Do you have trouble achieving the goals you set? KINESIOLOGY can help you to find out what's stopping you from going the distance...

YOU know what you have to do but somehow you don't get around to doing it.

We all start off the new year with good intentions and slowly these fade under the pressure of daily routines, lack of time, tiredness or other commitments. Or are these just excuses? After all, you have set your goal so what is actually stopping you from achieving it? This is where Kinesiology can assist.

Kinesiology uses muscle testing to detect and correct imbalances in your body's energy and it can be used for a number of things, including goal setting.

Maz Williams who practices Kinesiology in Plymouth said: "People usually see me if they have any uncomfortable symptoms/feelings that won't go away, such as aches and pains, ongoing illness, irritating conditions, difficult relationships, feelings of inadequacy and many others. These are all our bodys' ways of giving us information.

"Most commonly, I see people with fatigue and muscle/IBS problems. But the list of what kinesiology can help with is limitless."

Maz has been practicing kinesiology since 2008 and was previously involved in different forms of health care, including nursing, and other complementary therapies.

A kinesiology session is on a one-to-one basis and starts with a discussion about any issues which may be of particular concern.

Based on feedback from the muscle test any imbalances in the body can be discovered and corrected. A session may include looking at nutritional supplements, various emotional stress release techniques, Bach Flower remedies, accupressure, gentle structural realignment, chakra balancing, light touch, firm massage, suggested lifestyle changes etc.

The exact treatment the client receives depends on the feedback their body gives to the muscle test, about what it needs in order to return to health.

Maz said: "It's best described as detective work – looking and witnessing our personal story through the use of muscle testing, which gives us feedback about our body."

If you set a goal about losing weight, giving up smoking, spending less money on clothes, etc, there may be an underlying emotional, physical, or energetic block in your way.

Kinesiology not only identifies the trigger point of the problem, but also shifts the blockages.

"Clients can feel a deep sense of stress release from the very first session. Within each session there's felt a sense that something inside has changed. Emotions are energy in motion. When we change our energy, we change the rest of us." Maz said.

"Often a block to reaching our goals is linked to our values and beliefs about ourselves and about the world. As we grow and change in our lives, old self-limiting beliefs can hold us back.

"With kinesiology work we can search and find the key that will unlock and release the stuck pattern, and the discomfort that went with this."

Kinesiology works differently for different people and the biggest and fastest changes Maz saw were with an ex-Royal Navy Medic.

"He sceptically saw me for a session for his back. He was medically trained and had tried most other conventional approaches to relieving his back pain.

"He had been suffering with back problems for five years. It had contributed to him leaving the forces, and he'd had hydrocortisone injections by that stage.

"The pain could be so debilitating that some days he couldn't move at all and was confined to bed. Even on the good days he was in constant discomfort. After one session his back pain went! That was two years ago and its been great ever since.

"I still get feedback from him – he went on to study karate at one of the Plymouth dojos. He is now working towards his black belt , supervising new karate students and doing eight hours training a week plus weekends. His goal was reached through one kinesiology session, and surpassed both our expectations."

Maz practices at Plymouth Natural Health and Healing Centre and Barbican Therapy Centre and can be contacted on 01752 298705.

GILLIAN ADAMS