If you’ve already studied Touch For Health, you can still join our diploma course in January 2007 and have your full practitioners diploma in your hands by June 2008! We still have some places left so if you’re interested contact us now with proof of your TFH certification and you’ll be on your way to a great career, and a great start to the new year!! Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Dr. Wayne Topping the world rebound teacher and founder of Wellness Kinesiology is arriving from the USA to the college to teach three awe-inspiring courses this February. We are honoured that he is including us in his gruelling world teaching schedule. Get your diaries ready…Wayne will teach:

Weight Loss, 25th February 2007
Learn the hidden factors that keep people from losing weight. Understand why almost everyone in our culture who wants to lose weight does three things every day that actually promote weight gain. Why do people eat when they are not hungry? Learn kinesiologically-based techniques to help you lose weight and to identify appropriate dietary changes.

Eight Extra Meridians 26th 27th & 28th February 2007
Discover how to balance all 20 major meridians using indicator muscles for the eight extra meridians. Balancing those muscles with emotions, nutrients, biokinetic exercises, neurolymphatic points, neurovascular holding points, meridians, key points and coupled points. Learn muscle tests related to hypothalamus, anterior and posterior pituitary, thymus, pineal, parathyroid, etc.
Prerequisites: Stress Release 1-4, Touch for Health 1-3

Understanding Personality 1st March 2007
Learn to recognize the basic personality traits that underlie normal behaviour, how to predict peoples' future behaviours, why certain situations are stressful - others less so, how to be more successful in life and business by learning to communicate more effectively. To understand how birth order can affect one's personality, determine your money personality and more.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Stress Release 1 or TFH 1

Want to get rid of all your aches and pains? Enjoy better posture, look better, and be able to choose what foods suit you and what ones don’t?

Due to demand and constant enquiries about this wonderful course, we have decided to run another full synthesis of Touch For Health. Starting in January this eight day course, designed for lay people to use with family and friends, will be taught over 4 weekends, one weekend per month in January, February March and April.
See our information on Touch For Health

Ireland has four new Touch For Health Instructors who qualified in November. Orla Brady Fermanagh, Brenda Cashman Cork, Catherina Cashman Cork, and Sinead Sugrue Kildare are all set to teach Touch For Health in their areas. Congratulations to them all, and I wish them every success and joy teaching.

L-R Brenda Cashman, Catherina Cashman, Ger Hunter (Instructor),
Sinead Sugrue and Orla Brady

We are starting a new series of Mini Workshop after Christmas. These 3 to 7 hour workshops are a fun way to get to know kinesiology, and learn so really interesting new techniques, that can help you, your family and even your pets!

Eat Right, Live Right January 12th 9.30am – 1pm
This workshop teaches about food combination and digestion, food combination guidelines, food families, anti- and pro-immunity foods, vitamin supplements. You will learn how to check yourself for what foods, vitamins and supplements are best for you. Introduces muscle testing for food and supplement choice, and basic food combination concepts.

Perceptive Vision January 26th 9.30am – 1pm
Much of what we experience in life can be influenced by what is happening around us and how we view it. In this workshop we will look at various ways which have been successful for many people wishing to see more clearly including nutrition, affirmations, eye exercises, etc.

Healthy Pets February 23rd 9.30am – 5.30pm
Designed for animal lovers to show them how they can use the skill of muscle monitoring to find the best way to improve and maintain their pets' health. During this workshop you will learn about the interaction between pets and their owners, the comparative physical anatomy between cats, dogs and humans, the nutritional needs of your pets, how emotions may affect your pets, basic information on keeping your pets healthy, how to use vibrational remedies, the benefits of acupressure massage, the meridian pathways for cats and dogs. The techniques taught may be used in conjunction with any veterinary treatment and are safe and non-invasive. Muscle testing & Surrogate testing, comparative physical anatomy, nutrition, emotions, vibrational remedies, acupressure. Suggested foods for dogs and cats.

We were delighted to welcome Jacky Whittaker who has joined our team at the College and Holistic Centre. Jacky will be our corner stone for administration in the office and will liaise with college staff, clients, students and therapist. Considering that Jacky has in the past handled tigers, (yes real ones)!! Keeping us all in line should be child’s play for her. So if you’re calling our office, do welcome Jacky, she’s travelled a long way to be with us!

