We are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Touch For Health manual and over 30 years of growth, transition, branching out, and reintegration. We have seen immense benefits in our own lives and in the lives of the people we have touched. And we are now poised for an exponential increase in the growth and untold influence and benefit in health care and human development. Touch for Health Kinesiology is now a global phenomenon and part of the "global village". As we look at our history, our current phase of transition, and our vision of Wellness for the future, we must literally contemplate our most sacred heritage, our most profound beliefs and our highest hopes for the future of all humanity and life on earth.

As we look forward to the next 25 years for Touch for Health Kinesiology, and the next millennium for all mankind, we see an unprecedented need for change in the way that we live and care for ourselves, and an unprecedented opportunity for those of us in TFH/Kinesiology to take a leadership role in fulfilling human needs and effecting change in our lives. Now that people from all walks of life --business, arts, science, religion, etc.-- and among all the healing disciplines -- medicine, chiropractic, faith healing, massage, psychology, etc.-- we are uniquely positioned to contribute in all of these areas. With the current zeitgeist, or spirit of the time, we are uniquely prepared to fulfill the desperately needed role of interface between the health-care practitioner (whether reductionist, disease centered, or holistic, wellness oriented), and personal responsibility, self awareness, and self-care.

TFH draws not only on 30 years of development and integration of techniques in Kinesiology, but thousands of years of philosophies and sciences of living well, proven by what we feel is the truest and best means: direct and personal, subjective experience of a better life. Our concepts of Wellness integrate the holistic worldview of the East, as well as the vitalistic tradition in the West as espoused in the original concepts of naturopathy, chiropractic, and even Western scientific medicine. Our beliefs are influenced by many religions, tenets of faith, including the Judeo-Christian world-view and the example of Jesus' healing.

Currently we find ourselves at a crossroads. Much of the change and growth, branching out and diverging of paths has come full circle to where all of the Kinesiologies, with their varied areas of emphasis, multiple techniques, concepts, and models, recognize a commonality of core values, beliefs, and shared purpose that allow us to call this vast array of people, ideas, programs, schools associations and institutions all part of one body, the Touch for Health Synthesis. And it is through this element of unity that we can take a cooperative approach to our efforts, with mutual regard and respect, health and forthright discussion and exchange of ideas and common purpose and vision for the future.

HISTORY OF TFH PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNIQUES

Long before I ever learned anything about Kinesiology and Acupressure, even before our marriage in December of 1952, Carrie and I had a vision of helping families to be healthier through natural methods. Carrie comes from a profound religious and spiritual family tradition, while I grew up with a strong natural approach to health that I learned from my father, John C. Thie. Our philosophies combined to form a strong resolve to find ways to empower people to care for themselves in natural ways that were in keeping with their God-given birthright to health. My study of Chiropractic and it's vitalistic roots, Carrie's study of Effective Communication and Interpersonal Relationships, and our involvement together in the early days of the development of Kinesiology with Dr George Goodheart DC and other pioneering chiropractors, created the foundation of the information and techniques of what was called first called "Health From Within" and is now known as Touch for Health. Since that time many energetic and enthusiastic people have helped to develop TFH and have branched out into numerous Specialized Kinesiologies. As TFH reaches it's 25th anniversary and we look toward the future of Kinesiology in the next 25 years, (in the next millennium!) it's very important and useful to consider the history of it's development, the original visions of those who have been involved, and to build on that legacy in ALL of the ways that TFH/Kinesiology can be developed and promoted to bring the maximum benefit to humanity and the earth.

EARLY DAYS OF APPLIED KINESIOLOGY

In Dr George Goodheart's own words, "Applied Kinesiology had a simple beginning in 1964, based on the concept that antagonist muscle weakness is involved in most muscle spasms and, indeed, is primary." (ref: Walther, 1988).

Basically, Dr Goodheart's discovery of Applied Kinesiology arose out of his observation that basic Chiropractic adjustments often were not providing complete relief for physical disabilities and that the problem seemed to be related to muscle spasms that were not being released. A study of the original methods of testing muscles described by Kendall and Kendall (ref: Kendall, 1949) led to the primary diagnostic tool of muscle testing used in Applied Kinesiology. Also instrumental in the early development of muscle testing techniques was Dr Goodheart's colleague Dr Alan Beardall DC (dec'd). The timing of the muscle testing procedure was changed to provide an evaluation of the control of the muscle by the nervous system rather than an evaluation of the power the muscle could produce.

Once the pattern of strong and weak muscles is determined, a variety of non-intrusive therapeutic techniques are available. The initial basic correction was to facilitate inhibited muscles, which would in turn release continuously contracting or spasmed muscles. Dr Goodheart observed that inhibited muscles often exhibited none of the observable atrophy that he expected to find in a physically malfunctioning muscle. He also observed, through palpation, discrete painful nodules at the muscle insertion. Wondering if these nodules might be trigger points for the muscle, he deeply massaged these nodules and found that the muscle immediately regained a high percentage of its strength and that the nodules became less painful. (ref: Goodheart, 1964)

NEURO-LYMPHATIC MASSAGE POINTS (NL)

Additional techniques were soon found for facilitating inhibited muscles.
The Neuro-Lymphatic Reflexes (NL) had been discovered in the 1930s by Dr Frank Chapman DO (ref: Owens; no date). These reflexes are found in anterior and posterior intercostal spaces and other locations throughout the body, although not necessarily associated with lymphatic nodes. He related these reflexes to particular organs in the body. Stimulation of the reflexes, especially when they were enlarged or painful, would bring about a reduction in painfulness and a stimulation of the function of the associated organ. (However, in the TFH approach, It is not recommended to massage swollen lymphatic nodes unless a health professional has made a diagnostic determination that there is no pathology present that contraindicates massage.)

ORIENTAL MERIDIAN THERAPY - ACUPUNCTURE

A major element of Applied Kinesiology, discovered by Dr Goodheart through the use of NL reflexes, is the specific relationships between the body organs and the muscles. This led to the inclusion of Oriental Meridian Therapy (also known as Acupunture) into the practice of Applied Kinesiology. This yielded an objective technique to determine the need for NL (Neuro-Lymphatic) stimulation through muscle testing. In the Oriental model, every organ function is related to a particular energy meridian. Combining the organ/muscle relationships of AK with the organ/meridian relationships of acupuncture gives us a specific relationship between the muscles and the meridians. With this knowledge, muscle inhibitions (and related organ function inhibition) found through muscle testing can be corrected through meridian therapy. Following the eastern energetic traditional belief that function precedes structure, organ function is emphasized. TFH theorizes that each cell in the whole person has all of the functions associated with each of the organs. Balancing of the power/energy of the whole person by the TFH methods brings about balance in these functions in the whole person. The organs themselves may or may not have discrete physical malfunctions when the organ function in the whole person is imbalanced as indicated by muscle inhibition. Stimulation of the corresponding NL reflex would bring an immediate facilitation of the inhibited muscle and presumably a corresponding improvement in the function of the corresponding organ and Meridian functions. If there was no further stress on the organ, the muscle would remain strong; however if there was continuing stress on the organ, due to poor nutrition, lifestyle, or other factor, then the muscle would become inhibited again over a period of time, indicating a need for treatment of these other factors.

