The Emotion Code
Overall health
Perform the pendulum test of muscle testing
from The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness by Bradley Nelson
How to Apply This
- Sit up straight—with your feet on the floor.
Make sure you’re comfortable. - Hold your pendulum grasping the chain between your thumb and forefinger, holding the rest of the chain in your palm.
Adjust the length of the chain as needed to get a clear answer as you go through this process—somewhere between one and three inches of chain above the pendulum. - Brace your forearm on something solid like a chair, a table, or your thigh, but do not brace your hand.
It will be impossible to stay perfectly still, and this is fine. - Decide what you want your neutral to look like.
You have two options: either do not move the pendulum at all (minor movements are normal) or swing it back and forth very gently at a 45-degree angle, from the direction of your left hip out toward the right, away from your body. The width of the arc should only be about two inches. - Decide what you’d like your yes and no answers to look like.
“Yes” is usually either a circular clockwise motion or a front-to-back motion of the pendulum (synonymous with a head nod). “No” is usually a counterclockwise or side-to-side motion (synonymous with a head shake). - Observe the movement of the pendulum as you say “Yes.”
This is your yes answer, and it happens in a matter of seconds. Return to neutral and repeat this process until the yes becomes clear. - Observe the movement of the pendulum as you say “No.”
Your no answer should be the opposite of what your yes answer looks like. So if your yes was a clockwise motion, your no will be counterclockwise. Return to neutral after you get your answer, and repeat several times until the answer is clear each time. - Test your “Yes” and “No” responses.
Try using different true and false statements to test them. Once you have clear and consistent answers, you can begin using your pendulum in the Emotion Code procedure.
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