Working Inside Outby Debra GreeneWhen the god/desses created humans, they had a long discussion about the best place to hide the secret of life. At the top of a mountain? No, it would be too easy to find there. Deep in a forest? No, still too easy to find. At the bottom of the sea? No, still too easy. Finally a little god spoke up with the best idea: hide it inside each person because no one would think to look there!

This is a short version of an old parable that speaks to the importance of looking inward in order to find what is most precious, the key to life. Whether you call it your soul, your essence, your high self, or some other name, there is a part of each of us that is the source of wisdom, guidance and illumination. For lack of a better term, I will refer to this aspect as consciousness. The bottom line is, consciousness is the key to life. In this “inside-out” approach, it is consciousness that creates matter.

This previously exclusively spiritual approach is gaining momentum in the scientific community, especially through the emerging field of epigenetics. Cell Biologist Bruce Lipton, PhD, who will be presenting at next year’s EnKA® conference, has made significant contributions to this field with his message that belief becomes biology. Dawson Church, PhD, who presented at our conference in 2007 in Utah, echoes this theme.

Recent research on cancer remission, funded in part by the American Cancer Society, reveals further support for the “inside-out” approach. Four of the six factors found as major contributors to cancer remission are internal factors such as deepening your spirituality, releasing negative emotions, trusting your intuition, and feeling more joy, happiness and love. Although these all sound like great ideas, most people have no clue about how to go about doing such things. That’s where my work comes in.

People sign up for a session with me when they have hit a bump in the road of life, so to speak. It could be a financial issue, relationship problems, a bad case of the

blues, or the inability to quiet the mind. They come to me because there is an aspect of their life they want to improve and they don’t want to spend years in conventional therapy or months doing life coaching. Most of my clients are relatively healthy, happy individuals

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who have done some inner work on themselves and have established a certain level of self-awareness. A situation has come up that they find challenging and they want to address the challenging situation in the best possible way, transform through insight and awareness, and come through the experience a better person. All of this can happen in one session of approximately two hours.

My work is called Inner Clarity (IC) and the IC motto is: The

Most Amount of Change in the Least Amount of Time. IC is a subtle energy modality in which consciousness figures prominently. In a nutshell, I use energy kinesiology as a sensitive feedback mechanism to help identify and unravel the many energy threads (limiting beliefs, emotional programming, unwanted thought-forms, etc.) that keep a person stuck. Once these distortions have been brought into the light of consciousness, energy-based techniques are used to balance and transform them. The purpose is to reveal aspects of an issue that have not been fully understood and, once understood, yield untold benefits. We go deeply into a presenting issue to “mine” the issue for the “golden nuggets” of awareness that can bring about a shift in consciousness. Through that shift in consciousness permanent change can happen. That shift is reinforced by the energetic support of a balance that includes the dissolution of distortions and the kinesiological anchoring-in of inner qualities that the soul finds nourishing.

As you can tell, this is highly subjective work. The process, the transformations, the benefits, and the healing are all happening inside the person’s consciousness structure. As such, it’s difficult for me to articulate the inner experiences of those I work with. Having said that, what follows are several vignettes that can hopefully help give an idea of the work. The names have been changed to uphold confidentiality.

Darrell came to see me because of relationship issues. He talked about two past relationships that developed in such a way that eventually the women constantly tried to provoke him. But he

In This Issue: Special Note: This issue of the EnKA® Newsletter was delayed in order to include all of the wonderful photos and articles about the 2011 Conference. The deadline for the 2012 Winter Newsletter is therefore delayed until November 27.

4 Letter From the President

5 2011 Enka® Conference in Santa Fe

14 2012 Conference Info

15 Muscle Monitoring - A Biofeedback Tool Article 13

19 Conferences Around the World

20 Dreams and Visions

21 In Appreciation of Outgoing Board Members

23 Class Schedule

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wouldn’t play that game. He held it all in and refused to react. In fact, he held it all in with such determination that in one

relationship he developed hives and in the other he developed migraines. He was convinced these physical symptoms were a direct result of his involvement with “that kind of woman” (i.e., the provoker). As soon as he ended those relationships his symptoms went away, further reinforcement of his “toxic woman” theory. He vowed to avoid that kind of woman like the plague. But sure enough, despite his resolve, another provoker showed up in his life.

Through the IC process, Darrell was able to see that actually he was the provoker; it’s just that his method of provocation was

different. Instead of the overt provocation of verbal taunts and sarcasm, his method was to refuse to show emotion of any kind. Long ago his father, an avid gambler, had taught young Darrell that to win at the game of life you never show your hand. Darrell could now see how this habit of concealment was sabotaging his relationships by causing his partners to pursue his hidden emotions in an effort to antagonize those feelings out into expression. In fact, he began to see that in doing so, these women were actually (although unintentionally) trying to help him. He also saw how it was his habitual emotional concealment—and not the “provoker” women—that had caused his hives and migraines. Darrell was able to take responsibility for his role in things, forgive the women from the past, and embark on

his new relationship with a completely different mindset, one that would allow him to express his feelings more openly.

Hanna came to see me to work on an issue of low self-esteem. She felt everything was her fault, no matter what. Her self-talk was characterized by frequent put-downs. If those around her became unhappy she was convinced it was because of some failing on her part. Hanna was well aware of her low self-image and her need to please others. What she wasn’t aware of was her egotism.

Hanna thought of egotism in the inflated sense (i.e. See how great and wonderful I am!). But the ego can also take a deflated form (i.e., See how bad and wrong I am!) and it is ego just the same. Whether I believe I am great or awful, it’s still all about me. If I am stuck in thinking that I make people unhappy, I have done something wrong, and it’s all my fault, I am constantly drawing attention to myself. I’m actually saying that I have power over others: I have

the power to make others unhappy and I have the power to cause those bad things to happen. This is convoluted egotism. Hanna, who was accustomed to seeing herself as a weak people-pleaser, was shocked to discover her hidden arrogance and self-centeredness. Illuminating this part of her shadow allowed her to stop the destructive behavior and emerge a more self-empowered individual.

This next vignette is from a session I did on myself, using self-testing. I’m including it here to give you a deeper sense of the IC work. Often the process involves a peeling away of layers, in keeping with the proverbial onion metaphor. I’m also including this example in hopes that you may benefit from my disclosure, as the issue was about raising my rates (perhaps something we all struggle with from time to time).

It all started when my business consultant informed me that I needed to raise my session rates. He had hinted at this before but I kept avoiding the topic. My avoidance was a clue. I experienced significant internal resistance to the idea of a rate raise and realized I was not at choice about the issue. Time to do some work on myself!

Although I am accustomed to working on myself, the goal of raising my private

session rates was a very different type of goal for me. At the beginning of the session I had zero energy behind the goal. In fact, I had active resistance to it. I discovered countless limiting beliefs that were holding me back. I will only include

there is a part of each of us

that is the source of wisdom, guidance

and illumination

four of the six factors found as major contributors to

cancer remission are internal factors

such as deepening your

spirituality, releasing negative emotions,

trusting your intuition, and feeling more joy, happiness and love

through that shift in consciousness

permanent change can happen

often the process involves

a peeling away of layers,

in keeping with the proverbial

onion metaphor

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the highlights here, so as not to make this story too long. Here is a sampling of the layers of distortion that were indicated and transformed through the IC process.

