Saturday 1st Feb, 2020

Coming out of the kinesiology closet

Recently, a client mentioned to me that her GP had remarked on how well she was looking. She had wanted to tell her GP that she had started seeing a kinesiologist, but then stopped herself. A little voice inside me thought "Why?"
As a kinesiologist, I would love to see this modality accepted as a mainstream health option for people. Whilst it's not so easy to explain how it works, you can always explain what has changed for you as a result. If you've had life-changing experiences and positive health changes due to kinesiology, then letting your other health professionals know this, is a good way to help kinesiology gain recognition in the community and build awareness as to why you might visit a kinesiologist.
If you cast your mind back to how you came to kinesiology yourself, it's likely there was a key person who recommended it to you or shared their own experience with you. For those of you still in the kinesiology closet, I invite you to consider, that you could be that key person for someone else. By sharing your story or recommending it to someone in need of help, you could potentially be offering them a life-changing gift.

Come on out and be the change!

Awakening to the deeper truths within our selves necessarily changes us. We can no longer relate to the world and others in the way we have been accustomed. It is too painful to stay stuck in the skin of our old selves, yet we often fear that others won’t accept the new ‘self’ that is emerging. In some environments it can feel very isolating. The idea of opening up this side of ourselves to others, particularly in the workplace, seems impossible or even dangerous. We seem to forget that in being more authentic, we will often elicit something more authentic from others in return.
Two of my lovely clients were happy for me to share their personal stories with you and different names have been used for privacy reasons. They illustrate the positives that can come from having the courage to be authentic.

Sarah's Story

Sarah had been dreading turning up to work, finding herself completely shutting down just at the thought of it. Cut off from her vital life-force, she was genuinely at risk of becoming ill. The question was posed, "What if you were allowed to be your "real" self in the workplace?" We spent the session meeting all the fears that arose, particularly fears of being judged by some of the bigger personalities in the office.
Grounded in the courage and commitment to stay true to herself, things began to change the very next day. A colleague who had never acknowledged her before, said hello. As Sarah began talking more about the esoteric things she was passionate about, she found that people began approaching her with questions of a spiritual nature. An atmosphere of open-heartedness developed and so did a feeling of connection with her colleagues. Whilst Sarah had imagined a sea of closed-mindedness around her, that closed-mindedness was actually her own judgement placed upon others, without really knowing what lay beyond the surface!

Kate's Story

Kate desperately wished her husband and children would jump on board with her blossoming spiritual side, but they were simply not interested. Slowly she began placing things around the house that acted as sacred reminders for her. She begun to find it easier to do her daily meditation ritual without worrying what her family would think. In honouring herself by doing her practices, her family recognised she needed a space to do her “spiritual thing”. They created a little quiet space for her with plants and a Buddha statue. Though Kate's family did not get involved at a level she would have liked, in creating a physical space for her, they showed a respect for her journey whilst staying true to their own. She now has the clarity, that doing this for herself also benefits her family, as they get to enjoy being around her inspired energy.

Final thought..

The more we openly share our experiences, the more chance we have at bringing this wonderful modality into main-stream consciousness. In talking about our experiences openly, we begin to normalise different ways of approaching health and wellbeing. Making connections between our emotions and physical symptoms is just one way kinesiology helps people understand and manage their own health skilfully. Daring to share a little more of your true self generally leads to more fulfilling, authentic connections and conversations. It's what many of us long for in a time of increasing retreat into a digital world. Being comfortable with who we are and feeling free to express our way of being in the world is both a birthright and a gift, that sends ripples through the universe!