing on the therapeutic ramifications of BodyTalk. The BodyTalk practitioner does not actually “do” anything – he or she merely acts as an intermediary and observes. Therefore, the BodyTalk practitioner cannot take any credit for noticeable shifts in the client’s state of health that appear as “improvements,” nor take any blame for seemingly nothing happening. This is a departure from how most other health care modalities approach working with clients and as a result is not easily understood by clients themselves. They have been trained to believe that the health care professional is responsible for their healing. Clients coming for BodyTalk sessions will need to be educated to realize that their healing is an “inside job.” Educating clients in this way will act to empower them to move forward with their own healing journey.

Caring When asked why they entered the health care profession, most people will say something like “because I care about people.” Even the beginning student of BodyTalk will most likely give some form of this answer. It appears to be a virtuous attribute – all about helping others to ease their pain or distress. Then, paradoxically, as the BodyTalk student begins to work from an agenda-less focus and stops being attached to the outcome of the sessions, the more it might seem that he or she does not really care about the client or what the client experiences. This is usually quite disturbing and confusing to people. For this reason it is helpful to understand that the concept of caring is synonymous with need from an egoic perspective. In other words, it is about you and your needs, not the other person’s.

When you care about something it means that the belief systems you hold about that something are being challenged. This causes you to be emotionally affected when confronted by that which you care about. When you experience being emotionally affected by something, you want or need it to be a certain way to make you feel more comfortable again. For example, if you are identified with being a good practitioner then you most likely hold the belief that good practitioners have clients who get better. So, if your client does not get better after a session with you, you must be a bad practitioner. Since you do not wish to be known as a bad practitioner, you seek ways to improve so that your clients will always get better results. This focus and approach is more about how you are perceived and less about the client! Yet you might claim that you “care” about your clients and that is why you are looking for ways to help them. Another example is when you have someone on your table who you wish to impress with your work. Perhaps a former boss (you left a well-paying job to do BodyTalk) or a family member who doubts the validity of what you do. You care about the outcome that person experiences – you want their symptoms to go away to validate you and your work. That outcome would allow you to feel comfortable. When caring is looked at in this way, it shows itself to be a self-serving attitude. Caring in this context is fear-based. When a BodyTalk practitioner, or any other type of practitioner, functions from the standpoint of caring, changes will most likely still be evident in the client’s state of health after receiving sessions. However, a practitioner with agenda-based attitudes such as caring cannot even hope to skirt the potential of BodyTalk – or their own potential as a practitioner for that matter. So if a BodyTalk practitioner wishes to show true “caring,” he or she would not care about anything except doing their best to be present for the client during the session – to be a neutral observer. When we are fully present in our sessions, we increase our ability to discover useful information from our process of asking questions. This information will benefit the client in the long run more than being emotionally attached to a specific outcome.

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Tapping

Correct Tapping: Fingers spanning across both hemispheres of the brain.

Incorrect Tapping: Make sure both left and right hemispheres of the brain are contacted.

Tapping for health is not new or unique to BodyTalk. It has been used by some indigenous and alternative health care systems for centuries. What is unique to BodyTalk is that the tapping process is used on both the head (brain) and sternum (heart) to respectively facilitate the changes to be made and to store the memory of the changes.

Tapping the Head (Brain) The process of lightly tapping the client’s head seems to introduce standing waves that cause interference with the brain’s own electrical activity. Somehow this activates the brain centers in a way that causes the brain to reevaluate the state of health in the client’s bodymind and take the formula observed by the practitioner and align the frequencies within the bodymind to match. It is as if the tapping brings the issues to the awareness of the brain. This results in the client’s innate wisdom making corrections either immediately, or over a period of time, according to the nature of the imbalance. A chain of events is set in motion to bring about balancing and repair within the whole system.

standing waves - an interference phenomenon.

Using a computer analogy, the brain is similar to the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer that runs the programs and makes all the calculations. Tapping the brain is like activating the part of the CPU that extracts instructions, then decodes and executes them. The important thing to remember when tapping over the head is to make sure that your hand is making contact with both hemispheres of the brain by spreading the fingers over the midline.

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Tapping over the Heart

Tapping the Back alternative

Tapping the Sternum (Heart) The process of lightly tapping the client’s sternum appears to correspond to the energetic relationship between the physical heart and energetic heart complex that stores information about the bodymind. In Indian Advaitic philosophy, there is the concept of an energy complex called the “Hita nerve” that lies immediately beneath the sternum. This complex is said to store all the essential memories of the body. In Chinese medicine and bioenergetic psychology, the heart is the central governor and energy organizer of the body, constantly and dynamically reflecting the “state of affairs” in the body. From a Western medical perspective, the toroidal field generated by the pumping heart communicates with every cell in the body and extends well past the physical body. Hence, from all perspectives, the heart appears to be influential over the entire bodymind complex.

Advaitic philosophy - the philosophy of non-dualism. bioenergetic psychology - based on the concept that the body’s expressions, posture, patterns of muscular holding and energetic integrity (or blocks, splits and fragmentation) tell the story of a person’s emotional history.

The phrase “knowing something by heart” shows society’s innate understanding of the dynamics between the heart and the bodymind. All cells store information. The heart is intimately and dynamically connected to all the cells and organs because of its central location and diverse connections. Consider the ramifications of heart transplants in light of this information. It has been shown that the heart recipient receives some of the memories the donor has processed and stored. The body of the recipient has just lost its own central dynamical energy processor and memory. This has been replaced by foreign patterns that will not correspond to the established patterns that are innate to the recipient’s body. Whether the patterns are sick (the need for a transplant) or reasonably healthy, they are still the established memory patterns of that individual ego. Surely, much of the rejection process would make more sense if it was recognized as an interactive memory battle producing the manifestation of chemical rejection and immune reactions.

toroidal field - an energetic field in the shape of a torus.

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After tapping the head with focus on a formula and once the brain has made the changes, those changes need to be synthesized by the heart complex. Then the new patterns of energy and information need to be pumped around to every cell in the body. By tapping the heart we seem to be superimposing a new observation of “how it should be now” in place of “what has been going on.” Somehow the tapping over the heart transfers this knowingness as a new memory throughout the bodymind, thereby ensuring that the changes will last. Using the computer analogy again, tapping over the heart is like hitting the save icon on a document to save the changes to the computer’s hard drive. The information is now stored for later access.

Note: In some localities, any tapping on the body may be considered a massage technique and, therefore, illegal for BodyTalkers to do. It is acceptable to tap slightly off the surface of the body as the movement of the practitioner’s hand within the surface electrical field of the client still creates an electrical interference pattern that stimulates the brain and heart. And, of course, when working at a distance with a surrogate, it is the practitioner’s attention and focus that results in the same effect for the client.

Tapping for Two Breaths When a student begins using the BodyTalk balancing techniques, the tapping is done for two full breath cycles, alternating between the head and the heart. (The tapping and breathing do not need to be synchronized in any way.) Once you have done sessions with a number of clients and are in the zone of a session, you will begin to feel the changes occurring and the “shift” of energy happen, which is an indication that a correction has occurred within the body’s communication systems. When you feel this shift, you can stop tapping. This could occur in a second or half a minute and, in certain cases, the process could take longer. Explaining what the shift feels like is difficult because it is very subjective. Some practitioners feel it as a tension buildup, much like one feels before a big storm. This can often be felt locally around the client’s head and the tapping hand, or sometimes the whole body will tense up. The shift is the release of that tension – like the feeling of release after the storm. It takes a while for a BodyTalk practitioner to develop this sensitivity, which goes hand-in-hand with right brain sensitivity. Fortunately, it is not necessary for good results. You simply need to keep tapping for a couple of breaths and the results will occur.

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Breathing Breathing has many obvious functions from a Western perspective and also some not-so-obvious functions from other perspectives. There is a saying in Hatha Yoga that if a person has perfect breath, they will have perfect health. It is impossible for imbalances in the body to exist if a person is breathing correctly. Although in BodyTalk we do not concentrate on telling people how to breathe properly, we do make use of the immense importance of the full breath cycle in our sessions. In order to understand the impact that deep exaggerated breaths have on a client during the tapping out process, we will highlight a few of the little known, but vitally important functions of the breath cycle.

Breathing Creates Movement As we breathe in and out, our whole body moves in synchronicity with that movement. This movement is crucial because: • It aids the circulation of fluids within the body (e.g., blood and lymph moving against gravity back to the heart and cerebrospinal fluid bathing the central nervous system); • And, more importantly from a consciousness perspective, the slight movement aids the connective tissue throughout the body to release any stored emotions and associated beliefs. The role of connective tissue will be studied in more depth in advanced courses. For now it is important to know that movement naturally allows trapped energy to escape.

Hatha Yoga - a system of yoga that was meant to be a preparatory stage of physical purification for higher meditation.

Breathing Affects Qi Flow From a Chinese medicine point-of-view, it is the energy that accumulates in the lungs from the air we breathe and the food energy that is sent up to the lungs from the digestive system that is pumped through the meridian system via the lung meridian. The more powerful our breath cycle, the more powerful the flow of energy through the meridians. This helps the meridians better process any shifts made during the BodyTalk session.

Breathing as a Scanning Tool Another yoga principle that has immense relevance to BodyTalk is that each time we breathe in and out, the brain scans all of the frequencies of the body. As we breathe in, the scanning goes up the frequencies from lowest to highest. As we breathe out, the reverse happens. From science we know that all parts of the body vibrate at their own frequency: the slower the frequency, the denser the body part. Bones, for example, represent one of the slowest frequencies of the body; blood is a higher frequency; meridian and chakra energies are still higher. The emotions and thoughts represent some of the highest frequencies found in the bodymind complex. During each breath cycle, the brain scans these frequencies to establish if any are malfunctioning. How well it can do this depends upon how healthy our breathing cycle is. If our breathing cycle is restricted, our brain will not “know” what is wrong and will not be able to correct it.

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Breathing out – the act of “letting go” Low frequency diseases are usually chronic bone or muscle conditions such as arthritis or chronic muscular degenerative diseases. In clinical observations, clients in chronic pain with arthritis rarely ever fully breathe out. If they try to, they suddenly experience pain. They breathe shallowly to stop themselves from getting in touch with that discomfort. Psychologically, arthritis sufferers tend to be people who spent their lives driving themselves to achieve and/or remain fixed in rigid belief systems about life and how it should be lived. A rigid mind leads to a rigid body. “Driven” people will rarely allow themselves to fully let go. The act of breathing all the way out is characteristic of being able to fully let go of the attachments to life’s experiences. If you spend your life living in stress, the body stops breathing out fully and the brain stops scanning the lower frequencies. This means that if we are developing arthritis, for whatever reason, the brain will not fully recognize the imbalance. Instead, it will allow the degenerative process to continue without significant intervention.

Breathing in – getting “in touch” with life When we breathe in, we are entering the higher frequencies of thought and emotion. People who do not breathe in fully fail to fully connect with their emotional and mental processes. An emotionally disturbed person will not breathe all the way in because they inwardly know that it will cause them to suddenly get in touch with deep feelings. This resistance to breathing in fully will eventually lead to the brain not recognizing the emotional or mental state. This will result in disease processes establishing themselves because the brain will not be capable of intervening and correcting the problem. When we balance someone with BodyTalk, we ask the client to take deep breaths, in and out, during the tapping process. This ensures that the brain gets fully in touch with the imbalance being highlighted and makes the suggested corrections.

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Chapter Summary Yes/No Responses How the BodyTalk practitioner receives information to do the balancing session is through a type of biofeedback that is termed “muscle checking.” It is not to be confused with muscle testing. The practitioner is consulting their own internal intuitive functions to gather information about the client which is accessible as part of the universal consciousness. Muscle checking via the arm is a technique designed to give the left brain a credible medium, or prop, to interact with the right brain. We are not using the strength of a muscle nor are we really “communicating” with anything. We are simply setting up circumstances to physically mirror what has been picked up on an intuitive level by the practitioner.

The BodyTalk practitioner can also work with a client through a surrogate. There are some instances in which a client is neither accessible nor able to hold still, for instance, a child, an animal or someone who is mentally disturbed. The arm of another person can be used in these cases. The key in using a surrogate is the practitioner’s focus. Excellent results are being obtained by BodyTalk practitioners who conduct sessions with clients at a distance. This type of work requires the practitioner to mentally focus on the client’s hologram for information and understand that time and space are not barriers for changes to occur in that hologram. More Concepts

The reliability of a practitioner’s Yes/No responses via muscle checking is dependent on the clarity of the interaction between their right and left brain functions. The belief systems of the practitioner, especially those held in the subconscious mind, limit the free flow of intuition. It is necessary for a practitioner to also receive balancing sessions in order to create more clarity in their own bodymind as well as the work done with clients.

The focus in BodyTalk is to address the areas of priority for the client, rather than looking for problems. Just as the body heals with a specific sequence of biochemical reactions, it makes sense that the practitioner should intuitively follow the sequence that is optimal for that client’s healing process. This sequencing is determined by the client’s innate wisdom. In this way, the healing process is supported and potentially achieves faster results.

Mirroring is the idea that whatever is going on in the mind and life of the practitioner is reflected back through the environment and those in it. Practitioners not conscious and alert to the reality of mirroring in their life will be working less effectively with their clients.

Because the main complaint someone has may be symptomatic of several other underlying causes, the issues that come up in a session may not appear to be directly related. However, the awareness that the practitioner can not know everything about the person’s history and what is causing their dysfunction is honored and the direction of the innate wisdom is followed for optimal results.

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In BodyTalk, it is preferable to conduct a session by paying full “attention” to what is happening in the present moment rather than having an “intention” to proceed toward a goal with expectations of a specific outcome. Intention suggests an agenda on the part of the practitioner, whereas attention suggests a more efficient interfacing of left/right brain function leading to increased clarity and sharpened intuition. In BodyTalk there is no diagnosing of what is “wrong”, nor espousing a prognosis which is an expected outcome. Caring has a different connotation in BodyTalk. It is not that it is not good to care about people, but it is helpful to understand that caring can be synonymous with need from an egoic perspective and having an emotional attachment to something turning out a particular way. This interferes with clarity and the allowing of what needs to happen. When unhealthy caring happens on the part of the practitioner, it ends up being about the practitioner and what makes them feel comfortable rather than what the client needs. Tapping and Breathing In BodyTalk, tapping is a crucial part of the balancing process. The process of lightly tapping the client’s head seems to introduce an interference pattern with the brain’s own electrical activity. This activates the brain centers, highlighting the areas that have been brought into conscious awareness as the priority to be addressed, then initiating corrections in the bodymind complex. The process of lightly tapping the client’s sternum appears to correspond to the energetic relationship between the physical heart and energetic heart complex that stores information about the bodymind. Tapping over the heart seems to store the new information brought about by the formula, thereby ensuring that the changes will last. The tapping continues until an energy shift is noted. Sometimes this shift happens almost immediately and at other times the process may take up to 30 seconds or longer. The importance of utilizing a full breath cycle in the session is valued for several reasons. 1) The whole body moves with each breath aiding in circulation of all fluids in the body.

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2) It aids the release of unhealthy stored emotions and beliefs. 3) It facilitates the movement of energy in the form of Qi throughout the body. 4) A full in-breath aids in the brain’s ability to scan the higher frequencies of the bodymind and assess the need for corrections. 5) A full out-breath aids in the brain’s ability to scan the lower frequencies of the body and assess the need for corrections. Breathing out is the act of “letting go.” Breathing in is the act of getting “in touch” with life.

Test Your Knowledge 1. True or False? The Yes/No responses used in BodyTalk can be influenced by the client. 2. True or False? When using a surrogate during a session, the client must be conscious. 3. True or False? The BodyTalk practitioner can perform BodyTalk long-distance sessions any time he/she wants to. 4. True or False? Working with intention is working without an agenda. 5. True or False? Paying full attention during a session supports the BodyTalk practitioner to be in the present moment. 6. In BodyTalk, why do we ask for the priority rather than the problem? 7. True or False? During the full breath cycle the brain monitors all of the frequencies of the bodymind complex. 8. List three functions of breathing that seem important in connection with BodyTalk sessions. 9. When we tap the head, what are we are saying to the brain? 10. When we tap the sternum, what are we are saying to the heart?

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4 Getting familiar with the charts. Photo credit: Charlotte Nielsen

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Chapter 4 BodyTalk Procedures

Overview

Learning Objectives

In this chapter the student is exposed to the standardized procedures used by the BodyTalk practitioner to find the items and their details that will create the formula to be tapped out. The relationship between asking the questions and intuition is highlighted. The remainder of the chapter focuses on the terms found on the Procedures chart, what they mean and how to use them, plus a few additional terms, in the questioning process.

Upon completion of Chapter 4: BodyTalk Procedures, students will be able to:

Chapter Outline 63 BodyTalk Procedures 64 Standardization 64 BodyTalk Formulas 64 Writing Down the Formula 65 Asking the Questions 66 Commencement Box 66 Item Box 66 More Specific 67 Orientation Box 69 Definition Box 71 Flow Chart 72 Link Box 72 Implementation Box 74 Further 74 Backing Out 76 Further Exploring 76 Tapping Longer or Downloading 76 Forward/Backward 77 Revealing the Next Formula 77 End Session 80 Chapter Summary

Key Terms BodyTalk formulas pre-set links sub-chakra

1. Name and identify the main components of the BodyTalk Protocol and Exploring Procedure charts. 2. Appreciate both the need for standardization and when to deviate from the standard. 3. Understand the difference between revealing a formula and building a formula. 4. Explore the needs and benefits of writing down formulas. 5. Understand the importance of asking clearly phrased questions. 6. List and describe the various boxes of the BodyTalk Exploring Procedure and their contents. 7. Use the appropriate terms for navigating the Protocol and Procedure. 8. Know what to do if the tapped out formula is still a priority. 9. Follow the steps for revealing the next formula and ending a session. 10. State three questions that can be asked post-session.

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BodyTalk Procedures At the back of this manual you will find two tear-out charts. One is the Basic BodyTalk Protocol chart containing all the techniques that are taught in the BodyTalk Fundamentals course. The chapters following this one contain the information you will need to understand the goals and implementation of these techniques. The Protocol represents the left-brain knowledge that needs to be memorized and eventually needs to become second nature.

The second chart is the Basic Exploring Procedure chart which provides the methodology for navigating the Protocol to find the techniques or “items” in the formula that will be tapped out. Explaining the terms that are used on the Exploring Procedure chart is the focus of this chapter.

For convenience of referring to different parts of the Protocol chart, the center column is known as the “spine,” the component parts are the “bubbles” and the boxes that extend laterally, via connecting lines on either side of the spine, are known as “side-boxes.”

Five Elements Five Senses Consciousness

Side Box

Birth Environmental

General Vivaxis

Matrixes

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Further Exploring Commencement Item Link Implementation Orientation Definition

Reciprocals

Further is applied to all the sections to further investigate parts of that section. BodyGenics

Basic BodyTalk Protocol Chart template

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Standardization

BodyTalk Formulas

The procedures have been standardized to a large extent to make sure that all BodyTalk students are provided with the same foundation in moving around the Protocol chart. Following the standard way of asking the questions will help bring the beginning BodyTalk student into the energetic field of the BodyTalk matrix and all of the benefits that come with that connection.

In BodyTalk sessions, when the practitioner is working in the zone, we are not so much building a formula as we are revealing what the next possibility is. The importance of this difference is in the focus of the practitioner. The practitioner is not responsible for making up the links that will eventually be tapped out. The practitioner is a trained observer who, using intuition, discovers the next combination of techniques that need to be brought into awareness that will refocus the possibilities to a new one. The process is like taking a flashlight to find an existing alternative formula in a darkened room and shining it on each item of the sequence from the beginning to the end. This affects the terminology used when talking about formulas. Formulas are revealed, exposed, brought to light, uncovered, made known, etc.

However, the nature of some of the techniques dictates that departures from the standard procedures are necessary. Logical deviations have been noted wherever possible in the examples throughout the textbook. However, listing all the variations and divergences from the standardized approach is impossible. Do not be distraught if the examples in the manual and the formulas that you come up with in sessions do not always follow the procedures 100% of the time. The spirit of following the procedures is what matters.

The formulas can be quite simple, consisting of single techniques that have internal pre-set links or connections to tap out (basically everything on the Protocol chart except for Organs, Endocrines, Body Parts and Chakras – these need a second item linked to them). Or they can become complex, involving several techniques that need to be tapped out all at the same time. The beginning student usually finds that the formulas become more complex as they themselves become more familiar and comfortable with the techniques and procedures.

Writing Down the Formula Using the Protocol Chart during class. Photo credit: Charlotte Nielsen

Once the standardized procedures have been learned and practiced for a while, you will notice that in sessions the next bit of information for the formula will “pop up” spontaneously. These pop-ups are an indication that your right and left brain functions are beginning to work together at the subconscious level – you are working in the zone. Your left brain has memorized the structure and is processing it faster than you can ask the questions consciously. This situation, ideally, is the goal. You will then use your Yes/No responses to confirm that you are focusing on the correct items for the formula and their details.

BodyTalk formulas - the basis of the BodyTalk session which is a set of items linked together that is then tapped out.

When the formulas become more complex, students often begin to worry if they will be able to remember all the items when the time comes to tap them out. First, remember that you are not building a formula, but revealing one that already exists. By observing each item as it comes up, you have already imprinted it energetically into focus. Once the item has been brought into focus, it exists until the formula is complete and is tapped out. This can only happen, however, as long as you know the techniques of the Protocol chart by heart.

pre-set links - aspects of a technique that are already predetermined connections.

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If you are still in the process of learning the Protocol and Procedures charts, writing down the items as they come up may be beneficial. This engages a different part of the brain to learn the material and does not interfere with working in the zone (remember that being in the zone requires both the right and left functions of the brain to interface). You may also find that any stress caused by worrying about your memory will dissipate! Many advanced BodyTalk practitioners write down their formulas as part of their record keeping procedures in their clinical practices.

Asking the Questions Note: When we talk about “asking questions,” there is nothing or no one giving us any answers – even though it appears as if we are receiving answers from somewhere. We are using the Protocol chart as a guide for our own intuition to scan the field of information relating to the client. We are simply using the terminology of “asking” as a convenience. The apparent Yes/No responses are also just a convenience to give us a physical representation of our intuited responses. Finding priorities is a basic principle of BodyTalk that distinguishes it from other health care modalities. For this reason, when first learning how to reveal a BodyTalk formula, the most effective approach is to ask the questions in full to find out what the priority is. This approach is useful in re-patterning the thought processes away from the concept of establishing a diagnosis.

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Example 4.1 Is Section 1 a priority? Yes Are Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes Is More Specific on Section 1 a priority? Yes Is E.G.B. a priority? Yes Further More Specific on E.G.B. a priority? Yes Is SB a priority? No Is Switching a priority? No Is Cortices a priority? Yes And so on.

Once the concept of asking for priority has been firmly established in the mind, then stating the whole question each time is not absolutely necessary. At that time the questions can be shortened with the understanding that priority is assumed.

Example 4.2 Section 1? Yes Details? Yes More Specific? Yes EGB? Yes Further More Specific? Yes SB? No Switching? No Cortices? Yes

Remember that you are not building a formula, but revealing one that already exists.

And so on.

During the learning process, asking every question on the Procedure chart separately and waiting for the intuitive Yes/No confirmation is important. This is particularly pertinent in the Item Box. Do not make the mistake of running questions together as this may cause some confusion or preclude you from getting to one of the later questions. For example, if you were to ask “are Details More Specific a priority?” and got a No response, where would you go from there? How would you get to Orientation? This can be avoided by separating out the questions and getting a response at each step.

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Commencement

Item

Permissions

Details

Sections

• More Specific • Orientation • Definition

Commencement Box

Item Box

This is where the BodyTalk session begins. There are two options in this box: Permissions and Sections. (Note that Permissions also shows up on the Protocol chart. These two Permissions are the same – it is what links the two charts together.)

An item can be one of the sections, it can be one of the bubbles in a section, or it can be one of the selections in a side-box. Once you have arrived at an item, the next question is “Are Details a priority?”

The first question to ask at the commencement of a session is “Are Permissions a priority?” If the answer is Yes, it means that there is an issue with permissions that needs to be addressed before the session can go any further. The procedure to follow in this case will be addressed in the next chapter. If the answer is No, you may go to the next question which is “Are Sections a priority?” If the answer to this is Yes, you go straight to the sections of the Protocol chart where you will look for your first priority item for the formula. You do this by asking “Is Section 1 a priority? Is Section 2 a priority? Is Section 4 a priority?” (Note that in the BodyTalk Foundations course, there are no techniques taught within Section 3, so it is not necessary to include this section in the questioning process.) The Commencement Box leads you to either clearing Permissions or moving on to finding the first item in a formula. You have most likely misread your Yes/No responses if you get No to “Are Sections a priority?” and need to back up to reconfirm if Permissions are a priority or if Sections are a priority.

Details provide further information to fully describe what needs to be focused on. If you get a Yes to “Are Details a priority?” you will need to explore the three options available: More Specific, Orientation, and Definition. Let us define each of these terms.

More Specific More Specific does not have its own box as Orientation or Definition do. It depends primarily on the practitioner’s own background and knowledge of how to break down anatomical and conceptual aspects of the Protocol chart and the bodymind, although the appendices contain some charts that can be referenced. The question “Is More Specific a priority?” is intended to break the structure of an item down into its component parts. So if the item is anatomical in nature, you go to the smaller structures of the anatomy; if the item is conceptual, you go to the smaller structures of that concept.

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As examples: • If the item is Section 1 of the Protocol chart, this is a concept that can be broken down into the bubbles that make up its structure – E.G.B., Organs, Endocrines, Body Parts, and Energies. If you then get taken to Organs, this can be broken down under Further More Specific into the individual organs that are listed in the side-box – lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, and so on. Let us say you get taken to stomach and Further More Specific is a priority. The stomach is an anatomical part of the bodymind that can be broken down into its component parts – fundus, pyloric sphincter, mucous lining, cells, and so on. In some cases, you may be taken into deeper and deeper structures right down to the molecular aspect of cellular organelles and quantum aspects of atoms. (The manual for the Lymphatic Drainage and Applied Anatomy and Physiology course has lists that are very useful for the advanced student for gaining this level of anatomical specificity.) • Chakras within the Energies bubble are conceptual parts of the bodymind (that is they are not visible upon dissection of the body). If Further More Specific is a priority, they are broken down into their smaller structures which are the sub-chakras. For other concepts, such as meridians and environmental factors, you will depend on your own knowledge, or the knowledge of the client, to break them down into their smaller parts. A belief system, such as “it is safe to love,” may need to be broken down more specifically with its wording to “it is safe to love my husband” or “it is not safe to love women.”

Example 4.3 Is Heart chakra a priority? Yes Are Details on Heart chakra a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes (Break down the concept of the Heart chakra into its component parts.) Sub-chakra 1? No Sub-chakra 2? Yes Further More Specific on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No Further Details on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No The item is sub-chakra 2 of the Heart chakra.

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Orientation Time Person Place Object Activity Event Animal Plant Work Money Emotions Orientation Box When you arrive at Orientation under Details, you automatically move to the Orientation Box part of the Exploring Procedure chart. The Orientation Box contains a list of external environmental factors that any item in a formula can be oriented to in order to gain more information and insight into that item. If an Organ, Endocrine or Body Part is oriented to something in the environment, it indicates that the client has belief systems (usually subconscious) about that environmental factor that are generating emotional reactions. These emotional reactions, in turn, affect the highlighted part of the body. For example, the item is the liver and it is being oriented to an action. The action turns out to be filing memos at work. This means a belief around the act of filing memos is triggering an emotional charge that is affecting the liver. There could be an additional orientation to an external emotion – perhaps, for example, the boss’s anger – that would contribute even more information. The categories listed in the Orientation Box are useful starting points for gathering this type of detail about an item. The following is a breakdown of those categories to provide you with further questions to ask in narrowing down the specific data. Once you are comfortable in working in the zone, you will find that much of this information will come to you as intuitive pop-ups. But until then, here are some suggested subcategories to help you with your detective work.

sub-chakra - each chakra has aspects of the 7 main chakras inherent within it. These aspects are called sub-chakras.

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Time: actual time – past, present, future, year, month, day of the week, date, specific time of day; conceptual time – not enough time, time is running out, having the time of one’s life.

Plant: real plant, artificial plant, big, small, in the house, in the yard, at work, in the neighborhood, the rainforests, in the wild, planted domestically, tree, shrub, flowering, herbs, roots, fruits, vegetables.

Person: self, family member, friend, acquaintance, coworker, stranger, political or religious figure, particular group of people.

Work: career, paid work, volunteer work, community work, spiritual work, housework, yard work, homework – anything the client considers work, whether paid or not.

Place: country, city, home, work, recreation, place of worship, neighborhood, outside, inside, specific room, social environment (e.g., clubs, PTA, friends’ homes).

Money: finances, retirement plan, social security, debt, making money, saving it, losing it, spending it, loaning it, having or not having enough.

Object: is an extension of Place as it may be necessary to identify an object on the scene. The client will often be able to help you with the search. You may need to ask additional questions such as “An object on the person? Yes. The wedding ring? Yes.” Or “In the office? Yes. The computer? Yes.” Or “Outside? Yes. The car? Yes.”

Emotions: this is sensitivity to someone else’s emotions. Start with the basic ones stemming from the Chinese 5 Elements – joy/sadness, worry, grief, fear, and anger – or ask for any variation or combination of these.

Activity: is something that is done over time, more than once. Examples would be the action of washing dishes, driving a car, going to sleep, parenting, writing, exercising, talking, listening. This is also often an extension of Place where you first find out where the activity occurs. Event: is something that happened once. Examples would be an accident, the job termination, a rape, the telling of a lie, turning 50 years old. It is helpful to start out by asking if you are looking for a past, present, or future event. If in the past, you may want to narrow it down to recent past or distant past. It might be necessary to find the year, month, or even day on which the event happened. If it is present, then it is something that the client is currently experiencing. If in the future it is often something the person is anticipating or worrying about, for example, starting a new job, moving to a new home, a change in the family, an upcoming trip, etc. Animal: own pet (can be current pet or deceased pet), somebody else’s pet, a species of animal, domestic or wild, animal spirit guide.

In the end, how you got to the information required, does not matter; what matters is that you got it. So, for example, if you got an item in the formula “oriented to the microwave oven at work,” you could have gotten there through the subcategory of Place, Object, or Work. The main thing is to keep asking “Further Orientation?” until you have all the details required from the Orientation Box. The Orientation Box also appears on the Protocol chart under Environment and Active Memory as these types of external factors are built specifically into those techniques.

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Example 4.4 (Assume you have “liver” as the item.) Are Details on the liver a priority? Yes Is More Specific a priority? No

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Definition Physiology Emotions Other Systems

Is Orientation a priority? Yes (Go to the Orientation Box.)

Definition Box

Time? No

As soon as you arrive at Definition under Details, you move directly to the Definition Box in the Exploring Procedure chart. A definition narrows the focus of an item or the link between two items so that the brain will know exactly which aspect to balance. We are basically defining something internal to the item, or defining the relationship between two items, that is contributing to the breakdown in communication within the bodymind that the formula is addressing.

Person? Yes Further on person? Yes Husband? No Teenage daughter? Yes Further on teenage daughter? No (Before you can leave the Orientation Box, you need to ask…) Further Orientation of the liver oriented to the teenage daughter a priority? Yes Time? No Person? No Place? No Object? Yes Further on object? Yes Is it an object on the teenage daughter? Yes Cell phone? Yes Further on cell phone? No (Before you can leave the Orientation Box, you need to ask…) Further Orientation of the liver oriented to the teenage daughter and her cell phone a priority? No Further Details? No The item, then, is the liver oriented to the teenage daughter and her cell phone.

Note: Once you have been taken to the Orientation Box, you do not need to ask for further details until you have found your first descriptor. In the example, you needed to know that it was a person you were looking for before more information could potentially be gathered.

When the definition is on a single item such as an Organ, Endocrine or Body Part, we are focusing on the internal environment of that item. In other words, of all the internal functions that the particular part of the body does, we would be looking for the specific one which needs to be addressed. For example, if there is a physiology definition on the pancreas, it would be a choice between the production of digestive enzymes or the production of hormones to regulate blood sugar levels – those are the two main functions of the pancreas. If it was the latter, further Definition, Physiology would take you to either the production of insulin or glucagon. Another example: the definition on the pancreas may be an emotion. Upon further questioning, you find it is the emotion of worry – and that would then be the client’s own internal worry affecting their pancreas. When the definition is on the link between two items in the formula, you are highlighting a specific aspect of the relationship between the two. This applies mainly to links between Organs, Endocrines and Body Parts. For example, the linking of the liver and pancreas may involve repair and balancing of aspects relating to Western physiology such as sugar metabolism. Alternatively, it could be a straight energy link along the lines of Chinese physiology. Or it could be an emotional link to harmonize the anger from the liver and the worry of the pancreas. Establishing a definition on the link will clarify for the brain which of these possibilities to focus on and balance.

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There are three categories of definitions found in the Definition Box – Physiology, Emotions, and Other Systems. In the Advanced Procedure chart, the Definition Box expands to include a few more types of definitions. Physiology: refers to a Western understanding of the functions of the body part being defined. How specific and deep you go into physiology definitions will be determined by your own knowledge and background training. The appendices have some charts that give you some information on physiology that you can access during sessions. (The manual for the Lymphatic Drainage and Applied Anatomy and Physiology course is very useful for providing a quick reference to Western physiology definitions of all body parts down to the cellular and quantum levels.)

Definitions on a link require a slight deviation from the regular line of questioning. If you note that the link consists of two Organs, Endocrines or Body Parts (or a combination), you will need to clarify if the definition is on the last item or on the relationship between the last two items – as many relationships involve Western or Oriental physiology that can be highlighted through Definition. (Definitions on links will come up only if you have the required knowledge. The manual for Traditional Chinese Medicine for BodyTalkers is a useful reference.)

Example 4.5 Definition of an item (Assume you have liver as the first item.) Are Details on the liver a priority? Yes

Emotions: the same basic emotions found under Orientation are the ones we explore under Definition – joy/sadness, worry, grief, fear and anger – or a variation or combination of these. When an emotion is used as a definition, it is highlighting the person’s or body part’s own emotion which is affecting the item. For example, “the liver defined by anger” is making the brain focus on the internal anger found in the liver. Another example would be “liver linked to pancreas, defined by Western physiology of sugar metabolism, further defined by anger” indicating that the client’s own anger is triggering the sugar swings and needs to be taken into consideration when balancing the relationship between the liver and the pancreas.

More Specific? No

Other Systems: refers to non-traditional Western medicine perspectives, indigenous systems of understanding the body or other philosophical perspectives altogether. This is how any specific knowledge and skills held by the BodyTalk practitioner can be utilized. For example, if the practitioner is trained in psychology, Acupuncture, Reiki, Ayurvedic concepts, Herbalism, Aromatherapy, Shamanism, mathematics, or computer technology, this information can be drawn upon to define something from a totally different point-of-view. As an example, the heart defined under Shamanism might represent courage or bravery of the Bear; or defined under Herbology, the heart might symbolize the frequency of the Bleeding Heart plant. (The manual for Traditional Chinese Medicine for BodyTalkers contains useful definitions from this “Other Systems” perspective.)

(Before you can leave the Definition Box, you need to ask…)

Orientation? No Is Definition on the liver a priority? Yes (Go to the Definition Box.) Physiology? Yes (Find the function to focus on.) Toxin removal? No Fat digestion? Yes Further on fat digestion? No

Further Definition on the liver defined by fat digestion a priority? Yes Physiology? No Emotions? Yes Further on emotions? Yes Joy? No Sadness? No Worry? Yes Further on worry? No (Before you can leave the Definition Box, you need to ask…) Further Definition on the liver defined by fat digestion and worry a priority? No Further Details on the liver defined by fat digestion and worry a priority? No The item is the liver defined by Western physiology of fat digestion and worry.

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Example 4.6 Definition of a link (Assume you have liver linked to pancreas as the first two items.)

Physiology? Yes

Are Details on pancreas a priority? Yes

(Find the functional relationship between the liver and the pancreas.)

More Specific? No

Sugar metabolism? Yes

Orientation? No

Further on sugar metabolism? No

Is Definition a priority? Yes (Since there is both an organ and an endocrine in the link, you need to find out…) On the item pancreas? No

(Before you can leave the Definition Box, you need to ask…) Further Definition on the liver to pancreas link defined by sugar metabolism a priority? No Further Details on the pancreas a priority? No

On the liver to pancreas link? Yes (Now go to the Definition Box to find out what type of definition is required.)

The focus is on the relationship of the liver to pancreas involving sugar metabolism as the definition.

In the rare event that you get “Details? Yes. More Specific? No, Orientation? No, Definition? No”, it is assumed that you have somehow misread the Yes/No response and you need to back up and ask again.

Flow Chart Take note of the following summary flow chart to help you with moving through the Item Box.

Details? No

Yes

More Specific?

No

Yes

Orientation? Yes

No

Definition? No

Link? Finding something specific

Go to Orientation Box

Back up, ask again

Yes Physiology Emotions Other Systems

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If Yes, find another Item If No, go to Implementation

Implementation Tap Out Hand Positions Specific Tapping Breathing

Link Box

Implementation Box

When you get No to “Are Further Details a priority?” the next question is “Is Link a priority?” If the response is Yes, it refers to looking for another item from the Protocol chart that needs to be linked to the first item, thus expanding the formula.

Implementation indicates that there are no more items that are needed in the formula and tapping out the techniques involved is imminent. However, first you may need to satisfy a few practical requirements.

If the response is No, you move on to asking “Is Implementation a priority?” A Yes response to this question leads you to the Implementation Box. If the answer is No, then you go to the Further Exploring part of the Procedure chart to see what you may have missed.

There are four considerations under Implementation – Tap Out, Hand Positions, Specific Tapping, and Breathing. These are discussed next. Tap Out: when you get Yes to Tap Out? it simply means that you have put together all the items and variations necessary at this stage for a tapping out procedure to be performed. The head and sternum are tapped out without having to ask any further questions. Since even Hand Positions are not a priority, it means it does not matter what you or the client touches for focus during the tap out. When you get No to Tap Out? it means you need to ask whether any of the next three questions are a priority before you can proceed to the tapping out stage.

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Hand Positions: sometimes determining who is touching what, or if sticky notes can be used as the focusing tool, or if a specific technique in the formula needs to be physically performed, is important. For example, the client may need to touch both the linking points in a formula consisting of the Base Chakra linked to the thymus, or the practitioner may need to hold one point while the client holds the other. When the formula has two or more complex techniques, such as Active Memory linked to Switching, it may come up that the hand positions and eye rolling of the Active Memory technique needs to be done and the Switching technique may be indicated by a sticky note placed over the Switching Reflex Points. If Hand Positions do not come up as a priority, as mentioned above, the practitioner may place the client’s hands and their hands wherever they wish or use sticky notes if more convenient. In the beginning, in order to learn how to hold the focus for the links in a more complex formula, going through all of the items and determining how to indicate them before tapping out is a wise step – even if Hand Positions does not come up as a priority. For example, if the formula is Pancreas Reflex Point linked to Switching linked to the lungs, and Hand Positions is not a priority, think about each item anyway and how it could be identified. Perhaps sticky notes could be used for indicating the two points used for the Pancreas Reflex Point technique, the Switching technique could be done for real, occupying both the client’s and the practitioner’s hands, and the lungs could also have sticky notes placed over them. Alternatively, you can focus strictly on the first item in the formula as it was the first priority, or on what you consider the most complex technique in the formula and indicate everything else with a sticky note. For advanced students, the focus on all items can be held mentally. The only time it matters is when “Are Hand Positions a priority?” comes up as Yes. Then you need to determine exactly who touches what and which technique needs to be executed.

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Specific Tapping: it is standard protocol in BodyTalk to tap the head to activate a response from the brain and to tap the sternum to ensure that the heart complex stores the information and any changes that came about. Occasionally, one or more of the body parts indicated in the formula need to be tapped locally as well. This will be to “wake up” the particular part, to engage its consciousness or to ensure the changes are stored locally. For example, if the formula consists of liver to small intestine and Specific Tapping comes up, you will have to ask if the liver needs to be singled out to be tapped or the small intestine. Let us say it is the liver only, you then proceed to tap over the head, sternum and liver area. Occasionally, an area of the body that is not part of the formula may have to be tapped over, because we need its attention in order for the formula to fully resolve itself. Breathing: is usually a reminder for the client to take deep breaths during the tapping out. The general rule of thumb is two full breath cycles to help the brain locate and target the corrections. The Essential General Balancing (E.G.B.) techniques have the deep breathing built into them for good results. Breathing will come up under Implementation for other techniques if required. Sometimes “Breathing” will come up as a priority for the client to accentuate either the inhale – encouraging more of a breathing in of life around this issue, or the exhale – encouraging more of a letting go around the issue, while being tapped out. Altering the breath alters states of consciousness and so this part of the procedures can be very important to the client’s processing of the formula.

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Further

Backing Out

The concept of “further” is a very important part of the procedures. The assumption is that the possibilities of each line of questioning and each box in the Exploring Procedure chart will be exhausted before moving on to the next question or the next box by using the term “further.”

Once all of the information in one box has been gathered, the line of questioning is reversed to move back to the previous box. For example, once all the orientation information has been pulled together on an item, the questioning then goes:

An example: if the item is the heart and you have to be “More Specific,” you might get taken to the cells of the heart. The next question would be “Further More Specific?” This might take you to the nucleus of the cells. The next question would be “Further More Specific?” and so on, until you got No to “Further More Specific?” That would be the end of that line of questioning. Another example: if you are in the Orientation Box and you have just picked up that the family pet – the dog – is indicated, “Further about the dog a priority?” would let you know if you need more information about the dog. Before you could leave the Orientation Box, you would have to ask “Further Orientation a priority?” in order to know if information from another subcategory was required. If Yes, perhaps the activity of walking the dog is pertinent. “Further Orientation?” might have you add an emotion – the joy of walking the dog. Then if you get “Further Orientation? No,” you would know that you do not need anything further from this box. You could now go to the next question, which would be “Further Details?”

Example 4.7 Further Orientation (on the item) a priority? No Further Details (on the item with its orientations) a priority? Yes More Specific? No Definition (on the item with its orientations) a priority? Yes (Go to the Definition Box.) Physiology? No Emotions? Yes Further on emotions? Yes Joy? No Sadness? Yes Further on sadness? No (Before you can leave the Definition Box, you need to ask…) Further Definition (on the item with its orientations defined by sadness) a priority? No Further Details (on the item with its orientations and sadness) a priority? No Since you have no further details on this item, you now ask…) Further Link? Yes Continue to look for the next item in the formula.

This backing out concept also applies to moving through the Protocol chart to find the next item. Always start your exploration at the current place and level where you are.

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Example 4.8 (Assume you have arrived through Body Parts, General Body Tissues, “bone” for your first item.) Details on bone a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes (Break down the anatomy of bone tissue.) Osteoclasts? No Osteoblasts? Yes Further More Specific? Yes (Go into the structures of the osteoblasts.) Nucleus? No Ribosomes? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on the ribosomes in the osteoblasts a priority? No

Details on Section 4 a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes (Break down the concept of Section 4 into its bubbles.) Body Chemistry a priority? Yes Further More Specific? Yes (Break down the concept of Body Chemistry into its side-boxes.) Microbes? No Toxins? Yes Further More Specific on toxins? No (This means you are not breaking down the concept of toxins. You have found your complete item and need to determine if there are any further details on that item.) Further Details on the Body Chemistry/toxins item? Yes Orientation? Yes

(You have found your complete item. The next question is…)

Time? No

Link a priority? Yes

Place? Yes

(You are in osteoblasts, so start at that level to look for your next item.)

