top of page

What is Touch for Health? 

"To empower ourselves and others to be responsible for developing self-awareness, health and well-being through TFH." 

 

Why Study Touch for health?

Touch for Health® Kinesiology (TFHK ) is a system of balancing posture, attitude and life energy for greater comfort, vitality and enjoyment of your life. 
Touch for Health falls under the branch of alternative and complementary therapy known as kinesiology - systems of healing that use manual muscle bio-feedback to determine which stimuli stress the body and how that stress can be decreased. 
The Touch for Health model does not treat or diagnose symptoms, but works with the energy, lifestyle and aspirations of the client, offering a safe and effective way to maintain health, enhance well-being and upgrade performance. 
Touch for Health is the most widely used system of kinesiology in the world. 
It is recognised and respected as a fundamental training for other kinesiology systems as well as a healing modality in it's own right. 

 

Benefits 

The Touch for Health Synthesis 

The Synthesis is taught over 4 two-day workshops

TFH is an easy, simple, safe system of Energy Kinesiology (muscle-testing and energy-balancing) with goal-setting and creative visualization. The Touch for Health hands-on, practical workshops will train you to: 

  • Develop personal awareness and clarify your personal goals & motivation.

  • Clear mental / emotional / physical and energetic blocks.

  • Increase energy & vitality and counteract fatigue.

  • Relieve pain & release tension - headaches, backaches, stomach aches,arm, shoulder, leg & knee pain.

  • Release mental & emotional stress

  • Enhance health & wellness and help prevent disease and injury.

  • Accelerate recovery from illness & injuries

  • Improve performance at work, school and at home; in sports and in relationships.

  • Identify foods which enhance your energy and ones that don’t!

  • Balance your energy flow to enhance your personal bests, achieve more consistent and frequent peak performance, reach your life goals, and enjoy life to the fullest.

Study Kinesiology

amy-humphries-1117542-unsplash.jpg

Touch for Health is the most widely used system of kinesiology in the world. Millions of people have experienced and benefited from TFH. It is recognized and respected as a fundamental training for other kinesiology systems as well as a healing modality in its own right – and a key source for the emergence of Specialized Kinesiology, Energy Kinesiology and even Energy Psychology. 

Touch For Health Kinesiology can be can be easily learned by anyone (with a little practice!), without any prior knowledge of muscles, physiology, vital energy, meridians, etc. 

History 

Touch for Health is a synthesis of ancient knowledge of the Chinese acupuncture meridians and techniques derived from chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy, and even person-centered counseling, including acupressure, a variety of touch reflexes, meridian tracing, nutrition and a variety of mind-body techniques for balancing the subtle energies while focusing on meaningful, personal goals. 

Touch For Health Kinesiology has its roots in the work of Detroit chiropractor, George Goodheart . Dr Goodheart began using muscle testing to evaluate muscle strength or injury in relation to postural imbalances, but soon found that muscles dramatically improve function in response to a variety of touch reflexes, including acupuncture points and meridians. Goodheart developed a system called Applied Kinesiology which he shared with physicians who are licensed to diagnose (medical doctors, chiropractors, osteopaths, dentists, etc.) and assistants under their supervision. 

John Thie, D.C. , one of the early promoters of Goodheart’s work and the founding chairman of Goodheart’s International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK) had the vision of sharing this information with the wider population so they could learn to help themselves. Dr. Thie released the book Touch for Health in 1973, and developed the Touch for Health training program which has been administered by the IKC since 1990. TFH was designed to empower every person to become active in the creation, maintenance and restoring of their own health and well-being, and to allow families to enhance their self-care. 

"I treasure the Touch for Health Synthesis. I see it as a candle lighting others the way to better health and living. I believe each of us holds such a candle, perhaps as yet unlit,that can serve to guide those we cherish safely toward a more abundant life.
I hope through Touch for Health, to pass my light along to you, so your candle in turn may illuminate the way for others."

JOHN THIE

Founder Touch For Health

Flowers & Candle

Touch For Health Module 1

  • This workshop gives you a strong base to build your kinesiology tools onproviding techniques to balance the 14 muscle/meridian/ organ relationships - for improved postural balance, and improved health and performance. You will learn how to muscle test and you will learn a range of correction techniques;

  • Auricular exercise – decreases neck and shoulder tension and increases sensory input. 

  • Visual inhibition – may improve eyesight and help people who fall asleep or feel tired while reading. 

  • Emotional Stress Release – coping techniques in times of stress. 

  • You will learn spinal reflexes, neuro- lymphatic reflexes, neuro vascular reflexes to balance the muscles and meridian systems. 

  • Cross Crawl for Fun – the exercise helps integrate left and right brain hemispheres and improve concentration and learning;

  • Surrogate Testing – enabling balances on younger children;

  • Foods for Strengthening – using food to strengthen muscles;

  • Posture Awareness – significant changes can be made to posture by completing the 14 muscle balance; and

  • Simple Pain Techniques – by flushing or running meridians, feathering for a cramp or spasm.

  • This workshop gives you a strong base to build your kinesiology tools onproviding techniques to balance the 14 muscle/meridian/ organ relationships - for improved postural balance, and improved health and performance. You will learn how to muscle test and you will learn a range of correction techniques;

  • Auricular exercise – decreases neck and shoulder tension and increases sensory input. 

  • Visual inhibition – may improve eyesight and help people who fall asleep or feel tired while reading. 

  • Emotional Stress Release – coping techniques in times of stress. 