NEURO-VASCULAR HOLDING POINTS - NV

Also in the 1930s, Dr Terence Bennett DC, discovered another set of reflexes which affected the vascularity of various structures and organs. (ref: Martin, 1983)
Dr. Goodheart discovered that by very light stimulation of these Neuro-Vascular Reflexes (NV) he could facilitate muscles that tested inhibited. He found that a particular muscle responded to just one reflex, but that most reflexes would facilitate a number of different muscles.

THERAPY LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE - TL

Another major milestone was Dr Goodheart's discovery of Therapy Localization or TL. He found that a muscle initially testing weak became strong when the patient touched that part of their body where the dysfunction causing the muscle inhibition was located. A later discovery found that therapy localizing various parts of the body, using a muscle that initially tested strong, indicated the location of a dysfunctional reflex or organ function if the muscle tested weak. (ref: Walther, 1988)

APPLIED KINESIOLOGY - AK GENESIS

From these basic discoveries, Applied Kinesiology has grown and expanded into a broad and comprehensive field of alternative healing. Dr Goodheart delivered the first public presentation of Applied Kinesiology to the Charter Meeting of the American Chiropractic Association held in Denver, Colorado in 1964. I first encountered Dr Goodheart's presentation the following year at an American Chiropractic Association Meeting held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. I volunteered for Goodheart's demonstration and was so impressed that I encouraged the California Chiropractic Association to invite Dr Goodheart to California. I attended the Seminar in Los Angeles and volunteered to help with the program. I was assigned to operate the slide projector. In the insueing years I accompanied
Dr Goodheart at many presentations, and eventually becoming a co-teacher. In those days, we often shared the same hotel room, talking long into the night about the ways which these ideas and methods could be shared more effectively.

TOUCH FOR HEALTH MANUAL GENESIS

After working with Dr Goodheart for a number of years, Carrie and I felt that a book for lay people should be written, and encouraged George to write it on numerous occasions. Eventually he said, "If you want a book for lay people, you will have to write it yourself". I realized that a book on Applied Kinesiology for non-professionals needed to be organized quite differently than one for professionals, and it took a while before a workable approach jelled.

A key milestone in this process occurred in 1971 at a Family Therapist Seminar in Tahiti featuring Virginia Satir which I attended with Carrie, who was then continuing her professional development as a Family Therapist.
Dr Edwin Krauser PhD in Psychology and a Founder of the California School of Professional Psychology, had a sore neck which I was able to quickly alleviate using AK techniques. Dr Krauser and others were much impressed with the power of these simple techniques. Virginia Satir was also fascinated and encouraged me to follow through on the idea of a book for lay people.

Many of the participants were already published authors, such as Jane Gerber PhD Who workded with Fritz Perls, developer of the Gestalt Training programs, Yetta Bernhardt, who was the co-author, with George Bach PhD, of "Fair Fight Training" and Roger Sperry PhD, the famed California Institute of Technology researcher in the "split brain" and "consciousness".

They were all very encouraging and told me that the way to start was to put on seminars and record them to provide a background of material as a basis for the book. The first seminar was held in Pasadena and sponsored by Joseph Heller, then a JPL Engineer, who later studied with Ida Rolf (developer of Deep Tissue Massage - Rolfing) and eventually evolved his own bodywork methodology called Hellerwork. KAIROS sponsored another one of these early seminars. Carrie and I taught the seminars together as a team.

Virginia Satir also invited Carrie and I to join her exclusive group of Family Therapists who met with her privately for special training and sharing among themselves. Over the years I gave many therapy/demonstrations at the Satir Sharing programs that Virginia held, and continually absorbed valuable insights into communication, psychology, and family therapy which informed and influenced the ongoing development of TFH.

IN THE BEGINNING.........."HEALTH FROM WITHIN"

Carrie and I originally called our program "Health From Within", which was a combination of verbal communication skills, from Carrie's counseling expertise, and bodywork skills, from my Chiropractic and Applied Kinesiology knowledge. While teaching these seminars, people began to come to us and say that they wanted to teach these same skills to others. This was the beginning of the TFH Instructor's Training Workshop. Carrie and I gathered 9 people who said that they wanted to teach the program. While the book was being completed, these 9 people would come to my Chiropractic office once a week for personal training. The trainees would accompany Carrie and I to seminars that we were teaching to learn the teaching skills and training methods. Among these first 9 trainers was Mary Marks.

I originally met Mary Marks as a patient at my Chiropractic Clinic in Pasadena California. I met her again at an early "Health From Within" class, along with her mother and father, and asked for their help in writing the book. In exchange for chiropractic treatment Mary Marks (a writer), Mary's mother, Pat Gill (an anatomical artist) and her husband, (a nationally recognized graphic artist) worked to get a book together.

Another of the original 9 trainers was Grace Baldridge. Grace was right there in the beginning and served the foundation and worked in the bookstore for many many years, helping with the Annual Meetings and a 1001 tasks and projects. She has been exposed to all the new and different approaches to Kinesiology that have sprung up over the years and she still relys on the basics of TFH for remembering wellness in her daily life.

As the book neared completion it was decided, at the suggestion of Pat Gill, that it be called Touch For Health. It was exactly the right title. Mary Marks' father supplied the picture of the Buddha's hand that has become the hallmark of TFH. At last the first edition of the TFH book with the mustard yellow cover featuring the Buddha's hand was printed and published in 1973. (ref: Thie, 1973)

After the first printing of 2000 copies the Touch For Health book was such a success that, within three months, a second printing of 5000 copies was ordered. The classes of the first TFH Instructors trained by Carrie and I continued. Mary Marks became the first Executive Director of the TFH Foundation. More Instructor Trainer Workshops were set up and the students of these classes were teaching TFH all over the USA.