Further on place? Yes

To something else in the osteoblasts? No To something else in bone? Yes

Work? Yes Further on workplace? No

Osteoclasts? Yes

(You now have the Body Chemistry/toxins item oriented to workplace. You still need to ask…)

Details on osteoclasts a priority? No

Further Orientation of Body Chemistry/toxins oriented to workplace a priority? No

(You have found your complete item.) Further Link? Yes

Further Details on Body Chemistry/toxins oriented to workplace a priority? No

To something else in osteoclasts? No

(You have your item complete with all of its details.)

(Now start backing out from the General Body Tissue box.)

Further Link? No

General Body Tissues a priority? No

Implementation a priority? Yes

General a priority? No

(Go to the Implementation Box.)

Body Parts a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Section 1 a priority? No

Here we have “the ribosomes in osteoblasts linked to osteoclasts linked to Body Chemistry for toxins oriented to the workplace” as the formula.

Forward? Yes Section 2 a priority? No Section 4 a priority? Yes

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Further Exploring

Tapping Longer or Downloading

If you get stuck in your questioning, because everything comes up as a No – no further Details, no further Links and no Implementation – you need to ask if “Further Exploring” is a priority. This section of the Procedure chart is like an escape hatch. It allows you to revisit any one of the boxes to see if you have missed something or if something new has come up to be considered.

After tapping out a formula, your first question would be “Is this formula still a priority?” If Yes, you need to determine if that is because you need to tap longer or if there is a Download time required. If you need to tap out longer, simply go back to the tapping and have the client breathe another two deep breaths. Then recheck.

An example might be that you need to go back and add a definition somewhere, or that another item needs to be added. Do not worry if this happens. Remember that your Yes/No responses are not 100% accurate at the beginning (or ever!). You may have thought you interpreted the response to “Further Definition?” as No, but it should have been Yes. So now you have to add the definition before you can tap out. “Commencement” is a common box to go to under Further Exploring. This is because Permissions can come up as a priority part way through the formula. This usually means that a resistance has come up and needs to be acknowledged and dealt with before the rest of the formula can be found. Sometimes, it is just as simple as the client having to go to the bathroom before the session can continue! But it is more likely that there are veils of resistance that need to be addressed in order for the shifts to take place at a deeper level. These types of issues will be addressed in the next chapter.

If Downloading is the priority, then you need to pause and allow time for the formula to be processed by the body. This could occur after a powerful or complex link. Normally, you would wait for a minute and then ask “Downloading still a priority?” and repeat until you get No.

Forward/Backward These terms are used to indicate which direction to move within a side-box, within a section, and between sections of the Protocol chart, to find the next piece of information required. Forward is proceeding down the items in a sidebox (e.g., SB, Switching, Cortices, etc. is moving forward in the EGB side-box) or down the sections from the top of the Protocol chart (e.g., Section 1, 2, 4). Backward is proceeding up the side-box or sections (e.g., Switching, SB would be backward from Cortices; Body Parts, Endocrines, Organs would take you backwards from Energies of Section 1). Note: backwards from Section 1 takes you to Permissions (the top of the Protocol chart) – which is another way of getting to veils of resistance that need to be addressed – and forwards from Section 4 takes you to Other Modalities (the bottom of the chart).

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End Session

Once you have tapped out a formula and it is no longer a priority, you go on to find the next formula that will be tapped out. Just because it is an easy starting place, you re-ask if the first item of the previous formula is still a priority. It could be that once the first item has been balanced, it needs to be worked into the next level of balancing. If it is not the priority to start the next formula, you back your way out to the spine of the Protocol chart and then use the forward/ backward concept to find where you need to go for the first item of the next formula.

If, after having finished tapping out a formula, you try to go forward or backward in the Protocol and get No each time, you ask “End Session?” If Yes, the session is complete.

Example 4.9 (Assume the formula that was tapped out was pancreas to thymus.) Is the pancreas to thymus formula still a priority? No

There are some post-session questions you may ask at this point. These are: 1. “Future BodyTalk session a priority?” The answer to this is usually Yes. This implies one of three things: • that a follow-up session is required to continue addressing the specific issues that came up as priority during the session that just ended; or • these specific issues have been addressed and other issues can be addressed in the future; or

Is pancreas still a priority? No

• only general maintenance is required.

Are Endocrines a priority? No

In each case, there are two ways of handling the consequences of a Yes response. You could determine how many days or weeks are needed before ideally scheduling the next session. The timing indicates the minimum time that will be required for the shifts to ripple out and be completely processed by the whole bodymind. Or you could simply allow the client to schedule their next appointment at their convenience and yours.

Is Section 1 a priority? Yes Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Forward from Endocrines? No Backward from Endocrines? Yes Are Organs a priority? Yes Details on Organs a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Lungs? No Heart? No Liver? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on liver a priority? No Link a priority? Yes And so on to reveal the next formula that begins with the liver as the first item.

The client’s best interests lie in maintaining control over his or her sessions; in fact it is their right and responsibility to determine when they come back for more sessions. Just because you have intuited that the ideal timing would be 2 weeks does not stop a client from making an appointment earlier or later than that. Do not word questions at the end of a session like: “How long will it take for this treatment to take effect?” or “How many days before the client observes a physical change?” or “How many sessions will it take to clear this issue?” These types of questions are out of the scope of practice for BodyTalkers. We do not make any diagnoses, nor do we make any prognoses. One of the obvious reasons is that the Yes/No responses are colored by the biases of the practitioner and so any answer to this type of question will be suspect. Determining when a follow-up session would be appropriate, and telling the client that their symptoms will be gone by a certain time are vastly different situations.

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2. “Specific practitioner a priority?” If No, you can reschedule the client with yourself. If Yes, you may need to find out who is a better match for the client’s next session. Possibly, you are not the best practitioner to conduct the follow-up session. This could be because a different skill set or knowledge base is required for the client to move on to the next stage of healing. In this case, you would refer the client to another Certified BodyTalk Practitioner. 3. “Other Modality a priority?” Perhaps the client could also benefit from the expertise of some other modality in order to move forward in their healing process. Remember that BodyTalk can be a great benefit in supporting the effectiveness of other forms of healing.

Example 4.10 Revealing a full formula Are Permissions a priority? No Are Sections a priority? Yes Section 1? No Section 2? Yes Are Details on Section 2 a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes General Environment a priority? No Vivaxis a priority? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Birth? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on Birth Vivaxis a priority? Yes Is Orientation of Birth Vivaxis a priority? Yes Time? No Person? No (Continue through the box until you get to…) Emotions? Yes

Using the Protocol Chart during class in Wiggensbach, Germany. Photo credit: Claudia Schembri-Heitmann

Further emotions? Yes Joy? No Sadness? No Worry? No Grief? Yes Further with grief? No Further Orientation of Birth Vivaxis oriented to grief a priority? No Further Details on the Birth Vivaxis oriented to grief a priority? No Link? Yes To Vivaxis? No To Section 2? No

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Example 4.10 Revealing a full formula (continued) Forward? No

Do the Birth Vivaxis technique? Yes

Backward? Yes

Further Hand Positions? Yes

Is Section 1 a priority? Yes

Client hold pituitary? No

Are Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Practitioner hold pituitary? No

More Specific? Yes

Use a sticky note on the pituitary? Yes

E.G.B. a priority? No

Further Hand Positions? No

Organs a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Endocrines a priority? Yes

The formula being tapped out with the client standing for the Birth Vivaxis technique and a sticky note over the pituitary point is “Birth Vivaxis with an orientation to grief linked to the pituitary gland defined by the production of growth hormone.”

Further More Specific? Yes Pineal? No Pituitary? Yes

To continue after the tapping out procedure has been completed, the line of questioning would be as follows:

Further More Specific? No

Is the formula still a priority? No

Further Details on the pituitary a priority? Yes

Is Birth Vivaxis still a priority? No

Orientation? No

Is Vivaxis a priority? No

Is Definition on the pituitary a priority? Yes

Is Section 2 a priority? No

Physiology? Yes

Forwards a priority? No

Production of hormones? Yes

Backwards a priority? No

Further on the production of hormones? Yes

End session? Yes

Production of oxytocin? No

Future BodyTalk session a priority? Yes

Production of prolactin? No

Specific time period a priority? Yes (Ask days, weeks…)

Production of growth hormone? Yes

Specific practitioner a priority? No (Can be you or someone else.)

Further on the production of growth hormone? No

Other modality a priority? No

Further Definition on the pituitary defined by production of growth hormone a priority? No Further Details on the pituitary defined by production of growth hormone a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? No Hand Positions a priority? Yes

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Chapter 4 Summary BodyTalk Procedures

Chapter Summary The Protocol and Procedure charts give the practitioner an approach to learning how to reveal a formula. The Protocol chart represents the left-brain knowledge about the techniques and areas of the bodymind that may become items in the formula. The Procedure chart represents the method in which the questions are asked in order to move about the Protocol chart and to find all the information required for an item. In order to be able to work more effectively in the “zone,” you need to memorize the Protocol and Procedure charts – which is a left-brained activity. Once this becomes second nature, the right brained intuitive function will be more apparent. Soon the answers will begin to “pop up” quicker than you can ask each individual question. The Yes/No response will then be used to simply confirm the items and their details. Items addressed together are called a formula. The practitioner is a trained observer who, using intuition, discovers or reveals the next combination of techniques that need to be brought into awareness for balancing.

The Procedure is made up of the following terms: An Item is any single aspect of the Protocol chart that may or may not need further information about it, in order to more fully develop the idea or story about why it is a priority. Details are the options of types of information that need to be gathered on an Item. The Details are broken down into three types of information. More Specific means looking more closely at the Item and refining it. If it is an anatomical structure like the heart, and More Specific information is needed, you would ask about the structures that make up the heart. If the Item is more conceptual in nature like a belief system, one would look more closely at the belief system to find the specific wording of the belief. Orientation means that the Item is in relationship with something in the external environment. You need to find the environmental factor that the Item is oriented towards. Definition means finding something internal to the Item that needs to be focused on.

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The categories of Definitions are: Physiology – the focus is on an internal function of the Item from a Western perspective. This will be based on information the practitioner has available to him/her. Emotions – the focus is on the Item’s internal emotion(s). Other System – the focus is on looking at the Item from another perspective, other than Western. This will depend on what other information or skills the practitioner has available to draw upon. For instance, the item may need to be perceived from a Chinese Five Element perspective. Sometimes defining the link between two Items – especially if the Items are Organs, Endocrines or Body Parts is necessary. The basic emotions are joy, sadness, worry, grief, fear, and anger.

Breathing - means it is important for the client to breathe deeply during the Tap Out. Forward/Backward are terms used to indicate which direction to move within a side-box, within a section, and between sections of the Protocol chart, to find the next piece of information required. If, after having finished tapping out a formula, you try to go forward or backward in the Protocol and get No each time, you ask “End Session?” If Yes, the session is complete and you may ask the three post-session questions: Future BodyTalk session a priority? Specific practitioner a priority? Other Modality a priority?

Test Your Knowledge

The term Further is used to exhaust all possibilities in a line of questioning before moving on to the next question. Once an Item has all of its Details, the next question is whether there is a Link. A link takes you to another Item from the Protocol chart.

1. The BodyTalk Protocol chart contains _______ that are taught in the foundational course.

If you can not move forward or backward and if you can not end the session and all questions come up as “No,” you can go to the Further Exploring section of the chart to discover what you have missed and need to revisit.

3. When you arrive at an item in the protocol (e.g. Thyroid), what is the the next question?

Implementation means all of the Items and their Details have been determined and the formula is complete. The possibilities under Implementation are: Tap Out – this involves tapping over the head and sternum, which engages the balancing process. Hand Positions – this will come up if you need to determine whose hands go where, where to place sticky notes, or which technique to physically perform. Specific Tapping - means another area of the body besides the head and sternum also needs to be tapped. If the formula is still a priority after tapping out, you may need to tap longer or wait for some downloading time.

2. The Exploring Procedure chart helps you to ______ the protocol chart.

4. If after tapping out heart to lungs, you ask: “is heart to lungs still a priority?” and the answer is “Yes,” what are the two possible reasons it might still be a priority? 5. True or False? Once you have an item with all of its details, you go straight to the Implementation Box.

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Chapter 5 BodyTalk Protocol Permissions

Overview

Learning Objectives

The objective in this chapter is to provide the student with an understanding of the importance of having permissions at all levels, for both the practitioner and client at the beginning of a session. If permissions are an issue, the student will learn what questions to ask to attempt to overcome the issue or what options are open to investigate, if in the rare occasion permissions cannot be cleared. The concept of linking to and from permissions as an item in a formula is also covered.

Upon completion of Chapter 5: BodyTalk Protocol Permissions, students will be able to:

Chapter Outline 85 Permissions 85 Practitioner Permissions? Yes 86 Client Permissions 87 Client Permissions? No 87 Client Permission? Yes. Details? No 88 Client Permissions? Yes. More Specific? Yes. 88 General 89 Body, Mind, or Spirit 89 When the Statements Do Not Clear 89 Client Permissions? Yes. Details? Yes. More Specific? No. 89 Not Clearing Permissions at All 89 Taken to Permissions During the Session 90 Linking to/from Permissions 91 Chapter Summary

Key Terms switched

1. Understand the importance of confirming permissions. 2. Provide examples of why permissions, for either the practitioner or client, might be a priority. 3. Describe and implement the correct strategies for addressing the permissions issue.

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Permissions The concept of confirming permissions on the part of both the practitioner and client seems to be unique to the BodyTalk System. From the perspective of BodyTalk, clearly establishing whether or not there is an issue that involves the client or the practitioner or both that would prevent a healthy interface between the two people involved during the session is essential. That is why the very first question that a BodyTalk practitioner asks at the beginning of a session is “Are Permissions a priority?” If No, then there are no issues on the part of the client or the practitioner that need to be addressed at this time and so the session may continue following the normal procedures. If the answer to “Are Permissions a priority?” is Yes, then the next step is to determine whether it is the practitioner – you – or the client that has the issue with permissions.

Practitioner Permissions? Yes. That response basically means that you are not in the right frame of mind to proceed with an effective session that would be in the best interests of the client. This could result from a number of different situations: 1. You are working with an agenda for the client. Perhaps you want to impress the client with your abilities, or you are hoping for a particular outcome for the client. This often occurs when the client is someone close to you, such as a family member or a colleague. The focus is on intention rather than attention and this stops the session from proceeding. 2. You are mentally or emotionally caught up with something in the past or future. Perhaps you are still thinking about the previous client’s formulas or worried about the timing of the next session making you late in picking up your child after school. These types of situations prevent you from being 100% in the present moment for the current client. 3. You are ill or under the influence of medications or alcohol to the point that it is seriously affecting your brain to focus on the session. For example, you may have taken strong cold medications that are making you drowsy. This will interfere with the ability to concentrate and pay attention. 4. Other factors could be that you have low blood sugar (you have not eaten in several hours), you are dehydrated or you are switched.

Muscle Checking

switched - the mental state resulting from being over-tired and over-worked.

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If the issue of not being present enough comes up a lot, it is a very good indicator that you should be booking in with a colleague for BodyTalk sessions for yourself.

The correction for practitioner Permissions is to take a moment to assess what is going on. You can sit back, take a few deep breaths, find a quiet space within, and center yourself. All it takes is to bring the agenda to awareness, become aware of what the mind is preoccupied with, or recognize the effect of any factors contributing to the brain’s lack of focus. For example, the solution may be as simple as you eating something or drinking a glass of water.

In backing out of the side-box when practitioner Permissions are no longer a priority, the next question will be “Are Permissions still a priority?” Once the permission issues of the practitioner have been cleared up, the client may possibly also have issues that need to be addressed - however, the practitioner had to be centered first. This would be the situation if both practitioner and client Permissions come up in that order.

Once you have taken the time to become centered and present to the session, the next question is “Are practitioner Permissions still a priority?” Usually the response will be No. If it is Yes, it could mean that more time is needed to figure out what is really going on in your mind or it might mean that you will not be able to reach a state of mind to carry on. A suggested approach is to tap out your Cortices at this point, or do the entire Access routine on yourself, to see if Permissions can be shifted. In the case where practitioner Permissions continues to be a priority despite trying to clear them, the client will need to be informed that the session cannot be performed at this time. You will need to reschedule the session.

Client Permissions Client Permissions are more complex to find and deal with. Please refer to the flow chart while following the discussion below.

Permissions Yes

Yes

Permissions a Priority?

Practitioner?

No

Get grounded Identify agenda, etc.

No

Sections

Client? No Parent? Partner?

Yes

Details?

Yes

More Specific?

No

Yes

No

Refer? Other Modality? Talk to client about Permissions, then check to see if still a priority.

General Body Mind Spirit

Further Details? Link? Implementation?

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Client Permissions? No.

Client Permission? Yes. Details? No.

This is how we address any blocks occurring because of the resistance from a third person (i.e., not the practitioner or client directly). Possibly, the client has made the appointment for a BodyTalk session in secret or at the insistence of someone else. For example, a woman may be there against her husband’s wishes because he thinks she is “wasting money on this nonsense” or the male client is there only to appease his wife who insisted that he come to address his health concerns. So there may be a hesitation at the subconscious level in fully engaging in the session. If this is the case, that reality needs to be brought to conscious awareness. This is accomplished through discussion. There is no technique to clear this type of blockage.

In this case, the question comes up whether the client should be having a BodyTalk session with you at all. It may mean that you are not the best practitioner for the client right now and you have to refer him or her to someone else. It may mean that the client needs another system of therapy. This could be a different modality that you are also trained in or they need a referral to another type of practitioner altogether.

Example 5.2 Are Permissions a priority? Yes Practitioner? No Client? Yes

Example 5.1

Details on client Permissions a priority? No

Are Permissions a priority? Yes

Is BodyTalk a priority? No

Practitioner? No

Is another modality a priority? Yes

Client? No

With me? Yes

(This indicates there is a third party involved in the Permission issue.)

Proceed to find out which modality and work with the client accordingly.

Partner? Yes (Diplomatically talk to the client about how the partner might be interfering with Permissions.) Are Permissions still a priority? No Proceed with the session.

Once a client reaches the realization that he or she does want the BodyTalk session regardless of how they got there in the first place, then you will get No to “Are Permissions still a priority?”

Example 5.3 Are Permissions a priority? Yes Practitioner? No Client? Yes Details on client Permissions a priority? No Is BodyTalk a priority? No Is another modality a priority? Yes With me? No Refer out? Yes To another alternative modality? No To conventional medicine? Yes To the client’s family doctor? No To a specialist? Yes Proceed to explore the alternatives available, discuss the situation with the client and allow the client to make the final decision. As BodyTalk practitioners, we need to be cautious that this is not interpreted as making a diagnosis of the client’s health condition.

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Example 5.4 (This is a very improbable scenario) Are Permissions a priority? Yes Practitioner? No Client? Yes Details on client permissions a priority? No BodyTalk a priority? No Other modality a priority? No This would mean that the client does not need any intervention at this point in time. The reason may never be known, but the situation must be respected. You would need to diplomatically let the client know to try again at a later date.

Client Permissions? Yes. Details? Yes. More Specific? Yes. Now we have reached the side-box on the Protocol chart that lists the four specific categories where the client can subconsciously be blocked. They represent the areas where the client may be holding resistance to change in their life. Here the client has a specific issue about being balanced that needs to be recognized and released before change will be possible.

General In their childhood, many people start making associations between illness, getting attention and being treated special. As children, they often got the best care and attention from their parents or caregivers when they were sick and, consequently, made a connection between being ill and being loved. This programming is still there as adults. Often, adults will use illness as a subconscious means of attracting and keeping attention. Although the client may seek relief from a symptom that is too severe to tolerate, the deep association made between illness and being nurtured by others is what inhibits full recovery from illness. The person has a vested interest in staying ill. They do not want to fully resolve their health issues.

This is also true if the client receives some other value out of being ill. For example, the injury may have occurred while at work and the client is now receiving a percentage of their salary as compensation, without having to go to work. In this case, there may be no incentive to get well; as a matter-of-fact, the subconscious incentive may be to never fully recover. Blocks at a general level can also arise if the client has issues about deserving to get better, letting someone into a vulnerable aspect of their being, accepting help from someone, being touched, holding old subconscious beliefs around health care professionals, and so on. Some people have fears about reaching their true potential that act as subconscious blocks to fully healing on all levels. The symptom or illness is conveniently blamed: “I would have been a champion if it was not for my knee; I cannot help you like I could have in the past because of my back;” and so on. These people do not want to let go of their health issues. Since, in your initial interview with the client, you will be introducing the holistic aspects of BodyTalk and its potential to enhance the balance of the body in a way that will have dramatic long term impact on their general health, you may set off subconscious alarm signals in the client about the consequences of having optimum health. If those signals are strong enough, they will come up in General Permissions. To clear General Permissions, you will need to find a statement that represents the veil of resistance to change that needs to be addressed. This will highlight the tension within the bodymind between the part of the client that wants to change (and made the appointment!) and the subconscious aspect that is resisting change. Saying the phrase that is found, highlights the tension so that the tapping can resolve it. The statement must be said out loud, clearly, slowly and with conviction. Sample statements for General Permissions: I need to be sick to be loved. I give myself permission to get better. I deserve to be healthy. I give myself permission to accept help. I give myself permission to let go of my illness. It is safe to be balanced through BodyTalk.

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Body, Mind, or Spirit Unblocking permissions at these levels indicates a willingness to address deeper changes. Fundamental alterations to the physical structures and functions are indicated by Body; Mind represents shifts in subconscious belief systems and emotional reactions; Spirit represents clearing blocks to free up whatever the client considers to be their non-physical “Higher Self ” – their “I am” consciousness. The client will have to say one of the following statements out loud, clearly, slowly and with conviction while you tap them out. Statements for Body, Mind, or Spirit: I give permission for my Body to be balanced. I give permission for my Mind to be balanced. I give permission for my Spirit to be balanced.

When the Statements Do Not Clear Occasionally, Permissions may still be a priority after the client has been tapped out while saying the statement. In this case, you may need to determine if the client has to write the statement down on a piece of paper and sign it and then repeat the tap out. This engages a different part of the brain and may represent a deeper commitment to change on the part of the client.

Client Permissions? Yes. Details? Yes. More Specific? No. Normally, the next question would be “Orientation?” however, that makes no sense under Permissions. Instead, getting a No to More Specific is interpreted differently. It is taken to mean that something is going on with the client that is not allowing them to be present for the session. At this point, there needs to be a discussion with the client about what is going on in their mind that is interfering with the ability to focus – an issue in the past or a worry about the future – which is prohibiting him or her from fully entering into the experience of the session.

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You need to explore the reason. It can be as simple as the client having had an argument with the husband just before getting to the clinic and so is still emotional about that, or not being able to find a parking space and therefore being worried about being late for the appointment, or having to go to the bathroom because the bladder feels full, and so on. You may need to provide the client with the opportunity to meet their immediate needs (like going to the bathroom!) or the client may just need to take a moment to relax, take a few deep breaths, release the mental attachment, and become centered and ready for the session. There is nothing to tap out – bringing to awareness through discussion that which is going on and allowing the client time to resolve the issue is enough to shift Permissions sufficiently to proceed.

Not Clearing Permissions at All It is very rare, but possible, that you cannot get past Permissions with a client. It is possible that the client is on a spiritual path that cannot be interfered with. Whatever the reason, when the answer to “Are Permissions still a priority?” consistently remains Yes, and you have followed the procedures to ask all relevant questions, you cannot go ahead with the session. You will need to explain this diplomatically to the client and suggest they reschedule and try again at a later date.

Taken to Permissions During the Session Although Permissions are addressed at the beginning of a session, this does not preclude an issue of permissions arising during the session. It is quite possible to have to go back to Permissions, not because you have lost them, rather because something in the session has allowed for a veil of resistance to be addressed for deeper change. You can be taken to Permissions during a session in two ways: backwards from Section 1, or via the Further Exploring section of the Procedures chart (when you get No to all other questions).

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Linking to/from Permissions

Example 5.5

As Permissions is a part of the Protocol chart, it can become an item in the formula linking to or from any other item. Hence the reminder in the flow chart to ask for Details, Link and Implementation after you find the statement the client needs to say while being tapped out. The other item may represent an area where the client’s subconscious resistance is held or it could be the part of the person that is being affected by a permission issue. In either case, tapping out the formula including the Permissions item will help address the resistance to change.

Are Permissions a priority? Yes Practitioner? Yes (Take a moment to get grounded, identify any agendas, tap out your Cortices, etc.) Are practitioner Permissions still a priority? No Are Permissions still a priority? Yes Client? Yes Are Details on client Permissions a priority? Yes

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More Specific? No

Jan had been having BodyTalk sessions for several problems

(Talk to the client to find out why they might not be present for the session; allow them to deal with the issue, take a few breaths to relax, etc.)

including stress, ovarian cysts, and emotional problems relating to her husband.

Her original response to the BodyTalk balancing was very good. She was more relaxed, emotionally stable, getting on better with her husband and sleeping better with more energy when she woke up. However, her ovarian cysts had not responded to BodyTalk and she was still having severe pain with ovulation and the ovaries were very tender to the touch. During the sessions I could get very few linkages to the ovaries. They seemed to be a very low priority.

Are client Permissions still a priority? Yes Details on client Permissions a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes (Go to the side-box to find which category is the priority.) General Permissions? Yes

Then at a beginning of one of her sessions, Permissions came up as a priority. It took me to Body Permissions. Although she was happily my client, her body did not want to be balanced! I then used the technique to address this and obtained permission.

(Find the appropriate statement.)

The BodyTalk session that followed gave me vastly different linkages to the ovaries and the response was dramatic. Jan felt constant activity in and around her ovaries for days and her cysts cleared up completely.

Further More Specific on this statement a priority? No

“I give myself permission to get better?” No “I deserve to be healthy?” Yes

Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Tap over the head and sternum while the client says the statement slowly out loud. Are Permissions still a priority? No Proceed with the session.

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In BodyTalk, asking for Permissions is an important concept. If Permissions are a priority, it indicates there is an issue that involves the client and/or the practitioner that would prevent a healthy interface between the two people involved during the session.

1. True or False? When Practitioner Permissions is a priority, you need to find a statement that needs to be repeated.

The types of Permissions possible are: Practitioner Permissions which indicates the practitioner is not in the right frame of mind to proceed with an effective session. This could result from a number of different reasons. The correction for practitioner Permissions is to take a moment to assess what is going on and correct it. Client Permissions involve finding blocks that may be subconsciously keeping the client from being fully open to receive the most benefit from the session. There are several areas wherein blocks can arise, and they each have their own approaches for potentially being cleared. When More Specific is a priority, there are four specific areas that are possibilities: the client is not giving permission in a General sense to get better/heal; they are not giving permission for their Body to be balanced; permission is not being given for their Mind to be balanced; or no permission is being given for the Spirit to be balanced. The method of addressing this is to have the client say the phrase associated with the Permission that is a priority, while being tapped out. If Permissions continue to be a priority after having tried all the applicable approaches, including the writing out of the statement if necessary, the BodyTalk session cannot be conducted and the client needs to be rescheduled.

2. True or False? When Client Permissions is a priority, but Details is No, you need to find a statement that needs to be repeated. 3. True or False? Permissions need to be linked to an item before the tap out.

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6 Switching in the Village Action Group, Irum Bai, Bay of Bengal, India Photo credit: Dr. Katrin Bergstrome

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Students will learn the theory behind six techniques found under the Essential General Balancing bubble of the Protocol chart and be able to perform the practical hand placements for each of them.

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Chapter Outline 95 Essential General Balancing 95 SB Junction 97 SB Technique 97 Comments 100 Spheno-basilar Junction 101 Summary: SB Junction 102 Switching 103 Technique 103 Comments 105 Summary: Switching 106 Cortices 108 Technique 109 Comments 112 Summary: Cortices 114 Hydration 116 Technique for General Hydration 116 Technique for Specific Hydration 117 Comments 119 Summary: Hydration 121 Scars 124 Technique 125 Comments 128 Summary: Scars 129 Interference 131 Technique 134 Summary: Interference 135 Chapter Summary

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 6: BodyTalk Protocol Section 1: E.G.B., students will be able to: 1. List and describe the six Essential General Balancing techniques. 2. Name signs and symptoms that might indicate an E.G.B. is a priority. 3. Explain the purpose of each Essential General Balancing technique. 4. Implement each of the six E.G.B. techniques.

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Essential General Balancing E.G.B. is the first bubble in Section 1 that the beginning student has access to. The initials E.G.B. stand for Essential General Balancing. The specific techniques that are in this section of the Protocol chart are considered to be basic “plumbing and wiring.” They often come up at the beginning of a new client’s session, to address general imbalances before something more specific can be addressed. However, the E.G.B. techniques can be included in any session at any point.

The techniques under the E.G.B. bubble are: SB Junction Switching Cortices Hydration Scars Interference

SB Junction The initials SB stand for “spheno-basilar” and refer to the cartilaginous junction of the sphenoid bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone at the base of the skull. In healthy people, this junction is mobile. As long as the SB junction is moving, it has many beneficial effects on the brain and the body. As we breathe in and out, the SB junction moves up and down in synchronicity. This very small movement affects the circulation of fluids in the brain, the function of the pituitary gland, and the breathing cycle itself. The skull has very complex patterns of movements that reflect the complexity of the functions of the brain. It should be noted that there are at least two different rhythms to which the skull moves. One is the breathing cycle and the other is the cranial pulse described in craniosacral therapy. The cranial pulse is different than the breathing cycle and is superimposed upon the basic breathing cycle. If the movement of the SB is compromised, it will affect the brain profoundly, as all the other cranial bones have a relationship with the sphenoid bone. If the sphenoid bone stops rocking, all other bones in the skull are restricted in their movements as well.

If the skull bones stop pulsing, then there is a distortion of the craniosacral pulse, whereby the cerebral spinal fluid cannot circulate properly around the brain and spinal cord. If the cerebral spinal fluid is not flowing freely, the neurons cannot perform their functions properly. This could result in the client experiencing a “foggy” head, poor memory, depression, or tension headaches. It could also affect the neurons in the peripheral nervous system which, as a result, will influence organ function. When the SB junction’s movements are restored, these complaints and dysfunctions disappear. The pituitary gland sits anterior to the SB junction. It is often referred to as the master gland of the endocrine system. The movement of the SB contributes to the circulation of fluids within the pituitary. This circulation is vital for assisting the hormones produced by the pituitary to be transported into the blood supply and from there distributed throughout the body. Problems with the pituitary can have ramifications throughout the body creating a multitude of hormonally related symptoms and conditions. If SB comes up as a priority, it could also be that the imbalance is affecting the breathing cycle of the client. Once the SB is balanced, the breathing cycle will be more efficient. (This can be demonstrated by using a spirometer to measure the breath volume before and after the balancing.)

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You will remember from an earlier chapter that breathing helps the brain establish what frequencies within the body need correcting. So improving the mobility of the SB junction, which in turn improves breathing, will have an indirect positive effect on rebalancing many other aspects of the bodymind. There are many factors that can restrict the movement of the SB junction. A person may have a locked SB junction from the act of being born: moving through the birth canal and getting stuck. The cranial bones are designed to be compressed at the time of birth and spring back once the baby is born. If the cranium is compressed unnaturally or for too long, it is possible that the bones will not recoil as intended and the SB becomes dysfunctional from the start. This has serious repercussions on the growing child – right up into adulthood. A child who is a “thumb sucker” and has a difficult time giving up this behavior might be attempting to subconsciously correct a stuck SB. An SB restriction can also occur from a blow to the head involving the sutures on the front of the skull that separate the frontal bones and the parietal bones. Because we can often sustain blows to the head with no apparent damage, the blow has to be at just the right angle to create an adverse affect. An example of this type of strike would be arising from a squatting position and hitting the top of the head on a cabinet or freezer door. Or an athlete playing a contact sport like rugby may be kneed in the head at just the precise angle on the sutures. Another cause for SB restriction occurs when someone experiences repeated emotional startle reflexes. A typical scenario would be four-year-old Peter raiding the cupboard for sweets. Suddenly his father’s booming voice yells, “What are you doing?” Peter experiences a startle reflex, causing him to inhale suddenly and hold his breath. If this is done repetitively through similar situations and the fear of the consequences is stored in the connective tissue, the SB will jam.

The direction in which the SB junction is jammed will determine whether it is the in-breath or the out-breath that is limited. If it is locked up, the person will not be able to breathe out fully. Since the act of breathing out reflects how well the person releases the emotional attachments to situations in life, there will be difficulties in this area. If the SB is locked down, the person will have difficulties in breathing in. Since breathing in reflects the act of taking in life’s situations fully, the person will be constantly living in a reactive mode. So in the case of young Peter, above, his SB will be locked up since he takes in a sharp breath and then holds it. He will tend to breathe in, but not out fully. Peter will learn not to let go in life because he believes he can get into trouble suddenly at any time. He may develop a defensive personality, be hyperactive, unable to relax, and be emotionally uptight. This will continue to influence his health and every aspect of his life even in adulthood. In the case of the rugby player, with the “wind knocked out of him” due to the blow to his head, his SB will be locked down. He will breathe out too easily and too far and not be able to breathe in fully. He will most likely develop a depressed attitude to life and lose the “spark” that made him a great athlete. His body will under-function and he will feel as if he has to drag himself around. It is also possible for some people to be locked both ways and not be able to breathe in or out fully. These people breathe very shallowly and live life shallowly as well.

Breathing helps the brain establish what frequencies within the body need correcting.

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Comments

1. Have the client place an index finger inside their mouth so that the highest point of the roof of the mouth on the hard palate is being touched.

Clinical experience suggests that the technique works better if the index finger is in the mouth, just as described. However, if necessary, the thumb can be used instead.

This is the closest one can get to the SB junction and the focus is to point at it from here.

When balancing very young children, babies, unconscious clients, or animals, placing a finger in the mouth would be difficult or inappropriate. In these cases, you can place one finger in the soft area under the chin. Again, the focus is to point at the SB junction from this position.

2. The practitioner contacts the pituitary spot, which is just above the bridge of the nose where the nose joins the forehead (or can be thought of as between the eyebrows). The pituitary actually sits in the middle of the base of the skull just in front of the SB junction. So the focus of this contact point is to point slightly beyond the pituitary at the SB. 3. With both these contacts being held, the client is tapped out with the practitioner’s spare hand over the head and sternum while the client takes two full deep breaths (or until a shift is felt).

Under “Implementation, Hand Positions” it may be necessary to position the fingers differently. First determine if it is the finger inside the mouth or the finger indicating the pituitary point. If it is the finger in the mouth, it may need to be moved more posterior, forward or to one side. Or the finger on the pituitary point may need to be changed to two fingers, each one touching the lateral aspects of the sphenoid bone at the temples.

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Example 6.1 Is Section 1 a priority? Yes Are Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes More Specific on Section 1 a priority? Yes E.G.B. a priority? Yes Further More Specific on E.G.B. a priority? Yes Is SB Junction a priority? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on SB Junction a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The client indicates the SB from the roof of the mouth while taking two deep breaths and the practitioner indicates the SB from the pituitary point while tapping over the head and sternum.

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homas, a BodyTalk Fundamentals participant, stated, “I had noticeable tension between my shoulder blades for years. Even with exercise and specific muscle training for this particular muscle group I only had partial results. During BodyTalk Foundations another participant balanced my SB junction. I felt a pleasant warmth between my shoulder blades and the tension disappeared permanently. Great experience!”

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in was 35 years old but felt 50 years. There was no particular symptom worrying him that he could actually complain about. He had simply felt slowed down, lethargic, and dull-minded for years. He was a good social tennis player but even his game had lost its edge. He seemed to have lost his coordination and his greatest complaint was feeling foggy-headed. His gardening job was not intellectually demanding but he was very aware of loosing his confidence, not only in his ability to do his job, but also in holding his own with his children in computer games and other activities. Immediately after tapping out the SB junction, Vin said he felt his head clearing. This continued over the next few days. Later in the BodyTalk session I learned that his issues had started with an accident he had eight years earlier. A box had fallen from a high shelf onto the top of his head. He remembered it because the doctor said he had a concussion and he could not go to an important baseball game he wanted to see. Although he recovered from the concussion, it was obvious that his SB had been jammed down and all his symptoms developed progressively from that point in time. When I saw him for a follow up one month later, it was like talking to a different person. There was a glint in the eye and a sense of presence and clarity that was missing before.

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Example 6.2 E.G.B. a priority? Yes

To Section 1? No

Are Details on E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Forward? Yes

More Specific on E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Section 2? No

Is SB Junction a priority? Yes

Section 4? Yes

Further More Specific on SB a priority? No

Are Details on Section 4 a priority? Yes

Further Details on SB a priority? Yes

More Specific on Section 4 a priority? Yes

Orientation of SB a priority? Yes

Body Chemistry? No

Time? Yes

Active Memory? Yes

Further on Time? Yes

More Specific on Active Memory a priority? Yes

(Breakdown the concept of time.)

(Follow the questioning for the Active Memory technique until you arrive at “specific event: being stuck for over an hour in the birth canal.”)

Past? Yes Further on Past? No Further Orientation of SB oriented to past a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on Active Memory being stuck for over an hour in the birth canal? No

Forward? Yes

Further Details on Active Memory being stuck for over an hour in the birth canal a priority? No

Person? No

Further Link a priority? No

Place? No

Implementation a priority? Yes

Event? Yes

Tap Out? No

Further on event? Yes

Are Hand Positions a priority? Yes

(Find the specific event.)

For the SB Junction technique? Yes

Birth? Yes

Finger in mouth a priority? Yes

Further on birth? No

Point finger back more? Yes

Further Orientation of SB oriented to past birth a priority? No

Further Hand Positions a priority? No

Further Details on the SB oriented to past birth item a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Link? Yes

The formula being tapped out is “SB Junction orientated to birth in the past linked to an Active Memory event of being stuck for over an hour in the birth canal” with specific attention to having the client pointing the finger back more on the hard palate.

To E.G.B.? No

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xel a BodyTalk Fundamentals participant stated, “We did the SB balancing on Friday evening. Immediately, I could breathe easier. Sometime ago during a football game, the ball hit the side of my head very hard. I didn’t know the connection, but I constantly had to yawn since then. After the Friday night SB balancing the yawning stopped.”

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Move forward in the E.G.B. side-box.

Yes Yes Details? No Yes Link?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand positions? e.g. sphenoid/chin Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum over two exaggerated breaths while performing the SB Junction technique: 1. Client places a finger on the roof of the mouth. 2. Practitioner places a finger on the pituitary point. Symptoms of a restricted SB Junction • restricted breathing • poor memory • tension headaches • ‘foggy’ head

• depression • endocrine disorders • digestive disorders • poor response to sessions

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Switching There is a normal biological switching mechanism that is designed to stop us from overtaxing the body physically, mentally, or emotionally. Whenever we really overwork our bodymind, this mechanism causes our brains to “switch off,” as it were. During this switching phase, our body tries to shut down and is basically unable to function normally. An example would be if we have worked at the computer for too long and we start to switch, our brain simply will not function effectively – we get confused easily, tire quickly, and make silly mistakes. Our bodymind is saying “enough is enough!” We are burned out, low on blood glucose, overtired, and any further work without food and rest will be harmful to us. The term often used to describe this phenomenon in athletics is to “hit the wall.” Everyone has a stress threshold, which, when passed, triggers the mechanism. People with a low switching threshold will switch at the slightest increase in stress. Taking an exam, driving a car, meeting new people, talking in front of a group, working, paying bills, etc., can all trigger inappropriate switching. This can lead to memory lapses, irritability, confusion – especially getting right and left mixed up, poor reading comprehension, self-destructive behavior, and many other signs of a malfunctioning nervous system. The aspect of the self-destructive behavior is interesting. A typical scenario is the person on a diet who is doing well until something happens that elevates their stress levels and triggers a switching situation. Once this occurs, the self-destruct button is pushed and the person starts binge eating. Another scenario is when people are at a disco and exposed to constant strobe lighting, they can switch. This will then show up as self-destructive behavior in the form of excess alcohol, food, or drugs.

After a person has switched and the body and mind have been allowed to rest for a while, the brain will automatically fall back to its normal operating level. The problem is that many people live with stress levels that are chronically too high or have stress thresholds that are too low, or both, and the brain switches too often and too easily. Another reason for the Switching technique to come up as a priority is that the stress threshold could be set too high and the person does not switch under pressure when they should. This causes the body’s systems to be under stress for long periods of time resulting in an eventual breakdown of those systems. In these situations, the stress threshold needs to be lowered so that the natural switching mechanism kicks in sooner rather than later. Some clients new to BodyTalk may be stressed by the thought of being examined and treated, suffering from the so-called “white coat syndrome.” This can cause them to switch. If they are switched at the beginning of a session, it could lead to erroneous readings of the Yes/No response and unusual results with balancing as their energetic fields will be confused. In these cases, Switching may come up at the beginning of the session to help them calm down and allow for more accurate biofeedback on the part of the practitioner. However, just because Switching is included in a formula may or may not mean that the client is currently switched. It may mean that the client is prone to switching, or does not switch when appropriate, and simply needs to have the switching threshold normalized. The normal switching mechanism is necessary and balancing this does not attempt to stop it from happening.

white coat syndrome - refers to the situation in which the blood pressure measured in a physician’s office is consistently higher than when the patient measures it at home or at work.

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Gentle firm pressure on both eyes

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1. Have the client close both eyes and press over both with two fingers of each hand.

The pressure on the eyes is designed to activate brain centers that are holding the stress patterns in the body. The pressure slightly stretches the extrinsic eye muscles around each eye to activate a reflex that targets these brain centers. This reflex is often experienced by the client as dancing lights or colors.

The pressure should be gentle and firm (enough to illicit “dancing lights”), but not enough pressure to cause pain. 2. The practitioner contacts the bilateral Switching Reflex Points with a finger and thumb of one hand and may massage them gently. The Switching Reflex Points are located under the clavicles lateral to the sternum, in the hollows that can be palpated about 1 ½ inches from the midline. They are often tender to the touch. 3. With these contacts being held, the head and sternum are tapped with the practitioner’s free hand while the client takes two full deep breaths (or until a shift is felt).

If it is not possible to put pressure on the eyes for whatever reason, the technique may be done energetically without touching the eyes. Then the practitioner’s focus on the purpose of the technique becomes even more important.

The Switching technique, when it comes up as a priority, does three things: 1. It reduces the total stress level by balancing the bodymind as a whole. 2. It normalizes the stress threshold. 3. It aids in the right-left balance of the brain.

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Example 6.3 Section 1 a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Further Details on Switching a priority? No

More Specific? Yes

Link? No

E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

SB Junction a priority? No

The client places two fingers of each hand over each eye and presses down firmly while the practitioner locates and stimulates the two Switching Reflex Points under the clavicles. The head and sternum are tapped as the client takes two deep breaths (or until a shift is felt).

Switching a priority? Yes

Example 6.4 Switching a priority? Yes

Forward from E.G.B.? Yes

Details on Switching a priority? Yes

Are Organs a priority? No

More Specific? No

Are Endocrines a priority? Yes

Orientation of Switching a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Time? No

Pineal? No

Place? Yes

(Continue down the list to get to adrenals.)