Layer One: The economy is so bad how could I even think of raising my rates now! I’ll go broke. I’ll lose all the clients I currently have, and never get any new ones.

Layer Two: I am in the helping profession and rates at that high level are unethical. It is like gouging people. It means I am heartless and greedy. It’s a huge increase and it’s just too much all at once. It will harm people.

Layer Three: It contradicts the work I do. My work is energy-based and putting so much emphasis on money and material things is a hypocritical double standard. It undermines the very work I do.

Layer Four: I’ll make a fool of myself and ruin my reputation. I’ll announce the rate raise, then lose all my clients and never gain any new ones. I’ll have to crawl back, humiliated, and lower my rates again.

Layer Five: This is not something I want to do. This is my consultant’s idea, not mine. Why should I listen to him anyway? It’s easy for him to order me around. He doesn’t understand. He reminds me of my mother!

Layer Six: I’ll end up like I did with the real estate debacle on Maui where I got too big for my britches and the universe slapped

me up side the head! (There was a lot to clean up here. I’ll spare you the details.)

Hopefully you get the idea. The layers were numerous and relatively deep. But soon the resistance was replaced with consciousness, the beliefs were transformed through a balance, and there was strong energy mobilized behind the goal. I decided to implement the rate increase in one month, on March 21, the Spring Equinox. As soon as I cleared my inner obstacles the “miracles” started to happen, sometimes in unexpected ways.

Miracle One. Late February:I had scheduled a workshop and as the time drew nearer only four people had signed up. The “old me” would have held the workshop anyway. After all, there were four people who needed and wanted my help. Besides, a few are better than none; I’ll take what I can get.

But the “new me” somehow would not go for that. I didn’t even have to think about it. I just instantaneously decided

to cancel the workshop. This decision came surprisingly easily and effortlessly. Then when I called one of the registrants to tell her I was canceling the workshop, she scheduled two private sessions for the day of the workshop—one for herself and one for her boyfriend. So on that day I ended up working half as long and making twice as much money as I would have if I’d held the workshop for so few people!

Miracle Two. Early March:I ended up with four new clients in five days and felt empowered to charge each one at a higher rate even before my scheduled increase. Plus, these new clients went on to refer others in the week ahead.

Miracle Three. Early March:Living on Maui I am used to having a lot of visitors and always warn them, “Just because you are on vacation doesn’t mean I am.” In fact, I never take vacations. I mean never. Work is the priority and somehow it always finds its way into my travel plans, no matter what. But this time when my family was coming to visit March 12-19 I was determined to take a week off. Totally out of character for me! But relatively easy for the “new me.”

Miracle Four. March 31:All of this was well and good but I was still curious about what would happen when my new rates went into effect. Would I get hate mail? Would my clients leave me? I’m happy to report that when I sent out the rate increase announcement via email to my list, I received only praise and supportive emails back. And on the day that the rate increase went into effect (midnight on the 21st), I got a new client within six hours after the increase. She contacted me by email and the message came in at 5:58 a.m. Further confirmation came when that new client was followed by four other new clients in less than a week. In fact, March ended up being an all-time record month, despite my taking a whole week off!

As is typical with this work, the benefits of the session extended far beyond just increasing my rates. I felt a deep sense of empowerment and a new level of self-assuredness that carried over into all aspects of my life. That’s what happens when we work from the inside out.

You don’t have to travel to Maui to experience this. I offer phone/Skype video sessions worldwide and a money back guarantee. Call 808-874-6441, email me, debra@InnerClarity.us, or visit my website www.InnerClarity.us.

soon the resistance was replaced with

consciousness, the beliefs were

transformed through a balance,

and there was strong energy mobilized behind the goal

I felt a deep sense of empowerment

and a new level of self-assuredness

that carried over into all aspects

of my life

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Letter From Your PresidentAu Revoir, But Not Goodbye!As my end of my term as EnKA® President approached last April, I came to a difficult but necessary decision. At the Face To Face Board Meeting in Maryland in April, I announced that due to mounting family and other obligations, I would not have the capacity to accept a second term. I agreed to continue in the role until the September conference.

This past summer afforded me a jewel basket of poignant moments of appreciation for the many hands and talents that make EnKA® ‘work.’

There are so many people to thank, I’ll run out of room if I start naming them, so instead I’ll point out the accumulated blessings they bring to EnKA®, and shared with me over the last three and a half years: tirelessness, stalwartness, and thoughtfulness, cheerfulness, brightness and an incredible lightness of being, vision and courage, tenacity, steadfastness, loyalty and honesty, curiosity, humility and groundedness, a willingness to learn, to listen to ideas without judgment, to voice concerns without giving in to fears, to stand up for beliefs, to reach beyond the comfort zone, to honor the past and to boldly go forward, to give, give, and to give again. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

With this, my last letter to you as Association President, I share a treasured photo of my beginnings - me, pictured with Marge Bowen, past President of EnKA® and Tina Baker, past CAB chair. It reminds me of the Heraclitus tome that likens life to a river - every time you dip your hand or step your foot into the water, it is a different river, yet the same. This moment in time is like no other, and yet

simultaneously, the flow begins far in the past and continues far into the future, well beyond my confluence.

At our mid-year face-to-face Board Meeting in Maryland, we listed over 100 projects that are ‘in the pipeline,’ or waiting in the wings. It’s difficult to let so many of them remain ‘on the table’ in order to be effective with those that keep the organization running. So look in this newsletter for the article “dreams and visions,” read this, the “top” of the list, and give some thought to your special skills and talents you can bring to the mix!

I join the ranks, now, watching, cheering, and pitching in on specific projects, as Energy Kinesiology, EnKA®, and the broader vision of alternative health care continue to blossom!

—Cathy

EnKA®

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MExpanding Connections at the ConferenceBy Karen OwnbeyI’d missed the 2010 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, so I was delighted to connect with so many people at the recent 2011 conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reinforcing these connections and making new ones is a big part of why I value the conference. The Expanding Horizons of Wellness confer-ence also gave me the opportunity to connect with a new place, Santa Fe.

Coming from Maryland, I soaked up the views of the adobe architecture, the reddish hills and distant mountains. As the Fort Marcy Suites were located on a hill just blocks north of the Santa Fe Plaza, the views from the suites definitely encour-aged me to see a lot more of the horizon! The area had an expansive quality that enhanced the learning and laughing that was big part of the conference.

I loved that the conference began and ended in a circle. Lyla, a young Native American woman, invited us in the opening cer-emony to form a circle and to add our intentions for the conference as she drummed and chanted. The vibrations of her drum and her voice seemed to fill every corner of the conference space and to anchor our intentions of creating a conference space for growth, wellness, community and fun.

The diverse community was composed of energy kinesiologists from Australia, Canada, CA, UT, OK, NM, PA, RI, MD, FL and more.

Highlights of opportunities to connect and learn:

• Welcome Reception and Wine Tasting: We savored some local flavor and had a chance to unwind from traveling.

