The present article highlights two major IBEF components: applied kinesiology (AK) and a bio-energetic healing system known as Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET). AK is a standard technique of muscle-testing to reveal bio-energetic imbalance of organs or body systems. NAET is a system to identify and eliminate an allergy or reaction to a bio-incompatible substance. The two components are reviewed — focusing on testing others or self for energy-balance, allergies, and related healings. The testing can be repeated before and after a person's exposure to an IBEF centre in order to demonstrate and verify its multiple healing functions.
This pilot-study examines the ways in which a healing atmosphere referred to as Integral Bio-Energetic Field (IBEF) was developed, generated, induced for sustained healing and evaluated for its effectiveness. IBEF is designed to integrate, in conjunction with Integral Yoga healing, two bio-energetic approaches: applied kinesiology and an allergy elimination system known as NAET. For the investigation, IBEF was generated at four centres located in northern California – a fitness centre, an Indian restaurant, a cafe, and an Integral Yoga ashram. Shortly thereafter, IBEF was induced on a larger scale for the Integral Yoga community of Auroville located in south India. Following the IBEF induction, its healing atmosphere was found to be present, activated and effective at each of the four centres and at the Auroville community.
Summarised below are two major IBEF components, namely, applied kinesiology and the bio-energetic system, NAET. Additional phases of the pilot study, including IBEF-vial development, IBEF induction into the centres, and the pilot-evaluation will be presented in subsequent NAMAH articles.
Applied kinesiology (AK)
AK is a tool used in alternative medicine to observe muscular indicators of an illness, disorder or imbalance and to choose the best treatment option based on testing specific muscles for strength or weakness. AK is used by chiropractors, as well as by naturopathic physicians, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and veterinarians. It may be noted that AK’s validity has been questioned by The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, as well as the American Cancer Society. The latter stated that “scientific evidence does not support the claim that applied kinesiology can diagnose or treat cancer or other illness(1).” For the present study, however, AK is employed as an exploratory tool to obtain indicator-clues of muscular and body-component imbalances pertaining to wellness and healing.
AK-testing can be viewed as a way of assessing the body’s bio-energetic health status. ‘Bio-energetic’ refers to the energy body, comprised of magnetic-electrical energy channels as defined in Chinese medicine and parallel concepts of alternative medicine. In this perspective, the energy body is viewed as linked to the physical body — one influencing the other, in terms of wellness and healing dynamics. AK testing is conveyed to the energy body and transmitted to the physical body. On the other hand, a pain symptom of the physical body would be sent to the energy body, to be detected by AK-muscular testing.
An AK technique known as Question-Response-Testing (QRT) provides a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer on degree of muscular strength or weakness to questions relating to wellness and healing issues. It should be emphasised that AK-testing is limited to health/healing – not applicable to other subjects (e.g. “Can I make money on this investment?”).
How can the AK-testing/QRT be applied? A frequently used method involves finger-testing, as follows. Place the frontal pad of the middle finger (either hand) on the index finger’s nail, then press down. A slightly difficult press-down indicates a ‘Yes’ answer while an easier press-down is a ‘No’ answer (2).
An alternative AK testing technique (which I have developed) can be done in this way. Place your arms behind the back and clasp both hands together so that they touch the spine. Now try to lift up the clasped hands and arm to some extent. A slightly difficult lift-up, only 1-2 inches, indicates strength or a ‘Yes’ answer; an easier, longer lift-up, perhaps 2-4 inches, reveals a ‘No’ answer. The technique needs to be practised quite a few times to feel confident and assure its accuracy
While learning to do QRT, you can practise with a ‘name test’: say your name (“My name is...”), then QRT to receive a ‘Yes’ answer; next, say an incorrect name (“My name is...”) to receive a ‘No’ answer.
QRT can be used for such questions as: “Do I have an allergic reaction to a given substance?” if ‘Yes’, “what specific substance am I allergic to, is it...?” (e.g. sugar, salt, eggs) After the NAET treatment, ask “Has the allergy been cleared?” As will be explained in a later article, QRT can also be an important technique on a collective level, for addressing “Is IBEF present and functioning in this centre (3)?”
Standard muscle-testing
There are various ways of muscle-testing someone else. A standard method involves the practitioner gently pressing the patient’s raised arm, wrist and thumb pointing downward, and testing for relative strength or weakness of the arm-muscle. It functions as an indicator muscle or predetermined muscle called PDM . If the raised arm is weak and goes down under pressure, without the patient holding an allergen, he/she is not balanced. The testing can also be employed to detect and identify an allergic substance while the patient holds the suspected substance, as detailed below (‘NAET basic method’ sub-heading) (4).
AK-balancing and hindrances
Does one need to be concerned about energy imbalance, and obstacles that may distort or interfere with AK-testing? Yes, definitely: there are at least three requirements to prevent AK bias. First, for any self-testing or testing of another person he/she needs to be energetically balanced with respect to:
ii. Chinese meridian energy channels and
iii. making sure the testing is not affected by a negative energy force, known as an entity.
One obstacle to AK-balancing is an imbalance of one or more of the cakras. There are seven cakras along the body’s frontal midline, from the lower trunk area to slightly above the head. The first cakra (root/’life force’) is located near the bottom of the pubic bone; second cakra (womb/’creativity’) below the navel; third cakra (solar plexus/ ‘assertiveness’) above the navel; fourth cakra (heart/ ‘love and compassion’) at midpoint of the line connecting the nipples of a male child; fifth cakra (throat/’expressiveness’) at throat area; sixth cakra ((pituitary/’third eye’) at the forehead midpoint above the eyebrows and seventh cakra (pineal/’crown’) slightly above the head. To test for cakra balance for any of them, a simple procedure can be used:
Begin with QRT: “Are all my cakras balanced?” If ‘Yes’, they are balanced; if the answer is ‘No’, test each cakra (e.g., “Is my first cakra balanced?”) to identify the imbalanced cakra. To balance the cakra, apply these steps:
1. Place either hand, open, palm down, 4 inches above the cakra; rotate the hand within a 3-inch circle counter-clockwise (as if you have placed a clock on the cakra); make slow circles about the width of the body or a bit less. Circle each cakra at least 15 times.
2. Next, do the same procedure but circle 10 times clockwise. Thereafter, QRT again, asking “Are my cakras now balanced?” If the answer is ‘Yes’, the balancing is completed.
If ‘No’, repeat the procedure for each cakra.