Further place? Yes

Are adrenals a priority? Yes

Home? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Further on home? No

Further Details on adrenals a priority? No

Further Orientation of Switching oriented to home a priority? Yes

Further Link? No

Forward? Yes

Is Implementation a priority? Yes

Person? Yes

Tap Out? No

Further Person? Yes

Are Hand Positions a priority? Yes

Husband? Yes

Of the Switching technique? Yes

Further on husband? No

Of fingers over the eyes? No

Further Orientation of Switching oriented to the home and husband a priority? No

Of Switching Reflex Points? Yes

Further Details on the Switching oriented to the home and husband a priority? No

Higher? No Lower? Yes

Link? Yes

Further Hand Positions? No

To E.G.B.? No

Tap Out? Yes

To Section 1? Yes

The formula to be tapped out consists of “Switching oriented to the home and the husband linked to the adrenals” with an awareness to lower the practitioner’s contact over the Switching Reflex Points.

Details on Sec 1? Yes More Specific? Yes

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Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand positions? e.g. pressure/angle Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum over two exaggerated breaths while performing the SB Junction technique: 1. Client places two fingers over each eye with gentle pressure, no pain. 2. Practitioner places a thumb and finger on the Switching Reflex Points which may be gently stimulated. Switching Symptoms • circuits “blown” • mental confusion • memory lapses • left/right confusion

• right/wrong confusion • poor reading comprehension • self-destructive behavior • poor response to sessions

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Cortices The underlying theory behind the Cortices technique is that all symptoms, conditions and diseases are reflected in the brain at some level. This is what makes the Cortices technique the single most critical procedure in the BodyTalk protocol – it addresses the entire bodymind complex by focusing on balancing the brain, regardless of what physical or emotional imbalances are present. Studies using infrared photography of patients with various symptoms found that there are “cold” spots of diminished blood supply or cellular activity in both hemispheres, apparently mirroring each other. The theory postulates that everything that is problematic with the body is reflected in the brain as faulty activity – as these specific cold spots. The key is that significant improvements in many physical and mental illnesses are observed once the cellular activity of the neurons in these cold spots has been restored through the Cortices technique, thus making it possible for all parts of the brain to communicate with each other once again.

Tapping Cortices on a hike in Derbyshire, UK. Photo credit: Charlotte Nielsen

Further, from a consciousness perspective, the brain symbolizes the belief systems that are considered to be stored there and act as the filters that create the present state of health. When balancing the brain using the Cortices technique, BodyTalk practitioners bring in this understanding to indirectly help the client with the process of releasing their belief systems. The “clearer” the brain is of dysfunctional beliefs, the “healthier” the body can then be. Because it is such an important tool, the Cortices technique is incorporated into the Access routine that people can do on themselves daily and into the Fast Aid Protocol to help stabilize someone who is experiencing a medical emergency (refer to the appendices). The cortices are made up of the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes of the brain. The technique was originally designed to balance these cortical levels of the brain, but has now been broadened to include the deeper regions of the limbic and reptilian brains as well, with a particular emphasis on balancing the amygdala complex and its connections to other parts of the brain.

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Cortices addresses the entire bodymind complex by focusing on balancing the brain, regardless of what physical or emotional imbalances are present.

The amygdalae are two almond shaped structures that are part of the limbic system. Their job is to compare what is happening in the environment to stored memories and determine whether the current situation is dangerous to survival or not. If it is, the amygdala complex fires off at least three neuropathway loops to cope with the perceived danger or threat. This takes the person out of a rest and growth mode into a survival mode. The first loop goes to the hypothalamus to cause the release of corticotrophin-releasing hormones that stimulate the production of epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) which constitute the body’s primary emergency response mechanisms (i.e., the fight/flight/freeze/ faint reaction). The second loop is to the locus ceruleus in the reptilian brain stem, which manufactures norepinephrine and disperses it throughout the brain. This causes a marked heightening of brain reactivity – particularly in the sensory areas. A third loop goes to the cortex. This is to enable us to utilize the thinking brain to logically evaluate any situation, decide what to do, and override any inappropriate limbic reactions. The first two loops to the hypothalamus and the reptilian brain are much shorter and more highly developed than the link to the cortex. Whenever the sensitive amygdala complex considers a stimulus to be an emergency, the cortex defers to the limbic and reptilian systems because of the faster loops that bypass the thinking center of the brain. This gives the emotional centers enormous power to influence the functioning of the entire bodymind complex in stressful situations.

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The threat to survival in modern times is not what it used to be. Advancements in civilization have decreased the sources of real danger to the bodymind. However, the amygdala complex still operates as it was designed and is triggered by perceived dangers that have associations from past memories related to previous emotionally charged situations. The result is long-term stress reactions being set off by situations that are not based in reality, but on emotional thoughts and beliefs. For example, there is the case where a woman with cat allergies was triggered into a severe allergic reaction when she heard a cat meow while visiting a friend. This person later found out that there was no cat in the next room – what she heard was a cat on a television ad. And yet the amygdalae interpreted the sound as if it were real danger and launched the body into the allergic response. Most people end up with over-reactive amygdalae – they go into fight/flight/freeze/faint mode too easily – and never really come out of it into healing mode. Repeated application of the Cortices technique helps to rebalance the amygdala complex and makes us less reactive. When the Cortices technique comes up as a priority in a formula linked to other items from the Protocol chart, it will be addressing all levels of the brain and balancing them to the factors that either trigger the amygdala complex or show up as cold spots. In this way, brain function is improved, the body’s symptoms are relieved, and overall stress is reduced. The Cortices is such an important technique that has wideranging effects on the overall health of the bodymind, that BodyTalk practitioners are encouraged to show their clients and their families how to do it on themselves as a daily, stand-alone technique. All other BodyTalk techniques need to be learned through either a certified BodyTalk Access Trainer (for the Access routine) or a certified BodyTalk Instructor.

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Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe Temporal Lobe Cerebellum

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Technique 1. The practitioner places one hand on the client’s head at the base of the skull where it meets the neck. While holding that position, the head and sternum are tapped alternating for two full breath cycles (or until a shift is felt). Underneath this first hand position is the location of the cerebellum and the brain stem structures. 2. Now the practitioner’s hand is moved up onto the head to the next position while tapping out the head and sternum alternating for two full breaths. This hand position represents the occipital lobes and deeper brain structures.

3. This procedure is repeated until the practitioner has covered the whole midline of the head from the base of the skull to just above the eyebrows. The main objective is to make sure that the entire brain is covered. It is important to keep the fingers and thumb together throughout this technique to avoid missing any areas of the brain. The hand positions may overlap to ensure that no areas are left uncovered. 4. Now the sides of the head are covered while the head and sternum are tapped again for two full breaths. If possible, the client places one hand over each temporal lobe. This hand placement includes a focus on the limbic brain, with its amygdala complex, under the temporal lobes. The fingers should be above the ears and pointing backwards. Experience has shown that one person holding both sides of the head creates a stronger electromagnetic energy field between the palms for the brain to work with. It could be the practitioner or the client who has to use both hands to accomplish this. If, however, due to injury or paralysis one person cannot hold both contact points, then the right hand of one person and the left hand of a second person should be used.

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Comments Although the Cortices often come up as priority at the beginning of a session, preparing the brain for the balancing work it will be required to do, the technique may come up several times in a session. The brain may “short-circuit” whenever a balancing is performed that places exceptional demands on the brain. Examples would include very strong Active Memory synthesis, Cellular Repair, and Body Chemistry involving severe allergies. In these cases the practitioner will be taken back to the Cortices via the Protocol chart to rebalance the brain. Case History 6.4

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en came for a BodyTalk session for his digestive problems and skin rash. He had had a stroke four years earlier and had lost the use of his right lower arm and hand. After one year of therapy, the specialist said that he would have no further improvement and should discontinue therapy. While I was routinely tapping out his cortices, Len commented that the fingers in his right hand were tingling! I asked him to try to move his fingers. To his amazement, they moved in twitching movements. I continued to keep tapping out his cortices and he felt his hand warming up and many other sensations developing. A week later he returned with a 60% increase in range of motion. Over the next few months the muscles in his hand developed and he had near normal use of his hand.

A common link to the Cortices is the heart. This is to encourage the brain-heart relationship that is so necessary in changing, then storing, the links we use in the BodyTalk session. Another common link might be the Cortices to the diaphragm. This is to make sure that the diaphragm is completely ready to process and eliminate the emotional and mental holdings that have been released through the BodyTalk session. Case History 6.5

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nne, a nurse for comatose clients on an intensive care unit had just returned to work after completing the first BodyTalk course. She decided to balance just the cortices on 6 of the clients. Two days later, 4 of the 6 clients were awake to the amazement of the staff and relatives! These clients had all been there for weeks, if not months. She said, “If only I could follow up with more BodyTalk, but once they’re out of a coma they leave my station!”

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Example 6.5

Example 6.6

E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Cortices a priority? Yes

Details on E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Details on Cortices a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? No

SB Junction? No

Orientation? No

Switching? No

Definition on Cortices a priority? Yes

Cortices a priority? Yes

Physiology? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Cold spots? Yes

Further Details on Cortices a priority? No

Further on cold spots? Yes

Link? No

Related to the client’s acute arthritis? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Further to client’s acute arthritis? No

Tap Out? Yes

Further Definition on Cortices defined by the cold spots related to the client’s acute arthritis? No

The cortices are tapped out systematically from base to eyebrows, finishing over the temporal areas, taking two full breaths at each hand position.

Further Details on the Cortices defined by the cold spots related to the client’s acute arthritis a priority? No Link? Yes (Here you can use a shortcut and ask heart or diaphragm first, as those are common.) To Heart? Yes Details on heart a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes

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The formula being tapped out is “Cortices defined by the cold spots related to the client’s acute arthritis linked to the heart.” If the link was not to the heart or diaphragm, you would need to follow the usual procedures to find the next item from the Protocol chart.

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Example 6.7 Cortices a priority? Yes Details on Cortices a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Occipital lobes? No Parietal lobes? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on the parietal lobes a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The Cortices technique is applied to just the parietal lobes of the brain and tapped out over two breaths.

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While traveling in Vienna, Austria, I happened to be passing by

the Vienna Marathon, in which about 60,000 international runners annually compete. A female runner collapsed unconscious in the street right in front of me. I was immediately at her side applying Access techniques to stabilize her. These included continuously activating her brain (cortices), hydration and switching. The ambulance and medics took some time to arrive and apply oxygen. Meanwhile the woman had slowly regained consciousness and then was taken to hospital.

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Summary: Cortices No Cortices a Priority?

Move forward in the EGB side-box.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out?

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Yes

Tap out over the head and sternum over two exaggerated breaths while performing the Cortices technique: 1. Hand on the base of the skull. 2. Tap out head and sternum for 2 full breaths. 3. Move hand up along the skull. Tap out. 4. Repeat until reach just above the eyebrows. 5. Hold the sides of the head last. Tap out. Results of Cortices Balancing • Coordinates left/right hemispheres • Relaxing • Updates brain hologram of bodymind complex • Improves mental clarity

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Hydration Most of the human body consists of 70-80% water (blood plasma is actually 92% water!). Nothing in the body can occur without water. Communication between cells depends on water. All biochemical reactions that cells undergo in order to produce their energy, proteins, hormones, neurotransmitters, etc, require the presence of water. No water, no communication; no biochemical reactions, no life! Some examples of where water plays an important role in the body are: 1. Nerve transmission. There are small waterways or microstreams along the full length of neurons. These allow the sodium-potassium pump to operate and guide the action potentials towards the axon terminal endings. When the body is dehydrated, nerve transmission is compromised and brain function is strongly diminished. Mental illnesses can be a result of brain cell dehydration. Chronic nerve pain can be the end result of chronic dehydration. Other chronic pain conditions including arthritis can often be reduced significantly after tapping out the Hydration technique. 2. Muscle contraction. Water is required for the sodium, potassium and calcium ions that are involved in skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation to be transported within the muscle fiber. 3. Free radicals. When the body’s tissues are dehydrated, free radicals are produced. Effective hydration removes free radicals faster than any other therapy. Taking supplements to reduce free radicals is ineffective when the body is dehydrated because the supplement cannot work effectively. A fully hydrated body may reduce the need for antioxidant supplements.

4. Lung function. Lung dehydration is considered a significant factor in respiratory diseases. Sometimes the most dramatic results can be obtained in asthma and chronic bronchitis with simple rehydration. 5. Cell division. Dehydration is a major producer of stress in the body and it alters the balance of amino acids. This will allow DNA errors during cell division that can lead to many diseases such as cancer and other cell mutation problems. 6. Energy conductor. Water is also considered a vital conductor of energy such as meridian energy and other body energy systems. When the body is dehydrated, it is very difficult for energy-based therapies such as acupuncture, Reiki, polarity therapy, magnetic healing, some aspects of BodyTalk, bioenergetic therapy, etc. to work. The body simply cannot take full advantage of them. In BodyTalk clinical practice we are finding that Hydration will come up as a priority for a client in order to help them respond better to the balancing formulas. 7. Synthesis of emotions. Emotions affect the membranes of all cells in the body. So if emotions are not synthesized and harmonized through the action of water, they will drastically affect the transport of materials across cell membranes. Also, in bioenergetics, water is associated with joy and the acceptance of joy in one’s life. Dehydration symbolizes a lack of joy. 8. Hyperactivity. Hyperactive children are often dehydrated because they are not drinking plain water – juices and pop laden with sugar and caffeine are more common and only aggravate the symptoms.

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free radicals - are atoms, molecules, or ions with unpaired electrons on an open shell configuration. If allowed to run free in the body, they are believed to be involved in degenerative diseases and cancers.

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Human body water composition by organ/tissue: • Muscle – 75% • Fat – 20% • Blood – 83% • Bones – 22%

• Heart – 80-90% • Lung – 80-90% • Brain – 75%

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9. Malnourishment. People can be malnourished despite excellent diets. Water must carry nutrients from the bloodstream across the cell wall through osmosis or through an assisted type of transport system. Many nutritional deficiency conditions are often specific dehydration problems. 10. Lymphatic and immune issues. Dehydration also profoundly affects the movement of lymph through the body and causes the lymph system to clog up and malfunction. Waste products from cellular metabolism cannot be eliminated and build up in the tissues. The lymph system is also closely tied into immune system function, so proper hydration of the body is an important aspect of being able to ward off bacterial and viral infections, cope with allergies and food intolerances, and deal with toxins that have come into contact with the body. 11. Rejuvenation of skin. Skin relies on water to help keep its youthful appearance. The importance of water is now fairly well established. Many people carry around their own supply of drinking water in bottles. Even so, some people who drink plenty of water may still be dehydrated. That is because the hydration of cells is a matter of water moving across the cell membranes and into the interior of the cells. Water must be able to freely move across the cell membranes in both directions: transporting nutrients into cells, and products – as well as wastes – out of cells.

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The term “fluid intake” is not the same as drinking water. Not all fluids help to supply the water needs of the body. Coffee, tea, some herb teas, and sodas contain caffeine or caffeine-like substances. Caffeine is a dehydrating agent and diuretic that increases the function of the kidneys to expel water. Therefore, drinking these beverages without supplementary pure water has the final effect of dehydrating the tissues and cells. There are some foods that contain high volumes of water that the body can utilize – certain fruits and vegetables as well as soups and other dishes made with water. Drinking and cooking water must be in its natural form. This can include spring water, reverse osmosis water, and clean tap water. Distilled water is controversial because there is an argument that it can actually leach necessary minerals from the body. Interestingly, research on the effects of energy frequency on water has demonstrated that as long as someone is grateful at the time of taking it into the body, water will change its structure to suit the person (reference Masaru Emoto’s work). This supports the understanding that consciousness or thoughts create the reality that is experienced. BodyTalk practitioners do not advise clients on what type of water to drink or how much – that would be a form of prescribing. In clinical practice, we find that once Hydration has been done, the client will seek the right type and amount of water for them. When Hydration comes up as a priority, and Details is No, you are working with a general hydration of tissues throughout the whole body. When More Specific to Hydration is Yes, you will be working at addressing specific problem areas to facilitate faster results. For example, you may need to specifically hydrate areas like the brain, an arthritic spine, a specific organ such as the liver, or a specific joint such as the knee. In these cases, the effect of the balancing will be faster because it is more specific.

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Dampen a clean tissue or cotton swab with fresh water

Place dampened tissue into Navel

Technique for General Hydration

Technique for Specific Hydration

Hydration? Yes. Details? No

Hydration a priority? Yes

1. Place a tissue or cotton swab dampened with clean water (to help the bodymind focus on hydration) on the navel, a high energy center that “reads” the information.

Details on Hydration a priority? Yes

An alternative placement for the water sample is over the thymus or in the left ear as these are also high energy centers. In Chinese medicine, the ear represents an upside-down person and the left side of the body is believed to “receive” information.

(Find the Organ, Endocrine or Body Part that requires specific hydration.)

2. Have the client place their hands at the sides of the head to indicate the limbic part of the brain.

More Specific? Yes

1. Place the moistened tissue or cotton swab on the specific part of the body. 2. The rest of the balancing is exactly the same, using the modified Cortices tap out.

The limbic brain deals with emotions which have a profound effect on all cellular membranes. Hence, this part of the brain is contacted throughout the entire tapping process. 3. The practitioner taps out the remainder of the Cortices by starting at the back of the head, at the base of the skull, and moving up to the next position until the whole head has been covered to just above the eyebrows. This is known as the “modified Cortices tap out.”

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Comments The focus on the limbic brain throughout the tapping out procedure is interesting from a bioenergetic perspective as water is strongly associated with the emotion of joy and the acceptance of joy in one’s life. The average person in society holds belief systems that take the joy out of life, which then shows up as a dehydration issue. By holding the limbic brain while the tissues are being rehydrated, joy in living comes back as well. Inform clients they may feel dizzy or thirsty after the session and perhaps for the next day or two. Encourage drinking as much plain, pure water as the client’s intuition indicates. Or tell clients they may feel the urge to urinate more often. That is also normal, as the body is excreting any excess water that has accumulated between the cells. This reduction of fluid retention may also show up as a loss in weight.

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Example 6.8 E.G.B. a priority? Yes Details on E.G.B. a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes SB Junction? No Switching? No Cortices? No Hydration a priority? Yes Further More Specific? No Details on general Hydration a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes A water-moistened cotton swab is placed on the navel and the modified Cortices are tapped out, while the client breathes deeply.

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Example 6.9 Hydration a priority? Yes

To Endocrines? Yes

Details on Hydration a priority? Yes

Forward from thyroid? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Pancreas? No

Organs? No

Ovaries? No

Endocrines? Yes

Testes? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Adrenals a priority? Yes

Pineal? No

Details on adrenals? No

Pituitary? No

Further Link? No

Thyroid? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Tap Out? Yes

Further Details on thyroid a priority? No

The dampened cotton swab is placed on the throat, over the thyroid, with a link to the adrenals. The modified Cortices are tapped out while the client breathes deeply.

Link? Yes

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andra was diagnosed with a chronic case of fibromyalgia. All her joints and muscles ached continually. She also had continuous headaches and her skin looked old for her age. Hydration came up as a priority. For the next few days after her session Sandra felt very thirsty and craved water. Interestingly, before the session, whenever she was thirsty, Sandra felt like drinking iced tea. Now she only wanted water. Her joint and muscle pain improved rapidly over the next three weeks. At her three month follow-up, there was a visible change in her skin texture and appearance. She said that she felt like she had been given a face lift all over her body.

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Summary: Hydration No Hydration a Priority?

Move forward in the E.G.B. side box.

Yes Yes Details? No. Place damp cotton swab in clients navel. Yes Link?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out the Hydration Technique: 1. With damp cotton swab in place, client places hands on sides of the head (temporal/limbic lobes). 2. Practitioner taps out the modified Cortices. Hydration Symptoms • Arthritic pain • General amplification of pain • Impaired metabolism • Malnourishment • Gastrointestinal pain

• Lethargy • Headaches • Cellular degeneration • Poor coordination

More Specific: takes you to specific Organ, Endocrine, or Body Part that requires hydration. Place damp cotton swab over the priority area.

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Scars On the physical and energetic levels, scars that are not healed properly, whether on the skin or deeper in the body as adhesions, can cause many blockages in Qi flow, circulation of blood and lymph, and nerve flow. These blockages can affect the body locally, or have serious ramifications throughout the body. Scars and adhesions result from the body’s attempt to repair any break in continuity of tissue, whether caused accidentally or planned as in surgery. This repair is accomplished through the laying down of new connective tissue in the area. If done successfully, a healthy skin scar will appear fine, soft, and painless. If the connective tissue repair does not happen correctly, the resultant unhealthy scars will be thicker, often tender, have redness around them, can be raised (as in keloid scarring) and have temperature differences from one side to the other. These unhealthy scars, if at the level of the skin, block the flow of energy along the superficial meridian energy pathways; whereas adhesions affect the flow of energy along the deeper meridian channels. Both inhibit the function of all the areas supplied by the respective meridian. Unhealthy connective tissue repair will also upset the energetic hologram of the body by interfering with the general balance of energy throughout the body.

Fascia / Connective Tissue

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To better understand how unhealthy connective tissue scarring can adversely affect health, understanding the role of fascia in the body is important. Fascia is connective tissue that is continuous, like a 3-dimensional web throughout the body from head to toe and from the skin to bone. It envelops and permeates every structure including bones, muscles, nerves, blood and lymph vessels – even down to the cellular level, penetrating cells to become the cytoskeleton. Functionally, fascia gives shape to the body, provides strength and integrity to the structures, enhances circulation, provides shock absorption, and holds everything in the body in a well supported, protected, and lubricated package that allows one structure to easily move and glide over another as we bend and move. To get a better image of it, imagine if everything in the body, other than fascia, was removed. The fascia that remained would still maintain the full shape of the body and all its structures. When there is trauma or irritation anywhere in the body, it lays down extra connective tissue to help mend and immobilize an area, acting like a bandage or splint. This extra connective tissue binds the structures together like glue and becomes part of the total fascia arrangement. The substance in the fascia that once offered lubrication for mobility has now become sticky and solid in some cases. Instead of collagen fibers being laid down in a parallel fashion, they are deposited in a helter-skelter manner. This can inhibit circulation of blood and lymph, decrease range of motion, inhibit muscle strength, and compromise organ and endocrine function. Keeping in mind that fascia is continuous throughout the body as one structure in and of itself, when one section of it becomes stuck or immobilized, it can then affect other areas and have ramifications throughout the entire body. Picture a sheet spread out smoothly on a table and call this healthy fascia. Now, if you were to bunch up part of this sheet, it would cause wrinkles throughout the entire sheet. This is an analogy of how fascia behaves.

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Sometimes an adhesion will form in deeper structures of the body without there being an associated visible skin scar. For example, you may be taken to the mid-thigh area and yet see no apparent scar. If you were to palpate the area, you might find a hardness just under the skin that indicates a previous injury which resulted in a deep bruise that did not heal correctly. It is now behaving as a scar or adhesion by blocking the energy, nerve, blood, and lymph flow in that part of the leg. How well an incision or injured body part heals usually depends upon many different factors. The most important factors include: • The general health and vitality of the client at the time they got the scar. If, at the time of the accident or operation that caused the scar, the client is run down, sick, or had poor vitality, then the scar will often heal poorly and cause problems later on. • Emotional stress at the time of the accident or operation. Typically, the client may have been injured in a car accident which led to a lot of emotional stress at the time. Or, a client may have been worried about disfigurement or experienced significant pain that was stressful. In another scenario, the client may have had a body part removed that meant a change in life-style or attitudes. This resultant emotional stress can cause poor repair to the scarred area. On the consciousness level, the connective tissue associated with the scar will also symbolize the beliefs around why the scar was created in the first place. The location on the body will give some clues as to the issues not being addressed by the client at the time of the accident or surgery (more about this presented in an advanced course) and any repressed emotions will have been stored locally around the scar. Therefore, when treating a scar with the Scars technique, these emotions and memories will also be released. This demonstrates once again how all the basic techniques in the BodyTalk Fundamentals course indiretly work at the consciousness level.

A common scenario would be the woman who has a successful hysterectomy but then experiences other changes in her body during the months and years after the operation. The uterus and ovaries symbolize issues of accepting life and variations thereof. Originally the woman’s belief systems would have led to the problems with this part of her anatomy that resulted in the need for surgical removal of the uterus and ovaries in the first place. Then, because of scar tissue, she may suffer from depletion in the Qi flow of the yin meridians that move up the inside of the legs, along the front of the trunk and to the head. As a result, the woman may experience deficiency symptoms in the abdomen, chest, and head. She may experience poor digestion, poor sugar metabolism, tiredness and weakness, shortness of breath, lost tone of the breasts, and sagging facial muscles. The list can be endless – all because of the scar. When the woman complains to her doctor that the problems started after the hysterectomy, she will often be told that it is “coincidence” and that removing the uterus did not produce those symptoms. Many women have experienced transformations in their physical health after their hysterectomy scar has been balanced by the BodyTalk Scar technique. Additionally if Active Memory comes up at some point during the BodyTalk session, the belief systems that underpinned the imbalance in the first place can also be directly addressed. Fresh, new injury sites or incisions can also come up as a priority to balance. In this case, the formation of new connective tissue is being highlighted to avoid becoming dysfunctional. It is advisable to stimulate fresh new scars at an energetic level only so that they do not open up. When they do heal, they will result in thin, white scars or in some cases, if they are small in size, they may be almost invisible. Using a sheet to illustrate the far reaching effects scar tissue can have on the fascia and, therefore, the body.

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Moles, blemishes and other irregularities on the skin (such as birth marks, acne pitting, and skin tags) are balanced in the same way as skin scars if they come up as priority. They can also cause impediments to the flow of energy through the area they are located in, or hold emotional charge for the client. Very often the client will notice that a mole will gradually fade back to a healthy color over the next few weeks. This is very useful for many ugly blemishes and has great significance when one considers the amount of skin cancer present in our society. There have been many case histories of quite dangerous looking moles fading back into a healthy state quite quickly. In other cases, the mole or blemish has dropped off after a few days. (Note that for the sake of you and your client, suspicious moles should always be evaluated and monitored by a medical specialist.)

Skin cancer moles are moles that once looked normal, brown and raised or somewhat flat. They turned at some point to be dark black, yellow or a different color brown. The pigment might spread beyond the border of the original skin cancer moles. The pigment can be multicolored. (Traxler, 2010.)

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Tattoos and body piercings may or may not come up as priority under Scars. It all depends on the reason why the person felt compelled to receive a tattoo or pierce a part of the body in the first place. Tattoos can be culturally balancing and piercings are sometimes crude forms of self-acupuncture. In these cases, the resultant scars are not targeted by the person’s innate wisdom. However, if the person gets regular BodyTalk treatments, the underlying belief systems may be addressed and over time the need for the tattoo or piercing may be released, causing the person to become non-emotional about the tattoo or voluntarily remove the body jewelry so that the piercing can close on its own. Once the scar, mole, blemish, skin irregularity or adhesion has been cleared using the BodyTalk technique, the release of energy, nerve, and blood flow happens quickly. This gives short-term relief of the symptoms, while the skin or scar tissue is healing completely. Eventually, the scar will fade or dissolve into softer tissue and any local discoloration or tenderness will go.

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Balancing a superficial skin scar

Balancing a deep adhesion

Technique The technique for Scars can be summarized as “find it, stimulate it, tap it out.” 1. Under “Further More Specific,” establish what type of scar you are looking for: • a skin scar (superficial; can also be a mole, blemish, rash, skin tag, birth mark, or other superficial skin irregularity); or • an adhesion (deep, with or without an associated skin scar). You can ask the client for any known scars, or look for the scar/mole/blemish using Body Parts to guide your search. If you are looking for an adhesion, you can include the use of the Organ and Endocrine bubbles to guide you because it is possible to have adhesions in and around organs and endocrines, as well as in body parts.

2. Once you have found the scar, mole, blemish, etc., you stimulate/challenge it with your fingers while tapping out over the head and sternum. If it is an adhesion, the depth and angle need to be determined for focus – this can be done energetically, if you are not licensed to touch. If you are also a trained bodyworker licensed to touch, use deep contact to stimulate the area at the correct depth and angle, when appropriate.

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Comments If the scar or adhesion is located in a sensitive part of the body, such as the breasts or genitals, it may be more appropriate for the client to contact their own scar, mole, blemish or adhesion and stimulate it, or the practitioner can work energetically over the area instead of touching it. Scars or adhesions will often require another destination as they are being tapped out. Commonly, these destinations will be to the Organs or Body Parts related to the meridian being blocked. For example, a superficial scar on the shin could link to the stomach because the stomach meridian flows along the front of the lower leg.

As mentioned earlier, another typical destination will be to Active Memory (which will be covered in a later chapter). In this case the scar will be associated with the belief system, or a traumatic memory, associated with the scar that needs to be tapped out along with the scar. For example, the memory of the car accident that caused the scar or the belief system that attracted the accident in the first place. Very large scars, such as those resulting from burns or are several inches long, may be approached in sections. This will be indicated either under “Further More Specific” or “Implementation, Hand Positions.” Very small scars should not be underestimated. They can be located on specific acupuncture points and so can have more impact on the body than the biggest of scars.

Example 6.10 E.G.B. a priority? Yes Details on E.G.B. a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes SB Junction? No Switching? No Cortices? No Hydration? No Scars? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Skin scar? Yes Further More Specific? Yes (Ask the client about any known external scars, moles, blemishes, etc. Confirm what the client indicates by touching the area.)

(Note that you can omit the normal questioning of More Specific in this case, since it is assumed that you need to find the scar, mole, blemish, etc., to work on first before you would possibly get any further details on it.) Head? No Back? No Chest? No Abdomen? Yes More Specific? Yes Left side? No Right side? Yes Further More Specific? Yes The scar over the appendix a priority? Yes Further More Specific? No

Is this scar the priority? No

Further Details on the scar over the appendix a priority? No

(Have the client indicate another skin scar.)

Link? No

Is this scar the priority? No

Implementation? Yes

(If the client cannot identify one, use the Body Parts bubble to locate it.)

Tap Out? Yes

Body Parts a priority? Yes

The scar over the appendix is stimulated while the client is tapped out over the head and sternum.

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Example 6.11 Scars a priority? Yes

Grief? No

Details on Scars a priority? Yes

Fear? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further on fear? No

Skin scar? Yes

Further Definition on the facial mole defined by fear a priority? No

Further More Specific? Yes (Ask the client about any known external scars, moles, blemishes, etc. If the client cannot identify one, use the Body Parts bubble to locate it.) Body Parts a priority? Yes (Note that you can omit the normal questioning of More Specific in this case, since it is assumed that you need to find the scar, mole, blemish, etc., to work on first before you would possibly get any further details on it.)

Further Details on the facial mole defined by fear a priority? No Link? Yes To another Scar? No To E.G.B.? No To Section 1? Yes Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Head? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Details on head a priority? Yes

Forward from E.G.B.? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Organs? Yes

Face? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

(You see a mole and confirm it.)

Lungs? No

Is this mole the priority? Yes

Heart? No

Further More Specific? No

Liver? Yes

Further Details on this facial mole? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Orientation? No

Further Details on liver a priority? No

Definition on the facial mole a priority? Yes

Further Link? No

Physiology? No

Implementation? Yes

Emotions? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

Further emotions? Yes

The practitioner will stimulate the mole on the face, defined by fear and linked to the liver while tapping the client over the head and sternum.

Joy? No Sadness? No

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Example 6.12 Scars a priority? Yes

Left side? No

Details on Scars a priority? Yes

Right side? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Skin scar a priority? No

(Palpate the right side of the back of the neck until you feel a thickening under your fingers.)

Adhesion a priority? Yes Further More Specific? Yes (You can use Organs, Endocrines or Body Parts to help you locate the adhesion.)

Is this the priority adhesion? Yes (Since it is an adhesion, you need to ask…) Specific depth a priority? Yes

Organs? No

(Imagine pressing deeper into the tissue.)

Endocrines? No

Deeper than this? No

Body Parts? Yes

Specific angle a priority? Yes

(Note that you can omit the normal questioning of More Specific in this case, since it is assumed that you need to find the adhesion to work on first before you would possibly get any further details on it.)

(Move your fingers indicating a specific angle.)

Brain? No

(Keep adjusting your angle.)

Head? Yes

Is this the priority angle? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Sensory Organs? No

Further Details on the adhesion on the right side of the back of the neck at this specific depth and angle a priority? No

Face? No Neck? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Front of neck? No Back of neck? Yes Further More Specific? Yes

Is this the priority angle? No

Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Tap out over the head and sternum while energetically stimulating the adhesion on the right side of the back of the neck, at the imagined depth and angle indicated.

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Summary: Scars No Scars a Priority?

Move forward in the E.G.B. side-box.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No

More Specific takes you to:

Further More Specific takes you to:

1. Skin scar (mole, blemish , rash, skin tag, birth mark, etc.)

Organs, Endocrines, or Body Parts to find the scar or adhesion.

2. Adhesion

Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? e.g. depth/angle Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while stimulating the scar/mole/blemish/adhesion.

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Interference As our theoretical understanding of the body moves from energy-based to consciousness-based, the concept of things in the environment interfering with the functioning of the body also changes. From the client’s perspective, it would appear that they are reacting to the fluorescent lights which are causing headaches, or the proximity of high voltage electrical power lines causing cancer, or a ring on a finger causing a rash, or a tight underwire bra producing cystic breasts, and so on. However, because these things do not cause everyone to react in the same way (some people are fine under fluorescents, do not get cancer living close to power lines, do not get rashes from jewelry, nor are they affected by bras, etc.), there needs to be another explanation for items coming up as interference as a priority in a BodyTalk session. It is the belief systems and the emotional reactions triggered by the environmental factor that need to be addressed more so than any actual electrical or chemical interruptions in the body. For this reason, the General Environment and Active Memory techniques come up more commonly in BodyTalk formulas to clear any long-term perceived effects of external objects on the body. If Interference does come up as a priority, it is usually because the subconscious belief systems and attached emotions need to be surfaced and brought to the client’s awareness for the immediate session. The removal of the interfering item triggers the underlying belief system and demonstrates for the client why the item is an interference in the first place.

Usually it is a small item that the client has on their person that comes up as interference and needs to be removed or dealt with. Occasionally something larger, and in the immediate environment of the session taking place, will be identified instead. If it is something that cannot be removed, then you will need to balance the client to the item with the General Environment, Active Memory, Body Chemistry, or any other technique from the Protocol chart.

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Examples of belief systems that may be causing the interference are provided under the 4 categories of Interference possibilities: 1. Clothing: When people wear clothing as a mask to hide shame of their bodies, or for other emotional reasons, it can be the underlying factor in their health disorders. An example would be when women wear underwire bras to improve their body image and to appear more sexy. Some women even wear their bras to bed because they do not like how their breasts fall naturally to the side or they have some other sexual anxieties. So it is “convenient” that the wires in their bras set up electrical fields that then interfere with the lymph drainage of their breasts, resulting in lumps or even breast cancer. The association is then made that underwire bras cause symptoms and disease in the breasts. However, if these women were comfortable with their bodies and the shape of their breasts, then there would not be any need to 1. wear underwire bras, and 2. have diseases to bring their attention to their negative belief systems about themselves. Asking a woman to remove her bra because it has come up as an interference and pointing out her uncomfortable reaction to the request, allows the practitioner to explain this to the client. 2. Jewelry: Often jewelry has an emotional association with it: a wedding ring still worn by a divorcee, an heirloom brooch passed down to a great-great-granddaughter, a necklace given as a present by a favorite uncle who has subsequently died, and so on. It is the belief system that elicits the emotion that is triggered by the piece of jewelry that is the interference: “I don’t know how to be single”, “It is the only thing I have from my great-great-grandmother”, “He really did love me”, and so on. Watches often come up as interference. This is usually connected with the client’s relationship to time – particularly fears of being late, which is a belief reinforced by our timepreoccupied society. Again, once the item of jewelry has been identified as an interference, it offers the opportunity for discussion.

3. Electronics: These are items such as cell phones, pagers, computers, microwave appliances, televisions, and so on. Usually, the underlying belief systems for owning and operating these devices have something to do with complying with modern codes of business and/or personal relaxation and socialization. They are normally restrictive and cause negative effects on the body. Occasionally, however, one can encounter a case where an item, such as a mobile phone, can benefit a client’s health status. In one case, a single father of four children believed that his cell phone provided him the freedom to pursue his interests as the children could reach him at any time. When tested for range-of-motion in his hips, instead of interfering with his flexibility, it actually improved when the cell phone was turned on and placed on his body. 4. Other: This can be any other item or person in the client’s environment that is triggering an interference reaction. Use the Orientation Box as a guide to discover what the item is. It could be an object such as the high voltage electrical power lines mentioned earlier, or the emotional response to a person, such as a parent, teacher, brother or sister, an in-law, etc.

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Technique When Interference is a priority, there are two approaches to consider: 1. Remove the item of interference, if possible. 2. Balance the client to the item of interference using General Environment, Active Memory, Body Chemistry, or some other technique from the Protocol chart, before proceeding with the rest of the formula. (This is similar to finding a “link” to neutralize the beliefs attached to the item.) The technique for Interference necessitates a slight deviation from the normal questioning used with the Exploring Procedures chart. The following examples demonstrate the altered sequence of questioning.

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Example 6.13 E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Watch? No

Details on E.G.B. a priority? Yes

Wedding ring? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific on the wedding ring a priority? No

SB Junction? No

Remove? Yes

Switching? No

(Have the client remove the wedding ring. It is not necessary, at this point, to ask for a link, since the priority was to remove the item.)

Cortices? No Hydration? No Scars? No Interference? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Clothing? No Jewelry? Yes (Look for a piece of jewelry the client is wearing.) Necklace? No

Further Interference a priority? No E.G.B. a priority? No Section 1 a priority? Yes Details on Section 1? Yes More Specific? Yes Forward from E.G.B.? Yes Organs? Yes Further More Specific a priority? Yes (Continue to find the items in the formula following the regular Procedures.)

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Example 6.14 Details on Interference a priority? Yes

(Continue with the questioning for the Active Memory technique as outlined in a later chapter. Let us assume it is: an event – the divorce.)

More Specific? Yes

Further Details on the Active Memory event of the divorce? No

Clothing? No

Link? No

Jewelry? Yes

Implementation? Yes

(Look for a piece of jewelry the client is wearing.)

Tap Out? Yes

Necklace? No

(Tap out the Active Memory technique while the client is focused on the ring and the divorce.)

Interference a priority? Yes

Watch? No Wedding ring? Yes Further More Specific on the wedding ring a priority? No Further Details on the wedding ring a priority? No Remove? No (The client may not be able to remove the ring due to it being too tight on the finger.)

Is the wedding ring interference still a priority? No Further Interference a priority? No E.G.B. a priority? No Section 1 a priority? Yes Details on Section 1? Yes

Balance client to the ring? Yes

More Specific? Yes

(Now find the technique/link that will neutralize the interference.)

Forward from E.G.B.? Yes

General Environment? No

Organs? Yes

Active Memory? Yes

Further More Specific a priority? Yes

Details on Active Memory a priority? Yes

Continue to find the items in the formula following the regular Procedures.

More Specific? Yes

Example 6.15 Interference a priority? Yes Details on Interference? No (This is not a common scenario. However, it would indicate that the client has subconscious belief systems about everything in the environment in general that need to be brought into conscious awareness. In this case, you would go directly to finding the technique/ link that would address the emotional attachments.)

Further Details on the General Environment item for “everything?” No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes

Balance the client to “everything?” Yes

(Tap out the General Environment balancing as per instructions in a later chapter.)

General Environment technique a priority? Yes

Is Interference still a priority? No

(Follow the procedure for finding the 3 pieces of information for this technique, using “everything” in the environment as the first piece of information.)

Continue with the session.

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Summary: Interference No Interference a Priority?

Move forward in the E.G.B. side-box.

Yes Yes Details? No. It means “everything” is an interference

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

More Specific takes you to: 1. Clothing 2. Jewelry 3. Electronics 4. Other

Yes Remove? No

Move through the Protocol Chart to find out if using General Environment, Active Memory, Body Chemistry, or any other technique in the Protocol Chart.

Balance client to the factor?

Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out the technique being used to balance the client to the item of interference.

Remove the item of interference. Carry on with the formula.

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Chapter 6 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 1: E.G.B. Chapter Summary The initials EGB stand for Essential General Balancing. There are six techniques in this section. SB Junction The initials SB stand for “spheno-basilar” and refer to the cartilaginous junction of the sphenoid bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone at the base of the skull. In healthy people, this junction is mobile. As long as the SB junction is moving, it has many beneficial effects on the brain and the body. If the movement of the SB is compromised, it can profoundly affect the brain, the movement of all of the other cranial bones, the function of the pituitary gland (hence the endocrine system), memory, depression, organ function, and the breath cycle (thus any balancing techniques that are attempted). SB restrictions can be caused from a number of causes. For example, birth trauma, a blow to the head, or repeated triggering of the startle reflex. The focus of the SB Junction technique is to release any restrictions.

Switching Switching is a normal biological mechanism that is designed to stop us from overtaxing the body physically, mentally, or emotionally. Whenever the bodymind is overworked, this mechanism causes the brain to “switch off,” or shut down as it strives to get rest or nourishment, or meet other necessary bodily functions for survival. The symptoms of Switching are memory lapses, irritability, confusion – especially getting right and left mixed up, poor reading comprehension, self-destructive behavior, and many other signs of a malfunctioning nervous system. Everyone has a stress threshold. People with a low stress threshold will switch easily at the slightest increase in stress. Those with a high stress threshold may not switch under pressure when they should. This causes the body’s systems to eventually breakdown. The Switching technique helps to reset the stress threshold to a more normal level.

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Cortices

Hydration

The underlying theory behind the Cortices technique is that all symptoms, conditions and diseases are reflected in the brain at some level. This is what makes the Cortices technique the single most critical technique in the BodyTalk protocol – it addresses the entire bodymind complex by focusing on balancing the brain, regardless of what physical or emotional imbalances are present. Theory postulates that everything that is problematic with the body is reflected in the brain, as specific “cold spots” or areas of diminished/ faulty activity in the brain.

Proper Hydration is so important because most of the human body consists of 70-80% water (blood plasma is actually 92% water!). Every function that occurs within the body requires water: communication between cells, all biochemical reactions, nerve transmission, muscle contraction, removal of free radicals, lung function, cell division, energy conduction, the synthesis of emotions, proper utilization of nutrients, detoxification, proper functioning of the immune system, and rejuvenation of the skin.

From a consciousness perspective, the brain symbolizes the belief systems that are considered to be stored there and act as filters that create the present state of health. When balancing the brain using the Cortices technique, BodyTalk practitioners bring in this understanding to indirectly help the client with the process of releasing their belief systems. The “clearer” the brain is of dysfunctional beliefs, the “healthier” the body can then be.

Water must be able to freely move across the cell membranes, in both directions: transporting nutrients into cells, and products – as well as wastes – out of cells. Part of the problem with dehydration is that the cells may not be able to properly utilize the water that is available.

The Cortices technique is incorporated into the Access routine that people can do on themselves daily and, into the Fast Aid Protocol to help stabilize someone who is experiencing a medical emergency (refer to the appendices). The Cortices are made up of the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes of the brain. However, the technique has been broadened to include the deeper regions of the limbic and reptilian brains as well, with a particular emphasis on balancing the amygdala complex and its connections to other parts of the brain. Many people end up with over-reactive amygdalae – they go into fight/flight/freeze/faint mode too easily – and never really come out of it into healing mode. They are said to be stuck in sympathetic overdrive. The Cortices technique helps to shift the client into a more relaxed, healing or parasympathetic mode.