  • You will learn spinal reflexes, neuro- lymphatic reflexes, neuro vascular reflexes to balance the muscles and meridian systems. 

  • Cross Crawl for Fun – the exercise helps integrate left and right brain hemispheres and improve concentration and learning;

  • Surrogate Testing – enabling balances on younger children;

  • Foods for Strengthening – using food to strengthen muscles;

  • Posture Awareness – significant changes can be made to posture by completing the 14 muscle balance; and

  • Simple Pain Techniques – by flushing or running meridians, feathering for a cramp or spasm.

Touch For Health Module 2  

Level 2 You will add to your basic skills and learn:

  •  Chinese Law of Five elements, Yin/Yang concept. 

  • Meridian massage, acute pain relief techniques, balancing the body clock for jetlag & shiftwork. 

  • You will upgrade your muscle testing skills by learning a further 14 indicator muscles & their relationship to the organ & meridian function & new balancing options. 

  • This level introduces you to the Law of Five Elements and how to rebalance the acupuncture system with a powerful non-invasive One Point Five Element balance. There are no needles involved, just gentle touch and connecting with the emotional context to upgrade your performance/behaviour in the future.

Touch For Health Module 3

This workshop will integrate your current skills

  • Learn 14 new muscles. 

  • You will learn how to combine your muscle testing skills with the energetic Law of the Five elements of Chinese acupuncture.

  • Discover how to detect and clear the emotional blocks involved with the goal you are balancing.

  • Learn additional techniques such as the powerful emotional Colour Balance and ways to deal with past trauma and stress. 

  • Correction methods for gaits, postural problems and reactive muscle resets for enhanced performance.

  • Pain tapping with pulse checks.

  • Balancing for past trauma to improve posture & facilitate cellular healing

  • Learn how to detect & correct over- & under-energies in the meridian system. Muscle reactivity can be triggered by unfamiliar movements or prolonged exercise or work activities, abrupt muscle contraction (e.g. during a car accident or to prevent a fall, prolonged emotional stress). Immediate pain relief and greatly improved posture are the result of clearing reactive muscle patterns.

Touch For Health Module 4

Level 4 completes the program this workshop will help you refine your muscle testing techniques by learning to balance for specific physical, mental and emotional goals

  • Learn another 14 muscles 

  • Learn various ways to balance and correct all 42 muscles learnt in the synthesis

  • Apply the Chinese 5 Element energy model to release emotional and structural blocks in a holistic approach. 

  • Emotional stress relief for the past, present and future

  • New techniques include balancing with sound,very powerful in itself. 

  •  Postural Stress Release and Tibetan Figure 8 Energy.

  •  This is where the tools and techniques from the entire synthesis are put together as you learn how to work from your  Kinesiology 'database'.

  • You will know 42 indicator muscle tests to assess meridian & organ function and how to conduct a full meridian balance with a specific goal.

Payment options

$585 per Module or $2340 for all four

early bird $2220 before Dec 30th 2023

Dates 2024  

 

20th and 21st January,  17th and 18th February, 9th and 10th March and 13th and 14th April 2024

This course is accredited for 64 hours with the Australian Kinesiology Association (AKA), the Australian Institute of Kinesiologists(AIK), the International Kinesiology College and the International Institute of Complementary Therapies (IICT) (20 CPEs). The course fee includes 8 days of face to face tuition (9 am-6 pm), clear & comprehensive course manual with coloured images of 42 muscle tests/organ/meridian matrix, loads of additional up-to-date references, morning & afternoon tea, International TFH Certificate & registration with the International Kinesiology College (IKC).

Submit your interest below

Thanks for submitting!

Yachts in th Ocean

TESTIMONIALS

"I am so happy I chose to do Touch for Health 1-4 with Andrea! I loved this course so much! Andrea is so generous in sharing her experience and knowledge, creates a safe, patient, supportive, creative and accessible space for learning. And the bonus is...Andrea is so much freaking fun! her humour makes learning these tools of kinesiology so much easier! ..oh and the morning teas too..those dips were the bomb!
Thank you Andrea, I am so grateful you are my teacher for these tools and am looking forward to bringing them into my practice. Alana Tuki"

I have been going to Kaizen for a few years now and I have loved all of my experiences, mostly the healing facials, kinesiology and the infrared sauna. I have also recently finished my Touch for health kinesiology training with Andrea. I have studied other energy healing modalities which were powerful however I was lacking something that would tie them all together in a session in a simple and effective way. Touch for health stimulates healing on many levels and gives you clarity around your energy blocks. The corrections are simple yet so effective. I have now started my own healing business with this new confidence gained from touch for heath. I highly recommend studying this even if you don't want to become a practitioner the tools you learn are amazing. Thank you Andrea" Danielle Conway

“I have been going see Andrea for kinesiology for the last 3 years and she has helped me more than I can put into words! Suffering with mental health issues and not knowing where to turn or what can help is often a very scary place to be and now knowing I have Andrea and kinesiology is like knowing there is light at the end of the tunnel. Other than helping through darker times she has also helped me achieve goals and just generally enhance my wellbeing. I have referred a number of friends to Andrea as I cant recommend her and her work enough, so much so I recently took part in the TFH course run by Andrea and it did not disappoint! I came away with a wealth of knowledge and tools that can be used in everyday life in a fun and safe learning environment. Everyone should go and visit Andrea and see the magic of kinesiology for themselves! Anneka Noon”

bottom of page