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF APPLIED KINESIOLOGY - I.C.A.K. GENESIS

At the same time that I was developing the TFH manual, I foresaw the need for a professional group for Chiropractors and other professionals who wished to use Applied Kinesiology in their practice. I started organization activities at a Goodheart Workshop Leaders Group meeting in 1972 and eventually became the Founding Chairman of the International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK). The Bylaws were completed in 1975, and the new ICAK gave out the charter Diplomate Certificates in 1976. Since that time the ICAK has continued to grow with the formation of International Chapters and the establishment of a research journal published biannually.

I originally believed, as I helped to organize the ICAK and wrote the Touch For Health book for lay and para-professional use, that there would be one Kinesiology organization whose membership would include professionals from all medical specialties, para-professionals in the healing arts and lay teachers of the Touch For Health classes.

I put together three Seminars with a format of addressing all three levels of understanding of Applied Kinesiology (1. professional, 2. para-professional, and 3. lay).
These Applied Kinesiology Seminars were the first National Meetings of Touch for Health/Applied Kinesiology. The speakers were Dr George Goodheart, Dr Sheldon Deal DC, Dr Alan Beardall DC and myself. I also served as Chief Moderator. The major Goodheart workshop leaders from around the United States all gave presentations. Joel Shain, a Chiropractic student who became an early TFH Instructor, took a year off from his Chiropractic training to head the development of these TFH/AK Seminars. After Joel received his Chiropractic license, he developed the Monterey Wellness Center, using the TFH/AK methods and wrote many publications, including "Life Without Arthritis", which describes the Monterey Wellness Center's protocols, including the use of Touch For Health. This combination of lay/professional format soon proved unsuitable for the professionals and they stopped coming. After this experience, the Charter Members of the ICAK formed the consensus that the ICAK was to be exclusively for "licenced to diagnose professionals".

I was disappointed that there existed this chasm between self-care and "professional" care. My original plan of having these methods available to every household was similar to the original goal of DD Palmer DC in the inception of Chiropractic. He initially believed that every family should learn to use Chiropractic in the home. The Chiropractic pioneer H. Hurley DC later wrote "Aquarian Age Healing," a book for lay people to learn Chiropactic methods. John Barton, developer of the BioKineseiology program, wrote "Be Your Own Chiropractor", again attempting to promote the idea that Chiropractic is something for every household, not just academically schooled, state licenced, professionals. As this "professionalization principle" repeats itself in Massage Therapy and Kinesiology, as a legitimizing function, it's important to note the grassroots elements of the history.


THE TOUCH FOR HEALTH FOUNDATION GENESIS & EARLY INNOVATORS

In the mean-time, the organization of the Touch for Health Foundation commenced. It was set up as a not-for-profit Educational Foundation accredited in the State of California as a vocational training school. A book store was set up as a separate business, since the Internal Revenue Service prohibited non-profit organizations from having the same name as a published book, even though the royalties of the book all went to support the ongoing activities of the non-profit Touch For Health Foundation. The required legal work was completed in 1975.

From this time on the teaching program expanded rapidly. Gordon Stokes joined the TFHF staff as a Communication Trainer. Carrie recruited Gordon after working with him in Parent Effectiveness Training, where they both were Certified Trainers. Gordon eventually became proficient in the TFH bodywork skills and when Mark Marks left the program to enter Chiropractic College he became the trainer of both the communication and bodywork skills while I filled in on the more technical aspects. I continued in my Chiropractic practice and promoted the TFH program as a lay program primarily be taught by lay people.

INTERNATIONAL TOUCH FOR HEALTH TRAINING GENESIS

Gordon Stokes became International Training Director and served in this capacity until 1986, when he left to start Three-In-One Concepts. Gordon assisted in the first major revision of the TFH book in 1979, at which time the familiar green cover, still featuring the hand of Buddha, was adopted. Gordon also pioneered the integration of the Chinese theory of the Five Elements into the TFH course of study. (ref: Stokes and Whiteside, 1981)

ANNUAL CONFERENCES GENESIS

Annual get-togethers open to all who were interested were started. The first was held at Asilomar, near Monterey, California, in 1976. Later, Annual Meetings were held for many years at the University of San Diego, and soon featured an extensive International attendance, coming to be known as "World Wide Annual Touch For Health Conferences."

EXPANSION AND GROWTH OF TOUCH FOR HEALTH

My sister, Alice Thie Vieira PhD, a Clinical Psychologist, and her husband Kim Vieira took TOUCH FOR HEALTH to Australia under the sponsorship of Dr Donald MacDowell DC, a Member of the ICAK and Chiropractor from Canberra ACT, and later Touch For Health Instructor who pioneered the development of Applied Kinesiology and Touch For Health in Australia. Alice and Kim at different times also served as Executive Director of the Touch For Health Foundation when they were drafted for their leadership. Alice also served on the Board of Trustees for a number of years.

Another early innovator was Dr Paul Dennison PhD (Spec.Ed). Dr Dennison joined the TFH faculty as a Special Faculty Member after he was trained as a TFH Instructor and presented his concepts of how some of the TFH methods and ideas could be utilized in helping people with learning difficulties. A dyslexic himself, Paul pioneered the application of TFH techniques to correct dyslexia and discovered the concept of "Laterality Repatterning" which enabled people whose muscles tested inhibited after cross motor activities to remain facilitated after such activities. This exercise, supplemented by additional coordination and integration exercises derived from TFH and AK, offered a tool for rapid improvement of reading and other learning problems. (ref: Dennison, 1981) Paul Dennison joined the TFH Instructor staff in 1983, but left several years later to form an independent organization, the Educational Kinesiology Foundation. Joy Lindsay helped to establish the tremendous effectiveness of Dr Dennison's work in the Los Angeles Unified School district by actively teaching teachers, students, and parents over a period of several years starting in 1984 and keeping a set of statistics on the effectiveness of the project.

Phillip Crockford, originally from Australia, took over as Program Director upon Gordon Stokes' departure. His main contribution was to re-emphasize the personal responsibility aspect of Touch For Health, as in Carrie and my original vision, in contrast to the increasing tendency towards a therapist-client model on the part of many advanced students. To this end he introduced the idea of the testee being "in charge" of the muscle testing, i.e. making the decision on whether a muscle tested inhibited or facilitated. To get away from the massage table approach, which subtly set up a therapist-client venue, he promoted the idea of the stand up balance. He made both these changes a part of the regular TFH curriculum. Suggested standup balance techniques were first published as part of the TFH Folio and TFH wall chart revisions of 1991.