Proper hydration does not mean fluid intake. Not all fluids help to adequately hydrate the body. Some fluids, especially those that contain caffeine, are actually dehydrating. There are some foods that contain high volumes of water that the body can utilize – certain fruits and vegetables, as well as soups and other dishes made with water. Drinking and cooking water must be in its natural form. This can include spring water, reverse osmosis water, and clean tap water. Distilled water is controversial because there is an argument that it can actually leach necessary minerals from the body. Research on the effects of energy frequency on water has demonstrated that thoughts, words and music can alter the structure of water, and hence the structure of our bodies, since our bodies are mostly water. This supports the understanding that consciousness or thoughts create the reality that is experienced. When Hydration comes up as a priority, and More Specific is a priority, you are working with hydration of a specific part of the body rather than a general hydration of the body.

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Scars

Interference

On the physical and energetic levels, scars that are not healed properly, whether on the skin or deeper in the body as adhesions, can cause many blockages in Qi flow, circulation of blood and lymph, and nerve flow. These blockages can affect the body locally, or have serious ramifications throughout the body.

When Interference arises it is because there is something that appears to be interfering with the session. As our theoretical understanding of the body moves from energybased to consciousness-based, the concept of things in the environment interfering with the functioning of the body also changes. It is the belief systems and the emotional reactions triggered by the item of interference that need to be addressed, more so than any actual electrical or chemical interruptions in the body.

A healthy skin scar will appear fine, soft, and painless. Unhealthy scars will be thicker, often tender, have redness around them, can be raised and have temperature differences from one side to the other. An adhesion is a scar that forms in deeper structures of the body and often without an associated visible skin scar. If an adhesion develops in or around an internal structure, like an organ or endocrine, its function can be limited. How well an incision or injured body part heals usually depends upon many different factors. The most important factors include the general health and vitality of the client at the time they got the scar and the emotional stress or predominant negative beliefs at the time the accident or operation occurred. Moles, blemishes and other irregularities on the skin are balanced in the same way as skin scars, if they come up as priority. (Note that for the sake of you and your client, suspicious moles should always be evaluated and monitored by a medical specialist.)

If Interference is a priority, the item will need to be removed or the client balanced to it using General Environment, Active Memory, Body Chemistry or any other technique from the Protocol chart.

Test Your Knowledge 1. When the SB is junction is locked down, the person will...? 2. True or False? Switching is a biological function that can be eliminated by the BodyTalk Switching technique. 3. True or False? Everything that is problematic in the body is reflected in the brain as faulty activity in specific cold spots. 4. True or False? Our stress handling ability has been adapted to modern times. 5. List five examples where water plays an important role in the body. 6. True or False? Blockages caused by scars only affect the local area.

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7 BodyTalk in the Jungles of Malaysia with the Orang Asli Tribe. Photo credit: Loesje Jacob

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Chapter 7 BodyTalk Protocol Section 1: Organs, Endocrines, and Body Parts Overview Students will learn the approximate hand placements to indicate the Organs, Endocrines and Body Parts as listed on the Protocol chart (there is no specific technique associated with these aspects of the bodymind).

Chapter Outline 141 Organs 142 Technique 143 Comments 147 Summary: Organs 148 Endocrines 149 Technique 152 Summary: Endocrines 153 Body Parts 153 General Body Energies 153 Body Parts Categories 153 Brain 154 Head 154 Back 154 Chest 154 Abdomen 155 Limbs 155 General 155 Box 1 (General Body Tissues) 156 Box 2 (System Level) 156 The Diaphragm 161 Summary: Body Parts 162 Chapter Summary

Key Terms organelles

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 7: Organs, Endocrines, Body Parts, students will be able to: 1. List the major Organs, Endocrines and Body Parts and demonstrate the appropriate hand position for each. 2. State the various levels at which Organs, Endocrines and Body Parts are addressed. 3. Define General Body Energies (G.B.E.). 4. Name and discuss the various roles and functions of the diaphragm.

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Organs On a physiological level, one of the main reasons that organs malfunction and become diseased is because they are poorly synchronized with the other parts of the body. The functioning of an organ is not isolated unto itself. It is part of a symphony of orchestrated and integrated biological functions designed to work in synchronicity to maximize health. With BodyTalk we will link and reestablish lines of communication and help to restore normal dynamic functioning. Once this is done, the body is often able to heal even the most serious of organ problems. On a consciousness level, the organs that lose their communication with the other parts of the body are symbolic of the belief systems that they represent. So, for example, if the client has issues with being organized at work and harbors anger toward the boss who insists on planning meetings that seem useless, the client’s liver may become unbalanced and start causing symptoms in the body. So when the liver comes up to be balanced in a BodyTalk session for this person by being linked to various other techniques, it is possible that you are indirectly addressing these underlying factors. This is another example of why, as BodyTalk practitioners, we do not use what comes up in the formula as a diagnosis – we may be working at an entirely different level than what is apparent. The consciousness issues of the organs will be addressed in an advanced course. The Organs section on the Protocol chart lists 10 main organs of the body. These can be regarded from the Western physiological perspective or associated with 10 of the 12 main meridians (with the same names) from the Chinese perspective. At the level of this foundational course, we do not distinguish between the two perspectives – it is assumed that all the necessary interconnections will be made once the organ has been highlighted. Detailed information on the organs and meridians will be presented in a number of the advanced courses that will allow the practitioner to address them more specifically.

Also note that this is one of the few side-boxes on the Protocol chart that is read from left to right (the others are read from top to bottom). When following this side-to-side questioning, the organs make a distinct pattern down the front of the body, from right to left across the center of the body at approximately the waistline, and ending around to the back. The Organ side-box contains the Lungs, Heart, Liver, Gall Bladder, Stomach, Spleen, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Bladder and Kidneys. Obviously, when indicating the organs, we are not actually contacting them. For example, you cannot touch the lungs or heart through the rib cage. This is where focus comes in. If the practitioner touches over the ribcage with the intent to the lungs, then that is what will be highlighted. If the practitioner touches over the ribcage area with the intent to the heart, then it will be the heart that responds to the formula. The exact positioning of the hands over the organ of priority is not critical. The placing of the hands is simply a focusing tool to help the practitioner and client know what is being targeted for balancing. However, it is always preferable to be as precise as possible when indicating the position of the body parts being targeted. When first learning, it is beneficial to contact over the organ area during the asking procedure to help increase your focus and awareness. Once you are experienced and working in the zone, there is no longer any need to do that. Just looking at the area where the organ is located will suffice. (This will also apply to working with the endocrines in the next section.) If More Specific or Definition Physiology comes up as a priority for any one of the organs, you can use your own background knowledge or consult the lists in the appendices for a breakdown of structures and functions. Laypeople may use common terms such as “top, bottom, inside, outside, front, back,” etc. to help narrow the focus of an organ’s structure. It is conceivable that practitioners will often be taken right down to the cellular level of the organ. There is another chart in the appendices that provides a list of the organelles found in cells and their functions.

organelles - internal structures of the cell.

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Remember that the more specific you can be with an item, the faster the results for the client. It is in your best interest to learn as much anatomy as you can. (The IBA has an official anatomy and physiology correspondence course listed on its website.) Note: there are two lungs and two kidneys. So the first break down under Further More Specific for these organs would be to find out if you are working with them bilaterally (i.e., with both of them) or with only the right or left one.

Technique There is no special technique to be tapped out for Organs – the practitioner simply finds the organ that is the priority, and any Details that are appropriate, and then links it to some other item in the formula. Links can go both ways. You can start out with an organ and link it to something else, or you can have a technique from somewhere else in the Protocol chart as the first item and link it to an organ.

These photos illustrate the asking process and the practitioner’s hand is showing the area that should be focused on while asking if the specific organ is a priority. In practice, you will maintain a visual focus (without touching) for the asking process and use whichever hand is most comfortable for both you and the client to hold the organ while tapping out.

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Comments If there are more organs than hands to indicate them during the tap out, you can use a small bit of paper or sticky note with the organ written on it. The energy of writing the name of the organ will act as a focusing tool. Place the paper over the area of the organ. Once you are experienced, it will be sufficient for you to hold a vision of the organ in your head while you tap the client out, or briefly reach down with the hand you are tapping with to indicate the organ.

Stomach St

Note: that the sequence of links is important. For example, you may tap out “heart linked to liver” and then later in the session be required to tap out “liver linked to heart.” The energy dynamics are different and the link could be working at different levels.

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Example 7.1 Are Organs a priority? Yes Details on Organs a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Lungs? Yes Further More Specific? Yes (Since there are two lungs, find out if you are working with both or one of them.) Bilateral lungs a priority? No Right lung a priority? Yes

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essica suffered with chronic muscle spasms of the trapezius, subscapularis and neck extensors for 6 years. She had tried chiropractic and massage therapy which provided only temporary relief. She started complaining of anxiety attacks which became progressively worse which threatened her ability to keep her business open. After one session linking her lungs to all the endocrines, the shoulder spasms subsided within 3 hours. The following session consisted of linking an active memory to the lungs and heart. She felt an explosive release of energy at that time and now no longer suffers from the anxiety attacks or muscle spasms.

Further More Specific? No

Example 7.2

Further Details on the right lung a priority? No

Are Organs a priority? Yes

Link? Yes

Details on Organs a priority? Yes

To the lungs? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Details on the lungs a priority? Yes

Lungs? No

More Specific? Yes

Heart? No

Bilateral lungs a priority? No

Liver? Yes

Left lung? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Further More Specific? No

Further Details on the liver a priority? No

Further Details on left lung a priority? No

Link? Yes

Further Link? No

To Organs? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Details? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Tap out over the head and sternum with one hand and have the thumb and fingers of the other hand indicate the right lung linked to the left lung.

Forward from liver? Yes Gall Bladder? No Stomach? No Spleen? No Small Intestine? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on small intestine a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes A hand is placed over the area of the liver and another hand is placed over the small intestine while the client is tapped out over the head and sternum.

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Example 7.3 Are Organs a priority? Yes

Body Parts? Yes

Details on Organs a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Brain? No

Lungs? No

Head? No

Heart? No

(Keep going through the categories until you get to General.)

Liver? Yes

General a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

A specific lobe? No

Box 1, General Body Tissues, a priority? Yes

Cells? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Connective tissue? No

Hepatocytes? No

Epithelial tissue? No

Kupffer cells? Yes

Skin? No

Further More Specific? No

Blood? No

Further Details on Kupffer cells? No

Lymph? Yes

Link? Yes

Further More Specific? No

To something else in the liver? No

Further Details on lymph tissue a priority? No

To Organs? No

Further Link? No

To Section 1? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Details on Section 1? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific? Yes

One hand goes over the liver area to indicate the Kupffer cells, another hand is placed over the center of the body indicating general lymph tissue (this will be discussed in the Body Parts chapter) while the client is being tapped out over the head and sternum.

Forward from Organs? Yes Endocrines? No

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Example 7.4 (Assume the first item is SB Junction.)

Object? No

SB Junction a priority? Yes

Activity? Yes

Details on SB a priority? No

Further on Activity? Yes

Link? Yes

(Break down the concept of activity.)

To E.G.B.? No

Breathing? Yes

To Section 1? Yes

Further on Breathing? Yes

Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Breathing in? No

More Specific? Yes

Breathing out? Yes

Forward from E.G.B.? Yes

Further on breathing out a priority? No

Organs? Yes

Further Orientation of the lungs oriented to breathing out a priority? No

Further More Specific? Yes Lungs? Yes

Further Details on the lungs oriented to breathing out a priority? No

Further More Specific? No

Further Link? No

Further Details on Lungs? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Orientation of lungs a priority? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

Time? No

The client places their finger in the mouth for the SB technique and indicates the lungs oriented to breathing out with the other hand. The practitioner contacts the pituitary spot and taps the client over the head and sternum.

Person? No Place? No

Case History 7.2

Jim was having a lot of digestive problems. He always felt tired, headachy, and bloated after eating and had a lot of flatulence. He felt that he never digested his food well and noticed undigested food in his stools.

The BodyTalk session corrected the essential basics and then linked: liver to small intestine; liver to pancreas; gall bladder to small intestine; stomach to colon. Within a week Jim’s digestion was back to normal. His energy increased dramatically over the following few weeks and the headaches were gone.

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Summary: Organs No Organs a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item. (You must have an item either before or after the Organ).

Details?

More Specific takes you to the specific organ.

No

Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while indicating the items in the formula.

Further More Specific takes you to structures within the Organ (possibly down to cellular and quantum levels).

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Endocrines The Endocrine side-box lists 8 of the major “organs” of the endocrine system. Many tissues of the body have been found to secrete small amounts of hormones, but here we are concentrating on the primary endocrine glands. They are responsible for producing hormones that affect either very specific target tissues for specific purposes or they can be general in nature and affect every single cell in the body. One of the functions of the endocrine system is to help with the maintenance of homeostasis. Another key function is to help the body to adapt to stress. The hormones secreted by the endocrine glands also help regulate growth, reproduction, utilization of nutrients by cells, maintain salt and fluid balance and regulate the metabolic rate.

Hormonal imbalances can be one of the underlying factors in a myriad of dysfunctions in almost every system of the body. We need to remember that each endocrine represents certain characteristics and belief systems, just as the organs do. When linking endocrines within formulas, these representations may be what are being highlighted. More information will be presented in an advanced course to provide the practitioner with additional insights into the linkages being made.

These photos illustrate the asking process and the practitioner’s hand is showing the area that should be focused on while asking if the specific endocrine is a priority. In practice, you will maintain a visual focus (without touching) for the asking process and use whichever hand is most comfortable for both you and the client to hold the endocrine while tapping out. Pineal

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As with the Organs side-box, the Endocrines side-box is also read from left to right. It contains the Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus, Pancreas, Ovaries, Testes, and Adrenals. When following the endocrine glands in this way, they make a very distinct pattern running down the front of the body and ending with the adrenals at the back. If more specific anatomy is required, or the specific hormone being produced needs to be identified, you can use your own background knowledge or consult the list at the back of the manual in the appendices. As with the organs, the more specific you can be, the better it is for the client.

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Technique There is no special technique to be tapped out for Endocrines – the practitioner simply finds the endocrine that is the priority, and any Details that are appropriate, and then links it to some other item in the formula. Links can go both ways. You can start out with an endocrine and link it to something else, or you can have a technique from somewhere else in the Protocol chart as the first item and link it to an endocrine.

Note: there are two ovaries, two testes and two adrenals. So the first break down under Further More Specific for these endocrine glands would be to find out if you are working with them bilaterally (i.e., with both of them) or with only the right or left one.

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Example 7.5 Are Endocrines a priority? Yes

To Section 1? Yes

Details on Endocrines a priority? Yes

Details on Section 1? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Pineal? No

Forward from Endocrines? Yes

Pituitary? Yes

Body Parts a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Anterior lobe? No

Brain? No

Posterior lobe? Yes

Head? No

Further More Specific? No

Back? No

Further Details on posterior lobe? Yes

Chest? No

Orientation? No

Abdomen? Yes

Definition on posterior lobe a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Physiology? Yes

Uterus? Yes

Production of oxytocin? Yes

Further More Specific? No

Further on the production of oxytocin a priority? No

Further Details on uterus a priority? No

Further Definition on the posterior lobe of the pituitary defined by the production of oxytocin a priority? No

Further Link? No

Further Details on the posterior lobe of the pituitary defined by the production of oxytocin a priority? No Link? Yes To pituitary? No To Endocrines? No

Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The client can place one finger over the pituitary spot with the focus on the posterior pituitary defined by the production of oxytocin and another hand placed over the area where the uterus is located while being tapped out.

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Example 7.6 Are Endocrines a priority? Yes

Worry? No

Details on Endocrines a priority? Yes

Grief? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further on grief a priority? No

Pineal? No

Further Definition on the bilateral ovaries defined by grief a priority? No

Pituitary? No Thyroid? No

Further Details on the bilateral ovaries defined by grief item a priority? No

Thymus? No

Link? Yes

Pancreas? No

To Endocrines? Yes

Ovaries? Yes

Details on Endocrines a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

(Since there are two ovaries, find out if you are working with both or one of them.)

Forward from ovaries? No

Bilateral ovaries a priority? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on bilateral ovaries a priority? Yes Orientation? No Definition on bilateral ovaries a priority? Yes Physiology? No Emotions? Yes Further on emotions a priority? Yes Joy? No Sadness? No

Backward from ovaries? Yes Pancreas? No Thymus? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on thymus a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to tap out is bilateral ovaries defined by grief linked to the thymus.

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Summary: Endocrines No Endocrines a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item. (You must have an item either before or after the Endocrine).

Details?

More Specific takes you to the specific Endocrine.

No

Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while indicating the items in the formula.

Further More Specific takes you to structures within the Endocrine (possibly down to cellular and quantum levels).

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Body Parts Technically, the organs and endocrines are body parts. However, since they come up often, it is preferable to address them as separate sections. The Body Parts bubble covers all other parts of the body. Each body part, like each organ or endocrine, has many levels of influence. The linkage to the body part may be physiological, energetic, or psychological. A link from the knee to the pancreas may seem strange until you learn that the knee represents stored fear and that the client may be eating meals in a fearful setting, which is causing the pancreas to malfunction. This results in digestive disorders or sugar handling imbalances. It is not until the body releases the fear stored in the knee, through the pancreas, that the body can heal itself. When you question the client further you may find that the client often held or rubbed their knee while eating which signified that the body was trying to correct the condition itself. In the BodyTalk Fundamentals course, there is not enough time to cover all the specifics of the various body parts at the various levels of energy distinctions. This would be too huge a subject to encompass with one course. Details are left to any background understanding you bring from previous training as well as material taught in advanced BodyTalk courses.

General Body Energies When you arrive at Body Parts and “Details?” is No, it means that you are to address the whole body – including all physical, energetic and consciousness parts. The term for this is General Body Energies or G.B.E. (which is not to be confused with E.G.B.!). This concept comes up often in General Environment balancing and in techniques to be studied in an advanced BodyTalk course where the whole bodymind system is addressed and not just all of the physical body parts.

Body Parts Categories When you arrive at Body Parts and “More Specific?” is Yes, the next step is to systematically establish what specific part is being indicated. The easiest way of doing this is to divide the body into simple sections and then gradually narrow the search using the Further More Specific line of questioning until you get a No answer. The following categories are suggested ways of systematically working through the body in order to find what you are looking for quickly. In each case you will still need to draw upon whatever knowledge you have about the body. You will be drawn down as deeply into the system as your particular expertise allows.

Brain The Brain will be covered in Chapter 10.

The linkage to the body part may be physiological, energetic, or psychological.

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Head

Chest

Sensory organs: ears (outer, middle, inner), eyes (lens, cornea, retina, etc.), nose (bridge, nostrils, septum, etc.), mouth, (teeth, tongue, lips, gums, etc.).

Breasts: these are a major focus for health care, particularly women’s. The breasts are often addressed individually. You often find that you will link the right breast to something like the spleen (which influences the internal structure of the breast and plays a role in the formation of lumps). You may then have to do the same link with the left breast.

Hair: includes eyebrows, moustache, beard, nose hairs, etc. (Note that hair on the rest of the body is covered under Integumentary System.) According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the health of the hair is governed by many different organs. For example, its sheen is controlled by the lungs; its quantity by the kidneys; the quality by the colon and liver, etc. Therefore, you may have links such as “hair to lungs.” The hair also has many emotional links and is closely tied to sensuality. Many people can easily relate their hair to their emotional state and memories. Therefore, you may get a link from hair to Active Memory. Face: cheeks, chin, forehead, sinuses, jaw, etc. Neck: throat, esophagus, trachea, larynx, etc.

Back When looking for more specific anatomical structures of the back, they could be muscles in the area, bones, skin, etc. The following breakdown of the back is approximate to give an idea of what region to explore. Upper: this starts where the neck meets the back (around the first thoracic vertebra) and ends around the level of the bottom of the scapulae. Middle: this extends from about T6 to T12. Lower: this includes the areas of the lumbar spine, the sacrum and the coccyx.

Diaphragm: this is a muscle that is attached to the lower aspects of the ribs and bisects the body into the thoracic cavity and the abdomeno-pelvic region. More specific anatomy might take you around to the side, deeper into the center of the muscle, or even around to its attachments to the spine. The diaphragm is one of the most significant destinations in BodyTalk and will be discussed in detail at the end of this chapter. Armpits (or axillae): the left armpit relates very strongly to the physical and emotional heart. The right armpit also relates to the heart as well as the lungs. Most links from the armpit will be to aspects of the heart, especially the emotional heart in Active Memory.

Abdomen Uterus: cervix, fundus, fallopian tubes, etc. The uterus will come up a lot for fibroids, which often links to the spleen or stomach (representing the Earth element which is a strong factor in fibroid formation). There can also be strong links to Active Memory as many uterine problems link to issues or incidents relating to sex or sexuality in the past. Prostate: anterior lobe, posterior lobe, lateral lobes, and median lobe. In women, the paraurethral glands have been officially renamed the female prostate. Genitals: external genitalia in males (penis, scrotum) and females (mons pubis, labia, clitoris, as well as the vagina). Navel: represents the umbilical attachment to the mother and the rest of the family. It often comes up as a priority when there are unresolved involvements with one or both of the parents. The navel can also be used symbolically to reflect the client’s connection generally to the environment.

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Limbs

Box 1 (General Body Tissues)

From an Oriental point-of-view, the limbs constitute a critically important part of the energy dynamics of the body and not just our means of locomotion and work. Hence, individual parts of the arms or legs will link directly to organs and have a profound effect on the functioning of the organ.

Connective: connective tissue proper (loose, dense, elastic, reticular), cartilage, fascia

Legs: upper, lower, inner/outer thigh, knee, ankle, foot, toes. Arms: upper, lower, elbow, wrist, hand, fingers.

Linking the Knee to Left Kidney

Epithelial: lining, glandular Skin: subcutaneous, dermis, epidermis Blood: red and white blood cells, platelets, plasma Lymph: capillaries, lymphatics, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, macrophages Nerve: neurons, neuroglia Bone: compact, spongy, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, osteons, osteocytes Muscle: skeletal, cardiac, smooth Fat (adipose): often includes emotional associations

General The first side-box contains a list of structures at the tissue level of the body. The Systems at the bottom of the box takes you to the second side-box that contains a list of all the “complete” systems of the body. The two boxes may look similar, but if you remember that one is at the tissue level and the other at the systems level, the confusion should dissipate. As a matter-of-fact, the second box with the systems is the only place on the Protocol chart where the “Further More Specific??” questioning takes you to the larger picture – everywhere else, Further More Specific has you drilling down to smaller and smaller structures. When you get Yes to “General a priority?” you can speed up the questioning process by asking if it is Box 1 or Box 2 that you are to explore. That way, you do not have to go through all the categories in the first box to get to the last item that then takes you to the second box.

Systems: note that this takes you to Box 2. This side-box is ordered alphabetically which is a great aid to memorizing the list.

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Box 2 (System Level)

The Diaphragm

Cardiovascular: heart, arteries, veins, capillaries

The diaphragm plays a significant role in BodyTalk sessions. Its function goes way beyond the action of breathing and separating the upper and lower cavities of the trunk. For this reason, we will include a brief discussion here as to its importance.

Cerebrospinal: meninges and cerebral spinal fluid Circulatory: body’s transportation system, consists of two subsystems (cardiovascular and lymphatic) Digestive: alimentary canal and all accessory structures Endocrine: all structures producing hormones Immune: specific and non-specific mechanisms involved in defending the body against pathogens Integumentary: skin, hair, nails, glands Lymphatic: lymph, vessels, nodules, nodes Muscular: all voluntary skeletal muscles Nervous: central and peripheral nervous systems Reproductive: structures in males and females that produce specialized sex cells, allow for fertilization, pregnancy and lactation Respiratory: upper and lower tracts Skeletal: bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints Urinary: kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra

The diaphragm acts as a main “halfway house” of the emotions. The theory – derived from bioenergetics and Chinese philosophy and expanded upon in an advanced BodyTalk course – is that most emotions find their way to the diaphragm for distribution. The emotions arrive at the diaphragm from four different sources: 1. Something happening in our lives right now such as an argument; the death of a friend; an accident; a fearful situation, etc. 2. A stored active emotion (see the Active Memory chapter) that has been mobilized by something we have seen or heard; or as a result of a technique or balancing procedure designed to clear that harmful stored emotion. 3. An encounter with an emotion from an external source. In this case our protective energy (Wei Qi) is not able to protect us from the effects of someone else’s emotions. We may absorb anger from our spouse who came home angry from an incident at work, for example. 4. Contrived emotions arise and are exacerbated by our minds through conditioned and inflexible thinking. Many people spend a lot of time creating emotional upheaval about an unfounded concern that they have fabricated in their own minds.

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From the diaphragm the emotions can go in four directions: 1. They can go up to the chest and head to be experienced as expressed emotions. This is common with acute emotions that have just happened. For example, we discover our pet dog has been killed and the emotions of grief and, maybe, anger go to the diaphragm and quickly up into felt expression – we cry and feel angry. It is better for such acute emotions to be expressed outwardly. 2. Emotions can go down into the intestines to be eliminated from the body. This is the healthiest way for “old” emotions that have been stirred up to be released. 3. They can be held in the diaphragm for a while but not be released, either up or down. At this stage the liver decides to take the emotion and store it in the connective tissue or other body parts for release later. This now becomes an active stored emotion and one of the main triggers in disease and the main factor balanced by the Active Memory technique in BodyTalk.

Many emotions are mobilized during a BodyTalk session. To help facilitate their synthesis and absorption into the intestines, you will often be taken to the diaphragm and link it to the intestines – a combination of the small intestine and colon (also known as the large intestine). This link is built into the conclusion of the Active Memory technique as the most common one that comes up right after the emotions have been stimulated to come out of storage. If the Diaphragm to Intestines link is a priority, the client places both of their hands over the whole intestinal tract (below the navel) while the practitioner contacts the diaphragm from the front (just below the sternum). The client is then tapped out over the head and sternum while visualizing that the emotions are energetically moving from the diaphragm into the intestines to be processed. Linking the Diaphragm to the Intestines

4. Rarely, emotions will not budge from the diaphragm. These emotions end up stored in the connective tissue of the diaphragm muscle itself and continually compromise the function of the diaphragm. To dislodge them, the diaphragm often has to be addressed specifically (covered in an advanced BodyTalk course).

Diaphragm is the term used to describe any of several large muscles, found in humans and other mammals, which separate two adjacent regions of the body. The most commonly known muscle of this class is the thoraco-abdominal diaphragm. In humans, the thoraco-abdominal diaphragm acts as a partition between the cavity of the chest and that of the abdomen. The chief muscle used in respiration, it is relaxed and dome-shaped during exhalation. Spasmodic contractions in the diaphragm results in hiccups. (Diaphragm, n.d.)

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Example 7.7 Are Body Parts a priority? Yes

To Body Parts? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Brain? No

Forward from head? Yes

Head? Yes

Is the back a priority? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Chest? No

Sense organs? Yes

Abdomen? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Limbs? No

Eyes? No

General? Yes

Ears? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Box 1, Body Tissues, a priority? Yes

(Since there are two ears, find out if both or one of them is the priority.)

General Connective tissue? No

Bilateral? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Outer ear? No Middle ear? No Inner ear? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Cochleas? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on bilateral cochleas a priority? No Link? Yes To another part of the inner ear? No To another part of the ear? No To sense organs? No

Epithelial tissue? No Skin? No Blood? No Lymph? No Nerve? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Auditory nerve tissue? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on auditory nerve tissue a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula consists of “bilateral cochleas linked to auditory nerve tissue.”

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Example 7.8 Are Body Parts a priority? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Forward from chest? Yes

Brain? No

Abdomen? Yes

Head? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Back? No

Uterus? Yes

Chest? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Cervix? Yes

Breasts? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Cells? Yes

(Since there are two breasts, find out if both or one of them is the priority.)

Further More Specific? Yes

Bilateral? No Left side? No Right side? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on right breast a priority? No Link? Yes To breasts? No To chest? No To Body Parts? Yes

Cellular membrane? No Nucleus? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on nucleus of the cells in the cervix a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to tap out is “the right breast linked to the nucleus of the cells in the cervix.”

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Example 7.9 (Assume we are starting at the Abdomen.)

Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Abdomen a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Details on abdomen a priority? Yes

Forward from Body Parts? No

More Specific? Yes

Backwards from Body Parts? Yes

Uterus? No

Endocrines? No

Prostate? No

Organs? Yes

Genitals? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Navel? Yes

Lungs? No

Further More Specific? No

Heart? No

Further Details on navel? Yes

Liver? No

Orientation of navel a priority? Yes

Gall Bladder? No

Time? No

Stomach? Yes

Person? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further on person a priority? Yes

Cardiac sphincter? No

Mother? Yes

Pyloric sphincter? Yes

Further on Mother? No

Further More Specific? No

Further Orientation of the navel oriented to Mother a priority? No

Further Details on pyloric sphincter of the stomach a priority? No

Further Details on the navel oriented to Mother a priority? No Link? Yes To Abdomen? No To Body Parts? No To Section 1? Yes

Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to be tapped out is “navel oriented to Mother linked to the pyloric sphincter of the stomach.”

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Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item. (You must have an item either before or after the Body Part).

Details?

More Specific takes you to the specific Body Part.

No

Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while indicating the items in the formula.

Further More Specific takes you to structures within the Body Part (possibly down to cellular and quantum levels).

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Test Your Knowledge

Organs

1. True or False? The knowledge of anatomy and physiology is essential for a BodyTalk practitioner.

Organs are structures that contain at least two different types of tissue functioning together for a common purpose. Many structures in the body are considered organs; however, in BodyTalk the structures that are listed as organs also coincide with the major acupuncture meridians and the organs they represent. They include the Lungs, Heart, Liver, Gallbladder, Stomach, Spleen, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Bladder and Kidneys. Endocrines Endocrines are responsible for producing hormones that affect either very specific target tissues for specific purposes or they can be general in nature and affect every single cell in the body. The endocrine system functions to help with the maintenance of homeostasis, help the body to adapt to stress, help regulate growth, reproduction, utilization of nutrients by cells, maintain salt and fluid balance and regulate the metabolic rate. The endocrine glands are the Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus, Pancreas, Ovaries, Testes, and Adrenals. Body Parts In BodyTalk, Body Parts are considered all of the other structures in the body that are not listed as an Organ or Endocrine. They are broken down into the Brain, Head, Chest, Back, Abdomen, Limbs, and General. The General category has two boxes, one listing tissues and the other listing systems. When Details? is No to Body Parts, it means all aspects of the bodymind complex – physical, energetic and consciousness – are to be addressed and the term used for this concept is General Body Energies.

2. True or False? Linking lung to small intestines is the same as linking small intestines to lung. 3. When Body Parts are a priority and Details? is No, what would you be contacting during the tap out? 4. List the main categories of the Body Parts side-box on the BodyTalk Protocol chart. 5. In which four directions can emotions leave the diaphragm?

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Overview This chapter covers the theory and technique associated with balancing the immune system’s response to factors entering the body from the external environment. Emphasis is placed on the role that consciousness or belief systems play in causing an imbalance in the first place. There is a brief description of the categories of factors appearing on the Protocol chart, to aid the student in identifying what may come up more specifically.

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 8: Body Chemistry, students will be able to: 1. Describe the purpose of the Body Chemistry technique. 2. Discuss how thoughts, beliefs and emotions influence immune system function. 3. Name 7 main factors that can be addressed with Body Chemistry.

Chapter Outline 167 Body Chemistry 167 Microbes 167 Viruses 168 Bacteria 168 Parasites 168 Fungi 169 Allergies 169 Intolerances 169 Toxins 170 Technique 171 Comments 175 Summary: Body Chemistry 176 Chapter Summary

Key Terms candida

4. Compare the allopathic medical approach to viruses and bacteria with the approach of BodyTalk. 5. State the two main categories of parasites targeted by Body Chemistry. 6. Explain the difference between allergies and intolerances. 7. Effectively implement the Body Chemistry technique. 8. Educate clients about possible immune system reactions to Body Chemistry.

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Body Chemistry The technique of Body Chemistry addresses several factors considered invasionary and harmful to the body, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and toxins. If the immune system is weak, it cannot fight these invasions. The technique also addresses the immune system’s over-reaction to substances in the form of allergies and intolerances. This is when “ordinary” substances, that normally do not cause problems, enter into the body and the immune system launches a violent attack on them. From a consciousness-based perspective, the body is first weakened by thoughts, belief systems, or emotions that then affect the functioning of the immune system, so that it is unable to do its job properly. For example, allergies have some version of the basic belief system “the world is a dangerous place” underlying them. Information about world events and disasters are able to be broadcast instantaneously, explaining the increase in general fears about how dangerous our world has become. These fears are transferred from one generation to another. This could explain why a simple staple of children’s diets (peanut butter) in a past period of relative safety becomes dangerous in a dangerous world, leading now to so many peanut allergies in children! Although we explain to our clients that the Body Chemistry technique helps their immune system, on a physical level, to cope better with things that invade the body that cause infections, or to calm down the reactions in the case of allergies and intolerances, the practitioner needs to be aware of the important role that belief systems and emotional factors play in the functioning of the immune system. Often, Body Chemistry is oriented to something in the environment or linked to General Environment or Active Memory to clear the specific emotional events that initiated the disharmony in the immune system. The following is a discussion from the physical and physiological perspectives of some of the individual aspects which can be addressed by the Body Chemistry technique.

Microbes “Microbes” is a general term to cover viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.

Viruses When a virus has invaded the body, we address the discomfort directly by simply highlighting the presence of the virus, using the Body Chemistry technique and asking the body to launch a specific immune attack on the virus. This technique is of immense benefit since medical science has still not devised a method or drug for destroying viruses of any kind.

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Bacteria

Parasites

The same approach is taken when bacteria enter the body. The harmful bacteria are highlighted and the body is asked to specifically address that infection. The immune system then responds by producing a specific antibody that will target those bacteria only.

The most common parasites are the macro-parasites found in the intestines that come from the intake of poorly prepared food, or from poor sanitation. They cause diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting if in the acute phase. Sometimes the symptoms settle down and they stay in the intestines creating digestive and intestinal irritations. Other macroparasites can be found externally on or in the skin. The Body Chemistry technique will stimulate the body to kill most of these parasites within a day or two, often within a few hours.

The fact that this can occur is great news because it means that we can address infections without the hazardous side effects of killing off all our healthy bacteria every time we are sick. For most people, taking a course of antibiotics weakens their whole immune system, causing their Candida population to grow unchecked and requiring weeks or months to reestablish a healthy intestinal flora. If antibiotics do have to be taken, then BodyTalk can assist the body, via the Body Chemistry technique to, minimize the side effects and damage of these powerful drugs.

Another form of parasite is the micro-parasite that can get into the body through the intestinal walls, body orifices and skin. They cannot be seen with the naked eye and lodge themselves in the organs, endocrine glands, lymphatic vessels, brain, and anywhere else they can hide and colonize. They do not produce major symptoms of their own and tend to lie undetected in an area for years. These micro-parasites cannot be diagnosed through normal laboratory tests (they are observed only upon autopsy!). The Body Chemistry technique also helps launch an immune attack on these organisms once they are highlighted as a priority.

Fungi Fungi are plant-like organisms that lack chlorophyll and thrive in moist environments. Their job is to “eat” things that are dead, but sometimes they can start their job too soon and be too aggressive. Common fungi are ones that cause athlete’s foot or yeast infections, but they can be found anywhere in the body, from the tongue to the brain. They can also be targeted by the immune system with a little help from the Body Chemistry technique. iStockphoto/106389856/Thinkstock

Mobile phones are covered with up to 18 times more living bacteria than the flush handle on a men’s lavatory, research suggests. (Mobile phones, 2010) 6

Candida - A type of fungal/yeast infection.

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Allergies

Intolerances

Allergies are categorized as the body’s immediate overreactions to one or more substances. The over-reactions usually involve symptoms like hives, rashes, asthma, headaches, diarrhea, sneezing, or nausea. The substances causing these reactions can be virtually anything and come into contact with the body through the skin, are inhaled or ingested.

Intolerances, often food related, are categorized here as a more insidious or slower reaction that the body has to one or more substances. The reactions may not start to occur for a few days after contact with the substance, making it much more difficult for the person to realize what triggered the adverse response. Possible symptoms of intolerances vary much more than with the more immediate reaction of allergies. Examples are arthritic joints, digestive disorders, autoimmune disorders, headaches, skin disorders, and chronic fatigue.

Allergies are usually a complex mixture of chemical imbalances, emotional holdings, belief systems, environmental disturbances, and genetic weaknesses. For that reason, a number of links may be required in a session to address all of the underlying causes of a person’s allergic reactions. Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening and rapid allergic reaction usually involving more than one part of the body. It can produce such symptoms as rashes, fainting or unconsciousness, swelling (often in the throat), asthma, diarrhea, vomiting and even death. In such an emergency situation, Body Chemistry highlighting the offending substance (e.g., bee stings, nuts, fish, penicillin) will help, but immediate medical attention is required. Treatment with injections of adrenaline (epinephrine) is vital for survival from severe attacks. Care needs to be taken when working with anaphylactic substances during a BodyTalk treatment, as even just the thought of the substance can trigger the reaction in the client – remember the belief and emotional components are very strong. So the less direct focus on the allergen, the better. And, particularly, it is unadvisable to suggest that the person is now “cured” of their allergy and can be exposed to the original substance – for example, that they can now eat shrimp salad or a peanut butter sandwich. This is for your own professional protection, as there may be other levels of the allergy, notably the emotional aspects that still need to be dealt with in future sessions, as the allergy can be triggered again. Because the lifestyle of the person suffering from possible anaphylactic shock is severely restricted by having to make sure that their environment is always free of the offending substance, even just being in a room with eggs or peanuts, without experiencing a reaction, is a vast improvement from their perspective.

One of the most common symptoms of a food intolerance is a craving for that food. The child that constantly asks for cheese or milk is often intolerant to dairy products. With other people, the opposite may be true: not liking the taste of a particular food, such as tomatoes, can indicate an allergy or intolerance to it.

Toxins Toxins are the build-up of various substances that may have been absorbed into the body from the external environment. Toxins can come in through the lungs by breathing (inhalants such as pollution, exhaust fumes, chemical crop sprays, etc.), in through the mouth (ingestion of solids or liquids such as mouthwash, tooth whitening products, dental fillings, cigarettes, etc.) or by skin contact (creams, lotions, cleaning chemicals, etc.).

Allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, costing the health care system $18 billion annually. (Allergy fast facts, 2009) 7

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Obtain saliva from mouth

Place swap into Navel

Technique 1. Take a small piece of tissue or cotton swab and obtain a sample of saliva from the person’s mouth. This saliva-soaked swab becomes the information source for what is going on specifically within the body. Now place the swab in the navel – a high energy center of the body that allows the client’s innate wisdom to “read” the information required. If the navel is inaccessible, place it in the left ear or over the thymus. 2. Find the Body Chemistry factor using the categories in the side-box. For Microbes, you can use the list in the appendix to find the type or name of the virus, bacteria, parasite or fungus. Or you can find it by asking where it is located – in an organ, endocrine or body part. For Allergies, Intolerances and Toxins, you can facilitate finding the factor by asking if the substance is coming in through the skin, being ingested or inhaled. Write the factor on a sticky note and place it near the navel. Alternatively, if you have the actual substance available or the appropriate glass vials, you can use them, instead of a sticky note. The use of these props increases the focus on the substance (see the comments below).

3. Have the client place their hands on the sides of the head to indicate the limbic part of the brain. (Note: the limbic brain deals with emotions and emotions have a profound effect on the immune system. This is why this part of the brain is contacted throughout the tapping process.) 4. The practitioner taps out the modified Cortices (i.e., the remainder of the cortices by starting at the back of the head, at the base of the skull, and moving the hand to the next position until the whole head has been covered to just above the eyebrows).

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Comments Writing the name of the specific invasionary factor on a piece of paper at the time of the session rather than using pre-printed labels is the most effective approach. This is preferable because the writing creates an active resonance between the practitioner and client which pre-printed labels cannot provide. If at all possible and convenient, the actual substance is the strongest focusing tool available and can be placed beside the navel instead of the sticky note. Glass vials, that have the frequency of the substance preserved within them, can also act as focusing tools with the advantage of not spoiling like the actual substance. The vials have been prepared originally through a highly sophisticated computer program that has copied the frequency of the real substance. (This is not to be confused with a homeopathically “succussed” remedy which contains a minute amount of its original substance.)

Note: Caution should be taken when working with acute infections caused by viruses or bacteria to eliminate the potential spread of the infection.

Swabbing the cotton over a skin lesion caused by a virus (e.g., herpes or warts) or a bacterium and placing it in the navel has been clinically shown to enhance the effectiveness of the technique. Caution should be taken, however, with skin infections, such as herpes, that are quite contagious. Do not allow the swab that has been brushed over the infection to come in contact with broken or irritated skin. There is a section in the appendices at the back of the manual where many categories and specific examples of body chemistry factors are listed. This list may be referred to when Further More Specific? comes up as Yes. When looking for a specific virus and the client has an upper respiratory cold, for example, it is also permissible to deviate from the standard questioning sequencing and ask if you can find where it is located, instead of looking for what it is called. So in this example, “Further More specific?” could actually take you to “upper respiratory tract?” and you would get a Yes – that specific virus.

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If a client is being medically monitored for chronic viruses, it is important to understand that the pathology tests often measure only the existence of antibodies, or white blood cells, in the system. This is because most viruses cannot be measured directly, however, the increased activity of the immune system can be taken as an indirect measure as to what is happening in the body. So when a chronic virus has been addressed through BodyTalk, a blood test taken a week or so later may show that the white blood cell count has gone up sharply. The test then needs to be interpreted as an indication that the body has gone through an increased immune response to kill off the virus. In this case, the high count is a good sign. The client may experience a slight fever, if the immune system is activated after getting Body Chemistry tapped out. This is a normal function of the body in its fight against invasionary factors. In acute viruses, the client may not really notice a difference because they will already have a temperature. In chronic viruses, however, the client may be quite surprised by the sudden increase in temperature as the body is healing. It is best to warn them that this could happen to reduce or eliminate a panic reaction. The best approach is to let the fever run its course. However, if a small child or an elderly person is involved, then make sure that they are monitored for any sudden increases in body temperature that will return to normal (a very rare possibility). In the case of mild allergies or intolerances that have been addressed, 24 hours might be needed for the changes to filter through all the meridians and houses (explained in one of the advanced courses). For this reason the practitioner may ask if the substance needs to be avoided for any length of time, keeping in mind the discussion on severe anaphylactic substances and the warning to never suggest any contact with them.

Case History 8.1

Jenny was diagnosed with fibromyalgia at age 26. By the time she

came to me, at 35, Jenny was in constant pain, extremely fatigued, experiencing daily headaches, and every part of her body felt sore and painful to touch. Using the BodyTalk protocol, I established that several organs were not in healthy communication and had to link: liver to pancreas, kidneys to colon, and stomach to colon. I then asked if there were any infections or viruses present and the answer was “Yes”. Her body’s innate wisdom detected three viruses and two infections, all chronic. After the session was given, Jenny noticed a slight increase in body temperature and within three hours her temperature had risen to 103°F. For the next three days she had a mild temperature and stayed in bed because she felt extra tired from all the healing that was going on. One week later I saw her again and she felt that her health was significantly improved. She was less tired, had no headaches, and was in less pain. Her body indicated that one virus was still present and that was addressed. One month later Jenny arrived beaming and gave me a huge hug. No symptoms were left! I just gave her a general session to ensure that everything would be maintained and her health would remain robust.