We are holding a Touch For Health Instructor Training Workshop for anyone who would like to teach this great course or simply want and more in depth knowledge of Touch For Health. It's also one of the best communication courses I've come across and can seriously improve your communication skills and public speaking techniques. If you have completed Touch For Health 1-4 and Touch For Health Proficiency you're eligible for this class. It takes place from 7th- 14th November inclusive see our single module page, you can also book online.

Our New diploma began this weekend on 29th September with enthusiastic students beginning their two year journey towards their own graduation in 2008. We began with Touch For Health 1 and all round had a great fun weekend. It's great to be teaching this wonderful workshop again, and I always get a thrill watching new students learning how to muscle test for the first time and being able by the end of the weekend to give a Touch For Health balance. I'd like to wish this all the very best for the diploma and hope there is as much fun through out the coming two years.

If you've missed the start of our diploma and have already taken a Touch For Health Class, you can join us in for our full diploma any time up to January 2007 when we will be continuing after Touch For Health. If you've taken some Kinesiology already or are already a practitioner, check out our single modules, you'll be more than welcome to join us.

The College has for the first time launched a higher diploma in Kinesiology. At the end of this diploma students who have already gained practitioner status, will also be able to teach Touch For Health Classes and Stress Release Classes. We've been planning this course for some time now and we are really pleased that it's finally in place. Good luck to all the participants.
More information on the Higher Diploma

KCI celebrated the graduations of the first students to achieve a two year diploma from the college on 26th August, at the Midleton Park Hotel. The new graduates Brenda Cashman Aghada, Catherina Cashman Guileen, Barbara Halter Dublin, Jason O'Halloran Cork and Sheila Fitzgerald Ennis celebrated with Family and Friends and the staff and friends of the college; a great night was had by all. Our student of the year award went to Catherina Cashman and The Darren Dowling Award for Overcoming Adversity was awarded to Sheila Fitzgerald.

New Graduates 2006

The college was delighted to be able to honour Adrienne Whelan with an Honorary Diploma for her work services and dedication to maintain high standards in Kinesiology. Adrienne trained in Kinesiology at a time when there were no established colleges or diploma courses in Ireland or in fact in the world. One had to accumulate hours by attending classes as visiting lecturers came to Ireland to teach. In this manner she has accumulated many hundreds of hours, and has been offering a tremendous service to her clients for many years, as a well know and highly thought of practitioner. Adrienne has always been a great advocator of standards in practice and was very much an influence on Ger when the initial diploma course was put in place to raise standards of teaching and practice in Kinesiology in 1998. So we are thrilled that Adrienne accepted this award in the spirit of friendship and appreciation in which it was offered.

Adrienne with Other Graduates, Wayne Topping PhD and Ger Hunter Principal

Ireland now has seven new Stress Release Instructors who qualified in early September. During a course taught by both Wayne Topping PhD and Ger Hunter Brenda Cashman, Mike O'Brien, Jo Goodyear, Sean Roche, Silvia Harrington, Charlotte Wehrli and Pauline McCullen are now all set to teach the following modules of Wellness Kinesiology, Success Over Distress, Diffusing Stuck Emotions, and Working with Emotions. I'm sure there are many people out there who could benefit greatly from this work.

Stress Release Instructors, with Wayne Topping PhD and Ger Hunter Sept 2006

The International Kinesiology College held their annual conference in Kirchzarten in Germany this year, near Freiburg, Kirchzarten is in the beautiful Back Forrest region, and is a most beautiful town. Speakers from all over the world gathered to lecture on different aspects of Kinesiology, and whether you're a Kinesiologist or not, you couldn't help but be fascinated by the varied range of topics. Many workshops were also on offer, for the participants. Friends from all over the world gather, like a big Kinesiology Family, and it becomes as much a social as a learning experience. Next Conference is in Salt Lake City Utah, USA from 6th - 9th June 2007. All are welcome to attend. The 2008 conference will be held in Italy in early October and the 2009 Conference will be held for the first time in Ireland from 3-6th September 2009. Don't say you haven't had ample warning!!

We were very honoured this summer when Wayne Topping PhD, accepted a position of faculty for the college. Wayne who teaches in 23 countries throughout the world, and has written several books and courses, including Success Over Distress, which is still in the top 100 best selling self help booklist, has been a great friend to the college for many years and we are delighted to have him officially as part of our team.

We are now accepting enrolments for our Diploma Course 2006-2008, commencing on September 29th 2006. For more information please see our Diploma Course page.