John Varun Maguire succeeded Phillip Crockford as Program Director in 1986. Maguire's principal interest was working with athletes to improve their competitive performance. To this end he developed the Maximum Athletic Performance (MAPS) course for TFH. It combined a mix of muscle performance improvement and goal balancing dealing with emotional issues, and was used initially with world class triathalon athletes with remarkable results. The MAPS book was first published in 1988. (ref: Maguire, 1988). John Maguire was also instrumental in the development of the video program Touch For Health for Massage Therapists. John continues to teach Touch For Health in his year long training program for massage therapists. John and his Faculty teach their program in both Northern and Southern California.

The last Director of the Touch For Health Foundation was Rob Aboulache MS, who served many years at the TFHF and helped Carrie and I transition the Foundation to the International Kinesiology College by giving the right to the Faculty of the Foundation for TFH Instructor Certification. He was also a major player in the development of the TFH Kinesiology Association, serving on its board as its President for 4 years after Robert Waldon and Mary Louise Muller each served one year. His efforts have been Herculean and the Association would probably not exist today if it weren't for his leadership in it's first few years.

Richard and Norma Harnak, long time Touch for Health Instructor Trainers, took over the administration of the newly formed TFH Association and moved it to Saint Louis, where the second Annual Meeting of the Association took place at the University of Washington. The TFH Association then decided it was better to have the office in Califonia and moved it to Malibu where Rob Aboulache and John Maguire put on the next Conference in Las Vegas Nevada. Norma Harnak went on to open a Massage school with Touch For Health as a backbone course.

Judy Levin served as President of the Touch For Health Association following Rob Abouache. In addition, Judy has developed what is possibly "the most popular video teaching tape for people wanting to learn TFH". Judy has been highly involved in the development of TFH over the years, and has worked with her friend Helen Zweigbaum in decorating the Conference meeting room for many years. Helen used her artistic skills in creating backdrops for the speakers platform which were often passed on to be used in other countries. Such is the community feeling of the TFH Annual Conferences.

The Faculty numbers have grown as the demand for the Instructor Training program increased to being taught in over 50 countries. Interest in TFH has expanded rapidly worldwide, and is found today in many countries, including:-

• Argentina
• Australia
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Central Africa
• Chile
• Colombia
• Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)
• France
• Germany
• Holland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Java
• Mexico
• New Zealan
• Norway
• Poland
• Russia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Venezuela
• Ukraine
• United States of America.

The TFH book has been translated into many different languages, including Japanese (limited edition, and a new edition is now in development), Dutch, Swedish, Danish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Slovok, Russian, Spanish, and Braille. With this growth and over 25 TFH Associations worldwide, along with over 20 years of pioneering work, Carrie and I decided that it was time to turn over the responsibilities of the continued growth to those who really were carrying the burden.

INTERNATIONAL KINESIOLOGY COLLEGE

In 1990, Carrie and I and the Board of Trustees closed the TFHF School for the certifying of TFH Instructors and gave the rights for continuing the certification of instructors to the then existing faculty of the TFHF who then formed the International Kinesiology College, which now exists as a College Without Walls with headquarters in Zurich Switzerland. Outside the United States, TFH Associations were formed as independent organizations. In the USA, the Foundation had acted as a membership organization as well as a research and training facility. With the closing of the TFHF training program, the association activities were turned over to the membership and the North American TFH/Kinesiology Association was formed at the 15th Touch for Health Foundation Annual Meeting in July of 1990. The TFH/KA is now headquartered in Culver City, California where the growing ranks of TFH/K Instructors and Practitioners have a valuable resource for networking and promotion.

Touch For Health Education continues the function of a research oriented endeavor through which I continue to gather anecdotal reports on the benefits and outcomes of utilizing the Touch For Health Syntheses. It is also the organization through which I continue to offer seminars and develop new TFH materials such as the forthcoming TFH CD-ROM which William Mariboe of Denmark, has developed as a one-man army and the new book, "Remembering Wellness with Touch For Health" which I am writing with my son, Matthew Thie.

LATEST EDITION TOUCH FOR HEALTH BOOK

The latest edition of the TFH book, published in 1992, describes bilateral muscle inhibition corrections. For the previous four years I had been using a new, simpler method of correction that I had discovered. The method is very simple and can be used safely by the patient/student/client. In chiropractic AK practice, the generally accepted method for correcting bilateral muscle inhibition, such as might be found in a 14 or 42 muscle test, has been to correct a fixation subluxation. The reason for the bilateral inhibition has been generally thought to be a fixation in a group of three vertebrae. Chiropractic adjustment of the spine has been demonstrated to restore muscle facilitation. In TFH circles the correction was made by use of the neurolymphatic, neurovascular, meridian tracing, origin/ insertion, golgi cell, or spindle cell techniques. My Spinal Reflex Technique, while not involving chiropractic spinal manipulation, is based on the same correlation of muscle inhibition and subluxation in specific vertebrae. A simple up and down massage of the skin over the spinal process achieves the same energy balancing effect.

THE SPREAD OF TOUCH FOR HEALTH/KINESIOLOGY WORLDWIDE

As Touch For Health began to spread, it became apparent that a decision had to be made concerning the best way to facilitate/control it's optimal dissemination. There were two major positions. The first position was that it should be made available as widely as possible without any financial return to me. The other position was to make it a franchise arrangement so that every person teaching TFH would give me a royalty. Carrie and I felt that the growth of TFH might be hindered by a franchise model and favored the grassroots, "each one teach one" approach. It was only when the State of California Board of Education came into the picture that we were forced to decide how to finance a school. When we first set up the TFH Foundation as a school the tuition was to pay for the costs of running the school, but the people trained to be certified TFH Instructors were only required to agree to teach only Touch for Health in their classes. They agreed that if they added or deleted significant material to their teaching of the TFH material, they would call their class something other than Touch for Health. Hence the rapid development of so many varied approaches to Kinesiology, which share as their foundation the basic concepts and techniques of TFH.

In the years following the publication of the Touch For Health book and the start of regular classes in 1973, many additional "Kinesiologies" have appeared, most of which acknowledge their origin as part of the "Touch For Health Synthesis", which reflects one of the fastest growing alternative healing modalities in the world. The International Association of Specialized Kinesiology has honored Carrie and I with an award recognizing that TFH is the basis of all the other Specialized Kinesiologies (other than Applied Kinesiology and its derivations for licensed to diagnosis health professionals.)

Since a person could be trained to be a Certified TFH Instructor by taking the Basic TFH Training and then the 8 Day Instructor Training Workshop (ITW), many people took the training and never actually taught TFH classes. Many of these people took the Teacher Training because it was the only additional training available at the time in Touch for Health/Applied Kinesiology for lay people and para-professionals.

There were, however, a large number of people that took the ITW and taught classes from then on. One example is Peggy Maddocks of California who began teaching TFH in Adult Education and has continued for over 15 years with regular classes, teaching over 5000 people an "Introduction To TFH".