• Luncheon and Live Auction: The caterers prepared an outstanding buffet with plenty of veggies and peppers (we were in Santa Fe). Ron Wayman was

fantastic as the auctioneer and there were many generous offerings by

speakers, vendors and participants. From books to balances, we had a lively, fun

time with good-humored jokes floating around. With the combined efforts of all,

we raised over $1000 in support of EnKA®.

• Suites: The suites were more like apartments or townhomes with full kitchens and living/dining areas. The cozy, homey feel made it easy to gather to share meals and to relax in the evenings.

• Speaker Speed Dating and Best Idea Yet: These informal interactive sessions were popular. In the Speaker Speed Dating, participants had the opportunity to ask questions of speakers in a small group setting. My experience in workshops has been that I learn much from my fellow students and the Best Idea Yet provided 10-minute slots to demonstrate and observe helpful techniques - such as working with chakras, experiencing group balances, seeing a demonstration about phase reflexes and being mindful of both sides of the body.

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• Banquet: As we normally gathered to honor the outgoing board members, we also gathered before the meal to honor and remember those who are no longer with us. Lillian Poston graciously opened the banquet with a memorial ceremony in honor of members and dear ones who had died in the recent past, particularly long time members William Oldham and Helen O’Brien. We celebrated their presence in our lives and in this organization. Lillian’s ceremony included a touching reading from Kahil Gibran’s The Prophet titled “On Death.” The closing

reading The Angel of Peace, was from The Essene Book of Days, August 23, 2010.

“ As the richnesss of my life brings peace to my soul. So do I actively share this peace with all.

Peace with those I love.

Peace with those who trouble me.

Peace with those I fear,

Peace with beings far and near.

For it is I who chain the dove of Peace, or I who let it fly.

As the conference came to a close, I felt a sense of completion and closure as we gathered again in circle. I found it a way to lock in the sense of renewed energy and enthusiasm and to commit to incorporating a new learning, technique or understanding into my practice. I appreciated that everyone in the circle offered a word

about their sense of the conference: learn-ing, community, fun, intimate, recharged, grateful, connections, and inspired.

Not only did I feel connected and invigo-rated as I left the conference, I realized just how many talented, experienced and knowledgeable resources I now had throughout the country and abroad. Many thanks to all for an outstanding conference!

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MSpeakers Speak Out Hugo Tobar There’s a number of reasons I come to conferences. As a developer of a kinesiology modality, it’s important for me to come to conferences and meet people – see what other people are doing, share what we are doing. What’s in the pipeline? The latest thing

I’ve been working on involves the confluence of pathology and physiology – looking at disease processes and physiology process for balance. I teach once a year

in Salt Lake City at the college there, so contact Ron Wayman to find out when classes will be offered!

I love Energy Kinesiology and I hope other people who are studying it love it too. No matter what modality you practice, at the end of the day you are here for the benefit of the client – never forget that, no matter what you do!

We need to work hard for the future of Energy Kinesiology. Australia has always been leading the field of Kinesiology – we have government accredited qualifications, and soon you’ll need a diploma. If Energy Kinesiology is going to be professional, we need to have a world-wide set of standards and qualification, leading to degrees – if we want to be a serious health modality.... This is right in line with EnKA®’s goals of reaching out to other associations, standardizing requirements, and being THE certifying body in the U.S. You need to have a clear path of study and achievement. The very best practitioners train constantly.

Debra GreeneI love attending conferences and connecting with people. Networking, integrating, finding out about what people do and being able to talk to other presenters and ask questions – that’s what conferences are all about! Especially with EnKA® conferences... it’s like a family reunion – connecting with people and friends we only see once a year. It’s actually been like that for me since my very first EnKA® conference in 2007 with Dr. Krebbs, Oshman and Donna Eden. Four years from now, I’ll look back at this conference and remember some of this year’s speakers and the innovative material they presented.

Dr. Jay DunnHolistic Kinesiologist and Chiropractor for 23 years

It’s great to meet all of these unique people, unique because each individual combines the various modalities they’ve learned. And we keep learning and trying new things and keeping what works and looking for more. I’m so passionate about Kinesiology – I want to see it bigger, better, spreading throughout the

country. That’s why I’m passionate about teaching it. We need more practitioners – the world population is growing, and do you know anyone who feels good all the time? We’re staying alive longer and we have more chronic issues. Kinesiology is stellar at helping people with chronic conditions. And we’re teaching lay people, too, so they can go off and take care of themselves. In the spirit of Dr. Thei, take it out of the medical realm. We should have little kids learning how to use this, learning how to live this way.

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MDr. Robyn Benson, DOM After 20 years of experience, I still love to learn, so I’m forever looking for new information. Even after 20 years of doing the same thing, I continually reinvent myself - I’ve re-invented myself many times over. I love to travel and meet people around the world – it fuels my passion and feeds my thinking.

I love the energy at this conference! It’s amazing the amount of energy that went into preparing this event! I go to a lot of conferences and this group has a lot of heart compared to many of the medical conferences I go to. I love what I do (Robyn is an Acupuncturist) because it’s

a lifestyle medicine. A holistic approach to one’s wellness brings the real ultimate healing. A huge part of what I do is educate people, for them to know the importance of dealing with trauma immediately, that unresolved trauma, years down the road can have ramifications. Lights go on when they see their own personal power around their own health.

Dr Warren JacobsI like sharing what I do with other people. I’m so comfortable with

this group because we share a common view of health and how to help people.

Whenever I go to a conference like this, I like to learn something, which I have; I like to help someone, which I have; And I like to make a new friend, which I have.

I like the atmosphere here – everyone is loving and caring and giving, here to learn and to share their own learnings. So my advice to all the members, and all complementary practitioners, is,

“ Come to the EnKA® conference! Mark your calendar, and don’t plan anything else! Bring your experiences and your curiosity and your thinking and your objectives, let’s see if we can’t make Kinesiology grow, spread our message about health to the public.”

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MExpanding through Field Trips Santa Fe Soul: Health and Healing Center in Santa Fe, NMby Karen OwnbeyRobyn Benson, D.O.M., founder of Santa Fe Soul Health & Healing Center and the Santa Fe Soul Foundation, was scheduled to talk about the creation of Santa Fe Soul. Thanks to Robyn’s generosity and the flexibility of the conference participants, we all traveled 6 miles from the Fort Marcy Suites to enjoy Robyn’s presentation in the quiet, powerful energy of Santa Fe Soul. First we toured the Center in small groups and oh’ed and ah’ed about the artwork, the layout, and the depth and breadth of practitioners. Then we gathered in the Sun Room to hear Robyn describe and show photos about her community process of creating this healing center. It was an extremely intentional, thoughtful process involving input from many people, including the practitioners. Ceremonies marked significant milestones such as opening the land, and later, dedicating the space.

Did I mention intentional? Many intentions were written on walls and floors before the final flooring, walls or paint was done. And the intentionality continues on a daily basis. One example is the ringing of bells/gongs throughout the center at the beginning and ending of each day. Another is that the practitioners continue to contribute and participate in the vision and mission of the center. The center’s thirteen core values are prominently displayed in beautiful mandala

painted on a wall. Robyn’s dedication to creating a healing community of diverse practitioners is an exciting model of what a healing center can be. http://www.santafesoul.com/

It was interesting to hear about Santa Fe Soul Foundation: a non-profit whose mission is to provide access to holistic and complementary healthcare through grants and participatory healing

opportunities. One of the Foundation’s latest programs is Wellness Pods: participatory workshops that inform the public on a variety of holistic health and wellness topics. Some of the pod

topics this summer were “Children & Family Optimal Health,” “ Chakra/Endocrine System

Re-Calibration and Balancing,” and “Small Steps to Achieve Anything.”

