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Healing Qualities of SoundUsing Tuning Forks

by Richard D. Utt, L.Ac.& Georg Wei tzsch

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY3014 E. Michigan Street, Tucson, AZ 85714. USA.

Phone: 520-8X9-.3075 Fax: 520-573-3743 Email: IIAP@AppliedPhysiology.com

About Applied Physiology

In the middle 1980's, Applied Physiology(AP) was developed by Richard D. Utt,L.Ac.. in Tucson, Arizona. Modernphysiology, natural healing science, themeridian system of traditional Chinesemedicine as well as the methods of appliedKinesiology are integrated in AP and build aholistic method of examination and treatment.Nearly every body function or circuit may beactivated energetically and influencedpositively. This may be done by manydifferent correction methods and everypractitioner may include the whole range ofsystems familiar to him/her.AP utilizes a very different way of musclemonitoring in that muscles are tested indifferent states of contraction and extension,the extension of the five-clement system intothe seven-element system, the extraordinaryuse of the pause lock as well as the"hologram" and the "setup."

Practitioners in health services as well as inlearning enhancement can benefit from the useof AP.

Overall, AP is a holistic treatment andobservation model with a systematic overallconcept. As a symbol, we primarily use thehologram. It conveys the procedure ofcreating three-dimensional pictures with theuse of laser light. An essential feature of ahologram is the entire body of informationcontained in a picture, even the details. Youmay have seen an exhibition of holograms.The visitor walks into a dark room and canobserve various objects that consist merely oflight but that you can walk around.The essential parts that are necessary in order

to create such images offer a good analogy towhat is used in AP. First, there is the light,divided into an object ray and a reference ray.AP also requires an image carrier, the originalhologram. When, for instance, one looks at aslide, one can recognize the object directly. Incontrast to normal photographs, a holographicimage carrier (if we were to inspect it closely)would reveal only a wave pattern resemblingthe wave pattern you might see in a fullbathtub into which drops of water are falling.This causes wave valleys and wave peaks.There are reflections on the circumference andinterference patterns with placid zones. Youcan picture a holographic image carrier asbeing similar to this. Perhaps you can picturea tub of bath water with such wave patterns.Imagine that water drops are falling constantlyfrom the faucet on the left-hand side, droppingconstantly on the same spot. Imagine that onthe right-hand side there is a wet washclothhanging from a rack above the tub and thatdrops of water keep falling from it, too. If younow focus your attention solely on the centerof the tub, you will see a static wave patternthere without seeing the originating causes ofit. But, by observing the waves, thereflection, the distances between the wavevalleys and wave peaks, you can approximatethe origins of these waves. In every detailedsection of the bathtub, you thus have all theinformation on the wave pattern. The case ofthe holographic image carrier is similar. Usingonly a section of this image carrier, one canstill receive the whole picture.Let us use this image of the wave patternsnow as a description of that which occurs andis present in a living organism in a state ofconstant flux. Let us take a look at the humanorganism in its entirety, beginning in the

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physical area of the hardest material, the teethand bones, and proceeding to softer materialsuch as the muscles and connective tissue, andon to the liquid tissues such as blood orlymph, and then on to the energetic areas.There we can take, for example, theneurophysiological activities with the variouselectrical charge patterns; then the mentalareas, the attitudes and beliefs, emotions andthoughts, the entire mental spectrum. We canalso take the external areas, for example, thechi of the mountains and landscapes, housesand apartments, All of these areas interact andare intrinsically entwined with each other likethe molecules in the various layers of a bodyof water. They vibrate parallel to each other.

In AP we assume that when we observe justone individual section of the whole, we canreceive information about all the other areas asin the example with the bathtub. We can alsoassume that single level also portrays all otherlevels. We can, therefore, determine stresspatterns via these coordinates; the point on thesurface plus the depth level. This is thepurpose of our work in the healingprofessions or in learning enhancement. Theobject is to determine where the drops ofwater are falling into the tub and how deepand with what degree of force. Is the surfacein motion or does the stress agent causestronger movement? Does that impact theemotional area or the physical area? What doesthe stress pattern look like? On what place canit be influenced most easily, simply, quicklyand least expensively? We have all had theexperience in Ki nesiology, regardless of themethods we practice, that things aren't alwaysthe way they first seem to be when clientscome to us with a particular symptom ofproblem. Frequently we discover in workingwith these patients that the originally describedsymptom was just a final expression of aparticular stress pattern. It may be that we firsthave to start working around the problem,releasing other stress patterns. It is adevelopmental process that is continuallyexciting and interesting for both the client andthe therapist.

In the practice of AP, we use the musclemeridian relationships from the Touch-for-Health system. Through the muscle meridianrelationships alone, the client can receive a

great deal of information - you know that fromyour daily work. An essential feature of AP isthat we now observe the interrelationships ofthe meridians. We know from Chinesemedicine that all five elements are present oneach of the meridians. In Touch-for-Health,we also work with these innerconnectivitieswhen we inspect the reactive meridianrelationships. Basically, that is the startingpoint of AP.