Patricia Weston Irish Times Journalist had an article in the Irish Times of Tuesday June 28th on The Back Page entitled My Working Day. It gives an overview of what happens daily in the clinic in Midleton and an overview of Kinesiology, so far we’ve received lots of call for appointments as a result of the article.

The International Kinesiology College will hold it’s annual meeting this year in England, close enough for all the Irish to travel at reasonable rates. It’s being held in the beautiful Keel Unitversity in Staffordshire from 9 th – 12th September. There will be fascinating presentations given by Lynne McTaggert, Jimmy Scott, Matthew Thie, Hugo Tobar, Ger Hunter, Sandy Gannon, Brian Knight and Jane Thurnell Read to name just a few. It will be a great weekend of Kinesiology, and a break away in a wonderful setting, what more could you ask for. To book contact Anne Holdway at annholdway@lineone.net

Earl Cook’s fantastic new eTouch for health CD Rom is now available, this is a remarkable piece of work, which had taken several years to bring to perfection. It allows you to write up and record balances, and print out the session for the client. It will also help with collecting research data. All the TFH muscles, the wheel, five elements, and all the techniques are included in this great CD. Also available now is the eCharts- TFH CD with all the charts required for teaching TFH on it, great products. Contact the college for purchase details.

Congratulations to the five new TFH instructors Noelene Carroll Laois, Jo Goodyear Cork, Lilian Hadarsson Kerry, Deirdre Mullane Waterford and Cecile Perrin Cork. They all completed their Touch For Health Instructor Training Workshop in March and have now starting teaching TFH classes in their areas.

Touch For Health Ireland was launched on Sunday July 3rd, this is a club for anyone involved in TFH, both as students and instructors. It is hoped to have regular practice nights available throughout the country where there are TFH instructors. More details will be posted as they are available.

Currently we are still seeking Touch for Health Instructors. If you would like to teach this world renowned best known and loved Kinesiology course to you friends or community, so that it can enhance their lives. Join us from August 20th -27th when you can enjoy this fantastic workshop. During the 8 days, you’ll learn how to present material from TFH, market your classes. Find out about the different learning styles so that you can best serve your students. Have fun in an easy relaxed environment that makes learning a joy. You can then go and teach this workshop anywhere in the world, now doesn’t that just open up loads of possibilities?

In September we start our Diploma Course 2005-7. The course will be run over two years. This diploma is packed full of new content, making it even bigger and better than it ever was, setting new standards in Kinesiology education for future accreditation at national and international level.

Check out the diploma course page for details of the new subject taught and contact us if you’re interested in taking part.

Brian Knight confirms that he will teach classes for September 17th & 18th. While here last September Brian gave a free lecture and fascinated people with his ability to read their faces, and so by popular demand Brian will be teaching his class Language of the face, the window to the heart. This innovative workshop will help you communicate better with people be they you clients, patients, friends or even someone serving you at the supermarket counter. Learning to read peoples faces, shows you the things about them that they are not saying, are they sensitive? Perhaps shy? Deep thinkers? Having this information will help you communicate with the real person behind the face. Face reading can help you improve your communication skill and lead to a better business. Open to everyone who is interested. Bookings must be confirmed by August 1st. 2005.

Wayne will be back again in September 19th – 23rd with two brilliant workshops, Advance Biokinesiology, and Eight Extra Meridians. In the Advanced Biokinesiology you will learn about Loving Affirmation Nerve points, (LANs) and where they are on the head. Learn about the relationships between LANs, Organs, Emotions, Meridians, and Cranial Nerves. Discover the Umbrella and Sub-emotions for the 20 LANs, the negative and positive emotions works for the systems, i.e. blood, lymph and nerve. Learn how to balance the LAN points with the emotions and to assist with he emotional stress diffusion. Learn how to use the Quick Ready Reference book and the Kinetic tissues that are not listed the book. Learn how to correlate and allergy to a specific kinetic tissue and special testing procedures dealing with the lymphatic imbalance, teeth, discs, bone problems and mucus lining imbalances. Prerequisites TFH 1-4

Eight Extra Meridians show you how to balance al 20 major meridians using indicator muscles for the eight extra meridians. Balancing those muscles with emotions, nutrients, biokenitc exercise, nerolymphatic points, neurovascular holding points, meridians, key points and coupled points. Learn muscle tests related to hypothalamus, anterior and posterior pituitarym, thymus, pineal and parathyroid plus lots more. Prerequisites Stress Release 1-4 and TFH 1-3 and Biokinetic Exercises.