While the Foundation offers grants for these and other classes, the grant recipients are encouraged to “pay it forward” by volunteering

hours in the community. http://santafesoulfoundation.org/

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MBliss in Santa Fe By Sharon LampronMany years ago I promised myself I’d return to Ten Thousand Waves Spa in Santa Fe. This little piece of heaven being located just 4 ½ miles up the hill from Ft. Marcy Suites gave me the perfect opportunity to keep this promise to myself. What a great way to transition from the stress of travel to the excitement of the conference!

Although they have a communal hot tub, on Tuesday evenings they also offer an all-women’s soak until l0:30 p.m. A storm blew thru bringing dark rolling clouds, hail and gusting winds while I was alternating between the 170 degree hot tub and 60 degree cold plunges a half -dozen times. My skin proprioceptors, naturally confused about being hot or cold, eventually gave up and completely relaxed. Somehow I must have made it to a lounge chair, because when I returned to ‘consciousness’ again, the skies had cleared and I experienced the shimmering reflective light of the nearly full moon in a whole new way.

I was the last one to leave! In fact, a generous employee drove me back to the condos at Ft. Marcy Suites, and wouldn’t accept a contribution for the gas, saying, “All I did was roll down the hill!”

That night I slept like a baby and awakened ready to help set up for our conference.

All the best things I remembered from years ago had remained the same. The hand hewn wood-work, furniture, trims and posts were so beautiful, I took many pictures to inspire creation of my own future Sacred Space.

Some things have changed. They used to allow tenting in the unpaved parking lot. Even though they now have lodging available, complete with Buddha chocolates placed on your pillow nightly, you can still enjoy 10 Thousand Waves for a reasonable cost. A full day of unlimited time of relaxation and enjoyment is a mere $23.45.

They’ve added a dimly lit talk-free warm-room with floor cushions and individual sound therapy. Other amenities include showers, shampoo, cream rinse, lockers, kimonos, towels, and drinking water. Come in your birthday suit, or for the modest, there are

times when bathing suits are required. For an additional fee, there are now private hot tubs.

I hope we return to Santa Fe for a conference in the future, and I recommend Ten Thousand Waves. At next year’s conference, I look forward to keeping another promise to myself to return to Harbin Hot Springs, a little over two hours’

beautiful drive from San Francisco.

Looking forward to San Francisco in 2012: http://www.harbin.org

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Exhibitors at the 2011 ConferenceBy Linda WatkinsThis year’s exhibitor (vendor) space was uniquely intimate, positioned in a cozy lower-level space at Fort Marcy Suites. Dr. J. Dunn’s booth set the tone with her professionally designed backdrop, her assistants Judy and Stacie-Lynn, and Bob the dog. Dr. Dunn, a kinesiologist from Albuquerque, brought her book, Wholistic Kinesiology, and “Second Aid”, a kit of homeopathic and supplemental support for every imaginable travel sickness or injury. Dr. Dunn was also one of our informative speakers at the conference.

At the EnKA® booth, conference attendees could sign up for classes, purchase Debra Greene’s book, Endless Energy, buy conference journals from previous years, and preview auction items. EnKA® newsletters and client and membership brochures were available. Ron Wayman and Tami Davis offered class sign-ups at the American College of NeuroEnergetic Kinesiology (ACNEK) and some of Hugo Tobar’s manuals.

Dana Miller promoted Juice Plus, a powerful supplement that delivers all the nutrition and antioxidant power of 17 servings of raw organic fruits and vegetables in capsule form. Linda Watkins represented both GiaWellness products for electromagnetic radiation protection for phones and computers, and LifeWave patches for pain relief, anti-aging, sleep enhancement and weight loss. Dr. Janet Hall of Albuquerque brought her essential oils and healing rods, and promoted her healing center, Alternative Wellness. Class sign-ups were also available at her booth.

Marilyn Moquino of Moquino Indian Jewelry brought a colorful array of beautifully handcrafted semi-precious stone and silver jewelry. Not only did she bless each piece, she created custom pieces on the spot. Marilyn also offers jewelry repair by mail. For contact information about Moquino Indian Jewelry or any of the vendors at the conference, or, to secure your booth at the 2012 conference, please contact Linda Watkins at lindawatkins3@yahoo.com.

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Ethics Forum at the Conference: Expanding Horizons of Ethical AwarenessTo promote awareness and discussion of ethics for Energy Kinesiology practitioners, the EnKA® conference committee included an Ethics Forum during the 2011 Expanding Horizons of Wellness Annual Conference. The forum was a great success! Participants were eager to offer opinions and to hear what others had to contribute. A wide variety of views were heard by all. We look forward to continuing the conversations!

Participants divided into small groups and sat at round tables; the Ethics Committee gave each table a series of compelling ethics scenarios and instructions for discussing each scenario. After a time, a spokesperson from each table shared with the larger group a summary and highlights of that tables’ discussion. Each round ended with the Ethics Committee weighing in with their recommendations.

The sharings and discussions were lively and informative. Conference

participants benefited by working through the ethical dilemmas of the given scenarios while hearing from a quite diverse cross-section of energy kinesiologists and their actual experiences.

As a participant, I enjoyed the lively discussions at my table and appreciated the chance to interact and get to know people better as they shared their knowledge and experience. We had

practitioners who were just getting started and those who had been practicing for many years. I also learned a lot by hearing what the other groups talked about. The perspectives of a medical doctor, massage

therapist, engineers and energy kinesiology practitioners all contributed to my expanding awareness of ethics issues.

Issued topics that were delved into at this forum included:

• privacy and confidentiality

• the complexities of dual relationships with clients

• what muscle monitoring does and does not do

• what muscle monitoring can ethically be used for

Many thanks to Debra Greene, Ethics Committee Chair, for putting forth the idea and for heading up the forum. Thanks also to Ethics Committee Members Ann McFerron and Ron Wayman, along with Debra, for facilitating the discussions and for helping make ethical issues a primary focus for educating and enriching the profession of energy kinesiology. Look for articles from the Ethics Committee in future newsletters and for their involvement in future conferences. Have questions or comments? Contact the Ethics Committee at ethics@EnergyK.org.

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2 0 1 1 E n K A ® C o n f e r e n c e i n S a n ta F e , N MBring a Friend to Conference!By Ann McFerronExplaining energy kinesiology to someone is always a challenge. Words just don’t do it justice. You can show someone what you do. But that is still limiting because there are so many different kinds of energy kinesiology and so many approaches. So, this year I took a friend with me to the conference in Santa Fe. What a great experience for him. Everyone was so friendly and helpful, really wanting to show him what energy kinesiology is all about. He received 3 different balances plus lots of helpful information.

He enjoyed listening to the speakers and asked lots of questions. He truly has a much better understanding and appreciation of energy kinesiology than before

the conference. Plus, now he can put faces with the names of the people I love and care about.

