Read Energy With Muscle Testing:
Here’s How



Photo of wooden artist model doll with human hand on outstretched arm of doll, in a representation of muscle testing

Some people can directly sense subtle energy, and some can’t. In my opinion, you can do energy healing perfectly well without being able to sense energy, but sometimes it’s nice to get some extra information about what’s going on. Muscle testing can help you do that.

Muscle testing (also called energy testing or applied kinesiology) is a way to get direct information from our bodies and energy systems. Energy healer and teacher Donna Eden calls it “biofeedback without the gadgets.”

As she says, it “allows you to determine “whether an energy pathway is flowing or blocked, whether an organ is getting the energy it needs to function properly, or whether an outside energy (such as the energy of a particular food or a suspected toxin) is harmful to your system.”

Ways To Use Muscle Energy Testing

Here are ways to use energy testing. Once you get the hang of it you’ll think of lots more.

  • Find out if a food or supplement is good for you.
  • Answer yes or no questions.
  • Discover how your energy is affected by particular places, people, scents, objects, etc. as you touch or think about them while doing muscle testing.
  • When faced with a choice, muscle test as you visualize each alternative in turn.
  • Touch an area of the body, or an area associated with a specific organ, meridian or chakra to get feedback on its health and vitality.

How To Do Energy Testing With a Partner

You’ll need a partner for this version. In these instructions, you will be the testee and your partner will be the tester.

  • Stand with your partner positioned at your non-dominant side, about half an arm's length or so in front of of you. (The exact placement isn't important; it just needs to be comfortable for them.)
  • Raise your non-dominant arm out straight ahead of you at shoulder height, eyes closed.
  • Have your partner place two or three fingers on your extended forearm. As you test/seek an answer, they will push down on your forearm as you resist.
  • To set a baseline, test for what it feels like when you say something that is normal/beneficial/true. Say, “My name is [your real name]” or another true statement. As you say this, your partner will push down with 2-3 fingers while you resist. This allows your partner to feel what “true/good/beneficial” feels like.
  • Test for what is abnormal/harmful/false. As you say, “My name is [this time don't use your real name]” or another false statement, you again resist while your partner pushes down on your forearm with 2-3 fingers. This allows your partner to feel what false/harmful feels like.
  • Now that you both have a feel for true-beneficial/false-non-beneficial responses, you can muscle test for whatever you like. A relatively strong response, meaning your forearm is hard to push down, indicates yes/true/beneficial. A relatively weak response, meaning your partner is easily able to push your arm down, means the opposite.

How To Do Muscle Testing Solo

  • Sit comfortably.
  • Touch your thumb to the middle finger of each hand, interlocking them to form two linked rings.
  • Test by trying to pull your linked fingers apart at their weakest points (where your same-hand fingers meet). As with the partner version, a relatively strong response (you are unable to pull your fingers apart) means yes/true/beneficial. A relatively weak response (you are able to pull your fingers apart) means no/false/harmful.
  • Test to establish a baseline for what is normal/beneficial/true. Say, “My name is [your real name]” or another true statement, allowing yourself to feel what “true/good” is like.
  • Test to establish a baseline for what is abnormal/harmful/false. Say, “My name is [not your real name]” or speak another false statement, allowing yourself to feel what false/harmful feels like.
  • With these baselines established you can test yourself for whatever you like.

More Resources

Watching muscle energy testing being done is very helpful so I recommend you take a look at the video.

  • Donna Eden demonstrating energy testing.
  • More ways to energy test.

    Enjoy — it’s fun!

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