Others such as Cliff Garner PhD, a retired Chemistry Professor from the University of California at Los Angeles, took the program into the community colleges, until he ran into opposition from the head of the Quackery Committee of the California Medical Association, who was successful in having the course banned in that community college district along with other "alternative medical courses".

SPECIALISED KINESIOLOGY COURSES DEVELOPMENT

Frank Mahoney, (dec'd Sept '95) the Founder of Hyperton-X, another spin-off of TFH, worked with the 1984 US Olympic Track and Field Athletes (1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games) and people with learning disabilities with Dr Paul Dennison and taught many TFH courses at Santa Monica City College.

Many other TFH Instructors went out on their own and taught courses wherever they found interest. One Chiropractor and TFH Instructor, Dr Dan Golden DC, was on a trip to a vacation resort when his plane was delayed for hours. He began teaching his fellow vacationers TFH to help make the time go more quickly in the Airport waiting area. Based on that short introduction to TFH, his fellow vacationers requested that he teach a class at the resort. Helga Brandt, a tennis professional, taught Touch For Health for years in a Swiss vacation resort as part of her return home each year from Northern California.

Victor Frank DC was the first professional to teach TFH in Asia. He was an associate of mine in the Thie Chiropractic Clinic in Pasadena California, and as a result was invited to Japan to teach a large group of Osteopaths. The first foreign translation of TFH was to Japanese for his seminar in Japan. (This translation was a limited edition, but I've recently negociated a new Japanese translation which I anticipate will result in a huge TFH movement in Japan.) Victor developed his own Kinesiology program known around the world as TBM or Total Body Modification.

Dr Herb Anderson, a prominent Applied Kinesiologist Chiropractor from Boston, donated some Kinesiology work to the traveling pre-Olympic U.S. Women's Track Team. Tracy Sunlund, the assistant coach of the La Jolla Women's Track Club, was subsequently referred by Dr. Anderson to the Thie Chiropractic Clinic (TCC) in Pasadena, CA. Dr Leroy Perry Dc, then a partner at TCC, volunteered as team Touch for Health/Applied Kinesiologist Chiropractor. Dr Perry later developed his own methods based partially on his training with me, but largely on his observations and training with others in the athletic field, especially the Russians and East Germans, and became one of the most sought after rehabilitation, performance enhancement Chiropractors, going to the Olympics and pre Olympic track and field and other sports events at the requests of the athletes themselves. A group of athletes even petitioned the President of the United states to have Dr Perry be an Official Member of the USA Olympic medical staff. Although George Goodheart subsequently became the first Chiropractor officially appointedto the US Olympic Medical Team, Perry continued to work with athletics and has attended all of the Olympic Games since 1976 as an Official Medical Team Member of one team or country, but so far has not been a member of the Official USA Medical Staff. He now heads one of the largest and most respected Sports Medicine clinics in the USA.

Dr Perry eventually split from TFH/AK and TCC to develop his own Sports Medicine program. Although Perry served on the Board of Trustees of the TFHF for several years, he felt that some of the methods of AK were unproven. I argued that the outcomes and results that Chiropractors were getting with the AK methods were more significant than the unorthodoxy of some of the mechanisms. This controversy continued until we went our separate ways.

The concept of having only lay trainers changed as more and more professional health providers became interested and enthusiastic about the program. Bruce Dewe MD of New Zealand gave up his medical practice to be the primary Faculty Member for Australasia with Joan Dewe, his wife. Bruce and Joan developed the Professional Kinesiology Practitioner(PKP) series as an Advanced Touch For Health Training for "Professional Healthcare Providers".

Hap Barhydt retired early from his career as an Aerospace Engineer to join his wife Elizabeth Barhydt and tour the United States teaching Touch For Health. Hap and Elizabeth were later instrumental in developing the Enhanced Learning Program when TFH was being developed for integration in the public schools. They have since developed their own TFH/Kinesiology-based program, Loving Life. (Check out their website at www.lovinglife.com)

Sandy Danaher was one of the first TFH Instructors to take TFH across Europe in the late 1970s, beginning in the UK at the Holistic Health Centre, Findhorn, where many people from different countries would gather to study alternative and ecological health enhancement. As a result of sharing TFH at this center she was invited to other countries in Europe to teach TFH. Others instructors went to India and other parts of Asia and taught TFH at ashrams, centers and retreats. Sister Mary Em McGlone, of the Medical Missionary Sisters, and a TFH Instructor has shared the TFH methods with these missionary sisters in Germany and India, as well as founding the Center for Human Integration in Philadelphia Pennsylvania where TFH is a backbone course.

Brian Butler was the first TFHF Faculty Member appointed for an area outside the United States. He very successfully spread the TFH message in England. He later formed his own organization, teaching Balanced Health as the background course, which he says is almost the same as the Touch For Health Basic courses he taught for many years. The "Balance Health" course materials have included more developments from Applied Kinesiology as taught by Dr Sheldon Deal DC. Sheldon has been sponsored by Brian to teach in England for over 10 years.

Natalie Davenport, one of Brian Butler's first trained Touch For Health Instructors assisted Brian for many years and traveled to many places in the world to teach TFH/K. She has been consistently invited back to a particular place in Germany to share the latest uses of TFH/K for over 10 years. Natalie is now the TFH Instructor Trainer for England for the International Kinesiology College.

Pat Harrington has been central to the development of the Touch For Health Centre in England, a national charity organization, where neighbors and friends gather to help each other with the TFH/K methods. I am so proud and happy to see that these kinds of community based, grass roots institutions are developing. This was the model that Carrie and I envisioned for TFH so many years ago.

In Holland, Yoka Brauer was the pioneer "Touch For Healther", followed by Coby Schaatfoorth RN, her student. TFH in the Netherlands is now headed by Aria den Hartog, RN a student of Coby's. As an IKC Faculty Member and TFH Instructor Trainer, Aria also teaches in several African countries. She has recently been instrumental in helping with the reorganization of the Touch For Health Association into the Kinesiology Association of the Nederlands to be able to meet the changing new times. Aria also introduced Touch For Health Instructor Training programs into Hungary and helped them gain recognition as professionals by the Government of that country. The Hungarian Touch For Health edition came out in 1998.

In Australia the Touch For Health program is headed by Toni Lilley Gralton who is the Dean of the Touch for Health School of the International Kinesiology College, with Kerryn Franks who is co-founder of the Kinesiology School of Melbourne, which has Touch For Health as a backbone course. Toni has written and taught a program she developed for people with pets to be able to utilize TFH/K methods to help their pets more effectively. Kerryn's School is the first Kinesiology School in Australia to receive Government recognition. The other Co-Founders of the School, also TFH Instructors, were Christopher Rowe and Dr Charles Krebs PhD, author of "A Revolutionary Way of Thinking", and leader in the Applied Physiology approach in Specialized Kinesiology.

