We often talk about how expectations shape our reality, but it is really difficult for us to change our expectations. Our world view has built up over many years, and we only change our minds slowly. Children only know what they've seen so far, so their world view is very flexible. They just simply don't know enough about what is and is not possible to be bound by what we think we 'know' about the world. So their capacity for miracles can be pretty amazing.

One of my students in Hawaii taught BodyTalk to her 4 year old son, and he was soon tapping everything. At first he stuck to tapping out his sister, the dog, and other family members. Then he found a broken toy at the second-hand shop. He convinced his mother to buy it with the argument that maybe it just needed a new battery. It was truly broken and a battery didn't help. So he followed the protocol and tapped it out and within a day it was fixed! He repeated this feat with broken toy after broken toy from the second-hand shop. He saved his family a small fortune in new toys because he wasn't educated enough to realize that inanimate objects can't heal.

My two and half year old son, Max, has grown up with the reality that injuries can be tapped out. Often for minor bumps or knocks I just treat the injury as stored kinetic energy and pull out the kinetic energy using a technique I learned from my manual therapy training. So that is also his reality and when he falls down he pulls out the energy of the fall himself. His teacher at preschool told me that Max ran into some playground equipment at full-speed and they thought for sure that would have a bruise, but then they saw him pulling at his head, and within moments he was acting like nothing had ever happened.

Recently, I had a bad earache and my wife, Sarah was giving me a BodyTalk. When it came to tap out, Max came over and started tapping me. As soon as he joined the tapping I started shaking and shuddering as waves of energy flowed through me. It was one of the most powerful balancings I have ever received. When it was over I had to sleep for several hours, and when I woke up the earache was gone! Thank goodness Sarah knows BodyTalk and can get a good formula, and thank goodness Max is too young to understand limitations.

In the June newsletter, I announced the research on distant healing that I presented at the ISSSEEM conference, and made available a short paper summarizing the project. I have also recorded the lecture that I gave at the ISSSEEM conference and this is also now available for download from the Resources page on our website.

One of the questions of the conference theme was 'Does prayer healing work and how can it be improved upon?' Prayer healing is a form of sending intention, and has well-documented beneficial effects. BodyTalk uses a systematic protocol to discover an individualized healing suggestion or intention, so it qualifies as intention based healing. Our results showed that all test subjects had improvement, which is much better than the results obtained through prayer. To try to analyze this, a prayer is a sincere suggestion that somebody heal. This sometimes works. Just the message that somebody cares and they think that you can heal may be enough to trigger the healing process. But if this was always enough the protocol chart could be really simple: "Say HEAL then tap." This is relying on faith to activate the healing process. And it will work in some cases. But sometimes the innate wisdom will respond with "I'd like to heal, but how?" A link formula in BodyTalk says essentially "You can heal, IF you work on balancing coordination of activities in this area or system of the body." This gets far better results, so yes we have to learn a protocol if we want consistent results.

There is another aspect of BodyTalk practice that I address in the lecture: doing BodyTalk seems to be good for the spiritual growth of the practitioner. Why? Because the combination of the protocol and the muscle-checking allows us to get answers from collective consciousness, and this gives experiential evidence of the idea that consciousness is connected. I had no verbal or visual contact with the test subjects in the research study. I was given their name and that they were being scanned and were ready for treatment. I then followed the protocol and sent the sessions silently. The only plausible source of the answers is collective consciousness and the only plausible explanation for the results they received from my sessions is that they received the suggestions through collective consciousness. This is really significant, because it provides tangible evidence that consciousness is connected at a distance. Doing BodyTalk gives a felt experience that all consciousness is connected: 'We really are One - what a relief!' And that is the teaching of all spiritual traditions, albeit in differing language. This felt experience helps to quiet the left-brain which is always questioning everything - 'Connection is a pretty idea, but where's the proof?' So doing BodyTalk gives an experience of connection that can support the spiritual path of the practitioner.

So my research actually gave evidence to address the larger theme of the ISSSEEM conference: is there scientific evidence to support spiritual teachings and spiritual practice? This is why the formal title of my lecture was 'Clinical Evidence of Consciousness Connection at a Distance.' The lecture itself is much more interesting and approachable than the title - you can download the lecture from our website at www.bodytalkunlimited.com/resources.html

The launch of Ka'imi's 'Ethics of Successful Practice' course has been a big hit.  He has been receiving rave reviews and people are getting a lot from this lecture series with corresponding weekly assignments. This course is designed to address essential aspects of being in practice as there is not enough time to address these in the classroom of the core modules. Attend to your fears, concerns and learn practical techniques to develop yourself as a professional, powerful healer with fabulous results. Go to the online classroom to download the 8 audio lectures and homework, and post your questions on the new forum to receive mentoring from Ka'imi.  The forum will be open for mentoring at least two months after the last audio lesson is released so you have plenty of time to listen and do your assignments.  You can also share your experiences relating to the lectures and assignments with colleagues on the course.