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Example 8.1 Is Body Chemistry a priority? Yes

Link? No

(Take the saliva soaked cotton swab and place it in the navel, over the thymus or in the left ear.)

Implementation? Yes

Details on Body Chemistry a priority? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Use the modified Cortices tap out sequencing, with the focus on the client’s immune system targeting the Epstein Barr virus.

Microbes? Yes

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Further More Specific? Yes

To continue this example:

Viruses? Yes

Is this formula still a priority? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Is Body Chemistry still a priority? Yes

(Here you can deviate from the standard questioning procedures.)

Details on Body Chemistry a priority? Yes

Location? No

More Specific? Yes

Type/Name? Yes

(Since you are already in the viruses category, you can start with it.)

Influenza? No Epstein Barr? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on the Epstein Barr virus? No (Write Epstein Barr on a sticky note and place it near the navel.)

Viruses? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Look for the specific virus. Once one virus has been targeted, it is possible that the client’s body needs to address another virus. Continue the questioning following the standardized Procedures.

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Example 8.2 Is Body Chemistry a priority? Yes

To Section 4? Yes

(Take the saliva soaked cotton swab and place it in the navel, over the thymus or in the left ear.)

Details on Section 4 a priority? Yes

Details on Body Chemistry a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Microbes? No Toxins? Yes Further More Specific? Yes An inhaled toxin? No An ingested toxin? Yes Further More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes Forward from Body Chemistry? Yes Active Memory? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Belief System? No Event? Yes (Continue the questioning sequencing to find the specific event that is the priority – the procedure for which is covered in the next chapter on Active Memory.)

A liquid? Yes

Is Active Memory arguments with spouse at the breakfast table while drinking coffee a priority? Yes

Mouth wash? No

Further More Specific? No

Coffee? Yes

Further Details on the Active Memory arguments with spouse at the breakfast table while drinking coffee a priority? No

Further More Specific on coffee a priority? Yes Caffeine? Yes Further More Specific on caffeine in coffee a priority? No Further Details on Body Chemistry for the caffeine in coffee a priority? No Link? Yes To Body Chemistry? No

Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to be tapped out is “Body Chemistry for the caffeine in coffee linked to an Active Memory event involving arguments with the spouse while drinking coffee at the breakfast table.” Note that since hand positions did not come up as a priority, you would be able to use sticky notes for one of the techniques, while doing the hand positions for the other technique – it would not matter which one is done for “real.”

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Summary: Body Chemistry No Body Chemistry a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No

Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

More Specific takes you to: 1. Microbes (viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi) 2. Toxins 3. Allergies 4. Intolerances

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out the Body Chemistry technique: 1. Client places hands on the sides of the head (temporal/limbic lobes) 2. Practitioner taps out the modified Cortices.

Further More Specific takes you to: 1. Location, or 2. Name/type of factor Write the factor on a piece of paper and place it beside the navel.

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Chapter 8 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Chemistry Chapter Summary

Test Your Knowledge

The technique of Body Chemistry addresses several factors considered invasionary and harmful to the body, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and toxins. If the immune system is weak, it cannot fight these invasions. The technique also addresses the immune system’s over-reaction to substances, in the form of allergies and intolerances. This is when “ordinary” substances that normally do not cause problems enter into the body and the immune system launches a violent attack on them.

1. True or False? A virus is never linked to an Active Memory release.

From a consciousness-based perspective, the body is first weakened by thoughts, belief systems, or emotions that then affect the functioning of the immune system, so that it is unable to do its job properly. Although we explain to our clients that the Body Chemistry technique helps their immune system on a physical level to more effectively cope with things that invade the body that cause infections, or to calm down the reactions in the case of allergies and intolerances, the practitioner needs to be aware of the important role that belief systems and emotional factors play. Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening and rapid allergic reaction, usually involving more than one part of the body. Care needs to be taken when working with anaphylactic substances during a BodyTalk treatment, as even just the thought of the substance can trigger the reaction in the client. It is unadvisable to suggest that the person is now “cured” of their allergy and can be exposed to the original substance.

2. True or False? An intolerance is an immediate reaction of the immune system to a specific substance that has entered the body.

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9 Demonstrating a reciprocal technique.

Chapter 9: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Active Memory

Chapter 9 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Active Memory Overview Students will learn the theory about how active and passive memories are created and how they represent the conscious, or subconscious belief systems underlying them. The categories found in the side-boxes will be described, to aid the student in finding the more specific details of the active memory to be neutralized. Students will then learn the practical hand placements for the Active Memory technique.

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 9: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Active Memory, students will be able to: 1. Discuss the differences between passive and active memories. 2. Name the 3 main categories of beliefs and their associate subcategories. 3. Provide examples of beliefs for each subcategory.

Chapter Outline 181 Active Memory 183 Case Example A 183 Case Example B 184 Case Example C 184 Establishing the Active Memory 184 Belief Systems 184 Heart 185 Pelvis 185 Body Image 186 Events 187 Fears/Phobias 188 Technique 190 Comments 193 Summary: Active Memory 194 Chapter Summary

4. List and explain the 5 main subcategories of active memory events. 5. Understand the distinction between fears and phobias. 6. Effectively implement the Active Memory technique. 7. Explain the purpose of the various eye movements. 8. State 2 ways a client might unconsciously attempt to sabotage the technique. 9. Appropriately address controversial active memories.

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Active Memory The Active Memory technique is simple, and one of the most direct ways we have at this foundational level in BodyTalk, of addressing the underlying conscious and subconscious belief systems that are at the “consciousness root” of symptoms, conditions and diseases found in the bodymind. We accomplish this by isolating the belief in one of three ways and then releasing the emotions associated with it from the bodymind, via the diaphragm and intestines. The three ways of isolating the belief are to identify: • the specific wording of the belief itself

An example of creating either a passive or active memory would be the response to an accident. For example, a person may have had the original belief that they were stuck in life, unable to move forward. So this person suppressed fear every time they were confronted by situations where they were challenged to move ahead in their career, or relationships, or another aspect of life. Then this person has an accident, such as falling down a long flight of stairs, injuring a knee to bring attention to the stored unresolved fear (according to the kidney meridian example above) and to the underlying belief.

• the event that represents how the belief was developed • the fear or phobia that expresses the emotional reaction to the belief In order to fully comprehend how this technique works, we must first look at the concept of memories – how they are formed and stored in the body. Memories can be stored actively, or passively, in the bodymind. When a memory is passive, we remember the experience as a simple memory trace in the mind and store it as an uncomplicated memory pattern. The stronger or more interesting, the memory is, the easier it is to recall it. Passive memory is a healthy, normal function of the body and the desired situation. Active memory is a state where we store the memory with an emotional charge. This occurs when we have not fully synthesized, or processed, the emotional content of an experience. The subconscious mind holds onto the memory and the body stores the emotion in the fascia of the muscles or connective tissue, at a location in concordance with the bioenergetic nature of the body (this will be studied in detail in one of the advanced courses). To give one example, fear relates to the kidney meridian which, in turn, relates to several muscles and areas of the body. An unprocessed fearful experience, therefore, will be stored in one of those related areas. In the case of fear, the emotion could be located in the ligaments around the knee.

Two scenarios can occur: 1. The person may process the situation, synthesize the emotions and fully recover. 2. The person may resist the opportunity to process the situation and the emotional associations and even, because of various factors going on at the time, add to the emotional trauma.

In the future, the person in the first case will be able to recall or talk about the accident, as a simple description of a life event that was traumatic but is now only a healthy, passive memory. The second scenario is very different. Since the underlying “causes” were not addressed, the person recalling the accident will subsequently respond emotionally and trigger the physical symptoms. When talking about the accident, they may experience not only the original fear stored in the knee, but also any anxiety, grief, anger, or whatever emotions were generated at falling down the stairs. In other words, the memory is actively associated with stored emotional trauma. When the thought process of the fall is initiated, the brain links the thought to the stored emotion. This causes the body to be stressed, especially in the areas associated with the accident. In this case the knee will most likely undergo pathological change, inducing pain and discomfort.

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Let us assume that the person in the second scenario seeks BodyTalk treatments later. When Active Memory comes up as a priority and the event of falling down the stairs is identified, then both the belief of being stuck and the suppressed fear and other emotions associated with the memory, will be released from the bodymind. In what might be considered more “serious” situations in life, such as being raped or tortured, the bodymind often stores the active memory at the subconscious level of the mind. In these cases, the person is not consciously aware of the memory associations – they have “forgotten” all about that experience because it was so traumatic and violated deeply held belief systems, such as “people should respect each other.” However, whenever someone with such a repressed memory sees and/or hears about someone else who was raped or tortured, their subconscious mind triggers a personal emotional association, and the person feels anxiety, fear, etc. that cannot be explained in relation to their current circumstances. Furthermore, many symptoms may suddenly flare up (such as painful menstrual periods or nightmares, respectively) and the person cannot find reasons for the occurrences at that specific point in life – the symptoms could simply have been triggered by watching a movie that portrayed a similar event. Take the case of a woman who was raped but repressed the memory and comes in for a BodyTalk session. Under Active Memory, the practitioner is taken to a specific date with no further details required. The client is asked to dwell on the date while doing the technique. That will be enough to pinpoint the memory of the rape held in the subconscious without it having to surface to the client’s conscious mind, along with the attendant belief systems and emotions. The repressed memory can be released without the client having to relive or be re-traumatized by the memory.

It is also possible to work with active memories by bringing to consciousness attitudes and belief systems not necessarily linked to events, but learned in childhood that are no longer useful, or never were useful. For example, a person may have been brought up in a household where racial prejudice existed towards a particular sector of society (e.g., AfricanAmericans, Mexicans, Jews, Caucasians, etc.). If this was the case, then a negative emotional association may occur. For instance, a child may have been told unrealistic stories of Mexicans being violent and treacherous. This attitude becomes a belief that is associated with emotions of fear and anxiety. A belief like that leads to expectations or assumptions that potential violence exists when in the presence of a Mexican. As an adult, this person may realize on a conscious level, that to think that way is prejudiced and may even feel pride on having transcended her upbringing. However, even though the client eats well, exercises, meditates, and has a happy life, she may find that numerous stress-related health problems have recently developed. As it turns out, these symptoms began a week after a new Mexican employee was hired to work in the same office. Deep down, the active emotional trigger still exists as a belief system embedded in her subconscious mind. Proximity to a Mexican triggered all those anxieties felt as a little child, even though consciously she likes the person. The Active Memory technique would clear that link between the negative belief system and the stored emotions – thereby deactivating the negative belief itself.

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Case Example A

Case Example B

A typical case was Jennifer who presented with depression, general aching in the body, fatigue and a feeling of severe body weakness. The symptoms manifested a few days after she watched a movie depicting a father beating his child.

Pam suffered severe recurring headaches over a period of about four months. She would often have them three or four times a week. Chiropractic care helped significantly because they seemed to stem from tension in her neck and jaw.

During her BodyTalk session, Active Memory came up as one of the links and highlighted a past childhood event involving verbal abuse by the father, even though her relationship with her father was currently “normal.” The emotional memory was stored in the body and triggered subconsciously by the scene in the movie. Stressful emotions were released, creating physiological changes in the body that weakened the immune system (virus), depressed the heart emotions (depression), and weakened the adrenals (tiredness). Because the emotion was trying to emerge and was not recognized by the mind, the body diverted it into generalized pain. Many pains are simply the body’s way of diverting focus, so that we do not experience emotional trauma.

During her BodyTalk session, Active Memory came up as one of the links and highlighted her relationship with her daughter. It was traced back to strong guilt feelings. When she was pregnant with her daughter, she was having enormous financial burdens and a strained relationship with her husband. He was angry that she was pregnant because of the burden it would place on them. In desperation, she attempted a home abortion. It was unsuccessful and she ended up having the child and derived great joy from her.

The physical treatment of the symptoms could have given the client temporary relief. Many times, however, the symptoms do not disappear fully and/or they return quickly, unless the original emotional trauma and underlying thoughts are resolved fully – an emotion will only be stored when it is “fed” by thought patterns. By using the Active Memory technique, the link between the brain and the stored active emotional memory was disconnected. Once the thought patterns are disassociated from the active memory, the emotion loses its support system and dissolves. Once the active memory was cleared, Jennifer recovered fully in about three days.

Deep down, however, the subconscious guilt she felt was enormous. And it was triggered subconsciously when the daughter announced her pregnancy five months earlier. The tension in her neck and jaw steadily got worse as the daughter confided that she was also having relationship problems with her husband. Once Pam’s subconscious memory was activated and the traumatic emotional content dissolved using BodyTalk, the neck and jaw tension – and associated headaches – disappeared permanently overnight. She later recalled that every headache had started after a conversation with her daughter, although she did not make the connection at the time. The incredible aspect of the ability of the BodyTalk technique to address active memories based on sensitive and personal issues, such as the ones presented in this case, is that no psychological therapy, extensive sessions of any kind, or intense emotional discomfort is required to release them. The traumatic memory can be cleared without the practitioner needing to know the details of the event. For example, if Pam had felt uncomfortable relating her story to the practitioner, it would have been sufficient for her to simply reflect on the situation while being balanced. Nothing had to be said, or explained, to the practitioner.

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Establishing the Active Memory

Mark presented with a multitude of food intolerances. He had a list of foods that upset his digestive system and triggered many allergic responses. The problems started in his early twenties; Mark was thirty-two when he began BodyTalk sessions.

At the beginning level of BodyTalk, active memories are subdivided into three main categories: belief systems, events, and fears/phobias.

During one of his early sessions, Active Memory came up as a link and highlighted the experiences in his childhood when he had many fights with his parents over food. Often, the dissension occured because he did not want to eat certain foods and he was reminded of the “starving children in Africa.” Other times, it was simply that most of the fights his parents had took place at the dinner table while he was eating. He was a sensitive boy and the collective associations of emotional trauma and food created an active emotional memory in his system. The food intolerances became very noticeable in his early twenties because that was when he married and started a family. He suddenly found himself in battle with his own child over food. A subconscious link to the stored active emotional memory occurred and he rapidly developed eating disorders and food intolerances. The Active Memory technique, along with the other links in the formula, cleared the active emotional memory stored in his body and the food intolerances all cleared within two weeks.

Belief Systems At this introductory level, we focus mainly on what experience has shown to be the most common beliefs that show up in the average person. These are beliefs that profoundly affect health and well-being. Advanced BodyTalk practitioners will find other options for beliefs that can be explored in one of the advanced courses. It is important to understand that we are not looking for statements that reflect positive thinking. Instead, we are looking for the statement that will illicit the strongest emotional reaction from the client. This could mean that the statement might potentially be stated in the negative. The most common beliefs that a beginning BodyTalk practitioner will be working with for release relate to three aspects of the bodymind: Heart, Pelvis, and Body Image.

Heart The beliefs around the heart are primarily related to issues around three aspects of love: love of self, the ability to accept love, and the ability to love others. Love of Self: this has to do with self-esteem and all the issues that most people have about their own worthiness, value and capabilities. Consequently, they relate to the emotions of anger, fear, and sadness which manifest in terms of guilt. Typical statements to explore are: • I love myself. • I do not love myself. • I can not love myself. • I hate myself. • It is safe to love myself. • It is not safe to love myself. • I accept myself unconditionally.

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Ability to Accept Love: this issue is about the client’s ability to accept or receive nurturing in terms of “love.” They have issues about deserving love from others or they develop belief systems that being loved by others is painful. Typical statements to explore are: • It is safe to be loved. • It is not safe to be loved. • I deserve to be loved. • I do not deserve to be loved. • I can accept love from my husband (wife, father, mother, child…).

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The pelvis also contains the intestines, which symbolically represent the person’s relationship to the concept of control. A person can have a sense of attachment to either extreme – wanting to hold onto things to stay in control (leading to constipation) or feeling like they cannot hold on to anything (leading to diarrhea). A person who has a healthy understanding of control will be able to take in life’s experiences and then let go of them, resulting in healthy movement of matter through the bowels. Typical statements to explore are: • It is safe to be sensual. • It is not safe to be sensual. • It is safe to be sexual.

• I can not accept love from anyone.

• It is not safe to be sexual.

Ability to Love Others: here the issue is about the ability to experience love towards others. Many people have had relationships they interpret as bad and do not wish to have their “hearts broken” again. So they avoid connecting with and loving other people. Typical statements to explore are:

• I have control over my life (children, work…).

• It is safe to love others.

Many cultures have created major issues around the appearance of the body. As a result, many clients have illnesses related to the anxieties they feel around body acceptance and body image. The body is often associated with how sexual/sensual someone is – as experienced in the advertising of products using young women and men, with virtually unrealistically sculptured bodies. Body image is used as a measure of self worth and profoundly affects self-esteem. Aging bodies and accepting them as they are is a problem for many people in Western cultures where youth is valued more. Typical statements to explore are:

• It is not safe to love others. • It is not safe to love my wife (husband, father, mother, child…) unconditionally. • I can love my children (wife, husband, father, mother…) unconditionally.

Pelvis The beliefs around the pelvis are primarily related to issues around sensuality, sexuality, and control. Many people in society have issues around these subjects. As a general trend, women tend to be more comfortable with sensuality and men are more comfortable with sexuality. A well balanced individual is comfortable around both. Any issues in these areas can quickly lead to general health problems.

• I want control in my work (children, life…).

Body Image

• I love my body (hips, breasts, hair, wrinkles…). • I hate my body (hips, breasts, hair, wrinkles…). • I am comfortable growing old. • I resist growing and looking old. To amplify the dynamics and impact of the session, you can ask the client to imagine standing in front of a mirror naked while repeating the phrase that you found that is relevant to them.

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Events When an event is indicated, the practitioner has to play detective to find it. As there are many possibilities where events are concerned, a logical breakdown into categories is useful. Hence the side-box with the following sections: lifetime periods, past relationships, childbirth, fetal life, and specific events. The Orientation Box is built into the Active Memory Events category because it is a useful tool to look for any specific information that needs to be found to trigger the emotional release for the client. Active memory events do not need a statement – the client will be asked to simply reflect on the event identified. Lifetime Periods: these can relate to periods of very bad health that continue to distress the client whenever they think about the events, or the subject is brought up. For example, the recuperation time after an accident; the time spent bed-ridden after contracting a serious virus; a year of severe depression; a period of months being treated for cancer; or a month when their child was dangerously ill. Lifetime periods can also relate to times where the client went through bankruptcy, when they held a nightmare job for two years, or they were engaged in a three month legal battle, and so on. Past Relationships: This can be similar to a lifetime period, as it will often relate to the period of time in which the whole relationship took place. By making a separate category, we are speeding up the questioning process. Every type of relationship is covered by this category. You can begin by asking if the issue is with a family member – often it is the client’s relationship with one of the parents, or a sibling, or his or her mate. But it can also be a coworker, friend, acquaintance, past boyfriend, pet, and so on. Other examples are the client’s relationship to institutions such as the church, law enforcement, banks, etc., or even their perceived relationship to God.

Childbirth: many people have had traumatic births. These deep memories can trigger subconscious active memories that plague them their entire lives. One case involved a man who could not stand to have tight things around his neck. He had to quit his job because he was required to wear a tie. He was born with the umbilical cord around his neck. Childbirth can also refer to the birth of the client’s child or children. There may have been complications that created emotional reactions that then were stored as active memories. Fetal Life: what happens during the nine months of fetal life is critical to all of the developing systems. The emotional conditions of the mother and father (for example, if they were constantly fighting or the father was stressed at work) can be transmitted to the fetus and eventually affect the way the child’s brain and nervous system will react to stress, how the digestive system will perform its functions, how “sensitive” the senses will be, and so on. The physical condition of the mother, obviously, also has a profound effect. If she was smoking or drinking or over eating, the physical/mental development of the fetus will be influenced. Specific Events: this category is designed to cover anything that does not fit into the other categories. It can include single events, such as a rape, the death of a loved one, a specific anniversary or birthday (like turning 30 years old), or anything else that holds a charge for the client. You can start looking for the specific event by asking whether the event is in the past, present, or future.

Active memory events do not need a statement – the client will be asked to simply reflect on the event identified.

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Fears/Phobias Sometimes, fears and phobias are addressed under events, if they can be traced back to a specific occasion, like being attacked by a dog, leading to a lifelong fear of dogs with the belief that “dogs are dangerous.” Tapping out the event of being attacked will usually solve the fear. This specific category of fear and phobias usually comes into play when the fear or phobia has less definite origins. For example, with a fear of heights or claustrophobia, it can be hard to find the specific event that caused the client to have those reactions. And yet the intense emotional response to heights or confined spaces indicates that there is some very strong belief system being triggered. Another scenario would be that of a woman with a fear of men in general. She may have experienced multiple troubling events with male family members that are too numerous to specifically address. In this case, the active memory is most readily addressed by defining it as “the fear of men,” rather than working with the individual events or underlying beliefs. Fears can be physical, as well as conceptual, and may not be very obvious at first. Some typical fears are of commitment, success, failure, poverty, illness, and so on. Phobias are classified as extreme irrational fears. Phobias can be of anything: spiders, snakes, heights, small spaces, open spaces, flying, water, the dark, and so on. In all cases, the effectiveness of this technique is largely dependent upon how strongly the client can be re-involved with the fear or phobia while the Active Memory technique is being done. For example, it is often insufficient to simply establish that they are afraid of cockroaches. It is better to lead the client in creating a visualization of the cockroaches, in a scenario that arouses the fear. For example, have the client imagine dozens of cockroaches climbing up his or her legs, or have a book with pictures of bugs, including cockroaches, that you can show the client. The more deeply the client can get in touch with, and express, the fear at the time of the session, the more dramatic the results will be. A helpful step is to ask the client what would be the worst thing that could happen. This quickly arouses the emotional depth that is required to fully release the fear.

The effectiveness of this technique is largely dependent upon how strongly the client can be re-involved with the fear or phobia while the Active Memory technique is being done.

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Demonstrating the full circle to the client

Technique The BodyTalk balancing procedure involves connecting three energy areas on the face with the fingers, doing specific eye movements, and tapping the head and sternum lightly to stimulate the brain to disassociate the active memory. The process takes around two minutes and often only one session is required to clear an active memory and bring about lasting health changes on the physical and mental/emotional levels. 1. Establish the belief, event, or fear/phobia that needs to be addressed. The belief will be in the form of a statement that needs to be said aloud; the event or fear/phobia needs to be a mental image only. In all cases, the balancing procedure is similar. 2. The client places a thumb on one cheek bone, the index finger between the eyebrows, and the middle finger on the other cheek bone. This highlights the emotions which surface and are expressed in the facial features.

3. Surfacing the active memory: the client slowly rolls their eyes clockwise (which appears anti-clockwise from the practitioner’s view). To get started, have the client look above the forehead and then circle both eyes to the right. This circular movement stretches the eye muscles to activate the involved brain centers. The client repeats the phrase slowly with conviction, aloud or holds the mental scenario and breathes as deeply as possible. During this process, the practitioner taps out the head and sternum for about four rotations of the eyes or until the shift occurs. The practitioner carefully observes the eye movements to ensure that the client is not “skipping” any part of the circles. A sign of avoidance of the issue at hand is if the client “cuts corners.” That would be another unconscious attempt at sabotage, like not breathing throughout the procedure. Have the client purposefully look at any parts of the circle that are being repeatedly missed, or if the eyes are blinking rapidly or darting back and forth during a certain portion of the circle.

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4. Disassociating the active memory: continue the process with the eyes rolling in the opposite direction (anti-clockwise from the client’s perspective) for about four slow rotations, again observing for smooth eye movements. Have the client purposefully look at any parts of the circle that are being missed repeatedly, as explained above. 5. Synthesizing the concept: the client stops saying the phrase, or thinking the scenario. The practitioner guides the client’s eyes from side to side about four times to process the emotions and synthesize the concept. Tapping the head and sternum continues.

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6. Releasing the emotions: The client is then asked to look up as far as possible while taking a deep breath in and then look down as far as possible while fully exhaling, to facilitate the release of the emotion. The up and down eye movements are done about four times, however, that can be increased according to the client’s reactions. Tapping of the head and sternum continues. 7. Confirm that the balancing has occurred. 8. Confirm whether the diaphragm to intestines link is a priority. This will facilitate the movement of the emotions into the intestines for discharge.

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Comments If the subject matter is controversial, it may be inappropriate to discuss with the client. For example, if the situation highlighted is childhood sexual abuse by the father, what is sufficient to say is that an aspect of the early childhood relationship with the father is going to be balanced or disassociated. This is a precaution, in case the client as a child, feared sexual abuse and it did not really happen; or if the child saw a movie and imagined experiencing something similar. Or, for example if the father was a nurse and used his finger to digitally remove some fecal matter from the child’s rectum (as nurses are taught to do for patients in hospitals when they are impacted) and the action was interpreted as having some other purpose.

The pitfall is that the client may retain the emotional holdings, if at a conscious level what was perceived to be the issue is continually ruminated. Instead, the subconscious active memory will be released using a milder trigger, without the client having to consciously know what the real issue is. If the client later remembers the event spontaneously, the charge will already have been lessened. Note: another approach for developing a detailed understanding of the dynamics of belief systems and their detrimental effects can be learned from the BreakThrough System.

Example 9.1 Active Memory a priority? Yes

Link? No

Details on Active Memory a priority? Yes

Implementation? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

Belief System? Yes

Have the client say “It is safe to be sensual with my husband” while tapping out the Active Memory technique.

Heart? No Pelvis? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Sensuality? Yes

-----To continue with this example: Is this Active Memory still a priority? No

(Now find the statement that the client will need to say out loud)

(Because Diaphragm to Intestines is a common link after doing an Active Memory, you can ask…)

It is safe to be sensual? Yes

Diaphragm to Intestines link a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Details? No

It is safe to be sensual with my husband? Yes

Link? No

Further More Specific? No

Implementation? Yes

Further Details on the belief statement a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Further Details on the Active Memory for the belief statement “It is safe to be sensual with my husband” a priority? No

Have the client hold the area over the intestines while you hold over the diaphragm area and tap out.

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Example 9.2 Active Memory a priority? Yes

Place? No

Details on Active Memory a priority? Yes

Object? No

More Specific? Yes

Activity? Yes

Belief System? No

Further on activity a priority? Yes

Event? Yes

Disciplining? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further on disciplining? No

Lifetime period? No

Further Orientation of past relationship with mother oriented to disciplining? No

Past relationship? Yes Further More Specific? Yes

Further Details on the Active Memory of past relationship with mother oriented to disciplining a priority? No

With family? Yes

Link? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

(You can start with the most common link after an Active Memory.)

Parents? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Father? No Mother? Yes Further More Specific on mother a priority? No Further Details on mother a priority? Yes Orientation of mother a priority? Yes Time? No

Diaphragm to Intestines link a priority? Yes Details? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Have the client think about the past relationship with their Mother and her method of disciplining, while tapping out the Active Memory technique and indicating the diaphragm to intestines with a sticky note.

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Example 9.3 Active Memory a priority? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Details on Active Memory a priority? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific? Yes Belief System? No

Have the client imagine spiders all over the room (or whatever image most triggers the phobia), while tapping out the Active Memory technique.

Event? No

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Fear/Phobia? Yes

To continue with this example:

Further More Specific? Yes

Is this Active Memory still a priority? No

Fear? No

(Because Diaphragm to Intestines is a common link after doing an Active Memory, you can ask…)

Phobia? Yes (Ask the client if they are aware of any phobias.) Spiders? Yes Further More Specific on spiders? No Further Details on the Active Memory phobia of spiders a priority? No Link? No

Diaphragm to Intestines link a priority? Yes Details? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Have the client hold the area over the intestines while you hold over the diaphragm area and tap out.

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Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

Details? No Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while performing the Active Memory technique: 1. Client makes a triangle touching the cheekbones and pituitary spot with one hand. 2. Client slowly rolls the eyes clockwise (to their right from above the forehead) about 4 times, saying the phrase out loud, or visualizing the event/fear/phobia. 3. Repeat anticlockwise. 4. Client stops saying the phrase or visualizing, while moving eyes side to side about 4 times. 5. Client breathes in while looking up, and then breathes out while looking down, about 4 times. 6. Practitioner ensures the eye movements are smooth without any “skipping”. 7. Ask if diaphragm to intestines link is a priority.

More Specific takes you to: 1. Belief System: Heart - self love, to be loved, to love Pelvis - sensuality, sexuality, control Body Image 2. Events: Lifetime periods Past Relationships Childbirth Fetal life Specific events 3. Fears/Phobias

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Chapter 9 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Active Memory Chapter Summary The Active Memory technique is one of the most direct ways we have at this foundational level in BodyTalk of addressing the underlying conscious and subconscious belief systems that are at the “consciousness root” of symptoms, conditions and diseases found in the bodymind. We accomplish this by isolating the belief in one of three ways and then releasing the emotions associated with it from the bodymind, via the diaphragm and intestines. The three ways of isolating the belief are to identify: • the specific wording of the Belief System itself; • the Event that represents how the belief was developed; or • the Fear or Phobia that expresses the emotional reaction to the belief. Memories can be stored actively, or passively, in the bodymind. When a memory is passive, we remember the experience as a simple memory trace in the mind and store it as an uncomplicated memory pattern. Passive memory is a healthy normal function of the body and the desirable situation. Active memory is a state where we store the memory with an emotional charge. This occurs when we have not fully synthesized or processed the emotional content of an experience. The subconscious mind holds onto the memory and the body stores the emotion in the fascia of the muscles or connective tissue.

The types of beliefs focused on in this course are broken down into 3 categories: Heart issues which are usually about loving self, accepting love or giving love; Pelvis issues which are usually about one’s sexuality, sensuality or control; and Body Image which is usually about accepting one’s appearance.

Test Your Knowledge 1. True or False? In Active Memory Events you need to find a phrase for the client to repeat. 2. In Active Memory dealing with fears or phobias you must get the client to _________________ while rolling the eyes in order to effectively release the emotional associations involved with the fear or phobia. 3. What is the key word that describes the function of the up and down movement of the eyes in the Active Memory balancing? 4. True or False? Belief Systems are always caused by an experience the client was unable to process at that time. 5. True or False? The client should always be informed of what is being balanced with the Active Memory technique.

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Chapter 10 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Parts - Brain

Overview

Learning Objectives

This chapter introduces the student to the triune classification of the brain and provides brief descriptions of each of the three evolutionary aspects of the brain. Students will learn the approximate hand placements to indicate the more specific sections of the reptilian, limbic and cortical parts as listed on the Protocol chart (there is no specific technique associated with the brain).

Upon completion of Chapter 10: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Parts - Brain, students will be able to:

Chapter Outline 199 The Brain 199 The Triune Brain 199 The Reptilian Brain 200 The Limbic Brain 200 The Cortex 201 Frontal lobes 201 Parietal lobes 201 Occipital lobes 201 Temporal lobes 202 Technique 205 Summary: Brain 206 Chapter Summary

Key Terms subcortial

1. Name the three parts of the triune brain. 2. Describe the location and various functions of each part of the triune brain.

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The Brain The Triune Brain

The Reptilian Brain

This classification is based on the biological categorizing of the brain stemming from its evolutionary development.

The reptilian brain is the body’s caretaker. It is responsible for homeostasis, which controls such functions as reflexes, breathing, heart rate, body temperature, blood glucose levels and the orderly operation of the intestines – all those things that keep the body alive on a physiological level. It is automatic in its operations yet strongly influenced by the limbic brain and cortices.

The triune brain consists of: 1. Reptilian brain 2. Limbic brain 3. Cortex (or neocortex) By classifying the brain into these three general sections, the BodyTalk practitioner is able to address the brain without a specific knowledge of brain anatomy. The results are very good, although there will be times when being more specific in approach would be preferable. In these cases, the information in the appendix, which relates to different specific brain structures, is a good resource.

It is the most primal brain found in all living animals. It stretches from the upper brain stem, down through the spinal canal, in the vertebrae of the spine, to the coccyx. The reptilian brain may be linked as a whole function, or in individual sections. The individual parts are named, for the layperson, by the section of the spinal complex where the hand would be placed to indicate them. So, the individual regions of the reptilian brain are the: • Occipital (hand on the occipital bone indicating the structures of the brain stem and cerebellum). • Cervical (the spinal cord as it passes through the spinal canal in the neck area).

NeoCortex Limbic Reptilian

• Thoracic (the spinal cord as it travels through the vertebrae to which the ribs are attached). • Lumbar (the spinal nerves running through the spinal canal in the lower back region). • Sacral (the spinal nerves exiting through the openings in the sacrum and coccyx).

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The Cortex

Surrounding the brain stem section of the reptilian brain is a newer layer called the paleomammalian cortex. More commonly it is known as the limbic brain. It comprises the very deepest and oldest parts of the cortex and is linked to other subcortical areas. Today the limbic brain is recognized as the area that modifies the instinctual drives, which are initially generated in the reptilian brain.

In the more recently evolved mammalian species, there is an increase in the size of the third layer of the brain, the neocortex or new cortex, simply referred to as the cortex (or plural: cortices). It has expanded over the top of the old reptilian and limbic brains, effectively encasing them. Humans have the greatest development of the cortices, as well as a correspondingly more complex development of the limbic brain. Humans and cetaceans – whales, porpoises, and dolphins – are the only mammals with relatively similarsized and complex cortical structures. The cortex in a dog’s brain is smaller relative to other parts and is quite smooth. A rat’s cortex is smaller still, and very smooth.

The limbic brain is, therefore, the director of the reptilian brain. Its primary focus is survival. Its operation is subconscious. It is the emotional processing center whose major function is survival of the bodymind. It urges us to mate, defend or attack. It is also concerned with our nurturing and urges us to eat and drink. The limbic brain is the source of the primitive urges in all these areas. It is the neocortex that brings about modification to these urges, due to the conditioning by society (that which is learned as right and wrong). The limbic brain would have us mate anybody and eat anything that comes along. The cortex modifies that behavior to “acceptable normality.” The limbic brain is considered bilateral, as its structures appear in both hemispheres of the brain. We can visualize the limbic brain as lying under the cortices, in the center of the brain. For the layperson, we simply indicate the front, middle or back portion, on either the right or left sides of the brain. The ear can be used as the landmark. Hence, the front part of the limbic brain is indicated just in front of the ear, the middle limbic brain above the ear, and the back part of the limbic brain just behind the ear.

subcortical - below the cortex.

The characteristic wrinkling of the cortices provides more surface area, which means more room for more neurons (nerve cells). In the human brain this provides a huge surface area that contains billions of association neurons for processing all the information that reaches it. The neocortex is where our senses are processed and where we do our thinking. The neurons of the cortices are non-myelinated and so are grey in color. Hence the reference to the “grey matter” of the thinking brain. The cortices are considered bilateral, as they are the outer layer of both left and right hemispheres of the brain. Each hemisphere has four lobes for a total of eight processing centers.

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Frontal lobes

Occipital lobes

These are the main areas of the brain where we plan, think and reason. It is also where we initiate all voluntary movement. The two frontal lobes is where decision-making and the planning of taking some action, physical or conceptual, is initiated.

These areas are the sites where vision is processed. The two occipital lobes receive and process visual data, via the eyes and optical nerves, to create our conscious visual images. These lobes also store memories of past visual experiences.

There is a special place in the left frontal lobe, known as Broca’s area, which controls the sequencing of muscles needed for speech and swallowing patterns. This area establishes the firing pattern for the motor area, to send impulses to the tongue and muscles for speech. It is also involved in syntax which involves the ordering of words in speech.

Temporal lobes

The muscular control of voluntary eye movement also takes place in the frontal lobes. Scientific studies have concluded that what sets humans apart from other primates may be found in the brain’s frontal lobes. It is the ability to understand the mental processes of another and is the basis of our socialization. It allows us to feel empathy, sympathy, understand humor, and when others are being ironic, sarcastic, or even deceptive.

These are where we hear and interpret music, speech and language. A specialized place in the posterior of the left superior temporal lobe, known as Wernicke’s area, is the site where comprehension of speech takes place and our thoughts are turned into words. Another specialized area in the temporal lobes is the hippocampus. It is an area of overlap in that it is not only a part of the temporal lobes but is also considered a part of the limbic brain. It is the center for creating short-term memory and plays roles in emotions, sexuality, and spatial orientation. The temporal lobes are also associated with olfaction – the sense of smell.

Parietal lobes These two lobes receive and process sensory data. If you step on a pin, this is the area of the brain that registers the pinprick. It is also called the somesthetic area, because it perceives all physical sensation and interprets touch, body image, and body awareness. It also receives the sensations of temperature and vibration and has the capacity to store memories of touch and body experience.

Cortial functions

Frontal Lobe Motor / Movement

Parietal Lobe Somaesthetic (Sense of touch or physical sensation) Frontal Lobe Thinking / Planning

Temporal Lobe Sound / Hearing

Occipital Lobe Seeing / Vision

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The Whole Left Limbic Brain

Front Left Limbic Lobe

Technique 1. You will arrive at Brain through Body Parts. There is no special technique or tap out procedure. You work with the Brain as you would an Organ, Endocrine or other Body Part. There will always be a minimum of a second item in the formula. 2. You will go as specific into the anatomy of the brain as required. If the cortex or limbic brain are indicated, the first question to ask when you are at Further More Specific is whether “bilateral is a priority?” If not, determine if right or left side is the priority.

You may use the appendices at the back of the manual to locate specific structures or you can simply point intuitively at a spot on the head and then move your finger forward, backward, to the right, to the left, closer to the midline, etc., until you find the exact location to focus on. Finding a specific aspect of the reptilian brain is done in the same way. Start with your finger intuitively placed at a section of the spine and then move it up or down, until you find the specific area that will make up the item.

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Example 10.1 Body Parts a priority? Yes

C3? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on C3 a priority? No

More Specific? Yes

Further Details on C3 a priority? No

Brain? Yes

Link? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

To cervical reptilian brain? Yes

Triune Brain? Yes

Details on cervical reptilian brain a priority? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Reptilian? Yes

C1? No

Further More Specific? Yes

C2? Yes

Occipital? No

Further More Specific on C2 a priority? No

Cervical? Yes

Further Details on C2 a priority? No

Further More Specific on cervical reptilian brain a priority? Yes

Further Link? No

(Here you can either proceed by indicating the section of the spinal column with a finger, or by numbering the vertebrae.) C1? No C2? No

Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes One finger is placed at the level of the third cervical vertebra indicating the part of the spinal cord running through the spinal canal and another finger is placed at the level of the second cervical vertebra, while tapping over the head and sternum.

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Example 10.1 Body Parts a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Details on Body Parts a priority? Yes

Triune Brain? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Brain? Yes

Reptilian? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Cortices? Yes

Triune Brain? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Bilateral? No

Reptilian? No

Right hemisphere? No

Limbic? Yes

Left hemisphere? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific on left hemisphere of the cortices a priority? No

Bilateral? No Right lobe? Yes Further More Specific on right lobe of limbic brain a priority? No Further Details on right lobe of limbic brain a priority? No Link? Yes To limbic brain? No To Brain? Yes Details on Brain a priority? Yes

Further Details on left hemisphere of the cortices a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to tap out is “right lobe of limbic brain linked to left hemisphere of cortices.” One hand is placed just above the right ear, to indicate the right limbic lobe and another hand is placed over the left side of the head, to indicate the left hemisphere of the cortices.

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Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item. (You must have an item either before or after the Brain item.)

Details? No

Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum, while indicating the Brain items in the formula.

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Chapter 10 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Body Parts - Brain Chapter Summary The Brain To be able to further break the Brain down into its anatomical parts, the classification system known as the Triune Brain is used. It is based on the biological categorizing of the brain stemming from its evolutionary development. The triune brain consists of the reptilian brain, limbic brain and cortex. The reptilian brain is automatic in its functions and is responsible for homeostasis, which controls such functions as balance, reflexes, breathing, heart rate, body temperature, blood glucose levels and the orderly operation of the intestines. The limbic brain is recognized as the area that modifies the instinctual drives, which are initially generated in the reptilian brain. It is, therefore, the director of the reptilian brain. Its operation is subconscious. It is the emotional processing center whose major function is survival of the bodymind. It urges us to mate, defend or attack. It is also concerned with our nurturing and urges us to eat and drink. The cortex (plural cortices) is where our senses are processed and is responsible for our thinking, speaking and motor control.

The cortices are made up of the frontal lobes, where we plan, think and reason. It is also where we initiate all voluntary movement; the parietal lobes receive and process sensory data; the occipital lobes process our visual input and visual memory; the temporal lobes process our hearing and interpret music, speech and language. Another specialized area in the temporal lobes which has overlap into the limbic brain is the hippocampus. It is the center for creating short-term memory and plays a role in emotions, sexuality, and spatial orientation.

Test Your Knowledge 1. Which lobe of the cortex relates primarily to processing touch and body awareness? 2. What is the primary focus of the limbic brain? 3. In terms of brain functioning, what sets us apart from other primates? 4. What is your line of questioning to get you to “sacral aspect of reptilian brain?”

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Learning Objectives

Students will learn the theory and be able to perform the practical hand placements for the techniques that balance the 7 main chakras, the 12 main meridians and the pancreas reflex point found under the Energies bubble of the Protocol chart.

Upon completion of Chapter 11: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Energies, students will be able to:

Chapter Outline

2. State the names and locations of the seven major chakras.

211 7 Chakras 212 Base Chakra 213 Sexual Chakra 214 Solar Plexus Chakra 216 Heart Chakra 218 Throat Chakra 219 Brow Chakra 220 Crown Chakra 221 Yin/Yang Balance of the Chakras 221 The Sub-Chakras 222 Technique 226 Summary: Chakras 228 Meridians 229 Technique 231 Summary: Meridians 232 Pancreas Reflex Point 233 Technique 235 Summary: Pancreas Reflex Point 236 Chapter Summary

3. List and describe the qualities and main concepts associated with each major chakra.

Chakras 1. Provide a brief description of the chakra system and its role in the bodymind.

4. Understand the yin-yang balance of the chakras. 5. Explain the concept of sub-chakras. 6. Demonstrate the hand positions for the major chakras and sub-chakras. Meridians 1. Provide a brief description of the meridian system. 2. Effectively implement the meridian technique. Pancreas Reflex Point 1. Describe the Pancreas Reflex Point’s function. 2. Locate the Pancreas Reflex Point. 3. Effectively implement the Pancreas Reflex Point technique.

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7 Chakras Numerous books have been written on the subject of the chakras – the body’s “generator system.” It is an extensive and complex energy system that, if thoroughly studied and practiced, would not only lead to better health but also personal and spiritual growth. In order to understand the magnitude of BodyTalk’s potential as a facilitator for balancing the chakras, a basic understanding of these energy centers is helpful. Our gross (i.e., tangible) physical body is comprised of various levels of vibratory rates of energy; each organ and tissue has its own frequency. What was not previously recognized by Western medicine is that there are numerous energy centers of yet higher frequencies in the body. These centers, called chakras, were long ago acknowledged by mystics in various parts of the world. The term chakra comes from Sanskrit meaning “circle of movement.” It is variously translated as “vortex of spinning energy” or “wheel.” There are several systems of chakras. In the Chinese system, there are purportedly over three hundred of these energy centers in the body (the acupuncture points). There are also 21 minor chakras which will be covered in one of the advanced courses. In this course, we will focus on the seven major chakras that are located along the longitudinal axis of the body. These chakras have characteristics that originate from East Indian Tantric theory. After conception, the earliest stages of embryological development focus on the cerebrospinal system. It is through the cerebrospinal system that the body receives its life force. The seven major chakras are high frequency psychic/energy centers situated in close proximity to the cerebrospinal system. These energy centers may be likened to the energy generators of the developing organism.