So, who will you bring with you to the next conference? It’s a great way to help your loved ones understand your work!

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2012 Annual EnKA® Conference

The Evolution of Energy MedicineFeaturing Bruce Lipton author of “Spontaneous Evolution,” and “Biology of Belief.”

San Francisco California

June 14-16, 2012

Watch for 2012 registration information on these pages SOON for great savings on your conference fee!Accommodations: Doubletree Hotel, San Francisco Airport

Doubletree Hotel San Francisco Airport

835 Airport Blvd. | Burlingame , CA 94010-9949

Phone: 650-373-2219 | Fax: 650-347-9887

Be sure to tell them you are attending the EnKA® Conference to get our low rates

Need a roommate? E-mail today. ...

San Francisco, here we come!Conference Presenters: We’re working on the 2012 Speaker Presentation and Workshop rosters - e-mail today to apply for the 2012 conference!

E-mail for details.We’re working hard planning, lining up speakers, scheduling - we’d love your help!

Calling all Vendors! Bring your wares for a special audience of Energy Kinesiologists and other complementary medicine practitioners. Promote your products and your business by including free samples in the ‘goodie bags.’ You can even sponsor the goodie bags, the bookstore, the journal or the AV.

Contact Conference@EnergyK.org

• Hotel Liaison

• Publicity

• Registration, Goodie Bags, Bookstore, Vendors,

• Journal

• Banquet

• Auction

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KINESIOLOGY:Muscle Testing or Muscle Monitoring: A Direct Biofeedback Toolby Dr. Charles Krebs (Article 13 in continuing series)

Reticular Activating System and Muscle Tone TThe reticular-activating system (RAS) acts through reticulospinal projections to modulate posture, muscle tone, and locomotion. It is comprised of three primary cell groups in the mesopontine tegmentum; the pedunculopontine nucleus

that secretes acetylcholine (ACH), the locus coeruleus that secretes NE, and the raphe nuclei that secrete 5HT. These three groups of neurons each project to widespread areas of the nervous system where they have modulatory effects. (16,17,18)

The three groups of neurons which make up the RAS interact with each other, facilitating or inhibiting each other as they project to their respective targets to control the sleep-wake cycle and arousal, modulate the fight or flight response, and regulate posture and locomotion. It is not surprising that the RAS is linked to the motor system in order to optimize attack or escape. During deep sleep and REM sleep the RAS causes a loss of muscle tone so that we don’t act out our dreams. During waking the RAS modulates muscle tone and locomotion via the reticulospinal tracts. (16,17,18,19)

This article will focus on NE and 5HT projections from the RAS, and their effect on muscle test outcomes.

NE and Muscle Tone NE modulates the function of many diverse parts of the nervous system. Neurons containing NE have the widest divergence and project to more parts of the nervous system than any other neurons in the brain. (20) All of the NE in the central nervous system is produced in the brainstem, most of it in the locus coeruleus (LC).

The LC neurons lie in a cluster in the periventricular gray area in the dorsolateral corner of the fourth ventricle in the rostral pons. It is named for the bluish color that is cast from its melanin content onto the floor of the fourth ventricle. The LC is located immediately medial to the medial vestibular nucleus and to the caudal end

of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus.

The pattern of distribution and the types of contact that projections from the LC make with other neurons is similar to the pattern of distribution and the types of contacts that are made by peripheral sympathetic neurons. The proximity and close association of the LC with the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus suggests that it, like the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus, developed from neural crest cells and migrated into the central nervous system to form the equivalent of a widely divergent peripheral sympathetic ganglion. (20)

The close association of the LC and mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus is the basis of a physiological brainstem challenge discussed in a later section of this article.

The LC projects ipsilaterally to effect multiple areas in the spinal cord where NE has the following actions.

• Facilitates small AMNs (3,5,6)

• Inhibits renshaw cells (disinhibits AMNs) (21,22)

• Dampens stretch reflexes (23)

• Strongly depresses synaptic actions of group-2 muscle afferents (which monitor muscle position) on GMNs and on intermediate zone neurons that provide input to AMNs and GMNs. (13)

The LC exerts prominent facilitory influence on posture by directly exciting AMNs for extensor (and flexor) muscles and by releasing those AMNs from recurrent renshaw cell inhibition. (21,22)

With the 2011 issues of the EnKA® Quarterly Newsletter, we began a new series by Dr. Charles Krebs. This article describes in great detail the physiology of motor control, and can provide a deeper understanding and boost the skills of practitioners using these methods.Dr. Krebs is a trained scientist with a PhD. in marine biology. After a serious diving accident in the early 80s Dr. Krebs was con-fronted with the reality of being a quadriplegic facing death or at least a life sentence of physical and mental disability. Drawing on his knowledge of human anatomy and an indomitable will, he decided he would walk again. Propelled into the area of complimentary therapies to find assistance, Dr Krebs discovered Energy Kinesiology.In seeking the scientific explanation for his own miraculous recovery, Dr. Krebs synthesised the vast bounty of knowledge of the func¬tion of the human body and brain - from the 5,000 year old texts of the East to the very frontiers of Western neuroscience.Dr. Krebs developed and teaches LEAP, which is EnKA Accredited for category B .

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NE has its greatest effects on proximal extensor, abductor, and external rotator muscles, especially in the legs. (See the discussion in Brainstem Reticular Formation and Muscle tone above.)

5HT and Muscle Tone Cells that produce 5HT are all located in raphe nuclei in the midline of the brainstem from the medulla to the mesencephalon. They project extensively through the nervous system. Raphe nuclei in the pons and mesencephalon project rostrally, and those in the medulla project to the spinal cord. Jacobs and his research group (24) implanted micrometers in order to study the function of 5HT in behaving cats. He reports that the primary role of the medullary serotonergic system appears to be increasing motor tone and facilitating repetitive motor activity. 5HT inhibits nociception and increases sympathetic nervous system activity in order to support its primary function of increased motor tone. 5HT levels decrease during sleep, and fall to zero during periods of REM sleep, when muscle tone is profoundly reduced. (24,25)

5HT has its greatest effects on proximal flexor, adductor, and internal rotator muscles, especially in the legs. (See the discussion in Brainstem Reticular Formation and Muscle tone above.) Medullary raphe nuclei project bilaterally to the spinal cord where 5HT has the following effects.

• Facilitates small low threshold AMNs (3,5,6)

• Facilitates gamma motor neurons, GMNs, and thereby enhances stretch reflexes.

• Strongly facilitates synaptic actions of group 2 afferents on GMNs and on intermediate zone neurons that provide input to AMNs and GMNs. (12,13)

Serotonergic neurons in the medulla are sensitive to carbon dioxide and/or pH. Increased carbon dioxide (3%, which is fairly sensitive) causes increased serotonergic activity and increased breathing. Decreased levels of carbon

dioxide cause decreased serotonergic activity in medullary neurons that project to the spinal cord. There does not appear to be phasic activity of serotonergic neurons related to the respiratory cycle. (24)

Summary: Contrasting effects of 5HT and NE on Muscle Function

• 5HT and NE each increase muscle tone of both flexor and extensor muscles. As a pontine nucleus the LC and its adrenergic projections (NE) have a greater effect on extensors than on flexors. Serotonergic projections from the raphe nuclei in the medulla have a greater effect on flexors than extensors.