In Canada, Touch For Health has many Touch For Health Instructors. Mary Jane Bulbrook RN, PhD introduced TFH at the University of Utah Nursing School, then also at the University of Nova Scotia Nursing School when she took a position at that school and introduced Holistic Nursing, which included TFH. Today the International Kinesiology College TFH School Instructor Trainer is Michael De Lory, who for the first time will be teaching Instructor Training programs in the French Speaking Quebec Province, as well as in other areas of Canada in English. Sharon Promislow has been a pioneer in British Columbia, Canada for Touch For Health and other Kinesiologies and wrote the new book "Making the Brain Body Connection" (1998) to help people in business utilize the TFH/K methods to, as she says "have a playful guide to releasing mental, physical and emotional blocks to success."

Today, in the United States of America, many massage schools and some other training programs use TFH as a text book. Other programs have integrated the materials and ideas from TFH into their curriculum. Irene Gaulthier has a Massage School in Northern Michigan and has had TFH as part of her curriculum for over 15 years. Irene also has regularly taught TFH in Bermuda and Barbados, which she does as part of her vacations, getting out of the cold Michigan Winters. Irene was honored by being profiled in the September/October 1997 issue of Massage Magazine the largest circulation massage publication with over 60,000 copies published each issue for worldwide distribution.

Jim and Kathy Schmidt, Touch For Health Instructors since the late 1970s and owners of the Bellevue School of Massage in Bellevue, Washington, have Touch For Health as one of their backbone courses. Washington is one of the states that requires insurance payments for massage therapy which now includes Touch for Health.

The IKC Faculty Members in the United States are affiliated with the Touch For Health Kinesiology Association, which is the successor of the Touch For Health Foundation's membership organization. This group took over the membership responsibilities when the foundation closed its doors in 1990. They continue to be the mutual support and referral organization and have put on Annual Conferences since the 15th Annual Conference of the TFHF, this makes the 1998 conference their 8th Annual Conference and the 23rd Annual Conference in the US for TFH Instructors to come together and share ways to help people more effectively through touch and muscle/postural evaluation.

In Scotland the TFH program is headed by Gail McKerrow, who is a Faculty Member of the International Kinesiology College, Touch for Health School. She recently opened the Scottish Kinesiology School in 1997 and is training Professional Kinesiology Practitioners after the Bruce Dewe model with Touch For Health as a Basic Course.

In Norway the TFH/K program is headed by TFH Instructor Trainer Tom Pedersen, who founded the Norwegian Kinesiology School, which is a two year training program for Practitioners with TFH as a Basic Course. Tom also is very active in the Government's Alternative Medicine Committee of Norway. He is working to develop an Alternative University with Touch For Health Kinesiology as part of the curriculum.

Alfred Schatz of Kirchzarten, Germany, near Frieberg, investigated TFH after witnessing TFH balances at a Health Fair in London. He and his then partner, Susanne Degendorfer and his friend and fellow licensed Natural Health Practitioner Matthias Lesch and his partner Helge Petres all became Certified TFH Instructors and trained thousands of people in TFH in Germany, developing the largest Touch For Health Kinesiology training program in the world, the Applied Kinesiology Institute (IAK) of Germany. This program has over 25,000 student days of training in TFH/K programs each year. The TFH basic programs are a major part of this Institute. Susanne Degendorfer and Helga Petres now run the TFH programs for the IAK and were part of the original team of 4 TFH Instructors that spread TFH through Germany together with all the other TFH Instructors that they have trained.

Jean Francois Jaccard, Holistic Trained Practitioner and Massage Therapist became a TFH Instructor, translated the TFH book and charts to French, then became Touch for Health Foundation Faculty Member. He has a Holistic Health Centre in Geneva, Switzerland and, with his group of Touch For Health Instructors trained by him, sponsored the first International Touch For Health International Conference in Switzerland. He continues to train TFH Instructors in his Institute in Geneva. He has introduced TFH in a number of hospitals and in medical groups. When I toured Europe in 1980, Jean Francois Jaccard arranged for me to speak and demonstrate TFH methods to a large Medical Psychiatric group and to the entire staff of one of the major hospitals in Paris, France.

In Belgium, Dominique Monnet MD originally appointed as Touch For Health Foundation Faculty for Belgium has developed the Belgium Kinesiology School which trains Kinesiology professionals and Touch For Health Instructors. She has been an important leader in introducing the TFH/K model throughout the French speaking parts of the world. Many TFH Instructors in France have come through her school.

Touch for Health Kinesiology development in France has recently been exploding as a result of the pioneering work of Jean Francois Jaccard and Dominique Monnet. New books on Touch For Health Kinesiology are appearing such as "La Kinesiologie, art du test musculaire, equilibrez vos energies" (1997) by Dominique & Virginie Bernascon of Paris, published by Editions Jouvence of Geneve, Switzerland, which presents Touch For Health and other Kinesiologies for the public. In 1998, "Manuel Practique de Kinesiologie" by Jean-Claude Guyard, was published by Chrysalide Le Souffle d'Or. This book also presents the Touch For health approach with additional muscle tests that Guyard, a Physical Therapist, has developed. Both of these authors have training centres in France, along with a number of other training centres which have developed in recent years which regularly have training programs in TFH/K.

RoseMarie Sonderreger, a Psychologist in Zurich, Switzerland became the second TFH Instructor in Switzerland for the German speaking portion of Switzerland. With her husband, Bernard Studer, she developed Integrative Kinesiologi, with Touch For Health and Educational Kinesiology as the backbone courses. Their Institute, The Zurich Kinesiology Institute was the first to develop a two and then three year Diploma program recognized by the Government for payment of balances based solely on the Kinesiology training that their Institute required. Their programs are so successful that they have between a two and three year waiting list for admission to their Integrative Kinesiology three-year program. In 1997, this group also sponsored the largest Conference ever held in TFH/Educational Kinesiology at the University of Zurich, co-sponsored by the Alternative Medicine Department of the University of Zurich, with 749 attendees from all over the world. The presenters on the program from countries all over the world varied in qualification from lay TFH/Kinesiology instructors to College Professors to health professionals licensed in every field from Psychology to Medicine . RoseMarie served for four years as President of the International Kinesiology College and has been active in the development of the Professional Kinesiology School of the College.