As centers of transformation, the chakras step down subtle energies and transform them into nerve, hormonal and cellular energy within the physical body. The conduits, or subtle “pathways” which facilitate this interchange between subtle and physical energy, are called nadis. Various scientific studies have finally given credibility to the existence of the chakras. As a result, science is now beginning to acknowledge what the mystics have long been teaching, regarding their importance in relation to the physiological level. Dysfunction at the level of the chakras and nadis is directly reflected in pathological disorders within the nervous system and endocrine system that, in turn, will affect the whole bodymind at the cellular level. The chakras are closely linked to higher consciousness and, therefore, to our innate wisdom. Correctly functioning chakras are vital for the innate wisdom to do its job in synchronizing the entire bodymind system. The physical, mental and spiritual aspects of the body work together and are interconnected. Therefore, any disorder at the physiological level will always be, to some extent, reflected at the subtler levels and vice versa. The chakras are seats of consciousness through which we ideally express ourselves. In most cases, however, we consciously – or unconsciously – limit expression to but a couple of these centers. Usually our experiences and the belief systems we adopt prevent the chakras from opening and developing as they should. The following information is a brief summary of the dynamics of the chakras from an emotional, mental, physiological, and spiritual standpoint. The seven major chakras have many associated functions within the bodymind complex. The following descriptions address only those relevant to our purpose.

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Base Chakra The first chakra is situated near the genitalia, at the base of the spine and is referred to as the Base, Survival or Root chakra. This chakra is associated with the kidneys and the adrenal glands. The associated element is earth. The emotion associated with this chakra is fear and one of its main “qualities” is passion. During the first seven years of development after birth, we ideally express ourselves through the Base chakra, the first seat of consciousness. As babies and then as young children, we are mainly interested in our physical needs: being fed, nurtured, having our diapers changed, kept safe and basically surviving. The Base chakra is also concerned with our connection to the earth (being the closest of the chakras to it) and draws earth energy up to help us be grounded in the material world. Then as adults, if we continue to express ourselves healthily through this seat of consciousness, we are grounded and highly motivated – because the associated emotion of fear activates the “flight or fight” response when necessary and gives us our get-up-and-go. We have a good sense of our place, in relation to the material world and feel secure within it.

However, if for some reason, the Base chakra is blocked or depleted in the first few years of life (e.g., the child is raised in poverty, feels insecure at home because of abuse, or has unpleasant experiences in the primary school environment) then, this person as an adult, will feel insecure when relating to the world around them. This may result in violent or greedy behavior. The person will feel generally “ungrounded” and at odds with their environment, or simply detached from it. This individual will also usually have difficulty in manifesting and/or managing money. They will often be referred to as “space cadets” and have difficulty in settling into a stable life-style. The Base chakra can also become over stimulated. In this situation, the person becomes overly attached to money and material possessions. These individuals become fearful of losing their wealth and therefore cannot enjoy what they have.

Base Chakra Location

Situated at the base of the spine and can be referred to as the Survival or Root chakra as well

Organ and endocrine association

The kidneys and the adrenal glands

Element

Earth

Color

Red

Emotion or quality

Fear, passion

Age of development

First seven years of life

Healthy expression

Grounded; vitality; courageous; highly motivated; comfortable in the material world; feels secure

Limited expression

Insecurity, in relation to the material world; ungrounded; “space cadet;” money issues; cannot manifest, or are afraid of losing material things; unsettled life-style; anemia; fatigue

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Sexual Chakra From approximately the seventh year of life, until the age of about fourteen, we begin to discover our sensual/sexual body. These are the puberty years, the time during which the Sexual chakra, also known as the Sacral or Spleen chakra, develops. A new awareness of our physical body and our individuality develops. Along with it, our imagination and creativity evolves, as well. Creativity can take the form of physical, artistic or academic acts, as well as the creation of a child. So the Sexual chakra has an influence on these aspects of the individual. This chakra is linked to the yin aspect of the kidneys, the ovaries in women, and the testes and prostate in men. It is related to the element of water (essence of life) and has to do with the fluids of the body: blood, urine, lymph, and so on. A person who is well centered in this chakra is someone with healthy body awareness and high self-love and self-esteem. The person expresses their individuality by living creatively. They have a healthy regard for and relationship with his or her sexuality and its expression and, as a result, be deeply in touch with joy and pleasure. Unfortunately, few of us express ourselves healthily through this seat of consciousness. Early on, as we enter the period associated with the development of expression through the Sexual chakra, many of us are told “you are big now and shouldn’t walk around without clothes on,” “don’t touch yourself,” etc.

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Young women learn about “the curse” and all kinds of horrendous trials and tribulations of being female. Young men are rarely taught enough to lessen any fears of the mysteries of the female. Incest, child-beating, and touch-starvation are sad facts in many people’s lives. If we receive negative programming about our physical/sensual body, we learn quickly to close down sensitivity to it. We cease expressing ourselves through this chakra because doing so is unacceptable to society, thus painful to us. If we follow those social rules, we may suffer from an inability to experience sexual pleasure, or to express ourselves sensually and creatively. Further, rejection of our sensuality/sexuality causes depression of our life-force energy. We stay out of touch with our innate capacity for joy, or limit it dramatically. Invariably, feelings of inadequacy at this level are reflected in possessive, jealous personalities. Possibly, this chakra can receive too much energy and that leads to an obsessive focus on satisfying desires, especially sexual ones. Ovarian cysts and tumors, fibroids, breast problems, sterility, impotency, premenstrual syndrome, obsessive compulsive sexual behavior, etc. – all having associations with the reproductive system – may be signs that, on some level, we have unhealthy expression through the Sexual chakra. Unfortunately, if we reject our physical body, we also reject self. Self-rejection depletes the immune system leading to many of the dis-ease processes in life, including autoimmune type conditions.

Sexual Chakra Location

In front of the sacrum, just behind and below the navel; sometimes referred to as the Sacral or Spleen chakra

Organ and endocrine association

Yin aspect of kidneys, the ovaries, testes, and prostate

Element

Water (essence of life)

Color

Orange

Emotion or quality

Joy, desires

Age of development

7 – 14 years

Healthy expression

Healthy body awareness; high self-love and self-esteem; creative in living; healthy sexuality, sensuality and intimacy; joy and pleasure

Limited expression

Inability to experience sexual pleasure; inability to express sensuality and creativity; possessiveness; jealousy; physical ailments of the sexual organs (ovarian cysts and tumors, fibroids, breast problems, sterility, impotency, premenstrual syndrome, obsessive compulsive sexual behavior); autoimmune disorders; lack of joy; low esteem

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Solar Plexus Chakra By the time we are about fourteen years of age, we reach the stage where we begin to develop our own sense of personal power (in the positive sense of the word) and the ability to manifest our dreams. Unfortunately, because most of us struggled uncomfortably with the first two chakras, by the time we are at this stage our sense of personal power is often distorted, limited or nonexistent.

We have all had times when we are upset and either gorge or starve ourselves as a coping mechanism. What we are actually doing is halting the body’s natural emotional synthesizing process. We get diarrhea in sympathy with the bottom falling out of our lives, or we suffer from constipation, reflecting our insecurity and need to cling to the old and familiar, however uncomfortable that may be.

The Solar Plexus chakra is associated with the stomach (digestion), spleen (transformation and purification of blood), pancreas (secretion of digestive juices, pancreatin, and insulin), liver (production of bile and conversion of carbohydrates into energy/glycogens), and the gall bladder (bile storage). These are our organs of digestion and assimilation, not just of food, but of emotions and life.

The third chakra is related to the emotion of anger. Since few of us are in touch with our own personal power, anger is usually in excess (whether expressed outwardly, stifled or even projected onto a “nagging” partner). By the time we reach the Solar Plexus chakra most of us are candidates for stomach ulcers, liver cancer, gall bladder stones, hypoglycemia, digestive problems, or a combination thereof.

In a healthy person, when the body has finished the process of digesting and assimilating food, it continues with an organic process of emotional synthesis. We are under the misconception that the rumbling of the “tummy” means we need food. These rumbles are actually a sign of peristalsis, which are muscular contractions of the intestines, that affects expulsion of waste. Peristalsis often denotes synthesis at the emotional level. Solar Plexus Chakra Location

Along the spine behind the stomach area

Organ and endocrine association

Liver, gall bladder, stomach, spleen, pancreas

Element

Fire

Color

Yellow

Emotion or quality

Anger, purpose

Age of development

14 – 21 years

Healthy expression

Proper digestion and assimilation of food and emotions; healthy expression of personal power; healthy relationship with self and the environment; feeling confident and capable; healthy self-esteem

Limited expression

Insecure about role in the outer world; feeling rejected or criticized; extroversion; introversion; stomach ulcers; liver cancer, gall stones; indigestion; blood sugar disorders (e.g., hypoglycemia, diabetes); constipation; jaundice

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If we are healthily centered and expressing ourselves through this chakra, then we have high self-esteem and a natural ability to manifest – and enjoy – abundance on all levels. The Solar Plexus chakra is linked to the liver, which, in metaphysics, is the seat of the soul. Here we begin to develop a healthy relationship with self, which is reflected in our interaction with our environment. It becomes easier to accept our responsibilities in life, without looking for approval from anyone else. Those of us who struggle at the level of the third chakra may have distorted overblown egos to mask our inner insecurities about our role in relationship to the outer world. Another method for dealing with our inability to express through this seat of consciousness is to introvert. We keep everything bottled up like a time bomb and probably live in a hostile environment that is merely mirroring the turmoil of our own psyche.

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Another sign that this chakra is out of balance is a critical “inner voice” that tells us that we are not capable, worthy or lovable. Then we interpret the reactions of other people as rejection or criticism. The element associated with the Solar Plexus chakra is fire. Fire is the element of transformation. Leave it unattended and it can become harmful and burn out of control (excess/ violent) or simply go out (deficient/unmotivated).

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Heart Chakra As the quality of the Heart chakra is self-love, it is the chakra through which many of us have a great deal of trouble expressing ourselves. It affects not only how we accept ourselves, but also our ability to accept others as they are, to show compassion and to empathize with people. The Heart chakra is considered the seat of balance in the body. It is associated not only with the heart, but also the lungs and thymus (immune system). The associated element is air. The Heart chakra anchors the life force – our breathing. It is our breathing and accompanying movement of the rib cage that massages our vital organs beneath it. This massaging action directly affects how well, or how poorly, our digestion and assimilation processes work. So, what do we do? When we are upset, we have ways to avoid synthesizing our emotions. We chain smoke, which is an effective way to diminish the efficacy of the lungs and an effective way of stifling emotions. Another method is to hold our breath, or breathe shallowly. We are all more or less expert in the art of how not to breathe. In fact, considering that it is this very process that keeps us alive, it is amazing how many of us have forgotten how to do it properly.

Those of us in the above category, who still stifle our breath and emotions, are classic candidates for lung cancer, pneumonia (water or unshed tears in the lungs), asthma, bronchitis, heart disease, etc. In the military, soldiers are trained in “correct” posture: head up, stomach in, shoulders back – an excellent way of armoring the heart center, to avoid having to feel emotions when entering the battlefield. Many of us were trained this way at home and in school. Breast implants are another way of armoring the heart center and very effective in blocking energy flow in the body. The physiological effect of true laughter and smiling on the thymus is strength. Just being in touch with joy will strengthen the immune system. The connection between a healthy immune system and self-love and self-acceptance is undeniable. When we look at the number of immune system disorders in our society today, it is indicative of the under-developed Heart chakras most of us have. You know what it feels like to fall in love. Suddenly, everything seems to go right, you feel better about yourself and can express yourself to this person like you never could to anyone else. Even your health problems seem to diminish! When we are with that someone we deem special, we feel more creative, more intelligent, and more attractive.

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We spend a lot of time dreaming of falling in love and trying to find someone to fall in love with. We may be in love with that person’s creative talent, intellect, ability to interact, or beauty. Whatever draws us to another person (consciously or unconsciously) is usually an aspect of ourselves we see reflected in that person. When we are with him or her, our Heart chakra expands, and becomes more dynamic. As a result, we experience the specialness within ourselves. At first the feelings are of bliss and joy because we are seeing ourselves through the beloved’s eyes and self-love is possible. Sadly, most of us are so used to giving away our power (under-functioning Solar Plexus chakra) that we continue to project what is special about us onto our beloved. We refuse to own it and fail to appreciate the reflection our beloved is offering us of our own specialness. As a result, we become disillusioned with him or her and fall out of love.

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The reason our ability to love is conditional is because we are requiring the other person to make us special. How can we possibly think we are being honest when we say “I love you” to someone if we do not even know how to love ourselves? What we are really saying is “I love you because you make me feel a certain way” and “You are in total control of my emotions.” We are giving away our power and putting tremendous pressure on our partners to be custodians of our emotional stability, thereby setting ourselves up for disappointment (a misnomer frequently used in place of the word anger).

Heart Chakra Location

Behind the physical heart

Organ and endocrine association

Heart, lungs, thymus

Element

Air

Color

Green

Emotion or quality

Self-love, love, joy, balance

Age of development

21 – 28 years

Healthy expression

Healthy self-love and self-acceptance; strong immune system; healthy processing of emotions; balance in relationships; balance in the other chakras; able to demonstrate compassion, empathy and forgiveness; harmony; peace

Limited expression

Not accepting and loving self or others; troubled relationships; difficulty in finding balance in life; inability to process emotions; holding on to grudges; high or low blood pressure; heart problems including chest pains from ischemia; breathing difficulties (e.g., pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis); lung cancer; immune issues

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Throat Chakra The Throat chakra is associated with the thyroid gland (thyroxin secretion which regulates metabolic rate, thus influencing growth and development) and the parathyroid gland (hormone production regulating metabolism of calcium and phosphorous). This chakra sits very close to the vocal cords of the larynx and is, therefore, also associated with speaking one’s inner truth (which is located in the heart center). An imbalance at the level of the Throat chakra may show up in an inability to express oneself verbally or non-verbally, thus being unable to communicate well. A person truly centered in this chakra will not voice intellectually or emotionally programmed belief systems. Rather, they are more likely to speak from a place of knowing and deep inner truth. If we have difficulty bringing our deep inner knowing, thoughts and heart-felt emotions together for expression, it may be a sign that this chakra is under-developed or blocked.

On a physiological level, an imbalance in self-expression through the Throat chakra will be reflected in a dysfunction of the aforementioned glands. This may result in hypothyroidism, characterized by a sluggish metabolism and weight problems. The contrary may also be the case, that is, hyperthyroidism. The vocal cords may be affected resulting in stuttering, hoarseness, coughing, choking, and so on. Also, a person whose Throat chakra is out of balance may reveal themselves by talking too much about nothing. No one wants to listen to them! On the other hand, successful poets, orators, and singers make up some of the realm of creative people who are healthily centered in this chakra. They are considerate and thoughtful with their communications and we are drawn to what they have to say. Ether is the element associated with this chakra, which amalgamates the first four chakras to become sound.

Throat Chakra Location

In the throat area, around the larynx (voice box)

Organ and endocrine association

Thyroid, parathyroid, vocal cords

Element

Ether

Color

Blue

Emotion or quality

Communication, creative expression

Age of development

28 – 35 years

Healthy expression

Good communication; ability to express personal inner truth; healthy selfexpression; maintenance of healthy weight and metabolism

Limited expression

Speaking from intellectually or emotionally programmed belief systems; over-talkative or uncommunicative; hypo- or hyperthyroidism; metabolic imbalances; hormonal problems; weight issues; mood swings; stuttering; hoarseness; coughing; choking

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Brow Chakra It is from the Brow, or Third Eye, chakra that we project our inner dreams outward and manifest them on the physical level. It is where the conscious meets the unconscious. Here is our seat of intuition, insight, and creativity. Here, we begin to ask questions of the Spirit, questioning our existence and interrelationship with the universe. If the Brow chakra is well balanced, we are able to use our minds through an activation of our subtle senses to visualize what is really important in life and manifest that which will have a positive impact on the quality of our lives.

If we are “closed-minded” and only focus outwardly upon the material aspects of our life, we avoid self-expression through this chakra. We become narrow-minded and fixed in our thinking, not going beyond our comfort zone. We will only believe in that which we experience with our five physical senses and probably even have diminished experience through those, meaning that our lower chakras will probably be under-developed. We may suffer from eye problems (not wishing to see the truth), severe headaches or mental conditions.

This chakra is associated with the pituitary gland, which functions rather like the orchestral conductor of all the other glands. Directly or indirectly, this gland regulates the majority of basic bodily functions. The Brow chakra is also sometimes associated with the hypothalamus which has direct connections to the pituitary gland. Brow Chakra Location

In the middle of the brain

Organ and endocrine association

Pituitary gland, hypothalamus

Element

All elements (light)

Color

Purple

Emotion or quality

Fear, imagination, intuition

Age of development

35 – 42 years

Healthy expression

Healthy intuition and insight; perceptive; creative; spiritual awareness; openminded; able to discern and manifest; good memory; balanced hormonal system

Limited expression

Fixated on material world; poor ability to use subtle senses; poor vision; “tunnel vision”; close-minded; earaches; headaches and migraines; sleep disorders (e.g., nightmares); mental disorders (anxiety, paranoia, schizophrenia); hormonal imbalances

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Crown Chakra Through the Crown, or Coronal chakra, we experience the meeting of heaven and earth. It is here that your Higher Self, or inner spark (whatever term you may use that has meaning for you), interacts with the outer world. If you are balanced and centered in this chakra, one is reflected within the other. The presence of the Divine and the Divine within Self are experienced. The Crown chakra represents self-realization when it is fully open. It represents the highest level of consciousness and also means that all the other chakras are open and that the energy is flowing freely throughout the system. When the Crown chakra is fully open, the innate wisdom is truly freed to perform its tasks in peak efficiency. The pineal gland is governed by the Crown chakra. Crown Chakra Location

Near the top of the brain

Organ and endocrine association

Pineal gland

Element

All elements (thought)

Color

Violet

Emotion or quality

Spirituality or bliss

Age of development

42 -49 years

Healthy expression

Experience the presence of the Divine and the Divine within Self; knowingness; wisdom; inspiration; awareness; self-realization

Limited expression

Limited connection with the Divine; limitations to the efficiency of the innate wisdom; mental illness; confusion

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Yin/Yang Balance of the Chakras

The Sub-Chakras

The three upper chakras are considered the Yin (feminine) chakras and the three lower chakras are the Yang (masculine) chakras. The Heart chakra is in the middle and is equally balanced in Yin and Yang.

The properties of each of the other chakras also abides within each of the main chakras. These are expressed as the sub-chakras. So when Details on any main chakra is Yes and More Specific is Yes, you are being taken to the sub-chakras of that chakra.

One of the functions of the Heart chakra is to maintain the balance between the upper Yin and lower Yang chakras. This keeps the state of harmony of the bodymind. Without a more-or-less balanced Heart chakra, it is impossible for the other chakras to be totally in balance. There is a further link between the upper and lower chakras. They pair up. The Base chakra, which has the most Yang energy of all the chakras with a little bit of Yin, is the partner of the Crown chakra, which has the most Yin energy with a little bit of Yang. They balance each other out, creating a single chakra equally balanced in Yin and Yang and are thus dependent on each other. So our spirituality and materiality are aspects of the same chakra – we need both to be balanced. We cannot become fully spiritual without having a solid grounding in the material world. And our success in the material world is dependent on how connected we are with our Divine Self.

There are seven chakras within each chakra. While each main chakra has aspects of all the other chakras, the emphasis is on its own properties. For example, the Sexual chakra contains the properties of all the other chakras, but of its seven sub-chakras, the second sub-chakra (Sexual) is the dominant one. In order to avoid confusion, it is best to call the seven main chakras by their names and the sub-chakras by number (1-7). The sub-chakras also often need to be balanced. In this case, you would balance the specific properties within each main chakra. For example, we could be balancing the main Heart chakra by balancing the second and fifth sub-chakras within the Heart chakra. This would balance the sexual and communication aspects of the heart.

In the same way, the Sexual chakra balances with the Brow chakra. The Sexual chakra is mostly Yang in nature (although slightly less than the Base chakra) and the Brow chakra is mostly Yin in nature (having a little more Yang energy than the Crown chakra). So, our sexual self-expression is balanced when our intuition and creativity are functioning well.

In another example, we may balance the Solar Plexus chakra by balancing the first and fourth sub-chakras, within the Solar Plexus chakra. This would balance the material and survival instincts with the harmony of the heart, all within the Solar Plexus chakra to enable the person to digest those aspects in their life better.

The Solar Plexus chakra balances the Throat chakra to create a single combined chakra. The digestion of life’s experiences is balanced by the outward expression and communication of inner truth.

In other scenarios, you may get a link between the sub-chakra of one main chakra and the sub-chakra of another main chakra. For example, you may link the fourth sub-chakra within the main Base chakra to the seventh sub-chakra of the main Sexual chakra. In this case you have linked a more harmonious materiality (Heart within Base) to a more spiritual sexuality (Crown within Sexual).

When balancing the chakras, you will find these links between Yin/Yang partners more common.

With seven sub-chakras within seven main chakras, you have 56 chakras (seven times seven equals 49 plus the seven main chakras, totals 56) to link in any combination. The chakras tend to link within their own system. If they link outside of the chakra system, they tend to link to the endocrine or nervous systems – although, as with everything on the Protocol chart, they can link to anything else.

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Crown

Brow

Throat

Spirituality

Intuition, Creativity

Communiction, Giving, Self-expression

Heart

Solar Plexus

Sexual

Base

Harmony, Self-love

Digestion, Receiving, Personal power

Sexuality / Sensuality

Materiality, Survival

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Technique There is no special technique to be tapped out for the Chakras – the practitioner simply finds the chakra or sub-chakra that is the priority and any Details that are appropriate, and then links it to some other item in the formula. Links can go both ways. You can begin with a chakra or sub-chakra and link it to something else, or you can have a technique from somewhere else in the Protocol chart as the first item and link it to a chakra.

To indicate a main chakra on the client’s body, use a hand over the area. Sub-chakras are indicated with fingers. For example, if the formula is the Throat chakra linked to the Crown chakra, you would place one hand over the throat area and another hand on top of the head to tap out. Another example would be the third sub-chakra within the Heart chakra, linked to the fifth sub-chakra within the Heart chakra. Here, you would hold two fingers over the heart area to tap out. When tapping the client out to the chakras, be mindful of what properties are being highlighted. This will enhance the power of the link.

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5. Throat Chakra

3. Solar Plexus Chakra

6. Brow Chakra

4. Heart Chakra

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Example 11.1 Section 1 a priority? Yes

Further Details on Solar Plexus chakra a priority? No

Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes

Link? Yes

More Specific? Yes

To 7 Chakras? Yes

EGB a priority? No

Details on 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

Organs? No

More Specific? Yes

Endocrines? No

(Because the Throat chakra is the Yin partner, you can start with it.)

Body Parts? No

Throat chakra? Yes

Energies? Yes

Further More Specific on Throat chakra a priority? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Further Details on Throat chakra a priority? No

7 Chakras? Yes

Further Link? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Base chakra? No

Tap Out? Yes

Sexual chakra? No

With a hand over the Solar Plexus and another hand over the Throat chakra, tap out over the head and sternum.

Solar Plexus chakra? Yes Further More Specific on Solar Plexus chakra a priority? No

Example 11.2 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

Sub-chakra 1? No

Details on 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

Sub-chakra 2? No

More Specific? Yes

Sub-chakra 3? No

Base chakra? No

Sub-chakra 4? No

Sexual chakra? No

Sub-chakra 5? No

Solar Plexus chakra? No

Sub-chakra 6? Yes

Heart chakra? Yes

Further More Specific on sub-chakra 6? No

Further More Specific? Yes

Further Details on sub-chakra 6 a priority? No

Sub-chakra 1? No

Further Link? No

Sub-chakra 2? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Further More Specific on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Further Details on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No

Place two fingers over the heart area indicating the second and sixth sub-chakras being balanced within the Heart chakra, while tapping out over the head and sternum.

Link? Yes To another sub-chakra within the Heart chakra? Yes

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Example 11.3 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Details on 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

(Again, since the Throat chakra is a common link for the Solar Plexus, you can start with it)

More Specific? Yes Base chakra? No Sexual chakra? No Solar Plexus chakra? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Sub-chakra 1? No Sub-chakra 2? Yes Further More Specific on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No Further Details on sub-chakra 2 a priority? No Link? Yes To another sub-chakra within Solar Plexus chakra? No Within 7 Chakras? Yes Details on 7 Chakras a priority? Yes

Throat chakra? Yes Further More Specific? Yes Sub-chakra 1? No Sub-chakra 2? No Sub-chakra 3? Yes Further More Specific on sub-chakra 3 a priority? No Further Details on sub-chakra 3 a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes With one finger over the Solar Plexus area and another finger over the throat area, tap out over the head and sternum.

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Summary: Chakras No Chakras a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item. (You must have an item either before or after the Chakra.)

Details?

More Specific takes you to the priority Chakra.

No

Link? No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while indicating the items in the formula. Use a hand to indicate a major Chakra and a finger to indicate a sub-chakra.

Further More Specific takes you to a sub-chakra of that Chakra.

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Meridians The meridians are a system of energy channels that conduct life force, or Qi, throughout the body and influence many aspects of it. This millennia-old conceptual perspective of the body, which originated in China, is based on observation and practical application. The twelve main meridians are believed to basically divide the body into twelve parts and each meridian controls one of those parts. Each meridian has a profound influence on the organ it flows through. Balancing the meridian can, therefore, help to address many problems within the related organ. However, this is not the whole picture, and many of the other techniques performed in the BodyTalk system can also influence the organs. The meridians can also have their own symptoms that are unrelated to the organs for which they are named. These symptoms are related to the other parts of the body that are influenced by the meridian. For example, the kidney meridian is often associated with hearing and hair problems.

It is beyond the scope of this textbook to list all the spheres of influence of each meridian. (Acupuncturists who are using this technique will have a greater appreciation of its ramifications.) An expansion of the information on meridians is presented in one of the advanced courses. Fortunately, a BodyTalk practitioner does not need to know a lot of the details of Chinese medicine, in order to utilize this particular technique for balancing the meridian energy circuits and derive the immediate results and benefits for clients. BodyTalk’s Meridian technique as taught at this foundational level, addresses and balances all 12 meridians at once using the same pulse points at the wrists that Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners use. Should a practitioner wish to be more specific in balancing the meridians, it is necessary to use the advanced specific technique for the individual pulses. This technique is taught in one of the advanced courses.

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Technique 1. The client holds the tips of the thumb and fifth (or “little”) finger of both hands together and places at least one finger of each hand – up to the three free fingers – on the sphenoid bone in the temple region of the head. 2. The practitioner makes a light contact on the pulses (the superficial Yang pulses in Chinese medicine), of one of the wrists. 3. The client rolls the eyes in full circles, in either direction, while the practitioner taps out the head and sternum.

4. The practitioner then makes a deep (firm) contact on the same pulse positions (deep Yin meridians) and Step 3 is repeated. 5. The whole process is repeated on the other wrist.

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Energies a priority? Yes

Meridians a priority? Yes

Details on Energies a priority? Yes

Details on Meridians a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

(At this beginning level, we do not work with specific meridians, so you can skip to asking…)

7 Chakras? No Meridians? Yes Further More Specific? No Further Details on Meridians a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The client holds thumbs and fifth fingers together, while at the same time contacting the sphenoid and rolling the eyes. The practitioner holds three pulse points of one wrist, first lightly then deeper, while tapping out the head and sternum. All steps are repeated, while holding the pulse points on the other wrist.

Orientation of Meridians a priority? Yes Time? No Person? No Place? No Object? No Activity? No Emotions? Yes Further on emotions? Yes Joy? No Sadness? Yes Further on sadness? No Further Orientation of meridians oriented to sadness a priority? No Further Details on meridians oriented to sadness a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Tap out the Meridian technique with a focus on orientation to sadness.

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Summary: Meridians No Meridians a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

(More Specific? does not apply for meridians, do all 12.)

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum, while performing the Meridian technique: 1. Client holds fifth finger and thumbs together, contacts sphenoid (at temples) with other fingers and rolls eyes. 2. Practitioner places 3 fingers over pulse points of client’s wrist with light pressure. 3. Repeat with deep pressure. 4. Repeat all on the other wrist.

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Pancreas Reflex Point The Pancreas Reflex Point technique is a separate “add in,” that does not necessarily fit into any particular system. The point itself is located near the area where the Great Lo meridian of the Spleen connects both sides of the body. This meridian, and hence the Pancreas Reflex Point technique, helps to maintain the left-right balance of the body, as a mirror of the left-right balance of the mind. Correcting this point will help to ensure that the Switching technique will hold, as well as help to maintain left-right balance within the whole bodymind complex. Further, this point has direct connections to the pancreas, liver and whole digestive system and can strongly influence the blood sugar levels. It is closely associated with the mood swings found in unstable sugar balance and is often strongly indicated in premenstrual tension and depression associated with food intake. The point is invariably tender on the left side when it requires treatment.

If this technique comes up as a priority for a diabetic who is dependent on insulin, it is important to advise them to make sure they monitor their blood glucose carefully over the next few days. This is because the pancreas may be stimulated to produce some insulin and, if the client does not adjust their medications, they could end up experiencing some major difficulties. Very often, the Pancreas Reflex Point is aggravated by the presence of tight bras in women. This is especially so when the bra has a metal underwire. This underwire often ends exactly over this point and the polarized end of the magnetic field generated by the half circle of metal is believed to be a significant factor in health problems related to this point. From a consciousness perspective, the underlying beliefs as to why the bra is being worn (to improve body image, to appear sexier, to attract men, etc.) are what actually attract, and then lead to, the damaging effects of the physical interference of the bra.

Early authors found great difficulty in ascribing a function to the organ, as its rather evasive name implies. The rubbery texture suggested to some that the gland might be a shock absorber preventing the stomach from damaging itself on the vertebral column. It was not until the nineteenth century that any firm ideas of its function evolved. It was known that a small tube (the ‘duct of Wirsung’, described by him in 1642) connected the gland with the duodenum; in 1664, de Graaf inserted a wild duck’s quill into the duct of a dog and collected a clear fluid, which he examined and decided was acidic. He had no idea of the fluid’s function — and we now know that pancreatic juice is unambiguously alkaline, because the cells lining the duct system secrete bicarbonate ions. (Blakemore, 2001) 8 Hemera/100911156/Thinkstock

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Technique 1. Show the client approximately where the point is on the left side and have them probe for the tender spot. The client contacts the tender point and gently stimulates it. To locate the point, have the client place their right hand under the left armpit and then replace the left arm beside their body. The point will be just in front of the arm below the little finger. 2. The practitioner makes a light contact over the same general area on the right side and taps out the head and sternum.

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Energies a priority? Yes

Pancreas Reflex Point a priority? Yes

Details on Energies a priority? Yes

Details on Pancreas Reflex Point a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? No

7 Chakras? No

Orientation? No

Meridians? No

Definition? Yes

Pancreas Reflex Point? Yes

Physiology? Yes

Further More Specific on Pancreas Reflex Point a priority? No

Sugar regulation? No

Further Details on Pancreas Reflex Point a priority? No Link? No

Left/right balance? Yes Further on left/right balance? No

Implementation? Yes

Further Definition on Pancreas Reflex Point defined by left/ right balance a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

Further Details on the Pancreas Reflex Point defined by left/ right balance a priority? No

The client finds the tender point on the left side and gently massages it; the practitioner contacts the general area on the right side, while tapping over the head and sternum.

Link? Yes To Energies? No To Section 1? Yes Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes E.G.B. a priority? Yes Further More Specific? Yes SB Junction? No Switching? Yes Further More Specific on Switching a priority? No Further Details on Switching a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The formula to be tapped out is Pancreas Reflex Point defined by left/right balance linked to Switching.

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Summary: Pancreas Reflex Point No Pancreas Reflex a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum, while performing the Pancreas Reflex Point technique: 1. Client touches the left Pancreas Reflex Point and massages it gently. 2. Practitioner indicates the same general area on the right side.

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Chapter 11 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Energies Chapter Summary 7 Chakras The Seven Chakras are high frequency psychic energy centers located down the center of the body. As centers of transformation, the chakras step down subtle energies and transform them into nerve, hormonal and cellular energy within the physical body. The conduits, or subtle “pathways,” which facilitate this interchange between subtle and physical energy, are called nadis. Dysfunction at the level of the chakras and nadis is directly reflected in pathological disorders within the nervous system and endocrine system that, in turn, affects the whole bodymind at the cellular level. The chakras are closely linked to higher consciousness and, therefore, to our innate wisdom. Correctly functioning chakras are vital for the innate wisdom to do its job in synchronizing the entire bodymind system. The chakras are seats of consciousness through which we ideally express ourselves. It is usually one’s experiences and belief systems that prevent the chakras from opening and developing as they should. There are seven main chakras: Base, Sexual, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Brow, and Crown.

The upper three Yin chakras and the lower Yang chakras are paired with each other, balancing each other out, creating a single chakra equally balanced in Yin and Yang and are thus dependent on each other; Crown with Base, Brow with Sexual and Throat with Solar Plexus. The Heart chakra is in the middle and is equally balanced in Yin and Yang. Its job is to maintain the balance between the upper Yin and lower Yang chakras, keeping the state of harmony in the bodymind. Sub-Chakras Within each main chakra are the properties of each of the other chakras. These are expressed as the sub-chakras. Meridians The Meridians are a system of energy channels that conduct life force, or Qi, throughout the body and influence many aspects of it. It is a millennia-old conceptual perspective of the body that originated in China, based on observation and practical application. The twelve main meridians are believed to basically divide the body into twelve parts and each meridian controls one of those parts. Each meridian is named for, and has a profound influence on, the organ it flows through.

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Pancreas Reflex Point With the arm down by one’s side, the Pancreas Reflex Point is located about a hand width down from the axilla in front of the arm. It helps to maintain the left-right balance of the body, as a mirror of the left-right balance of the mind. This point has direct connections to the pancreas, liver and whole digestive system, and can strongly influence blood sugar levels. Hence, it is important to remind insulin dependent diabetics to closely monitor their blood glucose levels when the Pancreas Reflex Point has been stimulated. It is also closely associated with the mood swings found in unstable sugar balance and is often strongly indicated in premenstrual tension and depression associated with food intake.

Test Your Knowledge 1. True or False? Chakras are consciousness centers for transformation. 2. Which is the Yang partner of the Throat chakra? 3. Name the 3rd Chakra and list two primary aspects it governs. 4. If you would be linking the 1st and 7th Sub-Chakras within the Sexual Chakra, you would be: (Mark the correct statement) a. Linking the material and spiritual aspects of the client’s sexuality. b. Linking all the Base Chakra and the Spiritual Chakra to the Sexual Chakra. c. Linking the intuitive and material aspect of the Sexual Chakra. d. Linking the Intuitive Chakra to the Base Chakra.

5. The client contacts their _______________________ for the Meridian balancing technique and must also ________________________. 6. The deep contact points during the Meridian balancing technique are the ________________ meridians. 7. How do you find the location of the Pancreas Reflex Point on a client? 8. Describe some of the symptoms a client might have if their Pancreas Reflex Point is unbalanced.

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Chapter Overview One of the objectives of this chapter is to reinforce the concept that a person’s belief systems is what creates the illusion that objects in the environment have an effect on the bodymind. The student is then provided with information on how to find the environmental factor that triggers the emotionally charged belief and how to neutralize the belief, through either the General Environment balancing technique or the Vivaxis technique.

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 12: BodyTalk Protocol Section 2: Environment, students will be able to: 1. Understand how the connection between the mind and the environment influences health. 2. Effectively implement the General Environment technique. 3. Explain the concepts of Birth Vivaxis and Environmental Vivaxis.

Chapter Outline 241 General Environment 242 Technique 243 Comments 247 Summary: General Environment 248 Vivaxis 248 Birth Vivaxis 248 Environmental Vivaxis 249 Technique 249 Comments 251 Summary: Vivaxis 252 Chapter Summary

4. Provide examples of factors that might disrupt the Birth Vivaxis. 5. Effectively implement the Vivaxis techniques.

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General Environment Up to now we have been identifying relationship problems within the physical/energetic bodymind complex and linking them to restore synchronicity and harmony. We must also remember that the bodymind complex is part of an even larger environmental system that also has interrelationships and needs synchronicity, in order for each part to function well. Frequently, the practitioner will find that the bodymind will not fully balance until unresolved conflicts with factors and people within the client’s environment are linked and harmonized. We need to remember that from a consciousness perspective, the environmental factors that the client is having issues with are outward projections from their own mind. Things in the environment in and of themselves are not the problem. This is a difficult concept for the mind to grasp, because we are constantly bombarded with information about how this is bad for us, or that causes cancer, or the other thing leads to horrible symptoms, etc. We are brainwashed into thinking that the environment has a real effect upon the body. As a BodyTalk practitioner, understanding that the environment is not what causes diseases is important. The bodymind is weakened and made susceptible to environmental factors because of what is happening in the mind. If we want to truly help our clients on their healing path, we must go to the level of disassociating beliefs and the emotional attachments created at the mind/consciousness level.

In other words, the only reason a frequency from the external reality will not be harmonious with a frequency within a person’s body is that there is a belief and emotional attachment to the environmental factor in question. For example, if a client is emotionally attached, either on a conscious or subconscious level, to the idea that their mother-in-law is interfering with their marriage, then the client will be out of harmony with the frequency that the mother-in-law represents. Thus, the mother-in-law could come up during a BodyTalk session as someone in the general environment who is having a detrimental effect on the client. Another example would be a belief system that cats are unpredictable and their claws can do serious damage if they attack. The resultant fear will cause the bodymind to weaken whenever a cat is near. In this weakened state, the person’s immune system will not be able to keep the body clear of the cat’s dander and instead, will react violently to it. The fact that it is the underlying belief system that makes the person vulnerable to cat allergies is that the reaction can be triggered by just the thought of a cat being in the next room, even though the meowing was only on the television. The underlying belief systems that make the bodymind susceptible are usually not evident – they are most often hidden in the subconscious mind. Information studied in a couple of advanced courses will give the BodyTalk student a much deeper insight into how belief systems are developed, or inherited, and how this all works. At this beginning level, taking the emotional charge off of the environmental factor from the client’s point-of-view, by shifting their perspective using the General Environment technique in order to restore harmony, (In a way, this is an alternative to the Active Memory technique.)

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Technique There are always three pieces of information that need to be found in order to do a General Environment technique. You need to find: 1. The environmental factor the client is experiencing disharmony with. Use the Orientation Box or, after you have narrowed the search down to a category, you can enlist the client’s help directly. Find all the Details that are pertinent. Write the factor down on a sticky note. 2. The section of the client’s body where the problem is “entering”. This will usually be one of three major areas: a. Head – indicating that mind games are being played. b. Heart – indicating that emotional games are being played, especially through conditional love. c. Pelvis – indicating control games, particularly through sexual manipulation or by playing upon body image issues. You do not need to ask for Details on these entry points. They are simply symbolic of the type of belief systems attached to the environmental factor. Place the sticky note with the environmental factor over the priority area.

3. The Organ, Endocrine or Body Part that is being affected in the client. The client holds this point. The tapping out consists of the practitioner holding the piece of paper (it can be jiggled to amplify the perception of the irritation created by the environmental factor), the client holding the part of the body that is being affected, while being tapped over the head and sternum.

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Comments Sometimes the area the environmental factor penetrates is not the head, heart or pelvis. If you get a No to each of these, use the Protocol chart to find the specific part that is the priority. For example, it could be the spine, the meridians or one of the chakras. Occasionally, the organ, endocrine or body part that is affected shows up as the first item in a formula and then is linked to the General Environment technique to find the environmental factor that is affecting it and where it is entering. The same three pieces of information are in the formula, only in a different order.

Example 12.1 Section 1 a priority? No

2. Locate the entry point:

Section 2 a priority? Yes

Entering through the Head? No

Details on Section 2 a priority? Yes

Heart? Yes

More Specific? Yes

(Place the piece of paper over the heart area.)

General Environment? Yes

3. Find what is being affected:

Further More Specific? Yes

Affecting an Organ? No

(Now find the 3 pieces of information that are required for this technique.)

Affecting an Endocrine? Yes

1. Use the Orientation Box to find the environmental factor: Time? No Person? Yes Further on person a priority? Yes Family member? Yes Further on family member? Yes

Details on Endocrines a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Pineal? No Pituitary? Yes Further More Specific on pituitary a priority? No Further Details on pituitary a priority? No

Children? No

(Now you have all 3 pieces of information for the General Environmental balancing technique. Together, they make your item.)

Husband? Yes

Further Details on the General Environment item? No

Further on husband a priority? No

Link? No

Further Orientation of husband a priority? No

Implementation? Yes

Further Details on husband a priority? No

Tap Out? Yes

(Ask his name and write it on a piece of paper.)

The client holds the pituitary spot while the practitioner holds and stimulates the paper over the heart with one hand and taps over the head and sternum with the other hand.

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Example 12.2 General Environment a priority? Yes Details on General Environment a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes (Now find the 3 pieces of information that are required for this technique.)

Further Orientation of the stove in the kitchen a priority? Yes (move down the list until you get to Activity.) Activity a priority? Yes Further on activity? Yes

1. Use the Orientation Box to find the environmental factor:

Cooking on the stove? Yes

Time? No

Further on cooking on the stove? No

Person? No

Further Orientation of cooking on the stove in the kitchen a priority? Yes

Place? Yes Further on place? Yes Home? Yes Further on home? Yes Bedroom? No Kitchen? Yes Further on kitchen a priority? No Further Orientation of kitchen a priority? Yes Time? No Person? No Place? No Object? Yes

(Move down the list until you get to Emotions.) Emotions a priority? Yes Further on emotions? Yes Joy? No Sadness? No Worry? No Grief? No Fear? No Anger? Yes Further on anger a priority? No Further Orientation of cooking on the stove in the kitchen at home and oriented to anger? No

Microwave? No

Further Details on the environmental factor (cooking on the stove in the kitchen at home and oriented to anger)? No

Stove? Yes

(Write that on a piece of paper.)

Further on object? Yes

Further on the stove? No

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Example 12.2 (continued) 2. Locate the entry point: Entering through the Head? Yes (Place the piece of paper on the client’s head.) 3. Find what is being affected: Affecting an Organ? Yes Details on Organs a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Lungs? No Heart? No Liver? Yes Further More Specific on the liver a priority? No Further Details on the liver a priority? No (Now you have all 3 pieces of information for the General Environmental balancing technique. It is your item.) Further Details on the General Environment item? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The practitioner stimulates the piece of paper on the head; the client holds the liver area, while being tapped out over the head and sternum.

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Example 12.3 (Assume we have the small intestine as our first item.)

Further Orientation of money a priority? No

Details on the small intestine a priority? No

Further Details on money a priority? No

Link? Yes

(Write “money” on a piece of paper.)

To an Organ? No

2. Locate the entry point:

To Section 1? No

Entering through the Head? No

Forward? Yes

The Heart? No

To Section 2? Yes

The Pelvis? Yes

Details on Section 2 a priority? Yes

(Place the piece of paper over the pelvic area of the client.)

