A practical example of muscle testing - kinesiology

Two of our associates were married recently.

Gabriele and Mick Prestidge are each, in different areas, specialists in energy. Not only do they teach it and coach with it, they practise what they teach ;-)

Here is a story of how they used muscle testing (kinesiology) to choose a new car.

Gabriele has a small car for personal use. Mick had a large family car that he had planned to replace next year.

Unfortunately, the suspension of Mick's car collapsed a few weeks before the wedding. He couldn't find a replacement part and was working away from home so there was no opportunity for them to shop around together.

So they were faced with finding a car for the new family, just a few days to before the wedding. Furthermore, the small car was now off the road, needing a new water pump.

Here is his account of their experience: -

Saturday morning, 4 days to the wedding:

We are looking to purchase a six to seven seater car. We haven't yet got a car to go and view. However, we are not panicking or stressing – we have a plan.

I used the Internet to hunt and research the options on offer within 25 miles of where we live. Meanwhile, out of the blue, my wife to be gets a call from a local friend, who inquires what we are up to on the day. Gabi tells her that we are going car hunting, and before she even asked for help this friend offered to drive us for the day.

Gabi had already done some research before I got home and had spoken to a dealer, who offered a big family car that fitted the bill. She took note how she felt talking to him. She didn't like him. She took that as an indication for her to investigate further.

From the Internet adverts of cars that fit the criteria, location and budget we printed off twelve to contact and view.

Muscle testing

One of the tools we use on a regular basis is muscle testing, also known as kinesiology. Blind testing using kinesiology we have found works best, so with that in mind we went off to the top of the garden under the gazebo in the rain to be away from others to find our new car. We intended to get the right car on that day; period!

We worked systematically through the adverts, tuning in when presented with each option and paying close attention to our individual yes/no body responses. This process took us from twelve potentials down to nine.

We then moved to the muscle testing part by holding one arm outstretched while the other person presses quickly and firmly down at the wrist, noticing how strong or weak the resistance is.

The first test is a control by stating something true of yourself. Second control test by stating an untruth, that which is not true. This gives a reference to how it feels to have a strong and weak body responses.

Now we could begin testing the different cars.

I have to say the neighbours must have thought us strange watching us taking turns pushing each others outstretched arms down.

The first round testing our responses on each advert was a viewed round, we could see which car we were testing. This narrowed the search down to eight cars, with a green seven seater scoring strongest for both of us.

The adverts were then folded so we could not know which was which. Now we shuffled the folded adverts and blind tested them in turn, holding each one to the heart and testing the muscle response. This bought us down to six cars and again both of us tested strongest on the same green seven seater.

By this time Gabi's friend had arrived to take us on our travels, perfect timing. Picking the top three adverts we made phone calls to check they were still available, a good move as one had been sold that morning, now down to five.

The first one we viewed tested the weakest of the five but was the closest location. It soon became apparent why; the car on the forecourt was not the same car advertised in the photo but four years older, 40,000 more miles than stated and looked like it had been used as a chicken coop internally! The whole experience of the forecourt, the cars and more importantly the people running the business was incongruent with any kind of buying with confidence. As we left we were heckled by the pitch salesmen – interesting.

We received a call from the seller of the next on the list informing me he had just sold it, so not to waste our time travelling there.

Down to three. Top of the muscle tests, the green car. Gabi made a call to check that it was still available. Arriving at a large house tucked away in a leafy lane we found the green car parked on the front, very clean and in a good state for its age. The son of the business owner dealt with us, very easy to get on with. He offered us a test drive with me driving; again a good sign as in the past I have had car salesmen insisting that they drive the car – not a good way to find out if you like the seating position or how the car drives.

It started first time from cold, drove well and he told us of the work that had just recently been done to it, including a full MOT certificate. On returning to his place we informed him honestly that we still had two more cars to look at before making the decision. This is paying attention to my correct decision process, by pushing away first before a yes or no happens. I have learned that making on the spot decisions is not the way for me as when I have followed that path it has backfired on me.

Two to go, we are now on the way into London to view the second highest in the muscle testing. Just as we are about to leave the motorway I receive a phone call from the seller telling me he has taken a card payment for the car and not to continue. One left to view, which is about 50 miles from where we now are and on the upper limit of the budget!

Time for coffee and cake.

Taking notice of the day's events we are overwhelmingly being guided towards the clean green seven seater, within the budget. We double check the last two adverts, blind. Once again the green car tests strongest. Gabi phoned again to say we will do the deal with them, not to sell it we are on the way.

On handing over the payment for the car we discovered that just days earlier it had been reduced by £250. We were able to confirm this the next day by phoning one of the previous viewers after we had found their insurance documents in the glove box. He also told me of several faults on the car when he had seen it; these are not evident now, again backing up what the salesman had said.

Trusting your own inner navigation, muscle testing trusting your own body and heart responses, trusting your own intuition and paying attention to the non logical responses, mixed with common sense and a little research, pays massive dividends.

The car we have fits the bill, we drive in comfort and it is still performing very well. What's more, it was able to take the whole family and mother in law to the wedding.

One final development. A wedding present cheque arrived from Germany that happened to be for exactly what we had paid for the car!

Gabriel adds:

Paying attention and trusting intuition works for conscious creation and transformation of life's experiences.

Every time Mick and I make a decision we follow our inner guidance system. And because it works differently for each of us we need to first honour it in ourselves and then as a couple.

We are so much more then the hats – mother, teacher, engineer – that we are wearing. And only when we are clear on who we are can we relate with love compassion and a sense of unreasonable happiness. Life's circumstances are not always what they seem, but always transformational if we allow them to be so.

By the way: our wedding day was a peaceful loving and laughter filled day spent with close friends and family ... even the sun came out ... as we had jointly intended.

Gabriele and Mick run SMHeartRelationships
– simple management from the heart.

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