In Denmark, Grethe Fremming was the first TFH Instructor Trainer and has a school for training people in Specialized Kinesiology with TFH as the Basic course of study. She and her husband Rolf Hasselbaun have developed the School of Transformational Kinesiology, turning over the Touch For Health Instructor programs in Denmark to Lena Jorgensen. Grethe succeeded RoseMarie to the Presidency of the International Kinesiology College. The legal requirements in Denmark prohibit a Medical Doctor from training anyone but medical doctors, so Dr Henrik Langgaard MD has taken over the responsibility of spreading the word of Touch For Health to the medical community in Denmark. He also has been the head of "Research Centre for Unconventional Cancer Therapies" in Denmark since 1996. In 1995, Henrik arranged for me to speak to the Denmark Manual Medical Association and at two medical schools and the largest hospital in Copenhagen.

In Brazil, TFH was pioneered by Jose' Arogoa, an Attorney, and his wife, Henny, translating the TFH material to Portuguese and becoming the first TFH Instructor Trainers in South America. This program is now headed by Gerardo Vale and his wife Ivanette Silva of Brazilia, Brazil. He was a former Member of the Government as National Assessor. In the Rio De Janeiro area Clovis Horta Correa, was the Touch For Health Faculty Member and until recently on the Faculty of the IKC. He developed a program to teach Touch For Health called Balanceamento Muscular. He is President of Instituto Brasileiro do Balanceamento Muscular and travels to Argentina to teach these programs, as well as heading several centres in Brazil which teach the program and see clients.

In Spain, the first courses were taught by Brian Butler. Fernando Muñoz Caravaca is the International Kinesiology College's Touch For Health Instructor Trainer today and regularly teaches not only in Spain, but also in a number of South American Countries. Fernando is the head of the Instituto Karuna, which has Touch For Health as its Basic course and includes professional training in Kinesiology including the programs of Three In One Concepts and Professional Kinesiology Practitioner.

The first Spanish translation was done by Lilly Visaraga of Venezuela, and was never published. Only photocopies were made for a few classes. Marge Murray of Wisconsin, an IKC faculty member, translated another Spanish version (which is now out of print), with Elsa Jacobowitz RN, and TFH Instructor to use in her training programs in Mexico. Ilsa teaches Touch for Health in her native Chile and Nicaragua as well as Utah where she now lives. In 1998 a new updated version of TFH was translated by Juan Carlos Monge, a Physical Therapist from Barcelona Spain. He has also translated and printed all the TFH charts and folios and he with his wife Francesca Simeon head Vida Kinesiologia School and Clinic. In Spain, many Physical Therapists utilize TFH as part of their professional physical therapy practices. Juan Carlos and Francesca also sponsored the International Specialized Kinesiology Conference in Barcelona, Spain in 1998. in 1996 they also developed a program for training professionals in a deeper understanding of the techniques used in Touch For Health I, called, "Working Deeper From the Beginning.

In Austria, the "IKC Touch For Health Trainer" is one of the most widely read Alternative Kinesiology books written by Do-Ri Rydl of Vienna. Her books are in all the bookshops in Austria. Her courses are filled and she has written a weekly newspaper column in Vienna. Touch For Health forms the backbone of her Institute courses. In Italy, Maurizio Piva heads the program of training Touch for Health Instructors and the Italian Kinesiology Institute. The Italian Kinesiology Association which is composed of people trained in Touch For Health and other Kinesiologies by the Institute is working for recognition by the Italian Government as a separate Profession of Kinesiology. This training program is anticipated to be of between three and four years in length and cover not only Specialized Kinesiology courses but other more standard health curriculum courses.

The present IKC Touch For Health Instructor Training Faculty for the U.S. are Paula Oleska, of New York and a native of Warsaw Poland, where she also gives Instructor Training programs; Marge Murray of Wisconsin, previously mentioned related to her teaching in Mexico, and a leader in developing goal setting prior to balances; Arlene Brown Green of North Carolina, who has taught thousands of people the Basic TFH courses and received the Annual Award for the most people taught in a single year several times. She is now teaching others to be TFH Instructors along with other Kinesiology courses.

TOUCH FOR HEALTH FOR EVERYONE

Carrie and I have never changed our minds about the need for a meeting of lay, para-professionals, and professionals who utilize the TFH/K approach in their work and lives, so each year we try to lend support to these gatherings where lay and professional speakers present papers and give demonstrations of their latest ideas. I have presented at every one of these meetings.

Dr SHELDON DEAL DC

Sheldon Deal D.C., has presented at all but the first two of the meetings of TFH/K. Sheldon has been a tremendous personal friend and invaluable friend to TFH/K, devoting untold time and economic resources to the support and enrichment of TFH/K over the years. Sheldon has served as Chariman of the ICAK and is currently Chairman of the International Examining Board of Applied Kinesiology. Sheldon's presentations have always been eagerly anticipated for their succinct delivery of the latest developments in the field of Applied Kinesiology that are of value and applicable in our personal lives and/or in our work as Instructors, Consultants, Therapists, etc..

When I was President of the Touch For Health Foundation and head of the Faculty, one of the requirements to remain a Touch For Health Instructor Trainer was to present a paper at the Annual Conference. If a person desired to become a TFH Instructor Trainer, they would present a paper so that all the International Faculty, who must approve of them joining their ranks, could see them in action. It's my feeling that all ideas are valuable and deserved respect, even if I don't agree with them. When calls for papers for these Conferences went out, no paper was rejected outright. Some papers were commented upon and sent back for revision so that they could meet the standards of the Conference. This allowed many people who later developed their own Kinesiology programs to introduce their ideas to a worldwide audience which attended the TFH Conferences at the University of San Diego in California each summer.

Dr Jimmy Scott PhD - Health Kinesiology

Among those were Jimmy Scott PhD, who began his career at the National Institutes of Health and later was on the Faculty of the University of California Medical School in San Francisco. His interest was in the use of muscle testing to help people overcome allergies, environmental pollution and geopathology. He developed what is now a worldwide group of health workers using his method which he calls Health Kinesiology.

Richard Utt - Applied Physiology

Richard Utt was given up as a goner by the Veterans Hospital, told to go home to die, and to have his wife call the hospital to arrange for his funeral. This so angered this young man that he sought out a Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Sheldon Deal DC, on the advice of a friend. Richard improved under Dr. Deal's care and became very curious about the muscle testing procedures and their basis in Meridian Therapy. Dr Deal recommended that Richard become a Touch For Health Instructor, which he did. He then continued to study and presented his ideas at the TFH Annual Conferences. These ideas developed into another Specialized Kinesiology protocol called Applied Physiology. Many health professional utilize his methods exclusively or in conjunction with the biomedical treatments they had previously been trained to use. Touch For Health is a prerequisite to the Applied Physiology training programs.