More Specific? Yes General Environment? Yes

3. Find what is being affected. Since the small intestine precedes the General Environment item, you can start by confirming whether it is the organ being affected.)

Further More Specific? Yes

Small intestine the priority? Yes

(Find the 3 pieces of information.)

(Now you have all 3 pieces of information for the General Environment item.)

1. Use the Orientation Box to find the environmental factor: Time? No Place? No (Continue through the box until you get to…) Money? Yes Further on money a priority? No

Details on the General Environment item a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The client places a hand over the small intestine; the practitioner jiggles the piece of paper over the pelvic area, while tapping over the head and sternum.

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Summary: General Environment No General Environment a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while performing the General Environment technique: 1. Practitioner holds and jiggles the piece of paper with the environmental factor written on it, over the point of entry. 2. Client holds the area being affected.

More Specific takes you to finding the three pieces of information needed: 1. The environmental factor 2. Where it is entering 3. What is being affected Write the factor on a piece of paper and place it over the point of entry.

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Vivaxis The word “vivaxis” means “life axis/center” and is a term first used by Canadian researcher Fran Nixon in the 1960’s , to denote the concept of a core of energy that flows through the central axis of the body and exits the top of the head where the Crown chakra is located. The energy flowing through this vivaxis appears to be influenced by factors in the external environment. Again, as already pointed out earlier, from a consciousness perspective, it would be the associated conscious or subconscious beliefs about those environmental factors that attract the disturbances in the energy flow. However, once the vivaxis is disturbed, the effects become apparent in the bodymind. There are two main focal points for the vivaxis concept: Birth and Environmental.

Birth Vivaxis When we first emerge from the energy protection of our mother in the uterus, we are born with our basic genetic traits. At the moment we are exposed to external environmental influences, such as astrological patterns, the people in the immediate environment of our birth, and any other energetic frequencies in the vicinity, we are “stamped” with an energy configuration that will determine many of our personality and character traits. This energy configuration is established at the exact location where we are born and stays as a lifelong resonance to the place of birth. Throughout the rest of our life, this energetic stamp continues to communicate with us through our vivaxis. There are many theories as to what purpose this communication has; clinically, it has been noted that if the free flow of this energy is disrupted, our total energy systems are weakened and we are more likely to develop chronic, unresponsive illnesses. In cases where the Vivaxis balancing has been indicated, dramatic results in chronic problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis have been experienced.

This problem with the birth vivaxis is more commonly found in people living a long way from their place of birth. It also appears that certain influences, such as strong magnetic fields and nuclear reactors, disturb the communication from the place of birth to the client. Severe homesickness is symptomatic of vivaxis disturbance, as the client subconsciously wants to regain balance by being closer to their place of birth and its energy input. In the case of the Birth Vivaxis, the technique is designed to strengthen the link between the client and their place of birth.

Environmental Vivaxis Various disturbances to our energy circuits can cause us to be “out of sync” with our local environment. The second Vivaxis technique realigns the client to energy configurations in the external environment, such as the area they live in, specific people, things, and places (similar to the General Environment technique and it could be considered an alternative approach). A client can also be out of balance with a concept, or a set of beliefs, about their relationship within their immediate community, such as “male chauvinism,” “superiority complex,” or “respect for others.” This results in general disturbances of the total body energy circuits that can compromise the balance in the body. The Vivaxis technique can also be used in these cases. When clients have a disturbance in their environmental vivaxis, they tend to feel uneasy in their environment. They will complain that they do not “fit in” to the surrounds and feel uncomfortable there, both physically and socially. From a clinical standpoint, correction of the vivaxis often leads to a better response to sessions and speedier recovery.

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Technique We are going to set up the client like an antenna and look for the weakest frequency that affects their body when they are focused on either their place of birth or the environmental factor that has been found.

4. In that position, with the arm still extended, tap out over the head and sternum.

1. Have the client stand with their testing arm straight out in front of them at right angles to the body and parallel to the ground. One way to explain this to the client is to tell them to point their arm in the same direction as their navel.

6. Continue to move the client around in a full circle looking for any further weak spots and tapping out each one that is found.

2. Test the muscle for the client’s natural strength to use as a base line (this is a true muscle strength test). 3. The client now thinks of their place of birth or the environmental factor. Move the client around in a circle stopping every few degrees to test the muscle strength. If the muscle tests weak at any position, fine tune the angle by changing the position slightly to the right or left of the weak spot and retest until you find the weakest spot. (The direction that the arm tests weak to is not necessarily the compass direction to the factor in question.)

5. Retest the arm to make sure it is now strong.

Comments In rare cases, if you go right around the circle and find no weakness, you should then find out if the priority is to have the client point their arm down at an angle to the floor, or up to the ceiling. Then repeat the arm testing around in a circle at this new angle. The Vivaxis technique depends on detecting weak frequencies using a true muscle test and, therefore, relies on the strength of the arm muscles being used. If the client is elderly, or for some other reason can not hold the same arm up for extended periods of time before the muscles tire, you can have them change to holding the other arm up as required. Alternatively, you can have the client drop the arm while being tapped out, to rest it, before continuing with the technique.

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Example 12.5

Section 1 a priority? No

Vivaxis a prioirty? Yes

Section 2 a priority? Yes

Details on Vivaxis a priority? Yes

Details on Section 2 a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Birth? No

General Environment? No

Environmental? Yes

Vivaxis? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

Further More Specific? Yes

(Use the Orientation Box to find the environmental factor to focus on.)

Birth? Yes Further More Specific on Birth Vivaxis? No Further Details on Birth Vivaxis a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Have the client stand up, perform the base-line strength test, have them think about their place of birth and do the technique as described above.

Time? No Person? No Place? Yes Further on place? Yes Home? No Workplace? Yes Further on workplace a priority? No Further Orientation of workplace a priority? No Further Details on workplace a priority? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Have the client stand up, perform the base-line strength test, have them think about their workplace and do the technique as described above.

Teaching vivaxis fundamentals. Photo credit: Taryn Edge

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Summary: Vivaxis No Vivaxis a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

Yes Details?

More Specific takes you to Birth or Envirnomental

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Proceed to perform the Vivaxis technique: 1. Client stands, with arm at right angles to chest and parallel to floor. 2. Perform base-line test for strength of the arm muscles. 3. Have the client think about the place they were born or the environmental factor. 4. Test muscle strength while turning client around in circle. 5. Tap out head and sternum at all weak spots.

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Chapter 12 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 2: Environment Chapter Summary General Environment General Environment arises to be balanced when there is a conflict between the client and some aspect of their environment. From a consciousness perspective, the environmental factors that the client is having issues with are outward projections from their own mind/belief systems. At this beginning level, we take the emotional charge off of the environmental factor from the client’s point-of-view, by shifting their perspective using the General Environment technique in order to restore harmony. (In a way, this is an alternative to the Active Memory technique.)

The two main focal points for the vivaxis concept are Birth and Environmental.

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If the free flow of this energy connection is disrupted, our total energy systems are weakened and we are more likely to develop chronic, unresponsive illnesses. In the case of the Birth Vivaxis, the technique is designed to strengthen the link between the client and their place of birth.

The word “Vivaxis” means “life axis/center.” It denotes the concept of a core of energy that flows through the central axis of the body and exits the top of the head, where the Crown chakra is located. The energy flowing through this vivaxis appears to be influenced by factors in the external environment and once the vivaxis is disturbed, the effects become apparent in the bodymind.

The Birth Vivaxis is the energetic connection we have to the exact location of our birth. When we first emerge from the energy protection of our mother’s uterus, we are “stamped” with an energy configuration that will determine many of our personality and character traits. Throughout the rest of our life, this energetic stamp continues to communicate with us through our vivaxis.

The Environmental Vivaxis technique realigns the client to energy configurations in the external environment which appear to be compromising the balance in the bodymind. It is similar to the General Environment technique, in that it indirectly neutralizes the client’s belief systems about the environment and it could be considered an alternative approach.

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Test Your Knowledge 1. True or False? The cause of dis-ease in most cases is in the environment. 2. True or False? The General Environment balancing technique has nothing to do with Active Memory processing. 3. Explain the role of consciousness (or the mind) of a person, as they relate to their environment. 4. What is the Birth Vivaxis technique designed to do? 5. What are three signs that a person’s environmental vivaxis may be out of balance?

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Chapter 13 BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Cellular Repair

Chapter Overview This chapter focuses on the concept of repairing damage to cells by metaphorically addressing their DNA directly. There is a discussion of the possible role of vaccinations, damage acquired in this lifetime, and potentially inherited damage, to help the student narrow down the focus of the technique, if required. The student will learn the 8 basic steps and their accompanying hand positions for performing the Cellular Repair technique.

Chapter Outline 257 Cellular Repair 258 Technique 261 Comments 263 Summary: Cellular Repair 264 Chapter Summary

Key Terms masseter muscles coronal suture

Learning Objectives Upon completion of Chapter 13: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Cellular Repair, students will be able to: 1. Provide examples of factors that can contribute to DNA and RNA damage. 2. Describe the relationship between cellular damage and belief systems. 3. Explain the significance of the various hand positions used in the Cellular Repair technique. 4. Effectively implement the Cellular Repair technique.

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Cellular Repair All of the techniques used in BodyTalk affect the DNA. Because the DNA within each cell is holographic and reflects what is going on in the whole bodymind, as the bodymind changes with balancing sessions, so indirectly does the DNA. The Cellular Repair technique is slightly different, in that it is designed to target imbalances directly as coded on the DNA (and also on the RNA). We will be energetically and metaphorically “opening” up the genetic material to get the client’s brain to make specific changes and then “closing” it up again. The Cellular Repair technique is aimed at repairing the DNA and RNA within cells due to damage that has been incurred in this lifetime and also due to damage that has been passed on in the form of inherited factors. Damage from this lifetime can come from adverse reactions to vaccinations, chemical pollutants, acute diseases, severe emotional traumas, and other acquired conditions. Since vaccines are so prevalent, they have been separated out and placed into their own category – even though, technically, they are “acquired.” If an acquired condition comes up as the priority, ask the client what illnesses or symptoms they are experiencing on a physical or emotional level and use the Yes/No biofeedback to establish which one is the focus for the balancing. It must be emphasized, once again, that from a consciousness perspective it is the belief systems around the environmental factors, whether held in the conscious or subconscious aspects of the mind, which make a person susceptible to the cellular damage the environmental factors are capable of doing. This is important for BodyTalk practitioners to understand – on a theoretical level at least.

Take the issue of vaccinations, for example. There is currently much debate in our society over whether vaccines are or are not causing physical and mental disturbances, particularly in very young children – and both sides have seemingly valid evidence. As BodyTalk practitioners, we must recognize that from a consciousness perspective, the belief systems and the subsequent fears created by proponents on both sides of the issue of immunizations underlie the problems some children and adults are currently experiencing after being vaccinated. This is a radical viewpoint, granted, but never-the-less needs to be comprehended in order for balance to be restored. To illustrate this point, there was a case where Cellular Repair for childhood vaccines came up for one particular child during a BodyTalk session and the mother who was in the room exclaimed “but she was never vaccinated – I don’t believe in vaccinations!” The reflection of that fearbased emotional attachment of the mother was what was being balanced in the daughter – probably as a preventative measure! Inherited “damage” to DNA can come from either side of the family, but for this technique, establishing which side is the source is unnecessary. A simple approach to finding out which gene to focus on is to ask the client from what illnesses family members have died. As they list the diseases or conditions, you can use the Yes/No biofeedback to find the priority. If the client is unaware of what ailments family members have had, you can use the Organs, Endocrines, or Body Parts bubbles to find out which part of the body is affected by the genetic imbalance you are looking for. This will give you a starting point.

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There are a number of key points on the body that are used as part of the Cellular Repair technique. The following is a discussion of the possible relevance of these points based on clinical observation (no concrete physiological explanations as to how they work can be given at this time). The pineal and pituitary glands, respectively, represent the Yang or masculine, and Yin or feminine, energies within the brain that will be used, in Step 7, to do the energetic processing required. From a Chinese medical perspective, all imbalances in the body can be attributed to an imbalance in the Yang and Yin forces. Hence, using the pineal and pituitary glands as representatives of these energies helps the body’s innate wisdom create balance in what is being focused on – in this case, the DNA. The masseter muscles that are involved in the operation of the temporomandibular joints are thought to hold an extraordinary number of receptors that constantly send impulses back to the brain – far more than would obviously be necessary for normal jaw movement. There appears to be some form of encoding in the way the impulses are sent to the brain that is involved with genetic adaptation. In clinical experience, different tender spots are found for different conditions being highlighted for repair, implying that different parts of the muscle mirror different genes on the DNA. This thinking is, of course, just hypothetical at this point in time. The sacrum, or “sacred bone,” appears to be the main master storage area for the energetic blueprint of the genetic code. It seems to store the changes made to the DNA. This is one of the reasons that the relationship between the sacrum and the masseters is important to the Cellular Repair technique.

Technique The Cellular Repair technique is a set protocol that needs to be completed as a unit. The normal procedural questioning does not apply to the set protocol. This technique is the most complex one learned at this introductory level, having 8 steps that need to be followed in sequence. 1. Find the focus for the cellular repair. Use the categories of vaccines or acquired or inherited conditions to establish what is to be balanced. Write “DNA/ RNA” plus the condition on a sticky note and place it on the navel (or on the thymus if the navel is unavailable). 2. Find any interference that may need to be removed before the technique is performed. Since this technique involves complex changes in the whole bodymind system, it is important that there is nothing to distract the brain in its work. If anything is going to come up as interference, it will most likely be something metal crossing the midline of the body such as a belt buckle or necklace. The ideal situation is to remove the item for the duration of the technique. If this is impossible, balance the client to the item using the Active Memory or General Environment or Body Chemistry techniques.

masseter muscles - the jaw muscles that sit over the back of the jaw bone and are responsible for biting down.

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3. Find if specific preparation is required of points in the body that are going to be used in the technique. This might involve one, two, or all of these three links: • pineal to pituitary • masseters to sacrum, or • masseters to something else (usually related to the part of the body being repaired). Most clients have had enough BodyTalk treatments to be balanced in a general sense before Cellular Repair comes up in a formula. In most cases, these specific preparation links will not come up as a priority. However, if any one, or more, of these pairs is indicated, you hold the points and tap out, checking they are no longer a priority before continuing on with the remainder of the steps.

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4. Open the genetic code. The practitioner palpates for the most tender areas on the masseter muscles with the help of the client (or the client can do the palpating). Gently holding these painful spots, one on each side, with one hand or two if required, the practitioner says silently to him/herself (without any tapping): “Open the genetic code.”

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5. Focus the brain on the genetic code. This step has two parts. a. The client places both hands on the sides of the head covering the limbic brain, while the practitioner places one hand behind the coronal suture and taps over the head and sternum for two full breaths saying silently: “Replace the old genetic code with the new healthy genetic code; replace the old cells with the new healthy cells.” The practitioner then moves the hand in front of the coronal suture and silently repeats the phrases once more while tapping out. b. The client moves his/her hands to gently touch the tender areas of the masseter muscles and the practitioner repeats the sequencing of holding the two top cortices, first behind and then in front of the coronal suture, while repeating the phrases silently at each hand position and tapping out.

6. Recheck if there are any further specific links. This does not come up often, but occasionally, after getting the brain to focus on the genetic code, you may need to go back to the initial preparatory links to rebalance them. If “Further Links?” comes up as Yes, ask: “pineal to pituitary, masseters to sacrum, or masseters to something else?” Hold the appropriate points and tap out before moving on to the next step. 7. Allow the brain to make the change to the genetic code. The practitioner now contacts the tender points on both masseter muscles with the thumb and fingers of one hand and holds the pineal and pituitary points with the thumb and fingers of the other hand. (If your hands are too small, have the client hold the points on the masseters.) The practitioner silently repeats the phrases one more time and waits for a shift, without any tapping, or for at least 30 seconds, if the practitioner is not yet sensitive to feeling the shifts. One hand (whichever one is most convenient) is released to test whether the client is ready to “Close the genetic code?” If No, continue to hold for longer. You can check every 30 seconds until you get a Yes. Then go onto the last step.

coronal suture - where the frontal bones and parietal bones meet.

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Gently touch the tender points on the masseter muscles and say silently (without any tapping): “Close the genetic code.”

Once the steps of the Cellular Repair technique have been learned by heart, it is possible for the technique to become one of the items in a complex formula. In this case, you only need to gather the information in step 1 and place the sticky note over the navel. The rest of the procedure will unfold energetically during the tap out of the full formula. (This is possible because you have “observed” the procedures of the technique by knowing it so well.)

Then ask if this particular Cellular Repair is still a priority. If it is, you may have missed a step and will need to repeat the entire sequencing. As the brain has done a lot of energetic processing of changes to the DNA, it may require some balancing itself, after completing the Cellular Repair technique. At this point, you ask if Cortices are a priority. If Yes, tap out the Cortices technique. If the Cortices needs a link, it is usually to the area of cellular repair.

The BodyTalk Cellular Repair technique for childhood vaccines rarely needs to be done a second time. Clinical experience shows that the technique corrects, in the one session, damage from all the vaccines the client may have reacted to in the past. Any repeat of the Cellular Repair technique for vaccines would be for new immunizations received as an adult (for example, those required for traveling abroad to other countries). The phrases “open the genetic code” and “replace the old …with the new…” are a little daunting for a client to hear in a session without a good understanding of the safety of the BodyTalk System. This is why they are said silently.

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Example 13.1 Cellular Repair a priority? Yes

Pineal to pituitary still a priority? No

Details on Cellular Repair a priority? Yes

Further specific preparation links? No

More Specific? Yes

Now, find the tender spots on the masseter muscles on both sides of the jaw and hold them. Say silently: “open the genetic code.”

Vaccines? No Acquired? Yes (Ask the client what illnesses, conditions, or symptoms they are experiencing.) Arthritic knee? No Asthma? Yes

Have the client hold the limbic brain on both sides of the head. Place one hand behind the coronal suture; begin tapping over the head and sternum, while silently saying: “replace the old genetic code with the new healthy genetic code; replace the old cells with the new healthy cells.” Move your hand in front of the coronal suture, and repeat the phrases mentally, while continuing the tapping.

Further More Specific on asthma a priority? No

Have the client move their hands to the tender spots in the masseter muscles and repeat the sequencing of holding the top two cortices, while saying the phrases silently and tapping.

Further Details on asthma a priority? No

Have the client release the masseter muscles.

(Write “DNA/RNA asthma” on a sticky note and place it over the client’s navel.)

Further linking a priority? No

Link? No

Now, hold the tender spots of the masseters with one hand and the pineal to pituitary link with the other hand. Silently repeat the phrases once more: “replace the old genetic code with the new healthy genetic code; replace the old cells with the new healthy cells.” Hold for a minimum of 30 seconds.

Implementation? Yes

Ready to close the genetic code? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

Hold the masseter muscles and say silently: “close the genetic code.”

(At this point, you continue with the protocol for the Cellular Repair technique.)

This Cellular Repair still a priority? No

Further Details on the Cellular Repair for asthma item a priority? No

Interference? No Specific preparation links? Yes Pineal to pituitary? Yes (Tap out the pineal gland to the pituitary gland.)

Cortices a priority? Yes Tap out the Cortices technique. Cortices still a priority? No Cellular Repair still a priority? No Continue to find the next item following the regular Procedures.

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Summary: Cellular Repair 1. Write DNA/RNA plus the symptom or disease on a sticky note and place over the navel. 2. Interference a priority? Look for jewelry, clothing, metal on midline, etc. 3. Preparation links a priority? Pineal – pituitary; masseters – sacrum; masseters to something else. Tap head and sternum, if required. 4. Hold the tender spots on the masseters and say silently: Open the genetic code. 5. Client holds limbic areas while practitioner holds top two cortices in sequence. Tap head and sternum while saying phrases (see below). Client holds tender spots on the masseters while the practitioner holds top two cortices in sequence. Tap head and sternum while saying phrases (see below). 6. Further links a priority? Pineal – pituitary; masseters – sacrum; masseters to something else. Tap head and sternum, if required. 7. Practitioner holds pineal – pituitary and the tender spots on the masseters while saying the phrases (below) one more time without tapping. Hold a minimum of 30 seconds. 8. Ready to close the code? Practitioner holds the masseters while saying silently: Close the genetic code. 9. Remember to ask if Cortices are a priority. Cellular Repair Phrases: “Replace the old genetic code with the new healthy genetic code; replace the old cells with the new healthy cells.”

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Chapter 13 Summary BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Cellular Repair Chapter Summary Cellular Repair The Cellular Repair technique is aimed at repairing the DNA and RNA within cells due to damage that has been incurred in this lifetime and also due to damage that has been passed on in the form of inherited factors. Damage from this lifetime can come from adverse reactions to vaccinations, chemical pollutants, acute diseases, severe emotional traumas, and other acquired conditions.

Test Your Knowledge 1. What are the three categories of Cellular Repair? 2. Explain the relevance of using the sore points in the masseter muscles in the Cellular Repair technique. 3. After the genetic code has been opened, the client’s hands are placed where? 4. What is the most common link after the Cellular Repair is completed?

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Chapter Overview

Learning Objectives

This chapter presents a brief description of the lymphatic system and the technique for energetically stimulating the lymph nodes under the Lymph bubble on the Protocol chart. It also explains the technique for addressing the circulation of not only lymph, but also blood and nerve supply within the body.

Upon completion of Chapter 14: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Lymph, Circulation/Nerve Supply, students will be able to: 1. Provide a brief description of the lymphatic system’s anatomy and physiology. 2. Name the four master energetic controllers of the lymph system.

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3. Effectively implement the Lymph technique. 4. Name the three systems addressed during the Circulation/Nerve Supply technique and the master organ for each. 5. Explain the concepts of “to,” “from,” and “within” as they relate to the technique for each system. 6. Effectively implement the Circulation/Nerve Supply technique.

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Lymph There are several places on the Protocol chart where the lymphatic system and lymph appear: under Body Parts in both the Tissue and Systems side-boxes, in the Lymph bubble and in the Circulation/Nerve Supply bubble. The lymphatic system is also highlighted in the advanced course where the BodyTalk manual lymphatic drainage technique is taught. This demonstrates the importance that BodyTalk assigns to any imbalances that this system might present with. Ironically, people hardly ever think about their lymphatic system, until it malfunctions. Then all of a sudden its functions become very obvious!

Brief Anatomy and Physiology of the Lymphatic System The lymphatic system is not really a separate system of the body. It is considered part of the circulatory and immune systems. The lymphatic system consists of lymph, lymph capillaries, lymph vessels and lymph nodes. Lymph is a thin, clear, slightly yellow fluid that is derived from the plasma aspect of blood leaking out at the capillary level and bathing all cells. At this point, it is known as interstitial fluid. When interstitial fluid is absorbed by the lymphatic capillaries in the area, it changes its name to lymph. Lymph is returned to the blood by way of the lymphatic vessels reconnecting with the veins near the heart. On the way, the lymph is forced through lymph nodes that contain cells that are part of the immune system. These cells are mobilized into action when there is something invading the body somewhere.

Since the lymphatic system has no pump to move the lymph up against gravity from the extremities of the body, the lymphatic flow is dependent on several other factors. Lymphangions, which are tiny muscles along the lymph vessels, produce peristaltic waves of contractions. This peristaltic wave action or lymphatic rhythm is quite slow, about 5-15 pulses per minute, and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Skeletal muscle contractions – no matter how small or big – also help massage the lymph vessels with their one-way valves to move the lymph along in one direction – back to the heart. When we breathe in, the negative pressure in the lungs not only allows air to rush in, but lymph to be pulled up into the thoracic region – which conveniently also holds the heart where the major lymph vessels rejoin the major veins.

Lymph Nodes Lymph nodes, or lymph glands as they are sometimes called, are small oval structures. They generally are located in clusters at strategic points along medium-sized lymph vessels at the ankle, knee, groin, abdomen, elbow, armpit, chest, and neck. Lymph is cleaned and filtered in the lymph nodes and germ fighting cells gather there during illness. This filtration process prevents bacteria, cancer cells, and other infectious agents from entering the blood and circulating through the system. The lymph nodes are the centers for production and storage of some of the white blood cells, namely the lymphocytes and monocytes, which are important elements of the body’s immune mechanism. B cells generated in bone marrow reach their full potential in the lymph nodes and spleen. The appearance of antigens in these organs triggers the transformation of B cells into plasma cells, which in turn produce customized antibodies that travel to infected areas via the circulatory system. During any kind of infection, the nodes enlarge in their area of drainage due to the multiplication of lymphocytes in the node.

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The spleen is closely associated with both the circulatory and the immune systems. It is an abdominal organ which lies under the ribs on the left side, between the stomach and the diaphragm. It consists of the same type of lymphoid tissue as the lymph nodes, but instead of filtering lymph, it filters blood. Thus, it plays a role in the maintenance of blood volume, production of some types of blood cells, storage of platelets, and recovery of material from worn out red blood cells. It is also involved in the filtration of bacteria from the blood. The spleen is not considered to be a vital organ from a Western perspective. It is often removed in emergencies when it has been ruptured, to prevent the person from bleeding to death. In these cases, the liver takes up some of the roles that the spleen played in the body. From an Oriental perspective, the spleen is vital to the health of the person. It is considered to have a profound influence over the movement of fluids within the body and all cyclical activity. It is from this perspective that the spleen is included in the two techniques covered in the BodyTalk Fundamentals course and in the manual lymphatic drainage technique taught in advanced courses.

Zygoma The zygomatic bones are located on both sides of the face, and considered one of the master energetic controllers of the lymph system. They are usually the contact points during the technique and, therefore, need to be confirmed before finding the nodes that will be stimulated. If the zygomas are confirmed, then the client holds these points by touching each cheek bone with the thumb and fingers of one hand. If the priority is not the zygoma, then the other possibilities are the clavicles, diaphragm or pubic crest. These also represent energetic diaphragms that run horizontally across the body and are reciprocals of each other. They can be used as alternative master controllers of the lymphatic system. Find the appropriate contact and have the client indicate it on his or her body.

Technique The focus of the Lymph technique is on the six main areas that lymph nodes are found: 1. Neck 2. Clavicle 3. Axilla 4. Spleen 5. Abdomen 6. Groin

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Top: Abdomen area | Bottom: Groin area

1. Establish if the zygoma is the priority contact point. If not, check if it is, instead, the clavicles, diaphragm or pubic crest. The client holds the contact points with the fingers of one hand. 2. Establish, by going through the entire side-box, which nodal areas to focus on. More Specific will take you to either one side or the other or to a very specific narrow focus (sometimes to one particular node!). 3. The practitioner stimulates the areas of priority with a jiggling motion, either on the body directly (if appropriate) or energetically above the area. In sensitive areas, such as the groin, the client can do this for themselves. The focus is on activating the nodes and getting them to perform their functions at an optimal level.

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Example 14.1 Lymph a priority? Yes

Left side? Yes

Details on Lymph a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on axilla nodes of the left side a priority? No

More Specific? Yes (First confirm the zygoma as contact points.)

(Keep going through the side-box, until you have all the priority areas.)

Zygoma a priority? No

Spleen a priority? No

Clavicles? No

Abdomen a priority? Yes

Diaphragm? No

More Specific on abdominal nodes a priority? No

Pubic crest? Yes

Groin a priority? No

(No need to ask for Further More Specific?, as these contact points are simply representations of the controller of the lymph system. Now, go to the second side-box.)

(Now you have all the information required for the Lymph item.)

Neck a priority? No

Link? No

Clavicle? No

Implementation? Yes

Axilla? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific on axilla nodes? Yes

The client touches their pubic crest with one hand; the practitioner stimulates the nodes of the armpit on the left side while tapping over the head and sternum. Note that this can be done above the body to avoid any unnecessary contact with breast tissue or have the client jiggle the area themselves with their other hand. While continuing to tap, the practitioner moves the focus to the abdominal nodes, gently jiggling over the entire area in segments.

(Since there are two sets of nodes, one associated with each armpit, establish if you are working with both or only one set.) Bilateral axilla nodes a priority? No Right side? No

Further Details on the Lymph item a priority? No

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Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

More Specific: First confirm the zygoma as the contact point. Then go to the side-box listing the lymph node areas to find all the priorities.

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum while performing the Lymph technique: 1. Client holds the zygoma (or alternative). 2. Practitioner stimulates/jiggles the priority lymph node areas, either physically or energetically.

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Circulation/Nerve Supply This section of the Protocol chart focuses on disturbances in the circulation of blood and lymph around the body and, also, on imbalances involving the spinal nerves of the peripheral nervous system. The technique for each of the areas – blood, nerve, lymph – is basically the same, except for what you are mentally visualizing.

The Master Organ As a part of the technique, there is an “anchor” symbolizing the master organ of the particular system that is being addressed: • Blood circulation is represented by the heart. • Nerve circulation is represented by the brain. • Lymph circulation is represented by the spleen. The client will indicate the appropriate master organ with one hand.

To, From, Within In order to avoid confusion, the words “to”, “from” and “within” are to be perceived from the perspective of the organ, endocrine or body part. This means the priority is circulation going to the area, coming from the area or there is a problem with circulation within the area. For blood circulation: • “To” represents issues with the arteries and arterioles supplying oxygenated blood to an area of the body. • “From” represents issues with the veins and venules draining deoxygenated blood from the specific area of the body. • “Within” represents issues with blood flow through the capillary bed in the immediate area.

For nerve supply: • “To” represents the motor neurons of the peripheral nervous system bringing signals to the area from the central nervous system. • “From” represents the sensory neurons of the peripheral nervous system taking signals from the area back to the central nervous system. • Technically, there are only a few body parts that have nerves within themselves (e.g., the heart and the small intestines). However, since the nervous system is about communicating signals and information from one place to another, “nerve supply within” for most parts of the body is more about cell-to-cell communication within the tissue via the release of chemicals. For lymph circulation: • “From” represents issues with the lymph capillaries and lymphatic vessels that drain interstitial fluid from the area. • “Within” represents the movement of the interstitial fluid amongst the cells of the tissues in the area. • Note that there is no “to.” This is because interstitial fluid gets into the tissues of an area by plasma leaking out of the capillaries of the cardiovascular system. The fluid doesn’t become lymph until it is absorbed by the lymph capillaries into the lymphatic system.

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Technique There are three pieces of information that need to be collected for this technique: 1. Establish whether you need to address blood, nerve or lymph circulation. This will determine which master organ the client will touch: the heart, brain or spleen, respectively. 2. Establish which Organ, Endocrine or Body Part has the issue. 3. Establish whether the priority is to, from, and/or within (lymph circulation has only from and/or within).

To tap out, the client holds the appropriate master organ; the practitioner holds the targeted part and taps out over the head and sternum while focusing on the direction of blood, nerve, or lymph circulation. If there is more than one direction, sequentially tap out each one with separate focus.

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Example 14.2 Circulation/Nerve Supply a priority? Yes

3. Find the priority direction.

Details on Circulation/Nerve Supply a priority? Yes

To? Yes

More Specific? Yes

From? No

(Now, find all 3 pieces of information required for the technique.)

Within? Yes

1. Find the priority circulation.

(Now, you have all the information for the Circulation item.)

Blood? Yes

Details on the blood circulation to and within the heart item a priority? No

2. Find what part of the body is having an issue with blood circulation.

Link? No

Organs? Yes

Implementation? Yes

Details on Organs a priority? Yes

Tap Out? Yes

More Specific? Yes

The client holds the heart as the master of blood circulation. The practitioner places his or her hand on top of the heart as well, while tapping out over the head and sternum. The first focus will be blood circulation to the heart itself (through the coronary arteries) and then, while continuing the tapping process, the focus is put on blood circulation within the capillaries supplying the heart tissue.

Lungs? No Heart? Yes Further More Specific on Heart a priority? No

Example 14.3 Circulation/Nerve Supply a priority? Yes

Thyroid? Yes

Details on Circulation/Nerve Supply a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on thyroid a priority? No

More Specific? Yes

3. Find the priority direction.

(Now, find all 3 pieces of information required for the technique.)

To? No

1. Find the priority circulation.

From? No

Blood? No

Within? Yes

Nerve? Yes

(Now, you have all the information for the circulation item.)

2. Find the part of the body that has an issue with nerve supply.

Details on the nerve supply within the thyroid item a priority? No

Organs? No Endocrines? Yes Details on Endocrines a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Pineal? No Pituitary? No

Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes The client places a hand on the head representing the brain as master organ of the nervous system. The practitioner places a hand over the thyroid and taps out over the head and sternum, with the focus on cell-to-cell communication within the thymus (since there are no nerves running through the thymus).

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Summary: Circulation/Nerve Supply No Circulation/Nerve Supply a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

More Specific takes you to: 1. Blood, Nerve, or Lymph 2. Organ, Endocrine, or Body Part 3. To, From, and/or Within

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum, while performing the Circulation/Nerve Supply technique: 1. Client holds the anchor (heart, brain or spleen). 2. Practitioner holds the organ, endocrine, or body part of priority and focuses on to, from and/or within - except for lymph which is only from and/or within.

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Test Your Knowledge

Lymph

1. Name the main areas associated with the Lymph technique. What structures are found here?

The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory and immune systems. Lymphatic capillaries take up interstitial fluid from tissues along with any cellular waste products or cellular debris and take it through the lymphatic vessels to the lymph nodes. Here the lymph is filtered and cleaned up. The cleaned lymph is then carried back to the heart. The Lymph technique arises in the protocol whenever the lymph nodes that are located in specific areas of the body need to be highlighted and lightly stimulated, in order to perform their functions better. Circulation/Nerve Supply Circulation/Nerve Supply arises in the protocol in order to highlight disturbances in the circulation of blood and lymph around the body, as well as imbalances involving the spinal nerves of the peripheral nervous system.

2. What structure is considered the master controller of the nerve supply? 3. What does “Circulation, Lymph within” refer to?

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Learning Objectives

The objective of this chapter is to explain the concept of Extrinsic Reciprocals and how they work through the Wei Qi energy system to give the brain comparative reference points for the musculoskeletal system. Other benefits of this technique are also presented. The student will learn the approximate hand placements on the body and the accompanying visualizations of the underlying structures to indicate the specific reciprocal pairs.

Upon completion of Chapter 14: BodyTalk Protocol Section 4: Musculoskeletal, students will be able to: 1. Describe the Wei Qi and the role it plays in the Reciprocals technique. 2. Explain the function of the reciprocals. 3. List examples of how well-balanced reciprocals can affect the body.

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4. Name the seventeen pairs of reciprocals and demonstrate their locations. 5. Effectively implement the Reciprocals technique.

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Reciprocals Under the Musculoskeletal bubble, there is only one choice at the basic level: Reciprocals. This bubble will expand with other techniques at the advanced level.

The Wei Qi can be seen by the naked eye when you diverge your eyes by looking into the distance through the person – it appears as a whitish, grayish haze around the person that is normally about .5 to 1 inch thick.

Reciprocals

The characteristics of Wei Qi energy are that:

There are 17 pairs of reciprocals. The points in each pair of reciprocals have a relationship with each other. This relationship can be seen clearly when you observe a person walking. The arms and legs move in synchronicity, the left arm balancing the body when the right leg is forward and the right arm balancing the body when the left leg is forward. The motion of the shoulders counterbalances the opposite hips, the elbows follow the opposite knees and the wrists balance the opposite ankles. It is similar for the head balanced on the spine when walking – every point of the upper spine is counter-balanced by a point in the lower spine.

1. It flows just above the skin, on the surface and just underneath it.

As pairs, the points are usually on opposite sides of the body, at opposite ends. The only ones that are not bilateral are the ones located along the midline of the body. When we are addressing the reciprocals at this level,, we are linking the points through the extrinsic energy systems of the body. Hence they are known as the Extrinsic Reciprocals. (In advanced courses, the same reciprocal points are used with deep contact to affect the intrinsic pathways through the fascia – they are called the Intrinsic Reciprocals.) The extrinsic energy systems make up the surface energy of the body, which encompasses such concepts as the Wei Qi or protective/synthesizing energy of Chinese Medicine and the protective/synthesizing aspect of the electromagnetic field around the body discussed in modern bioenergetics. For our purposes, we will refer to the extrinsic energy systems simply as the Wei Qi.

2. It provides a rapid form of communication between the various parts of the body that is more random in nature and provides more versatile pathways than its slower and more confined nerve and meridian counterparts within the body. 3. The energy communicates with the brain through the gall bladder meridian on the skull at the temples, and has major entrance and exit points all over the body – particularly at joints and the end points of the fingers and toes. The reciprocals, communicating through the Wei Qi, quickly give the brain comparison reference points to maintain balance in the musculoskeletal system. These points seem to mimic the “circuit breakers” of an electrical system. A simple analogy to envisage the function of the reciprocals is to imagine a situation where the body has been overloaded by stress or disease, and one of these circuit breakers has “blown.” This compels the body to compensate by using an inferior backup circuit until the crisis is over. In many cases, the person never fully recovers, or the system, due to various stress factors, is unable to restore the integrity of the reciprocals in question. The system persistently malfunctions and the person’s body continues to “do it the hard way” by compensating at the expense of health.

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As the general health of the bodymind system is totally dependent on good communication, the importance of healthy reciprocals cannot be underestimated. Well balanced Extrinsic Reciprocals have a holistic effect on the body. They: • Significantly affect the total health of the person. • Boost the general energy levels of the person. • Lift the person’s mood and strengthen their resolve (possibly a side effect of the general energy boost). • Balance the energy meridian system that influences every major organ. • Have a dramatic effect on the overall structural integrity of the person. (Significant changes in posture are often noticeable to trained eyes.)

The reciprocal pairs that are a part of the technique are located at major joints and significant areas of the body. It is possible to get no Details to Reciprocals – in which case you do all 17 pairs. This may happen with a client relatively new to BodyTalk, as the average person is very imbalanced in their posture and generally needs to reestablish the brain’s connection to their body. If you are required to find more specific reciprocal pairs for balancing, they are divided into three groupings for convenience:

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Head to Body



Head to Spinal Complex

• Improve total circulation and lymphatic drainage of the body (probably due to the postural changes). • Improve the total breathing cycle. • Reduce total muscle tension in the body (related to posture). • Greatly improve the digestive system. • Harmonize the function of the nervous system. • Are used extensively in emergency situations when the Fast Aid protocol is followed – more on that in the appendices. Reciprocals in British Columbia, Canada. Photo credit: Shelley Saulnier

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Upper Body to Lower Body To help you to memorize this box, think of it as connecting the arms to the opposite legs, except for the last set of points which are in the middle of the body: 1. Upper shoulder – Iliac crest 2. Shoulder tip (greater tubercle) – Hip (greater trochanter) Ilium

Iliac Crest

3. Shoulder front – front of hip 4. Shoulder back (scapula) – back of hip (ischial tuberosity) 5. Elbow – Knee

Pubic Crest Hip

6. Wrist – Elbow

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1. Upper shoulder - Iliac crest

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6. Wrist - Elbow

3. Shoulder front - Front of Hip

7. Navel - Coccyx

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Head to Body To help you memorize this box, imagine taking the face and enlarging it to fit over the front of the trunk of the body – the eyes are the nipples, the mouth is the navel, the ears are the armpits flapping at the side. The other points will then make more sense too. Another way of remembering the reciprocals in this box is to realize that the first 3 pairs are bone-to-bone and the last 3 pairs are sense organ-to-soft tissue: 8. Vomer – Xiphoid 9. Temporal bone – Ilium

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8. Vomer - Xiphoid

9. Temporal bone - Ilium

10. Zygoma - Pubic Crest

11. Mouth - Navel

12. Ear - Axilla

13. Eye - Nipple

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sphenoid bone

Head to Spinal Complex

temporal bone

vomer

This box has a few points on the head connecting with the spine, starting with a major joint and then following from the lowest point on the spine (the coccyx) upwards to meet at T5 – T6 (the fifth and sixth thoracic vertebrae), which come together at the level of the armpits:

occiput zygoma

14. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) – Sacroiliac joint

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15. Sphenoid bone – Coccyx

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16. Occiput – Sacrum

1. Establish which reciprocal pair(s) is the priority.

17. Upper spine – Lower spine

2. The client or practitioner touches the reciprocal areas lightly while tapping over the head and sternum. Be mindful of sensitive body parts such as the pubic bone and nipple. In some cultures these are considered “private parts” and contact should be made by the person being tapped out. Alternatively, the practitioner may indicate these points energetically above the body without any physical touch.

Since the client will most likely be lying face up on the table, you may tap out the upper to lower spine reciprocals from the front of the body, with deep focus to the back. This works well once you are familiar with which parts of the spine are being connected and can visualize them.

14. TMJ - Sacroiliac joint

17. Upper spine - Lower spine

15. Sphenoid bone - Coccyx

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Comments If you are taken to a set of reciprocals and you get “More Specific? Yes,” you will first need to determine if you are working bilaterally, if there are two sides. For example, it comes up that you need to be more specific about the Ear to Axilla reciprocal. The first question will be “Bilateral?” If No, then you will have to confirm which diagonal pair is the priority: is it “the right ear to left armpit?” or “left ear to right armpit?” More Specific could also mean that you have to find a more specific location within the area of the reciprocal to connect. For example, it might be the medial aspect of the elbow to the medial aspect of the opposite knee that is the priority. In the case of the spine, More Specific will take you to individual pairs of vertebrae to tap out: C1 – L5 C2 – L4 C3 – L3 C4 – L2 C5 – L1 C6 – T12 C7 – T11 T1 – T10 T2 – T9 T3 – T8 T4 – T7 T5 – T6 (“C” represents the cervical vertebrae,”T” are the thoracic vertebrae, and “L” are the lumbar vertebrae.) The reciprocal concept, once understood, can be applied to other parts of the musculoskeletal system as well. For example, the right thumb and the left big toe are reciprocals to each other; the right upper arm is the reciprocal to the left thigh; and so on. This concept is used extensively in the Fast Aid protocol described in the appendix.

Example 15.1 Reciprocals a priority? Yes Details on Reciprocals a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes Upper Body to Lower Body? No Head to Body? Yes Further More Specific on Head to Body Reciprocals a priority? No Further Details? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Proceed to connect the reciprocals located in the Head to Body side-box by lightly holding the points and tapping out, bilaterally where applicable.

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Example 15.3

Reciprocals a priority? Yes

Reciprocals a priority? Yes

Details on Reciprocals a priority? Yes

Details on Reciprocals a priority? Yes

More Specific? Yes

More Specific? Yes

Upper Body to Lower Body? Yes

Upper Body to Lower Body? Yes

Further More Specific on Upper Body to Lower Body Reciprocals a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on Upper Body to Lower Body Reciprocals a priority? Yes

Upper shoulder to iliac crest? No

Upper shoulder to iliac crest? No

Shoulder tip to hip? Yes

Shoulder tip to hip? Yes

Further More Specific on shoulder tip to hip reciprocal a priority? Yes

Further More Specific on shoulder tip to hip reciprocal a priority? No (You assume the item is bilateral.)

Bilateral? No

Further Details? No

Right shoulder tip to left hip? Yes

Link? Yes

Further More Specific on right shoulder tip to left hip a priority? No

To Reciprocals? No

Further Details? No Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes Lightly touch the greater tubercle of the right humerus and the greater trochanter of the left femur, while tapping over the head and sternum.

