What Is Muscle Testing?

What Is Muscle Testing?

Muscle testing is a way of checking in with your body. That is the simplest way I can put it. I use it to see if what I am about to eat or take is agreeable to my body on that day. It is not a diagnosis. It is not a replacement for working with a doctor. It is just a tool that helps me listen to what my body is trying to tell me.

If that sounds a little out there I get it. It is not going to resonate with everyone and that is okay. But if you have ever had a gut feeling about something and later found out you were right, this is really the same idea with a little more structure behind it.

I was first introduced to muscle testing through a Chinese medicine practitioner I started seeing after my MS diagnosis. She used it on me when we were working through food sensitivities and I watched it work in real time. I did not fully understand what was happening at the time but something about it stuck with me. It took about a year of working with a practitioner before I got comfortable enough to start exploring it on my own. I read The Emotion Code by Dr. Bradley Nelson and that is really where I started understanding the mechanics behind it. A practitioner I worked with, Elza Sofie, helped me fine tune the rest. From there I started applying it to my own health and it became a tool I use to this day.

The basic idea is simple. Your body has a subtle physical response to things that are good for it and things that are not. When something is agreeable your body will gently sway forward. When something is not, it will pull back. It is a small movement and it is not dramatic. But once you start to feel it you cannot unfeel it.

Try This Right Now

If you are curious, here is something you can do right now to see what I am talking about.

Stand up with your feet about shoulder width apart. Close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths. Let your body settle.

Now say the word love. Say it a few times. Pay attention to what your body does. Most people will feel a gentle pull forward.

Now say the word war. Same thing. Say it a few times and notice what happens. Most people feel their body pull back or feel a slight resistance.

That is muscle testing at its most basic level. Your body is responding to something positive by moving toward it and something negative by pulling away. Not everyone feels it right away and that is completely normal. It just takes practice.

Going Deeper

What I just showed you is the starting point. Once you can feel that subtle response from your body, the next step is learning how to apply it to the things that actually matter for your health. What foods work for your body. What supplements are actually helping. What your body can handle on a given day versus what it cannot.

That is what my Muscle Testing and Learning to Listen to Your Body companion guide walks you through. It covers the methods I personally use, how to prep so your results are accurate, and how to tie it into your daily tracking so you can start making more informed decisions about what you are putting into your body.

You can find it at relaxwithcme.com.