This course delivers to the needs of BodyTalk practitioners, filling in the aspects of clinical practice that are taught in other healthcare modalities. You will receive audio lectures and assignments to help you integrate the material and give you powerful tools to transition into being a successful practitioner. There are many talented BodyTalkers out there who know the protocol and get great links - this is not enough to be successful in practice. This course addresses the other aspects of how to be a good practitioner. Learn how to talk to the client, receive clarity about your role as a practitioner, increase your ability to relate plus much more. This course will give you great skills, take you on a journey of transformation and personal development, and take your practice to the next level. 

The 'Ethics of Successful Practice' online course costs $192 and includes the online classroom, 8 audio lectures with corresponding practical assignments, and the forum for mentoring and communicating with the class. Each audio lecture can be bought individually for $30 but doesn't include the assignments, forum or online classroom. Go to www.bodytalkunlimited.com for more information or to purchase.   Or call us on +1 303 442 5222. 

The next four lectures to be released from this course are detailed below. Please see our website for information about previously released lectures from this series and other topics.

UPCOMING AUDIO RELEASES FROM

THE ETHICS OF SUCCESSFUL

PRACTICE SERIES

Be Amazing

Recently released, this hour long audio lecture continues the theme of your role of a practitioner. What does it mean to hold the space for the client? How can you ensure you are always being your best? Learn how to leave your issues at the door so you can empower your clients and have more powerful balancing sessions. Learn to be amazing for your client and in your life. This transformational audio lecture is designed to empower you, to step into being in the miracle business.

The Theme

Released on 23rd August. This hour long lecture is about understanding the theme of a session. Learn to use your senses to generate more insights about the client and what this session is about. This moves your session to more clarity, more focus and better results. Learn about scanning the body and other techniques to increase your useful intuition. This lecture is accompanied by practical assignments to support the skills of intuition and help you get clearer insight in your clinic. 

Touching

Released on 30th August. This hour long lecture explores the different aspects of touching. In every culture touching is seen and related to differently. How does the client feel about it?  How does the practitioner feel about it? If we are not trained in massage or some other hands on technique this can be an uncomfortable aspect of getting into practice, but it is essential to get comfortable with touching in an appropriate, supportive way. You will gain confidence through understanding. Assignments are given with this lecture to support the material in the lecture and give you the skills you need to feel comfortable in practice.

All About You

Released on 6th September. Get transformation and personal development from being in practice. Discussion about how to address mirroring, being triggered and your issues as a practitioner. This discussion and assignments also concentrate on how to develop your skills to become more detached for better results. How to identify your own issues that come up in practice. Do you feel triggered? Do you notice that you have judgments or an opinions about a clients situation? Get yourself out of the way and bring the higher aspects of yourself to the session with detached observation. This will increase your results and keep you healthy. Practical self observation and self inquiry assignments accompany this lecture to support your own personal development and transformation.  

The 'Ethics of Successful Practice' online course costs $192 and includes the online classroom, 8 audio lectures with corresponding practical assignments, the  forum for mentoring and communicating with the class. Each audio lecture can be bought individually for $30 but doesn't include the assignments, forum or online classroom. 

Go to www.bodytalkunlimited.com for more information or to purchase. Or call us on +1 303 442 5222.

Ask Dr. Ka'imi
Adv Sr. CBI, VP for Academic Development at the IBA

How do you address blood deficiency? 

Although Blood deficiency sounds alarming it is a common Chinese Medicine pattern. Many people have it to some degree or another and symptoms can be as mild as baldness on the top of the head (yours truly included) to more serious issues such as tiredness, dizziness, tremors, blackouts and muscle spasms. Blood in Chinese Medicine has a simpler description than the western physiological description of all the various constituents.  Blood in Chinese medicine is made from Food Qi, Air Qi, and Essence. Of course you need water, and what we call dehydration is Blood deficiency in Chinese Medicine. This means that you should eat well, take care of yourself, drink enough water and get enough rest. Eating well means eating freshly prepared food, but it also means avoiding cold food and drink as cold robs Qi from the digestion. And it is as important to create a relaxing mealtime as it is to eat good food - taking time to nurture and nourish yourself rather just feeding yourself is something a lot of people find hard to do in the modern age. So meditation, rest and play are very important to build your blood. When I manage my schedule well and take time to play and rest and eat unhurried meals I start to grow hair again. When I get too busy and push myself too hard I lose it again - but those moments of little sprouting hairs give me hope and let me know that I am not a victim of genes for male pattern baldness, that I can cure it if I can only commit to myself more fully. I've made progress on this issue, but like many practitioners, I give more than I receive, which is another clue to Blood deficiency.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a very difficult disease to analyze from an allopathic perspective. There is very little understanding of the causes of the condition, and hence no clear treatments. This is why I like to look at it from a Chinese Medicine perspective instead. Then many of the common symptoms such as numbness, tingling, weakness, spasms all look like signs of Blood deficiency. Even the limitation of cognitive function that occurs in some cases fits in with Blood deficiency. And in practice, I see lots of work around various issues with the Spleen/Pancreas and associated consciousness issues come up frequently when working with MS clients. This improves the ability to build Blood by improving the digestion. The Liver also plays a big role in maintaining adequate Blood, so issues that affect the Liver come up often.

I have worked with a number of MS cases over the years. I have seen significant results in all cases, and have seen complete remission in one case. There are lots of variations to the sessions, but I hope this gives a starting point on how to think about these issues.