To Section 4? No Backwards? Yes Section 2? No Section 1? Yes Details on Section 1 a priority? Yes More Specific? Yes E.G.B.? No Organs? Yes Further More Specific on Organs a priority? No Further Details on Organs a priority? No Further Link? No Implementation? Yes Tap Out? Yes

Treating a field hockey injury using reciprocals in Hout Bay, South Africa. Photo credit: Debbie Zacharias

The formula is “bilateral shoulder tip to hip reciprocals linked to all organs.” The organs can be indicated by a sticky note over the diaphragm/navel of the client; the client can touch one pair of reciprocals while the practitioner touches the other pair. The practitioner lets go of one hand position to tap over the head and heart.

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Summary: Reciprocals No Reciprocals a Priority?

Move forward in the Protocol.

Yes Yes Details?

More Specific? Orientation? Definition?

More Specific takes you to the side-boxes.

No Yes Link?

Move through the Protocol Chart to find the next item.

No

Implementation? Yes No Tap out? Yes

Hand Positions? Specific Tapping? Breathing?

Tap out over the head and sternum, while performing the Reciprocals technique: 1. Lightly touch the reciprocal points, in order and bilaterally, unless only one side comes up as priority.

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Test Your Knowledge

Reciprocals

1. Explain the concept of “reciprocals” using a person’s gait as the example.

There are 17 pairs of Reciprocals. The points in each pair of reciprocals have physical and energetic relationships with each other. As pairs, the points are usually on opposite sides of the body, at opposite ends. The only ones that are not bilateral are those located along the midline of the body. When we are addressing the reciprocals at this basic level, we are linking the points through the extrinsic energy systems of the body. Linking the reciprocals can greatly improve circulation, energy flow, posture, balance, overall sense of well being, range of motion, and decrease pain. It is an important part of the Access program and the Fast Aid Protocol.

2. List six possible effects that balancing the reciprocals could result in. 3. Which is the reciprocal partner of T5? 4. You are at extrinsic reciprocals “left shoulder tip to right hip” and Further More Specific is a priority. What would you be looking for next?

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Practitioner Client

General Body Mind Spirit

SB Switching Cortices Hydration Scars Interference

Skin Adhesions

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Five Elements Five Senses Consciousness E.G.B.

Pin Thyr Panc Tes

Time, Person, Place, Object, Activity, Event, Animal, Plant, Work, Money, Emotions

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Chakras 77 Chakras Meridians Meridians Panc Reflex Reflex Pt Pt Panc

Organs Endocrines Body Parts Energies

Birth Environmental

General Vivaxis

SECTION 2

Environment

Lu Liv St SI Bl

HEAD Sensory Organs Hair Face Neck

Clothing Jewelry Electronics Other

He GB Sp LI Ki

BACK Upper Middle Lower CHEST Breasts Diaphragm Armpits

TRIUNE BRAIN

Cortex Limbic Reptilian Frontal Temporal Parietal Occipital

BRAIN

Head Back Chest

Front Middle Back

ABDOMEN Uterus Prostate Genitals Navel

Occipital Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral

LIMBS Legs Arms

Abdomen Limbs General

Cardiovascular Cerebrospinal Circulatory Digestive Endocrine Immune Integumentary

General Body Tissues Connective Epithelial Skin Blood Lymph Nerve Bone Muscle Fat Systems

Lymphatic Muscular Nervous Reproductive Respiratory Skeletal Urinary

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Matrixes Microbes Toxins Allergies Intolerances

Viruses Bacteria Parasites Fungi UPPER BODY - LOWER BODY 1. Upper Shoulder - Iliac Crest 2. Shoulder Tip - Hip 3. Shoulder Front - Hip Front 4. Shoulder Back - Hip Back 5. Elbow - Knee 6. Wrist - Ankle 7. Navel - Coccyx HEAD - BODY 8. Vomer - Xiphoid 9. Temporal Bone - Ilium 10. Zygoma - Pubic Crest 11. Mouth - Navel 12. Ear - Axilla 13. Eye - Nipple HEAD - SPINAL COMPLEX 14. TMJ - Sacroiliac Joint 15. Sphenoid - Coccyx 16. Occiput - Sacrum 17. Upper Spine - Lower Spine

Neck Spleen Clavicle Abdomen Axilla Groin

Zygoma

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Body Chemistry Active Memory Cellular Repair Lymph

Reciprocals

Circulation Nerve Supply Musculoskeletal

Belief Systems Events Fears, Phobias

Blood Nerve Lymph

Organ Endocrine Body Part

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Lifetime Periods Past Relationships Childbirth Fetal Life Specific Events Time, Person, Place, Object, Activity, Event, Animal, Plant, Work, Money, Emotions

Vaccination Acquired Inherited Organ Endocrine Body Part

Self Love Be Loved To Love

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1. Cortices 2. Cortices linked to site of the problem 3. Cortices 4. Site of the problem linked to its reciprocal 5. Site of the problem to any links indicated by innate (if testing is available and appropriate) 6. General BodyTalk session

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Person Place Object Activity Event Animal Plant Work Money Emotions

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If Yes, find another Item If No, go to

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Further Exploring Commencement Item Link Implementation Orientation Definition “Further” is applied to all the sections to further investigate parts of that section.

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Technique Summaries Tapping Head: Lightly tap client’s head while fingers span across both hemispheres of the brain. Heart: Lightly tap client’s sternum, or back. Tap for two full breaths.

SB Finger on roof of mouth. Finger on pituitary point. Tap out head and sternum - exaggerated breaths.

Switching Fingers on eyes (gentle pressure, no pain). Finger and thumb on the switching reflex points. Tap out head and sternum - exaggerated breaths.

Cortices Hand on base of skull. Tap out head and sternum. Repeat over the midline until over the eyebrows. Final hand position over the sides of the head. - exaggerated breaths.

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Hydration Place damp tissue in navel (or specific part). Client’s hands on sides of head. Tap out the modified cortices technique.

Scars Confirm that the scar is a priority by challenging it and asking innate. Gently stimulate the scar with your fingers while tapping out the head and sternum. For adhesions, stimulate gently with a mental focus on the depth and angle to reach deeper tissue.

Organs , Endocrines and Body Parts One hand on the priority organ/endocrine/body part. The other items in the formula are indicated with hands or sticky notes. Tap out head and sternum.

Body Chemistry Place a tissue with saliva in navel. Client’s hands on sides of head. Tap out the modified cortices technique.

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Active Memory Make triangle touching cheekbones and pituitary spot. Slowly roll eyes clockwise, saying phrase out loud, or visualizing event/fear/phobia. Repeat anticlockwise. Stop saying phrase or stop visualizing. Move eyes side to side, then up and down with deep breaths. Practitioner ensures that eye movements form a complete circle and taps out head and sternum. Ask if diaphragm to intestines link is a priority.

Brain One hand is placed over the general area of brain or specific point. The other items in the formula are indicated with hands or sticky notes. Tap out head and sternum.

7 Main Chakras One hand on the priority chakra, or a finger indicating a sub-chakra. The other items in the formula are indicated with hands or sticky notes. Tap out head and sternum.

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Meridians Client holds little finger and thumb together and contacts sphenoid bone (temples). Practitioner’s fingers superficially on three pulses of one wrist. Client rolls eyes. Tap out head and sternum. Repeat with deep contact over the pulse points. Repeat all on other side.

Pancreas Reflex Point Client places thumb on tender spot of left Pancreas Reflex Point. Practitioner’s hand on right side general area. Tap out head and sternum.

Environment Practitioner stimulates sticky note with environmental factor written on it, placed over point of entry. Client holds the affected organ, endocrine, or body part. Tap out head and sternum.

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Vivaxis Client stands with arm at right angle to chest, and parallel to floor. Test the arm for weakness, while moving the client in a circle. Tap out head and sternum at each point of weakness found.

Lymph Client holds zygoma (cheekbones) and links, or alternative. Practitioner lightly stimulates the priority lymph node areas, while tapping out head and sternum.

Circulation Client holds heart (blood); or brain (nerve), or spleen (lymph). Practitioner touches priority area and focuses on to, from, and/or within - except for lymph which is only from and/ or within. Tap out head and sternum.

Appendices

Cellular Repair 1. DNA/RNA+ symptom or disease (on paper, place on navel). 2. “Interference?” Jewelry, clothing, metal on midline, etc. 3. “Preparation?” Pineal - pituitary; masseter - sacrum; or masseter to specific part. Tap head and sternum, if required. 4. “Ready to open the genetic code?” Practitioner holds tender points on masseters, silently says “open the genetic code.” 5a. Client holds limbic areas. Practitioner holds top two cortices, in sequence. Tap head and sternum, while silently saying phrases (see below). 5b. Client holds tender areas on masseters. Practitioner holds top two cortices, in sequence. Tap head and sternum, while saying phrases (see below). 6. Further linking? Pineal - pituitary; masseter - sacrum, or masseter to specific part. Tap head and sternum, if required. 7. Practitioner holds pineal-pituitary and masseters while saying phrases again. (See below) (No tapping) Hold for at least 30 seconds. 8. “Ready to close genetic code?” (Hold for longer if necessary.) Hold masseters and say “close the genetic code.” Phrases: “Replace the old genetic code with the new healthy genetic code; replace the old cells with the new healthy cells.” Ask if cortices are a priority.

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Reciprocals Hold the priority reciprocal pairs. Tap out head and sternum.

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Fast Aid Protocol Fast Aid The BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol is a very valuable combination of proven techniques to use in an emergency situation – either in the course of a regular session, or in case testing for Yes’s and No’s is not possible, as a stand alone set of techniques. If it is a minor emergency such as a cut, scrape or burn, employing the BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol may be all that is required to stop the pain and bleeding. Major emergencies are those that are life-threatening. Here we might be dealing with situations where someone is having a heart attack or stroke, or with someone who has been electrocuted, drowned, stabbed, or shot, or in a car accident with major internal bleeding, and so on. If you are confronted with a major emergency of this nature, make sure that Emergency Medical Services are notified. Then, while waiting until the medical help arrives, the BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol can be used to help stabilize the person. Tap out each step thoroughly and then repeat the sequence as often as is required. The Cortices technique can be extremely helpful in reducing the impact of accident victims going into shock. Remember, basic first aid principles apply – for instance, if there appears to be any risk involved in moving the victim’s head or neck, do the Cortices technique with your hand just off the surface of the head. Pets can also be tapped out using the BodyTalk techniques in emergency situations. The principles that apply to the balancing of the human bodymind also apply to animals.

Fundamental Principles To Follow In a Major Emergency Situation Use whatever other first aid training you have or is available to you (e.g., phoning 911 in North America, CPR techniques) in addition to doing the BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol. This is important from a legal standpoint, that you have done everything from your perspective to help in an emergency. Remember and utilize basic first aid principles such as not moving the person’s head in a trauma situation, avoiding contact with blood, etc. Although the BodyTalk Fast Aid techniques are powerful and have saved lives simply on their own merit, it is always important to use all tools available to help out in a major crisis situation.

BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol 1. Cortices 2. Cortices linked to site of the problem 3. Cortices 4. Site of the problem linked to its reciprocal (when appropriate) 5. Site of the problem to any links indicated by innate (if testing is available and appropriate) 6. General BodyTalk session (when applicable) Repeat the first four steps as required. In serious cases, repeat them every few minutes until medical emergency help arrives. Note the importance of the Cortices technique. As a matter of fact, if you panic in any emergency situation and forget everything else, at least remember to tap out the cortices!

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Anatomy and Physiology of a Cell This is a generalized view of a cell that is a composite of many different cells in the body. Included are very brief descriptions of the physiology of the component parts of the cell. 1. Nucleolus: Made up of clusters of DNA, RNA and proteins. The site of ribosome production.

9. Vacuole: Membranous sac that stores water, food, waste or other materials.

2. Nucleus: Made up of a nuclear envelope, nucleoplasm and contains the nucleolus. It stores the genetic information or genes which make up the DNA. The DNA controls cellular structure and most cellular activities.

10. Mitochondria: “Powerhouses of the cell” responsible for energy production by way of the Krebs cycle, which is the common pathway to oxidize fuel molecules by a series of reactions that releases CO2 and energy.

3. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER): Contains ribosomes on the surface and is attached to the nuclear membrane. It is a continuous system of membranebound tubules and sacs throughout the cytoplasm. It synthesizes, stores and transports secretory proteins and phospholipids. 4. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum: Has no ribosomes and produces polysaccharides, lipid molecules and some hormones. 5. Golgi Complex/Apparatus: Made up of layers of membranous sacs. It processes, sorts and delivers proteins that are delivered to it by the rough ER. 6. Ribosomes: They may be free in the cytoplasm or attached to the rough ER. They produce proteins. 7. Secretory Vesicle: Membrane enclosed vesicles which form in the golgi complex that deliver the proteins or hormones to the cell membrane to be excreted outside the cell. 8. Lysosome: Membrane enclosed vesicle that form in the golgi complex and carry digestive enzymes that are responsible for breaking down toxic substances and recycling older parts of the cell.

11. Centrosome/Centrioles: Centrosome is a dense area of cytoplasm that contains the centrioles. The centrioles organize the microtubules of the cytoskeleton and function in cell division. 12. Cytoskeleton: A dynamic three-dimensional structure that fills the cytoplasm. It acts much like muscles and bones, determining the shape of a cell and making the cell move. It is also responsible for the organization of the organelles (structures) within the cell. 13. Cytoplasm: A gel-like substance in the cell membrane but not in the nucleus. It contains water, and many chemicals and structures that carry out the life processes in the cell. 14. Cell Membrane: A highly selective filter made primarily of lipids (fats) and protein. It protects the cellular contents, makes contact with other cells, contains channels, transporters, receptors, enzymes, cell identity markers, and mediates the entry and exit of substances. 15. Cilia: Surface projections that move fluids over the cell surface or to move the cell itself. 16. Nuclear Membrane: the membrane surrounding the nucleus of the cell.

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11. Centrosome/Centrioles

15. Cilia

6. Ribosomes

10. Mitochondria 13. Cytoplasm 2. Nucleus

16. Nuclear Membrane 1. Nucleolus

12. Cytoskeleton

4. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum 8. Lysosome 9. Vacuole 14. Cell Membrane 3. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum 7. Secretory Vesicle 5. Golgi Complex/Apparatus

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Organs Structure

Any Organ

More Specific

Definition/Physiology

stroma

ground substance/framework

parenchyma

functional aspect

circulation – arteries or veins

carries blood to or from organ

nervous system

stimulation or relaxation of organ

lymphatics

carries away waste and excess fluid

right or left bronchi bronchioles

external respiration

alveoli right or left superior lobe Lungs

right or left inferior lobe

gas exchange

right middle lobe parietal or visceral pleural membrane

protection, secretes fluid

plural fluid

reduces friction

surfactant

reduces surface tension

right or left atria

regulation of fluids

right or left ventricles

ejects blood

parietal or visceral pericardium

protection, secretes fluid

pericardial fluid

reduces friction

endocardium myocardium epicardium Heart

tricuspid valve bicuspid valve

lines the inner cavities of the heart, stimulates heart contraction, outer protective layer of heart, prevention of backflow

aortic semilunar valve pulmonary semilunar valve

Liver

Stomach

right or left coronary arteries

carries blood to the heart

coronary veins

carries blood away from the heart

SA node

initiates heart rhythm

AV node

transfers heart rhythm to ventricles

bundle of His or purkinje fibers

transfers heart rhythm through ventricles

right or left lobe

carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, excretion of bilirubin, processing of drugs and hormones storage, syntheses of bile salts, activation of vit D.

kupffer cells

cleansing, phagocytosis

hepatic duct

moves bile

cardiac sphincter

allows food in

pyloric sphincter

allows food out

cardia

superior portion of stomach

fundus

middle portion of stomach

pyloris

inferior portion of stomach

gastric glands

secretes gastric juices

mucous

protection

hydrochloric acid

assists protein digestion

pepsinogen/pepsin

protein digestion

gastric lipase

fat digestion

gastrin

regulates stomach acid

muscosa

protection, secretes mucus

submucosa

connective tissue supporting mucosa

muscularis

peristalsis

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Structure Gall Bladder

More Specific

Definition/Physiology

gall bladder

storage of bile

common bile duct cystic duct

Spleen

moves biles

white pulp

immune function

red pulp

stores platelets, cleanses blood

B or T cells

immune function

platelets

blood coagulation

lymphocytes

immune function

macrophages

ingestion and destruction of foreign matter, cell debris and microbes

duodenum

digestion

jejunum ileum sphinter of odi common bile duct Small Intestine

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absorption bile passage

pancreatic duct

pancreatic juice passage

vili and microvilli

absorption

intestinal glands

secretes intestinal juices

mucosa

protection, secretes mucus

submucosa

connective tissue supporting mucosa

muscularis

peristalsis

ileocecal valve

chyme passage

cecum

bacterial activity, water absorption

appendix

no known function

ascending colon transverse colon descending colon Large Intestine

Bladder

Kidneys

bacterial activity, water absorption

sigmoid colon rectum

transports feces

anus

fecal passage

bacterial flora

digestion

mucosa

protection, secretes mucus

submucosa

connective tissue supporting mucosa

muscularis

peristalsis

trigone

receives autonomic innervation

internal urethral sphincter

urine passage out

external urethral sphincter

voluntary urine passage out

mucosa

protection

submuucosa

connective tissue supporting mucosa

muscularis

contraction

urethral openings

urine passage

kidneys

filters blood; regulates blood pressure, blood volume, and blood ph; excretes waste

renal capsule

protection

renal cortex

filtration

renal medulla

microvascular exchange

papilla

empty into calyx

calyx

region of urine collection

nephron

filters blood

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Endocrines Structure

Any Endocrine

Pineal

Pituitary

More Specific

Definition/Physiology

stroma

ground substance/framework

parenchyma

functional aspect

circulation – arteries or veins

carries blood to or from endocrine

nervous system

stimulation or relaxation of endocrine

lymphatics

carries away waste and excess fluid

melatonin

onset of puberty, daily circadian rhythm, seasonal circadian rhythm, sleep

anterior, posterior lobe oxytocin

contraction of uterus and mammary glands, human bonding

antiduretic hormone

reabsorption of water by kidneys

thyroid stimulating hormone

secretion of thyroid hormones

adrenocorticotropin

secretion of cortisol

follicle stimulating hormone

production of estrogen or sperm

luteinizing hormone

ovulation, corpus luteum

interstitial cell stimulating

production of testosterone

hormone

Thyroid

Parathyroid glands Thymus

Pancreas

Adrenal Glands

Ovaries

Testies

prolactin

secretion of milk

growth hormone

protein synthesis

melanocyte stimulating hormone

dispersion of melanin

triiodothyronine (T3)

metabolism

thyroxine (T4)

protein synthesis

iodine

carbohydrate absorption

calcitonin

absorption of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium by bones, lipid metabolism, growth and development, thyroid, speed of nervous system

parathyroid hormone

release of calcium, phosphate and magnesium from bones

leukocytes

maturation into T cells

T cells

activation and proliferation

thymosin

immune function

islets of Langerhans

blood sugar level balance

beta cells, insulin

lowering blood sugar level

alpha cells, glucagon

increasing blood sugar level

delta cells, somatostatin

inhibition of insulin and glucagon

right or left adrenal

metabolism

medulla

stress

cortex

fight/flight response

epinephrine/norepinephrine or adrenaline/noradrenaline; steroid hormones; androgens, estrogen

masculinizing or feminizing effects

mineralocorticoids, aldosterone

conserving sodium, excreting potassium

glucocorticoids, cortisol

mobilization of fat, gluconeogenesis, anti-inflammatory, antiallergenic, depression of immune system

pituitary-adrenal axis

hormonal response to stress

estrogen

regulation of menstrual cycle

progesterone

cleansing, phagocytosis

relaxin

moves bile

inhibin

inhibition of FSH and LH

testoserone

reproduction

inhibin

sensuality/sexuality

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Body Chemistry Specifics Allergies or Intolerances Dairy - milk, cheese, butter, whey lactose, etc. Grain - wheat, corn oats, rye, rice, barley, etc. Fruit – bananas, tomatoes, strawberries, citrus, etc. Vegetables – legumes, onions, peppers, eggplant, potatoes, etc. Protein – chicken, turkey, fish, beef, etc. Foods

Condiments - vinegar, yeast, salt, pepper, spices, catsup Sugar – sucrose, dextrose, maltose, fructose, corn syrup, brown sugar, etc.

Ingested

Alcohol - wine, beer, hard liquor, etc. Supplements & Vitamins – A,B C,D E, F,K, etc. Minerals – calcium, iron, magnesium, copper, potassium, zinc, iodine, chromium, selenium, etc. Other – chocolate, coffee, tea, nuts, caffeine, etc.

Inhaled or can be Skin Contact Skin Contact

Food Additives

MSG, aspartame, saccharine, food coloring (yellow, red, blue, green), sulfur, potassium benzoate, etc.

Injected

medications, supplements, insulin, bug bites {ticks, fire ants, bees, spiders (brown recluse), wasps, etc.

Mold, (cladosporium, penicillium, aspergillus, stachylbotys, chartarum), pollen, grasses, poison ivy, poison oak, dust mites, animal dander/hair/saliva (cat, dog, bird, horse, etc.) (many of these may also be experienced by the body as a toxin)

Detergent, soap, deodorant, cosmetics, skin care products, paint, solvents, chemicals, materials (wool, nylon, latex, polyester, acetate, spandex,), etc.

Microbes Viruses

Influenza, Respiratory, Epstein-Barr (mono), Polio, Varicella (chickenpox), Mumps, Measles, Hepatitis ( A, B, C, D, G, Non A-G), Herpes Simplex (1. fever blister; 2. genital), Herpes Zoster (shingles), Warts.

Bacteria

Typhus, Strep, Staph, E-coli, Influenza, TB, Respiratory, Cystitis (bladder infection), Syphillis, Camphylobacter Pylori, Meningitis, Borrelia, Burgdorferi (Lymes)

Parasites

Giardia, Tapeworm, Pinworm, Amoeba (acanthamoeba, entamoeba), Leishmania, Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Balantidium, Trichomonas, Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, Trypanosoma cruzi, Naegleria, Toxoplasma, Malaria

Fungal

Tinea (ringworm, athletes foot, jock itch), Environmental (aspergillus, penicillium, stachybotys chartarum, cladosporium)

Toxins Inhalants Ingested/Injected Skin Contact Radiation

Pesticides, Tobacco smoke, Perfume, Anesthetics, Fumes (gasoline, formaldehyde, phenol, radon, freon, methane, propane, chlorine, ammonia, carbon monoxide, etc.) Water, Heavy Metals (aluminum, mercury-amalgam filings, copper, nickel, lead, etc,), Medications (aspirin, acetomenaphin, ibuprophen, antibiotic, barbituate, amphetamine, antihistamine, antidepressant, antipsychotic, diuretic, etc.), Chemotherapy, Vaccines, Food Additives – MSG, aspartame, saccharine, food coloring (yellow, red, blue, green), sulfur, potassium benzoate, etc. Detergent, Soap, Deodorant Cosmetics, Paint, Solvents, Chemicals Sun, Ultraviolet, Computer, Microwave, Cell Phone, Electrical Sources

Other Climate

Hot, Cold, Damp, Dry, Wind, Altitude Pineal: Melatonin

Hormones

(Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands that have a specific effect on target cells in another part of the body.)

Pituitary: TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, Growth Hormone Thyroid: T3, T4, Calcitonin Thymus: Thymosin Pancreas: Insulin, Glucagon Adrenals: Epinephrine (adrenaline), Norepinephrine, Endorphins, Cortisol, Aldosterone, DHEA Gonads: Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone

Neurotransmitters

(Chemical messengers that act in nerve impulse transmission.)

Melatonin, Serotonin, Endorphin, Tryptophan, Dopamine, Acetylcholine, DHEA, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Histamine, Glutamate, Glycine, GABA, etc.

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Symptoms of Common Toxins Chlorine (chlorine fumes from running hot or cold tap water note: some chlorides, such as salt, are not harmful and may even be beneficial): heart swelling, severe respiratory tract irritations, vomiting, skin eruptions, red eyes, sneezing, skin rashes, fatigue, abdominal pain, fainting, dizziness, asthma. Fluoride kidney and bladder disorders, constipation, skin and stomach disorders, bronchitis, asthma, brittle nails, sinus problems, itching after bathing, prickly sensation in the muscles, gum disease, mouth ulcers, vision problems, hair loss, arthritis, diarrhea, eczema. Too much fluoride (without allergic reaction): reduces Vitamin C level, causes birth defects, weakens immune system. Formaldehyde (found in air fresheners, spray starch, paints, leather, vinyl, mothballs, insecticides, glues, new clothes, drapery, upholstery, new electronic equipment, disinfectants, building materials, etc.): Asthma, contact dermatitis, coughing, tightness of chest, heart palpitations. More research is needed to determine the role of low dose formaldehyde exposure in chronic health problems and cancer. Perfumes headache, dizziness, hyper pigmentation, violent coughing, vomiting, skin irritation, asthma.

Cosmetics (makeup, shampoo, hairspray, hair coloring, lotions, nail polish and - removers, artificial nails, antiperspirants, aftershaves, etc.): Rashes on face, neck, chest, scalp, itching, skin swelling, eruptions, shortness of breath, eye irritation, eye infection, hair breakage and loss, dizziness and nausea, headaches, nail damage from fungal, viral and bacterial infections, fatty cysts, enlarged sweat glands, lung tumors, death (antiperspirant), heavy metal toxicity - usually lead, silver or copper - in hair color. Insecticides and Pesticides (absorbed through lungs, gut and skin - contain neurotoxins, stored in fat cells): cancer, nerve damage, damage to immune system, excess sweating, extreme weakness, difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, tremor, slurred speech, poor balance, confusion. Sources of water contamination (category under toxins, more specific, water, more specific) -  natural contamination from excess mineral deposits in the ground: molybdenum, lead, copper -  industrial contamination from dumping hazardous chemical wastes into surface water seeping into groundwater waste dumps, and brine from oil and gas drilling -  leaching from old lead or copper water pipes -  chlorine and fluorides added to public water supplies -  agricultural contamination from runoff containing residues of pesticides, herbicides, nitrites, chemical fertilizers and animal wastes.

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Brain Specifics Cortices

Limbic Brain

Frontal Lobes Involved in planning, organizing, problem solving, selective attention, personality, insight, and foresight, voluntary movements, memory, judgement, inhibitions, emotional traits, language, speech, storage of motor patterns.

Amygdala Primarily responsible for our deepest emotions of fear, rage, pain and pleasure, and our reactions to punishment, behaviors relating to species survival, sexual arousal and the desire to nurture the young and helpless. Triggers the fight or flight response.

Parietal Lobes Processing of sensory input, sensory discrimination and body orientation.

Hippocampus Records memory of objects and events as facts. Left hippocampus: symbolic digital processing and auditory short-term memory. Right hippocampus: special processing and visual short-term memory.

Occipital Lobe Processes visual information. Temporal Lobes Processes smell; short-term memory, right lobe - visual memory (i.e., memory for pictures and faces), left lobe - verbal memory (i.e., memory for words and names); auditory receptive area and association areas; expressed behavior and language. Left Cortices Analytical, mathematical, technical and problem solving. Right Cortices Imaginative, synthesizing, artistic, holistic and conceptual modes. Corpus Callosum Transferal of information between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

Fornix Allows the left and right hippocampus to communicate and coordinate activities. Cingulate Gyrus Major relay center for the limbic system and interface between the conscious and subconscious. The site where emotions, feelings, attention and working memory flow together. Suppresses feelings of anger and rage. Olfactory System Processes smell.

Limbic System Fornix

Mammillary Body Corpus Callosum

Stria Terminalis

Cingulate Gyrus

Hippocampus

Olfactory Bulb Hypothalmus

Olfactory Tract Amygdala

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Mammillary Bodies Storage of conscious memory and control behavior relating to eating and taste. Stria Terminalis Passes information from amygdala to hypothalamus. Left Limbic Controlled, conservative, planned, organized and administrative in nature. Right Limbic Interpersonal, emotional, musical, spiritual and the “talker” modes. Thalamus Processes all sensory input (except smell) to the cortex; it also has profound influence on motor and cognitive function. Contributes to facial expression. Hypothalamus Exerts control over the pituitary gland, thus, also over endocrine function in general, and it has extensive connections with brainstem autonomic nuclei. Note: Both the Thalamus and the Hypothalamus also have Reptilian Brain functions.

Reptilian Brain Ventricles (lateral, third and fourth) Produce cerebrospinal fluid by way of the choroid plexus in each. Cerebellum Coordination and control of voluntary movement. Basal Ganglia (caudate nucleus, putamen, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra, and globus pallidus) Responsible for controlling large subconscious, or automatic, movements of skeletal muscle and muscle tone.

Brain Stem Midbrain Nerve pathway of cerebral hemispheres, auditory and visual reflex centers. Pons Respiratory center, mouth and facial sensation and expression, chewing, eye movement, inner ear coordination, and hearing. Medulla Crossing of motor tracts, cardiac center, respiratory center, vasomotor (nerves having muscular control of the blood vessel walls) center, centers for cough, gag, swallow, vomit, and head movements. Spinal Cord (cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral sections) Motor, sensory, and autonomic function. The triune brain model is a fairly simplified image of the brain; not all structures of the brain fit neatly into this model. There may be some overlap and discrepancy as to which aspect of the triune brain a specific structure falls under.

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The Meridian Cycle

Lung (Lu) 3AM-5AM

START

Key Words: letting go, taking life in fully, courage, past, skin, depression YIN

Liver (Lv) 1AM-3AM

Key Words: movement, female cycle, anger, muscle spasms, benevolence YIN

Large Intestine (LI) 5AM-7AM

Key Words: vitality, letting go, grief, anal retentive, hoarding, collecting YANG

Gallbladder (GB) 11PM-1AM

Key Words: ‘the Hinge’, wei qi, discernment, filters, fluidity, synthesizing YANG

Stomach (St) 7AM-9AM

Key Words: intellect, digesting life, rumination, taking in life, full-spectrum emotions YANG

Triple Heater (TH) 9PM-11PM

Key Words: balance among burners, impotence, frigidity, fascia, transition YANG

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Spleen Spleen(Sp) (Sp)

11AM-1PM 11AM-1PM

9AM-11AM 9AM-11AM

KeyWords: Words:recycle, recycle,digest, digest, Key subconscious,dirty, dirty,worry, worry, subconscious, depression depression YIN YIN

Pericardium Pericardium(PC) (PC) 7PM-9PM 7PM-9PM

KeyWords: Words:spirituality, spirituality,heart heart Key protection,sleep, sleep,psychic psychic protection, interaction interaction YIN YIN

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KeyWords: Words:trust, trust,protection, protection, Key insomnia,shock, shock,inintouch touchwith with insomnia, self,depression, depression,serene, serene,joy joy self, YIN YIN

Kidney Kidney(K) (K) 5PM-7PM 5PM-7PM

KeyWords: Words:bone bonemarrow, marrow, Key stability,fear, fear,ancestors, ancestors, stability, depression,coping, coping,wisdom wisdom depression, YIN YIN

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Small SmallIntestine Intestine(SI) (SI) 1PM-3PM 1PM-3PM

KeyWords: Words:intellect, intellect,discernment, discernment, Key overwhelmed,clarity clarity overwhelmed, YANG YANG

Bladder Bladder(BL) (BL) 3PM-5PM 3PM-5PM

KeyWords: Words:annoyed, annoyed,peeved, peeved, Key fear,support support fear, YANG YANG

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Glossary of Terms active memory - the BodyTalk technique which serves to improve mental and emotional balance around emotions, upsetting events, or belief systems. advaitic philosophy - the philosophy of non-dualism.

chakras - from the East Indian perspective are vortices of energy situated along the spine. concept - an idea, thought, or belief.

agenda - a practitioner’s bias or expectations for the session.

conscious - deep awareness of what one is doing, not just going through the motions.

allopahtic - usual or conventional. Usually used with the term medicine. Allopathic medicine is conventional, or Western, medicine.

conscious mind - the part of the mind that is consciously aware of beliefs and what is happening in the surrounding environment.

alternative - that which does not fall within the realm of conventional.

consciousness - the self awareness, inner sensibility or cognizance of the processing of one’s own existence. It is the aggregate, collective or unified field of the interplay of all of energies which make up all life.

applied kinesiology - a chiropractic diagnostic and treatment modality using manual muscle-strength testing for medical diagnosis and a subsequent determination of prescribed therapy. belief systems - thoughts, attitudes, biases that one acquires from experiences, society, cultures, and families. bioenergetic psychology - based on the concept that the body’s expressions, posture, patterns of muscular holding and energetic integrity (or blocks, splits and fragmentation) tell the story of a person’s emotional history. body chemistry - the BodyTalk technique which serves to support the immune system. bodymind - all of the components which make up the entire human being: body, mind, and spirit. BodyTalk formulas - the basis of the BodyTalk session which is a set of items linked together that is then tapped out. Candida - A type of fungal/yeast infection. Cartesian model - of or relating to the works of René Descartes in which he hypothesized that something can be best understood and addressed if we understand the component parts that make it up.

coronal suture - where the frontal bones and parietal bones meet. DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. Every cell contains the same DNA or information about every aspect of that bodymind even though each cell is a part of a different part of the body. DNA is often compared to a set of genetic blueprints. dynamic systems - used to explain physical phenomena whose state changes over time and is dependent on many factors. energy - one of the most fundamental aspects of our bodies and our universe. It is defined as: “the ability to do work.” Energy comes in many forms, from the basic component of the atoms that make up all life forms to the fundamental force of nature that is transferred between parts of any system or relationship in the production of physical change within that system or relationship. energy medicine - one of five domains of complementary and alternative medicine which utilizes the subtle energies of the body to achieve better health.

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free radicals - are atoms, molecules, or ions with unpaired electrons on an open shell configuration. If allowed to run free in the body, they are believed to be involved in degenerative diseases and cancers.

morphogenetic field - an organizing field of energy within which a group of cells is able to respond to discrete, localized biochemical signals leading to the development of specific structures or organs.

genes - a distinct portion of a cell’s DNA. Genes are coded instructions for making everything the body needs, especially proteins. They determine the traits we inherit and the ones we pass down.

muscle checking - the manner in which the BodyTalk practitioner uses the client’s arm to get Yes and No answers when using the Exploring Procedure.

Hatha Yoga - a system of yoga that was meant to be a preparatory stage of physical purification for higher meditation. holistic - the idea that all the properties of a given system (physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way, how the parts behave. The whole is different than the sum of its parts. inertia - when at rest, the body’s or object’s tendency to stay at rest – lack of movement. innate - the inborn intelligence that guides all bodily processes from conception until death. intuition - the power or faculty of attaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference. masseter muscles - the jaw muscles that sit over the back of the jaw bone and are responsible for biting down. meridians - from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective are pathways through which the life energy known as “Qi” flows. MindScape - A program that teaches people how to use the potential of their whole mind’s capabilities, including intuition and creativity.

muscle testing - a technique used to assess the strength of a muscle; a technique which involves testing the body’s responses when applying slight pressure to a particular muscle (often a shoulder muscle). It is used for diagnostic or treatment purposes. neuromuscular biofeedback - the process used to receive information on the functions of various systems in the body by using the response of a person’s muscles to movement. organelles - internal structures of the cell. paradigm - a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind. A particular belief system about the way something operates – a particular worldview. pre-set links - aspects of a technique that are already predetermined connections. procedure - the systematic question asking that is a unique aspect of the BodyTalk system. This is how the BodyTalk practitioner determines which aspects of the bodymind need to be in communication with other aspects of the bodymind to facilitate improved health. protocol chart - the chart used in BodyTalk that lists the techniques and different areas of the bodymind that can be addressed in a BodyTalk session. Qi - life-force: that which animates the forms of the world. It is the vibratory nature of phenomena - the flow and vibration that is happening continuously at molecular, atomic and sub-atomic levels. It is also known as Prana, ki, or chi.

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quantum physics - a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta, as described by the Quantum Theory. standing waves - an interference phenomenon. sub-chakra - each chakra has aspects of the 7 main chakras inherent within it. These aspects are called sub-chakras. subconscious mind - existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness awareness. It is the storage room of all of one’s beliefs and memories. subcortical - below the cortex. switched - the mental state resulting from being over-tired and over-worked. toroidal field - an energetic field in the shape of a torus. universal consciousness - the concept that the universe is whole, ordered and conscious; also known as the collective unconscious a term coined by Carl Jung. He summarized the collective unconscious appropriately by saying that it is our “psychic inheritance” or the reservoir of our experiences as a species that, while we are never directly aware of it, influences all of our experiences and behaviors. white coat syndrome - refers to the situation in which the blood pressure measured in a physician’s office is consistently higher than when the patient measures it at home or at work. yin and yang - terms used to describe how seemingly opposite forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each other – day is dependent on night and vice versa. One cannot exist without the other.

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Further Readings Veltheim, John:­The BodyTalk System­ ISBN 0-9645944-4-7 Veltheim, Esther: ­Beyond Concepts, the investigation of who you are not­­ ISBN 0-9645944-8-x­­ Section: Active Memory. Talbot, Michael: The Holographic Universe­ ISBN 0060922583­ Sylvia, Claire: A Change of Heart­ ISBN 0446604690 Singer, Sydney Ross & Grismaijer, Soma: ­Dressed to Kill - the Link between Breast Cancer and Bras­ ISBN 0895296640­ Section: Scars & Interference. Sheldrake, Rupert: ­The Presence of the Past­ ISBN 089281537X­ Pert, Dr. Candace: Molecules Of Emotion ­­­­­ ISBN 0-684-84634-9­­ Mendelsohn, Robert, M.D.: Confessions of a Medical Heretic­­­ ISBN 0-8092-4131-5­­ ­ atthews, Andrew: Being Happy M ISBN 0-8431-2868-2­ Marieb, Elaine N.: Human Anatomy & Physiology­ ISBN 0-8053-4196-X­ Section: Organs, Endocrines, Body Parts, and Module 2 (Brain, Lymph, Circ, etc.) Könemann: ­The Human Body ISBN 3-8290-2113-5­ Section: Organs, Endocrines, Body Parts. Mc Cracken, Thomas O.: New Atlas of Human Anatomy­ ISBN 1-5866-3097-0­

DK Publishing: Human Body­ ISBN 0-7894-7988-5­ Section: organs, endocrines, body parts­ Hay, Louise L.: Heal your Body­­ ISBN 1-870845-04-8­ Section: Active Memory Gerber, Richard: Vibrational Medicine – New Choices for Healing Ourselves­ ISBN 1-879181-28-2­ Emoto, Masaru: Messages From Water­­ ISBN 4-939098-00-1­­ Dethlefsen, Thorwald & Dahlke, Ruediger: ­The Healing Power Of Illness­ ISBN 1843330482­ ­­ Chopra, Deepak: Quantum Healing –Exploring The Frontiers Of MindBody Medicine­ ISBN 0-553-34869-8­ Carroll, Lee & Tober, Jan:­The Indigo Children­ ISBN 1-56170-608-6­­ Batmanghelidj, Dr. F.: Your Body’s Many Cries For Water­­ ISBN 0-9629942-3-5­­ Section: Hydration­ Allergies Lifestyle & Health – catalogue of Allergy Testing vials­ Supply to Health Care Practitioners only (CBP Certificate of the IBA sufficient)­ 205, East Center St. Suite B, P.O. Box 1710, Eatonville Washington 98328, USA, Tel +1 360.832 8588, Fax +1 360.832 8544, [email protected]­ Kapit, Wynn & Elson, Lawrence M.: ­The Anatomy Coloring Book, 2nd Edition­ ISBN 0064550168­

Ramachandran, V.S. & Blakeslee, Sandra:­Phantoms In The Brain – Probing The Mysteries Of The Human Mind­ ISBN 0688172172­ Brown, Dr. Charles & Jenny: A Revolutionary Way of Thinking ISBN 0855722827 Section: brain Koch, Liz: The Psoas Book Guinea Pig Publications, 1226 P.O. Box, Felton CA 95018, USA Goleman, Daniel: Emotional Intelligence ISBN 0-7475-2622-2 Cytowic, Richard E.: ­The Man Who Tasted Shapes­ ISBN 0262531526­ Section: brain­­ Chopra, Deepak: Ageless Body, Timeless Mind­­ ISBN 0-7126-7129-3­­ Becker, Robert O. & Selden, Gary: The Body Electric­ ISBN 0688069711­ Hunt, Valerie:­Infinite Mind – Science Of Human Vibrations Of Consciousness­ ISBN 0964398818­ WEB SITES:­www.heartmath.com­ ­ HeartMath studies have dramatically demonstrated the critical link between emotions, the rhythms of the heart and brain function. McCraty, Rollin (Research Director): HeartMath Institute­ Veltheim, Dr. John & Esther: Reiki – the science, metaphysics and philosophy www.bodytalksystem.com ISBN 0-9645944-0-4­­

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General Body Mind Spirit

SB Switching Cortices Hydration Scars Interference

Skin Adhesions

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Five Elements

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Chakras 77 Chakras Meridians Meridians Panc Reflex Reflex Pt Pt Panc

Time, Person, Place, Object, Activity, Event, Animal, Plant, Work, Money, Emotions

Five Senses Consciousness E.G.B. Organs Endocrines Body Parts Energies

Birth Environmental

General Vivaxis

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Environment

Lu Liv St SI Bl

HEAD Sensory Organs Hair Face Neck

Clothing Jewelry Electronics Other

He GB Sp LI Ki

BACK Upper Middle Lower CHEST Breasts Diaphragm Armpits

TRIUNE BRAIN

Cortex Limbic Reptilian Frontal Temporal Parietal Occipital

BRAIN

Head Back Chest

Front Middle Back

ABDOMEN Uterus Prostate Genitals Navel

Occipital Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral

LIMBS Legs Arms

Abdomen Limbs General

Cardiovascular Cerebrospinal Circulatory Digestive Endocrine Immune Integumentary

General Body Tissues Connective Epithelial Skin Blood Lymph Nerve Bone Muscle Fat Systems

Lymphatic Muscular Nervous Reproductive Respiratory Skeletal Urinary

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Matrixes Viruses Bacteria Parasites Fungi UPPER BODY - LOWER BODY 1. Upper Shoulder - Iliac Crest 2. Shoulder Tip - Hip 3. Shoulder Front - Hip Front 4. Shoulder Back - Hip Back 5. Elbow - Knee 6. Wrist - Ankle 7. Navel - Coccyx HEAD - BODY 8. Vomer - Xiphoid 9. Temporal Bone - Ilium 10. Zygoma - Pubic Crest 11. Mouth - Navel 12. Ear - Axilla 13. Eye - Nipple HEAD - SPINAL COMPLEX 14. TMJ - Sacroiliac Joint 15. Sphenoid - Coccyx 16. Occiput - Sacrum 17. Upper Spine - Lower Spine

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Reciprocals

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Belief Systems Events Fears, Phobias

Blood Nerve Lymph

Organ Endocrine Body Part

BodyGenics Other Modalities

PaRama BodyTalk Other Systems

Sensuality Sexuality

Lifetime Periods Past Relationships Childbirth Fetal Life Specific Events Time, Person, Place, Object, Activity, Event, Animal, Plant, Work, Money, Emotions

Vaccination Acquired Inherited Organ Endocrine Body Part

Self Love Be Loved To Love

Heart Pelvis Body Image

To From Within From Within

BodyTalk Fast Aid Protocol

1. Cortices 2. Cortices linked to site of the problem 3. Cortices 4. Site of the problem linked to its reciprocal 5. Site of the problem to any links indicated by innate (if testing is available and appropriate) 6. General BodyTalk session

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