Author Archives: Kristen Brower

Muscle Testing: Listening to the Body’s Signals

A close-up of a woman listening intently with her hand cupped to her ear beside the text “Muscle Testing: Listening to your body’s signals,” symbolizing tuning into the body’s subtle communication and inner wisdom

Muscle Testing (Applied Kinesiology): Listening to the Body’s Signals Muscle testing, also called applied kinesiology, is a method of using the body’s subtle responses to gather information about stress, imbalance, or support needs. At its simplest, it involves gently pressing on a muscle—often the arm—to see whether it can hold steady or gives way. This…

Embodied Healing: The Medicine of Yoga

A person practices yoga in the tree pose at sunrise by the ocean. The text reads "Embodied Healing: The Medicine of Yoga." Soft clouds and warm sunlight fill the sky, reflecting yoga’s power as a natural medicine for body and mind.

Yoga is medicinal. But describing what yoga truly is? That’s a bit of an anomaly. It’s so incredibly multi-faceted. I like to think of it as an iceberg — with the postures (what many associate with yoga) just being the tip. What lies beneath the surface is vast, powerful, and deeply transformative. More Than Poses…