• 5HT enhances feedback from group-2 muscle afferents to GMNs and to the intermediate zone neurons that provide input to GMNs. NE depresses group-2 muscle afferent feedback to those same targets.

• 5HT and NE have opposite effects on GMNs and the stretch reflex. 5HT weakly facilitates the muscle stretch reflex and NE strongly dampens the stretch reflex.

Spinal cord functions that effect muscle tests Stretch reflex Abrupt non-volitional lengthening of a muscle elicits a stretch reflex that causes the stretched muscle to contract and resist lengthening. The reflex is a postural mechanism to prevent unintended perturbations of a desired posture. It is accomplished by the activation of dynamic bag stretch receptors in MSCs. The receptors send signals to the cord through 1A afferents that have direct monosynaptic input to small AMNs that maintain posture. (Group 2 afferents also contribute to the stretch reflex in a lesser extent.)

In response to the stretch signal from 1A afferents, AMNs in the spinal cord increase

their rate of firing to activate the muscle and resist lengthening. This process is not under voluntary control. An inadequate stretch reflex causes muscle tests that involve an abrupt increase of force to fail.

The effectiveness of the stretch reflex depends upon

1. The sensitivity of the dynamic bag stretch receptors which is in turn dependent upon activation from dynamic GMNs in the ventral horn of the spinal cord.

2. The ability of the AMNs to respond to excitatory input.

NE and 5HT modulate both factors determining the efficacy of the stretch reflex.

1. NE facilitates AMNs and inhibits GMNs. It has a strong net damping effect on the stretch reflex. (23) (NE agonist medications are helpful in reducing exaggerated stretch reflexes and spasticity after spinal cord injuries.)

2. 5HT provides weak facilitation for stretch reflexes.

As a muscle changes length the nervous system is challenged to maintain adequate feedback from the stretch receptors that are embedded in the muscle. Muscle spindle cells are embedded in the muscle, and stretch receptors are embedded in the muscle spindle. MSCs change length when the muscle changes length. Muscle fibres within the MSC contract and relax to maintain a relatively constant length in the receptor portion of the spindle as the muscle and the muscle spindle gets shorter or longer. This is coordinated by GMNs in the spinal cord. (7,9,10)

GMNs activate intrafusal muscle fibers (inside the muscle spindle cells) to maintain optimal length of the receptor as the muscle changes length. GMNs are activated (independently of AMNs that innervate the extrafusal muscle fibres) by descending commands from the brainstem and cerebral cortex, from

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spinal propriospinal networks, and by feedback from group-2 muscle afferents.

Group-2 afferents convey signals from receptors (static bag and chain fibres in muscle spindle cells) that register muscle length. Group-2 afferents project to numerous targets in the spinal cord including neurons in the dorsal horn, intermediate zone and GMNs in the ventral horn. GMNs use information from group-2 afferents to calculate appropriate drive to intrafusal fibres and thereby maintain optimal spindle sensitivity.

5HT and NE modulate the input from group-2 afferents to spinal cord targets. 5HT facilitates the transmission of information from group-2 afferents to GMNs and NE depresses that transmission. (13,14)

Modulation from NE and 5HT allows the brainstem to reconfigure spinal circuits and spinal reflexes on a second by second basis to meet the needs of different movements, and appropriate modulation is necessary in order to maintain spindle sensitivity during and after movement. The post-movement muscle tests described below evaluate the nervous system’s ability to maintain spindle sensitivity and an appropriate stretch reflex during and after movement.

Interactions of Homologous columns in the spinal cordThe AMNs and GMNs that innervate a muscle reside in a continuous column of cells that span three or four spinal segments in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. There is a somatotopic organization of motor neurons (MNs) such that MNs innervating proximal muscles are in the medial portion of the ventral horn and MNs innervating distal muscles are in the lateral portion of the ventral horn. MNs to flexor muscles are more dorsal and MNs to extensors are more ventral.

Neurons that go to muscles with similar functions are grouped in close proximity in homologous columns. MNs in homologous columns interact in predictable ways. Excitation and inhibition spread from one group to another. When a muscle is

activated, antagonist muscles are inhibited through reciprocal inhibition, and muscles with synergistic actions are facilitated. (10)

For example, when a flexor muscle is activated,

• Other flexors in that limb are activated to some degree.

• The antagonist extensor is inhibited, and

• Other extensors in that limb are inhibited to some degree as well.

Recurrent Inhibition Recurrent inhibition is a negative feedback system that is used in many areas of the nervous system. Renshaw cells in the ventral horn of the spinal cord function as part of a recurrent inhibition loop that inhibits AMNs. AMNs send collateral axons that excite Renshaw cells that in turn inhibit the AMNs.

Renshaw cells are inhibitory cells in the ventral horn with a variety of targets and a variety of segmental and suprasegmental input sources. They are part of the recurrent AMN inhibitory loop described above. They serve as a regulator that can vary the gain of AMN recurrent inhibition.

NE depresses the activity of Renshaw cells, thus reducing the degree of recurrent inhibition to AMNs. NE facilitates the action of AMNs directly and through disinhibition (inhibiting the Renshaw cells that inhibit the AMNs) (21,22)

References: (in numerical order) 3. BINDER, HECKMAN, AND

POWERS, The physiological control of motor neuron activity, in Handbook of Physiology, Section 12: Exercise, Regulation and Integration of Multiple Systems, ed. Rowell and Shepherd, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1996, p. 3-53

4. BINDER, HECKMAN AND POWERS, Relative strengths and distributions of different sources of synaptic input to the motor neuronal pool;

implications for motor unit recruitment. In: Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture, Edited by Simon Gandevia, Kluwer Academic, New York, 2002, p. 207-212

5. HECKMAN AND LEE, Synaptic integration in bistable motoneurons, Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 123, Peripheral and Spinal Mechanisms in the Neural Control of Movement, ed. M. Binder., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 1999, p. 49-56

6. HECKMAN AND LEE, Advances in measuring active dendritic currents in spinal interneurons in vivo, in Motor Neurobiology Of The Spinal Cord, ed. Timothy Cope, CRC Press, New York, 2001

7. OTIS, JAMES. The use of manual muscle testing to assess functional integration of high-threshold versus low-threshold alpha motor neurons. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, ICAK, 2004

8. HULTBORN, H, BROWNSTONE, R, TOTH, T, AND GOSSARD, J, Key mechanisms for setting the input-output gain across the motorneuron pool. Progress in Brain Research, Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement vol. 143, edited by Mori S, Stuart D, and Wiesendanger M, Elsevier, 2004, p. 77-96

9. GUYTON, A, AND HALL, J, Contraction of Skeletal Muscle, Textbook of Medical Physiology, WB Saunders, , 2000, p 67-79

10. PEARSON, K. AND GORDON, J. Spinal Reflexes. Principles of Neural Science, 4th Edition, edited by Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, McGraw Hill, 2000, p. 713-736

11. TAYLOR, ELLAWAY, AND DURBABA, Why are there three types of intrafusal fibers?

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Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 123, Peripheral and Spinal Mechanisms in the Neural Control of Movement, ed. M. Binder., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 1999, p. 121-131