Let us summarize the hologram concepts thathave just been described. We refer to themeridians that we run checks on, in analogy tothe hologram, as object meridians. We thencheck its relationship to other meridians thatwe call reference meridians. We thus alwayslook for both object and reference meridians.Then we look, as we did in the example of thebathtub, at various sections or "imagecarriers;" and we refer to these as holograms.Many of them are known in Kinesiology; forexample, the neurolymphatic and neuro-vascular hologram.

In this context, we find the term "setup," as itis very important for the AP procedure. Setuprefers to the process of exploring a stresspattern as comprehensively as necessary and abalance as exactly as possible. In this sense,the preliminary activities in edu-kinesthetics ora verbal statement of the goal would be asetup. But we can also activate a certain areathrough various acupuncture points and handmodes and make it receptive to balancing.

Thus, in AP we also have (in addition to theholograms already mentioned) setups forphysical areas such as teeth and muscles, forthe anatomy and physiology of the innerorgans all the way down to individual types ofcellular tissues. We have a hologram for bloodchemistry and the hormonal system. We canaddress energetic areas, electro-magneticfields, chi energy, the Figure Eights, andothers.

In addition to the tried and proven methods ofAK, other contemporary natural healingmethods are used in AP. These include footand hand reflexology or flower essences suchas Back flowers, Australian Bush flowers,and Arizona Dessert essences. Affirmationsare used for attitudes and beliefs and foremotional and thought forms. We u~e polari_ty

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balances and, of course, a great number ofacupressure points, crystals, and our newestmethod-sound.To this purpose, Richard D. Utt developed aset of tuning forks that are represented in thiscourse. This method readily lends itself to usein other kinesiological systems. Very goodresults can be achieved with sound, especiallyin solving problems in the neurological areas,in the motion areas, and everywhere else thathas any connection to the nervous system.These tuning forks can also be usedsuccessfully when working with children andin the intermediary steps within the integrationprocess.In summary, Applied Physiology (AP) offers,especially to the professional practitioner, anelegant link between modern medicalknowledge and many areas of naturalmedicine. It places all this in the framework ofan overall concept that enables us to movefrom one world to the other smoothly andwith no gaps, and allows us to apply all ourknowledge and experience in the best interestof our patients and clients.The effects of the Tuning Forks arebased on the combination of threeprinciples:• The AP Tuning Fork set consists of 14

different tuning forks, each one refening toone meridian. Usually every tone made bymusical instruments is accompanied by so-called harmonic overtones. The AP TuningForks harmonize the correspondingmeridian by producing tones of an exactfrequency without producing overtones.

• Due to the material used in the productionof Tuning Forks, they produce (in terms ofacoustics) disharmonic multiples of the rootwhen struck or, sometimes, as they finishringing. These secondary stresses convey afeeling of vibration similar to that of agong. These vibrations cause a micro-massage of the nerve tissue via the bones astransmitting agents.

• The simultaneous striking of two tuningforks produces vibrations of a very lowfrequency that can be perceived only asvolume fluctuations. Depending on thecombination used, sounds and fluctuationscan be produced that create an integration of

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the brain and a harmonization of the twohemispheres of the brain.

Using the Tuning Forks• The tuning forks have been used very

successfully in kinesiologic balances onstress reduction and in working withchildren.

• They are very effective in physiotherapyand in all issues involving body movementand coordination.

• Deep and light switching; pitch, roll, andyaw; centering; focusing; andneurophysiological coordination are allinfluenced positively by using the tuningforks.

• In therapeutic use, the tuning forks showpositive effects on neurophysiologicalimbalances, diseases, and problemsconceming coordination.

• Tuning forks often show up asintermediary steps within the AP integrationprocess.

• As with orthomolecular supplements(vitamins, minerals, etc.), tuning forks maybe used in therapeutic context as well as inlearning enhancement, stress reduction,personal use, etc.

The Tuning Fork SetThe AP Tuning Fork set consists of 14different tuning forks, each one referring toone meridian. Each fork produces a sound ofa certain frequency, balancing exactly one ofthe meridians of the traditional Chinese HealthSystem (TCHS).

Applied Physiology (AP) is based on theSeven-Element System in which the centralvessel and the governing vessel are added tothe five elements of the TCHS as the airelement. The fire element is divided into"sovereign fire" (heart and small intestinemeridian) and "ministerial fire" (pericardiumand triple heater meridian). This leads to aslightly different assignment of colors andelements.

Each tuning fork is manufactured in the colorof the corresponding meridian with the nameof that meridian written on it.

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COLORBlackWhiteYellowYellowRedRedViolet

VioletOrange

OrangeGreenGreen

MERIDIAN ELEMENTCentral Vessel AirGoverning Vessel AirStomach Earth

Spleen/Pancreas Earth

Heart Sovereign Fire

Small Intestine Sovereign FireBladder Water

Kidney Water

Pericardium Ministerial Fire

Triple Heater Ministerial Fire

Gall Bladder WoodLiver Wood

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