This testimony traces the professional journey of a life sciences engineer who became a Touch for Health (TFH) kinesiology practitioner and instructor. The author reflects on her initial academic training and early career in industry, marked by a progressive loss of meaning and chronic pain, which led her to explore a range of conventional and complementary approaches before beginning kinesiology training in 2007.
She discovers a heterogeneous set of practices, most of which rely on a form of muscle testing she experiences as unsettling, at times even intrusive, and which she gradually begins to question. She carries out a careful selection and chooses to devote herself exclusively to Touch for Health, the foundational branch of kinesiology, built on a targeted use of muscle testing based on correspondences with the meridians of Chinese medicine and informed by the principles of Carl Rogers’ Person-centered Approach.
Her subsequent meeting and collaboration with Matthew Thie, son of the founder of TFH, confirm the relevance of this orientation and open the way to a more streamlined, reliable and respectful practice. The author highlights the simplicity, safety and effectiveness of the TFH model, including for individuals without medical training, particularly in supporting the regulation of stress and pain. She concludes by affirming her commitment to preserving the integrity of this method and to fostering a more responsible and ethically grounded form of kinesiology.