12. TAYLOR, A., Give proprioceptors a chance, Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture, Edited by Simon Gandevia, Kluwer Academic, New York, 2002

13. JANKOWSKA AND GLADDEN, A Positive Feedback Circuit Involving Muscle Spindle Secondaries And Gamma Motor Neurons In The Cat. , Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 123, Peripheral and Spinal Mechanisms in the Neural Control of Movement, ed. M. Binder., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 1999, p. 149-156

14. JANKOWSKA, HAMMAR, CHOJNICKA AND HEDEN Effects of monoamines on interneurons in four spinal reflex pathways from group 1 and/or group 2 muscle afferents, European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 12, p. 701-714, 2000

15. GUYTON, ARTHUR C, Cortical and brainstem control of motor function, Basic Neuroscience, Anatomy and Physiology, WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1991, p 214-217

16. GARCIA-RILL E, Disorders of the reticular activating system, Medical Hypotheses 49, p. 379-387, 1997

17. GARCIA-RILL E, HOMMA Y, AND SKINNER RD, Arousal mechanisms related to posture and locomotion: 1. Descending modulation, , Progress in Brain Research, vol. 143, Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement vol. 143, edited by Mori S, Stuart D, and Wiesendanger M, Elsevier, 2004, p 283- 290

18. GARCIA-RILL E, HOMMA Y, AND SKINNER RD, Arousal mechanisms related to posture and locomotion: 2. Ascending modulation, Progress in Brain Research, vol. 143, Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement vol. 143, edited by Mori S, Stuart D, and Wiesendanger M, Elsevier, 2004, p 291- 298

19. TAKAKUSAKI K, OOHINATA-SUGIMOTO J, SAITOH K, AND HABAGUCHI T, 2004, Role of basal ganglia-brainstem systems in the control of postural muscle tone and locomotion Progress in Brain Research, vol. 143, Brain Mechanisms for the Integration of Posture and Movement edited by Mori S, Stuart D, and Wiesendanger M, Elsevier, 2004, p. 231-238

20. J ONES, BE, Noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons: their distant connections and their relationship to neighboring (including cholinergic and GABAergic) neurons on the central gray and reticular formation. Progress

in Brain Research, vol. 88, Neurobiology of the Locus Coeruleus, edited by Barnes CD and Pompeiano O, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 1991, p 15-30

21. POMPEIANO, O. Relationship of noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons to vestibulospinal reflexes, Progress in Brain Research, volume 80, Afferent Control of Posture and Locomotion, edited by Allum J and Hulliger M, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 321-328

22. POMPEIANO O, Noradrenergic locus coeruleus influences on posture and vestibulospinal reflexes, Alpha And Gamma Motor Systems, Ed A Taylor, 1995, p 429-434

23. MEUNIER, S., KATZ, R., AND SIMONETTA-MOREAU, M., Central nervous system lesions and segmental activity, Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture, Edited by Simon Gandevia, Kluwer Academic, New York, 2002, p. 309-313

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Touch for Health& Energy Medicine Partnerships International 2012 Annual ConferenceJuly 5 through 8, 2012Chicago

Featuring:

• Steve Bhaerman

• Donna Eden

• Richard Shulman

• Matthew Thie

• Dr. Darren Weissman

EnKA® 2012 Conference San Francisco CaliforniaJune 14-16, 2012Doubletree Hotel, San Francisco Airport

The Evolution of Energy Medicine

Featuring Bruce Lipton

author of “Spontaneous Evolution,”

and “Biology of Belief.”

Watch for 2012 registration information on these pages SOON!for great savings on your conference fee.

Full details at energyk.org

2012 Conferences Around the World

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Dreams and VisionsIn early summer, your Board of Directors met in Maryland for our required mid-year meeting. It’s an important meeting for EnKA®. It’s a chance for the people who serve on the Board to get together face-to-face, strengthen our relationships, brainstorm and roll up our sleeves to work together on EnKA® projects. We filled several pages of a flip chart with projects we are working on, projects we would like to be working on, and projects we have spoken of but just haven’t had the time nor hands to pick up on. Here’s a list of some of the unstaffed and under-staffed projects we noted at our mid-year Face to Face Board Meeting. There are over 100 great ideas floating - how you can help bring some of them alive?!!!

• Constitution Update

• Grow Membership/Certification

• Cross-Pollination with other organizations

• Survey current members - member services, priorities

• Grow Organizational Members

• Organizational Members liaison

• Organization Members representation on BOD

• Refine & optimize database

• 2012 Conference

• 2013 Conference

• Insurance (gaining coverage for clients)

• Websection to house business documents

• E-commerce

• Association liability Insurance

• Presence on Face Book

• Presence on Twitter

• Presence on YouTube

• Housekeeping - decades of paperwork in storage

• Mentorship program - pairing new practitioners with experienced practitioners, CAB credit

• Get Published - resource for members, how to gain exposure by writing articles

for webzines

• Speaker’s Kit - resource for members, how to gain exposure by doing public speaking

• How to produce your own YouTube video

• Membership Brochure updates

• Client Brochure updates

• “ How to Get Started in Energy Kinesiology.” resource for new and perspective members

Together Again

Building Bridges

Building Bridges

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Share your case studies and testimonialsInspire your colleagues, create interest for potential clients.... share your case studies and client testimonials with your colleagues and the world. Send a WORD document to Newsletter@EnergyK.org with “Tales From the Clinic”

Would you like to be published?

• EnKA® History - document where we’ve come from

• Document Conference planning process

• Cross pollination with other Professional Organizations

• Nominations Committee

• Develop and publish membership ad

• Review & update Professional Kit

• Review & update EnKA® phone number

• Promote EnKA® to other health care professionals: Nurses, Physical Therapists, etc.

• Refine Ethics requirements for other health care professionals

• “ Government Watchdog”- report on government policy, national and state level

• EnKA® VP Conference

• EnKA® Board Member

• Continue Membership Drive

• Website continued development

In Appreciation of Outgoing Board MembersOur volunteer Board of Directors guides the Energy Kinesiology Association in fulfilling its mission to unite Energy Kinesiologists,

thereby educating, enriching and empowering the profession, practitioners and all recipients of this technology. This volunteer board consists of professional members of the association.

Many thanks to those board members whose term is now finished, but whose work will always be appreciated and remembered.

We trust you will remain connected to EnKA® and

continue to act as the wonderful ambassadors that you are.

Thank you again for your dedication and service and we look forward to seeing you at the next conference!

Cathy Layland, Outgoing President

Heidi Novak, Outgoing VP Membership

Diane Gellatly, Outgoing Secretary

Natalie Nehman, Outgoing Board Member

Dave Dolezal, Outgoing Board Member

What talents can you bring to this vital service? Please contact any current board member today to find out how you can join us!

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EnKA® Membership Application

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address ________________________________________ fax _______________ email _____________________________

city _______________________________________________________ state _________ zip ________________________

Include check made out to EnKA® with application. Circle membership type and amount. Send your check to: include check made out to EnKA® with application. Circle membership type and amount. Send your check to: EnKA®, Membership, PO Box 112, Glenelg, MD 21737-0112 • membership@energyk.org. You may also apply for membership and pay dues at energyk.org.

