Touch for Health System
Touch for Health is a non-invasive method using muscle feedback and body awareness, that can help you to reduce stress and pain, improve performance at school, work and home, in sports, in relationships and promote health and well-being. Touch for Health simply helps balance the body's energy system thereby stimulating and supporting the body to heal itself.
Touch for Health is a synthesis of knowledge using Chinese acupuncture meridians with modern discoveries, which include acupressure, reflex stimulation, meridian tracing and a variety of mind body techniques to assist the body in regaining balance.
Benefits from Touch for Health:
- Stress Relief
- Pain Relief
- Improved Posture
- Improved Healing
- Better Sense of Well Being
Available Courses:
Touch for Health Levels 1 thru 4- Continuing education credits for massage therapists, LPN/ RN/ PT's and Personal Fitness Trainers
Description of Classes:
Touch For Health will teach you amazing things about the body no matter what skill level you are currently at in your own profession. 15% of the class is academic-learning, the other 85% is kinesthetic learning (hands on). The best learning comes from experience. Cost per class is $350 per level with textbook included. Each Touch for Health level is provided in two 8-hour sessions, over a two day period. Certificate completion per level is 16-hours total. Contact us with any questions.
TFH Level 1:
Level 1 course provides practical skills to manage stress, reduce physical and mental pain, tension and increase overall energy without the use of drugs. Also, included in this course are specific tests, exercises and movements for enhanced learning, improving coordination and finding food sensitivities. You will learn techniques of applied Kinesiology and acupressure massage. The Touch for Health book is required text for this class. (No experience needed)
Material Covered:
Muscle correction procedures, Bilateral muscle correction technique, Neuro-lymphatic massage points, Neurovascular holding points, Meridians, Muscle origin-insertion
12 Muscles (First set)
- Latissimus Dorsi (Spleen Meridian)
- Subscapularis (Heart Meridian)
- Quadriceps (Small-Intestine Meridian)
- Peroneus (Bladder Meridian)
- Psoas (Kidney Meridian)
- Pectoralis Major Sternal (Liver Meridian)
- Supraspinatus (Central Meridian)
- Teres Major (Governing Meridian)
- Pectoralis Major Clavicular (Stomach Meridian)
- Gluteus Medius (Circulation Meridian)
- Teres Minor (Triple Warmer Meridian)
- Anterior Deltoid (Gall Bladder Meridian)
TFH Level 2:
Level 2 courses are designed to provide a major expansion in your understanding and ability as a touch healer. Basic human anatomy and muscle movements are reviewed. You learn the causes of pain and ways to regain, maintain, and improve personal health. These courses teach the basics of the Oriental health system (the 5 elements) and comprehensive training in massage and applied kinesiology. (Pre-requiste Level 1)
Material Covered:
Pretests and corrections review, Circuit locating, Cross-crawl for integration, Goal balancing with a 14 muscle balance, Balancing using wheel, Beaver dam, Triangle, Square, Mid-day/Mid-night Law, Time of day balance, Five-element theory, Over energy/alarm points, Muscle correction procedures, Golgi tendon/spindle cell, Cerebral spinal technique, ESR for performance, Acupressure for pain/meridian walking, Gait testing, Figure eights, Biogenic foods
14 Muscles (Second set)
- Neck Flexors (Stomach Meridian)
- Brachioradialis (Stomach Meridian)
- Lower Trapezius (Spleen Meridian)
- Middle Trapezius (Spleen Meridian)
- Rectus Abdominals (Small-Intestine Meridian)
- Sacrospinalis (Bladder)
- Iliacus (Kidney Meridian)
- Adductors (Circulation-Sex Meridian)
- Piriformis (Circulation-Sex Meridian)
- Sartorius (Triple-Warmer Meridian)
- Popliteus (Gall-Bladder)
- Rhomboids (Liver Meridian)
- Middle Deltroid (Lung Meridian)
- Quadratus Lumborum (Large-Intestine Meridian)
TFH Level 3:
These courses are designed to provide a major expansion in your understanding and ability as a touch healer. Basic human anatomy and muscle movements are reviewed. You learn the causes of pain and ways to regain, maintain, and improve personal health. These courses teach the basics of the Oriental health system (the 5 elements) and comprehensive training in massage and applied kinesiology. (Pre-requiste Level 1 thru 2)
Material Covered:
Yin/Yang, Five element balance/ one point balance, Goal balance with 5-elements, Five element basic emotions, Acupressure holding points, Acupressure holding point theory, Color balance, Sound balance, Pulses and pain tapping, Postural stress release.
14 muscles (Third set)
- Levator Scapulae (Stomach Meridian)
- Posterior Neck Extensors (Stomach Meridian)
- Opponens-Pollicis (Spleen Meridian)
- Triceps (Spleen Meridian)
- Transverse & Oblique (Small-Intestine Meridian)
- Abdominals (Small-Intestine Meridian)
- Anterior & Posterior Tibials (Bladder Meridian)
- Upper-Trapezius (Kidney Meridian)
- Gluteus Maximus (Circulation-Sex Meridian)
- Gracilis (Triple-Warmer Meridian)
- Soleus (Triple-Warmer Meridian)
- Coracobrachialis (Lung Meridian)
- Diaphragm (Lung Meridian)
- Hamstrings (Large-Intenstine Meridian)
TFH Level 4:
These courses are designed to provide a major expansion in your understanding and ability as a touch healer. Basic human anatomy and muscle movements are reviewed. You learn the causes of pain and ways to regain, maintain, and improve personal health. This course teaches the basics of the Oriental health system (the 5 elements) and comprehensive training in massage and applied kinesiology. (Pre-requiste Level 1 thru 3)
Material Covered
Review of Touch for Health levels 1 thru 3, 42-muscle balance head to toe, Review five elements balance, Postural analysis and rebalancing, Facilitation/inhibition, Circuit retaining Mode/ Pause Lock, Reactive muscles, Five elements nutrition, Sound, Color review, Luo points, Inhibited muscles, Neurolymphatic release