Dr Wayne Topping PhD - Wellness Kinesiology

Wayne Topping PhD became a Touch For Health Instructor in the late 1970s and presented and continues to present his work at the TFH/K meeting. Wayne developed Wellness Kinesiology. Wayne has written 8 books on TFH/K and presents his materials all over the world and trains others to present his Wellness Kinesiology. Wayne also continues the training of people in Touch For Health and BioKinesiology which was developed by John Barton to help lay people help themselves.

Rev Dr Jim Reid DD

A special note needs to be made about Rev Dr Jim Reid DD, the Baptist Chaplin of the Las Vegas Strip, who took up Touch For Health after leaving that position. Jim studied all the various Kinesiologies and developed what he called Christian Kinesiology. Jim was the Founding President of the International Association of Specialized Kinesiologists (IASK) as well as a Member of the TFHF Board of Trustees and taught classes in Touch For Health at the extension division of the University of Las Vegas.

DIFFERENT FAITHS SAME KINESIOLOGY

Many different religious beliefs are held by the users of the TFH methods.
The biggest criticism of TFH in the religious communities has come from those that seem to be least informed. A couple of books on the "New Age" by Christians have warned that TFH is "New Age"and therefore dangerous or even "of the Devil". As Christians, Carrie and I were concerned about these criticisms because the authors of the books made no attempt to talk to us before making these comments in print. We went to see the Reverend Peter Wagner Ph.D., a Member of our Church and head of the World Missions Department of Fuller Seminary in Pasadena.When he and his wife Doris heard the story they laughed and Peter pulled out a book which said similar things about him. He said, "The Lord knows the truth and these people need prayer for their salvation." A number of years ago one of our Christian friends, William Borrman, D.C. of Wisconsin, wrote an apology for Applied Kinesiology. He argued that AK is of God, using Bible references in both the Old and New Testaments which indicate the need for healing with touch. Although this did not change the minds of many who had already made up their minds without any real investigation, Carrie and I have presented Touch For Health at many Charismatic Christian programs with very positive reception. I currently head the Touch Healing Ministry of the Malibu United Methods Church, where I use the TFH methods in the context of healing ritual.

BOOKS ON KINESIOLOGY

There have been a number of books written attempting to explain what is "Kinesiology / Touch for Health".
One of the earliest was What is "Kinesiology"- An Introduction to the History, Development and Current Use of Muscle Testing by Gordon J Dickson,(1990) privately published in Australia. This book was sold primarily in Australia through the Australian Touch For Health Association. This book was written "to fill the gap …..." in presenting this information in a readily approachable form to the general public."

A second book, published by Thorsons, an imprint of Harper Collins, called "Thorsons Introductory Guide to Kinesiology Touch for Health by Maggie La Tourelle and Anthea Courtenay in 1992. "This is an information book covering the wide scope of Kinesiology; it is not intended to be an instructional manual…"

A Third book for the public trying to explain the TFH Kinesiology approach is by Ann Holdway called Health Essentials'- KINESIOLOGY Muscle Testing and Energy Balancing for Health and Well-Being published by ELEMENT with offices in UK, US and Australia in 1995. This book is one of a group of books "…to help the newcomer by presenting high quality introductions to all the main complementary health subjects…"

In 1997, Leila Parker published her Touch For Health Kinesiology:- a Conceptual Overview, the objective of which is to, "introduce you to TFH, it's background, concepts, philosophy, and some of the basic procedures involved".

There have been many other books written since the introduction of Touch For Health which have helped to let the general public know about the value of TFH Kinesiology and give information on where to find help and more information on its use in the home and professionally.

Dr Philip Maffetone, an Applied Kinesiologist who studied TFH with me while attending Chiropractic College has supported the TFH programs and written a number of books utilizing the same principle as advocated in Touch for Health Kinesiology among which are in Everyone is an Athlete,(1990) and, Training for Endurance-Guide for Triathletes, Runners & Cyclists, (1996). Phil has contributed to the TFH Conference programs by giving excellent presentations on how world class athletes are benefited by the principles advocated in the TFH protocols.

Yogi Bajian, of the "3HO", the Healthy Happy Holy Organization of Sikhs was an early patient of the Thie clinic and advocate of his students becoming TFH instructors and utilizing applied Kinesiology. They later integrated it into their entire program. Jas Wan Singh MD, a young American Medical Doctor from the "3HO" group, learned TFH and then was among the first Medical Doctors to be part of the ICAK and along with Dr John Diamond MD (author of "Your Body Does't Lie!". Both of these doctors were part of the ICAK Committee to develop ideas on how to integrate Applied Kinesiology with other medical practices.

There's really no end to the list of people, institutions, concepts and programs that have had their start, or important inspiration in the basic foundations of TFH. And the subsequent development and dissemination that the TFHS has enjoyed through the participation of so many people is without measure. Please forgive me for not mentioning everyone who has helped in this endeavour. I plan to have a comprehensive update of the TFHS tree diagram to include in my forthcoming book, "Remembering Wellness", so be sure to share with me all of the latest information! Thanks to all of you and those of you to come who will join in the Touch For Health Synthesis vision of making the world a better place through touching for health.

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOUCH FOR HEALTH FOUNDATION

I would like to mention some of the former Members of the Board of Trustees of the Touch for Health Foundation who served as volunteers over the years and gave invaluable advice, spoke at our meetings and personally advised Carrie and I.

Special thanks for that sage advice and devotion go to George Goodheart DC, Fred Stoner DC, General Dwane Fawe, retired, United States Marine Corp and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, Lennard Duhl MD, Psychiatrist and Professor Public Health and Urban Planning of the University of California at Berkeley, Sheldon Deal DC ND, Past Chairman of the ICAK and President of the International Examining Board of Applied Kinesiology, Lindy DeWit PhD, Executive of the Girls Club of the San Gabriel Valley for many years, Richard Byrne PhD, Communication Professor of the University of Southern California and Keynote Speaker for IBM, who presented some of the most inspirational programs at the Touch For health Annual meetings, Coby Schaatfoorth of Holland, a pioneer in the holistic nursing profession who helped bring Touch For Health to Isreal as well as her native Holland, Gordon Stokes, Warren Jacobs, MD, and Bruce Dewe MD who has pioneered the professional practice development of TFH Kinesiology approach world wide with his Professional Kinesiology Practitioner training.

THE CURRENT PERIOD OF TRANSITION FOR TFH / KINESIOLOGY