* On receiving your application, you will be sent a packet requesting you to list the EnKA® approved courses you have attended and the number of hours acquired for each. Please tell us your special talents which you can bring to the organization, and how you would like to get involved in EnKA®.

Rate Structure Member DuesStudent/Associate $50.00 * (less than 200 hours of training) Professional Member $100.00 * (200 hours or more of training)Certified EnKP Level 1 $125.00 Level 2 $150.00 Level 3 $175.00 (Must be EnKA® Certified)Organizational Membership $200.00

Help EnKA® Grow! Who can you give this Membership Brochure to?

Hand out this brochure to anyone you know who might be interested in joining our organization. Ask them to name you as their referral, and you will receive a 20% discount for one year on EnKA® products: brochures, CDs , and journals, as well as newsletter advertising.

For details, contact Energy Kinesiology Association: www.energyk.org or call 866-365-4336

This Brochure is Free to Members!

Client Brochures can help build your business!One of our challenges is raising public awareness of the ways that Energy Kinesiology can help them feel great!

EnKA® is happy to offer these informative brochures you can hand out to your clients and potential clients.

To order, call 1-866-365-4336 or email

Ron Wayman: ron@empowerlife.comThe brochure prices are:25 brochures $15 plus S & H50 brochures $20 plus S & H100 brochures $35 plus S & H

The term Energy Kinesiology was conceived and trademarked by Donna Eden in the 1980’s. In May 2002,

she granted the Association unrestricted rights to use the term Energy Kinesiology to describe the emerging

profession of energy healers who use methods derived from the field of kinesiology. Donna, of course, may

continue to use the term as she has been for the past two decades. We are all grateful to Donna for this gift.

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2011-2012

Class ScheduleDate Class / Instructor Location ContactNov 4-5 Touch for Health 3 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Nov 5-6 Touch for Health 4 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Nov 5-6 Touch for Health 4 – Mattew Thie Los Angeles, CA MT

Nov 7 Clinic 1: Reactive Meridians and Gait (Pre-requisite: TFH 3 & Top Ten Pain Releasers) – Virginie Vandevoorde

New York, NY VV

Nov 9-12 Touch for Health Levels 1 & 2 – Ione Horlacher Salt Lake City, UT IH

Dec 2-4 Touch for Health Level 3 – Ione Horlacher Salt Lake City, UT IH

Dec 3-4 Touch for Health Proficiency – Mattew Thie Los Angeles, CA MT

Dec 9 Top Ten Pain Releasers – Virginie Vandevoorde Mandeville, LA VV

Dec 10-11 Touch for Health 1 – Virginie Vandevoorde Mandeville, LA VV

Dec 11-12 Touch for Health 2 – Virginie Vandevoorde Mandeville, LA VV

Jan 6-7 Touch for Health Level 4 – Ione Horlacher Salt Lake City, UT IH

Feb 8-11 Touch for Health Levels 1 & 2 – Ione Horlacher Salt Lake City, UT IH

Feb 17 Top Ten Pain Releasers – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY IH

Feb 17 Switched on Network Marketing Seminar – Jerry V. Teplitz Vancouver, BC JT

Feb 17 Switched on Selling Seminar – Jerry V. Teplitz Vancouver, BC JT

Feb 17-19 Switched on Network Marketing Instructor Training and Certification – Jerry V. Teplitz

Vancouver, BC JT

Feb 17-19 Switched on Selling Instructor Training and Certification – Jerry V. Teplitz

Vancouver, BC JT

Mar 9 Touch for Health 1 - Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Mar 10-11 Touch for Health 2 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Mar 11-12 Clinic 2: Surrogate, Self-test & Food testing(Pre-requisite: TFH 2 & Top Ten Pain Releasers) – Virginie Vandevoorde

New York, NY VV

Apr 6 Top Ten Pain Releasers – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Apr 7-8 Touch for Health 1 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

Apr 8-9 Touch for Health 2 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

May 25-26 Touch for Health 3 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

May 26-27 Touch for Health 4 – Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

May 28 Clinic 3: Practice and Review- Virginie Vandevoorde New York, NY VV

July 21-22 Touch for Health 1 – Virginie Vandevoorde Orlando. FL VV

July 22-23 Touch for Health 2 – Virginie Vandevoorde Orlando. FL VV

July 23-24 Touch for Health 3 – Virginie Vandevoorde Orlando. FL VV

July 25-26 Touch for Health 4 – Virginie Vandevoorde Orlando. FL VV

Ongoing Home Study: Top Ten Pain Releasers – Arlene Green Home AG

Classes with this symbol are CAB accredited and can be used to obtain your EnKA® Certification

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How to List Your ClassesWe provide this regular feature as a benefit to our membership.Members, find the classes you need to complete your Certification! Teachers, get your classes Accredited today!

Professional members, send upcoming class information to Diane Gellatly at info@energyK.org.

• For NEW listings, please type “new class listing” in the subject line.

• If your class is already listed, please double check that the information is correct. To update or change an existing class listing, please type “corrected class listing” in the subject line.

• Include course title, dates, location, your name and contact numbers (phone, work, fax and e-mail addresses).

The secretary maintains a master list. From that list, your classes will appear in this newsletter, in the monthly e-bulletin, and on the web site. The monthly e-bulletin and the web site are updated monthly. To be included in the next newsletter, your listing must be received by November 27, 2011. But don’t wait! Send your class listings as soon as you have scheduled them so that your classes will be included in the emails which go to members each and every month!

Teachers’ Contact InfoAG Arlene Green, 919-933-9299, www.UKSKinesiology.com

IH Ione Horlacher, 801 618 7620, intouch4wellness@gmail.com

JT Jerry V. Teplitz, 757 496 8008

MT Mathew Thie, 213 482 4480, thie@touch4health.com, http://www.touch4health.com/workshops.html

VV Virginie Vandevoorde, 646-672-9876, info@nyckinesio.com

EnKA®

EnKA® Energy Kinesiology NewsThe mission of EnKA® is to unite Energy Kinesiologists, thereby educating, enriching, and empowering the

profession, practitioners, and all recipients of this technology.

Energy Kinesiology is a holistic approach to health and well-being, an energetic balance to enhance and support the individual’s innate tendency to heal itself. Practitioners do not diagnose, nor treat any spe-cific disease nor condition. Individual results vary. Energy Kinesiology is not a replacement for conventional medical care or therapy. Where appropriate, a licensed medical professional should be consulted.

Volunteers Have More Fun!Our volunteers are a group of hard working, fun loving people who are dedicated to furthering the profession of Energy Kinesiology. There are lots of opportunities to join the crowd - serve on a committee, write for the newsletter, be a guest speaker teleconference, or join the board. Are you a closet journalist, or interviewer, organizational wizard, natural editor, secret action hero (huh?)? If you believe in Energy Kinesiology, if you believe in helping practitioners grow in their profession and in spreading the word about the wonders of this work, why not volunteer today?

Email info@energyk.org with “I volunteer” in the subject line.

Coming in the Next Issue• Tales from the Clinic – another real life

story of Energy Kinesiology in action

• 2012 Conference Unfolds!

• Charles Krebs’: The Brain Stem’s role in Muscle Monitoring

• Book review, Health Tidbits and more!