The Approach
What this is, and what it isn’t.
Clarity matters more than mystery. Here’s exactly what this work is, how it works, and the boundaries I hold around it.
The Approach
Clarity matters more than mystery. Here’s exactly what this work is, how it works, and the boundaries I hold around it.
In plain language
The Emotion Code® is a wellness approach focused on emotional stress and how unresolved emotional experiences can affect the body, thoughts, and nervous system. The goal is to help a person identify emotional burdens they may still be carrying and support emotional release through conversation, intention, and body feedback techniques.
It is not a religion, spiritual practice, psychic work, or medical treatment.
What This Is
At Release & Restore Holistic Wellness, I help you identify and release areas where your body may be holding onto stress.
We all go through experiences that affect us emotionally. Over time, those experiences can also affect the body. Stress can show up as tension, fatigue, digestive discomfort, or simply feeling “off.”
This approach focuses on helping your body:
The process is simple and structured. It allows us to “listen” to how your body is responding and support it in letting go of what it no longer needs to hold onto.
The goal is not to force anything, but to support your body as it does what it was designed to do: restore and regulate itself.
How It Works
I want you to know what you’re paying for before you ever sit down with me. No mystery, no asking you to believe anything for it to work. Just the actual steps.
We talk briefly, a few minutes, not an hour, about what you’re carrying. The pattern that keeps repeating, the tension you can’t shake, the anxiety that doesn’t have a clear cause. You don’t need to know why it’s there, or have it neatly articulated. Just the honest version.
Muscle testing is a calibration tool from applied kinesiology, the body’s nervous system responds slightly differently to true and false statements, and that difference is observable. I use it to ask your body yes-or-no questions about emotional charges that may still be stored from the past: what kind, when, and the context around them. Your conscious mind doesn’t need to recall any of it. The work happens in the part of you that’s been quietly keeping the records.
Once a stored emotion is identified, I work with the body’s meridian system , the same energetic pathways used in acupuncture and many other traditional practices, to release it. The release itself is brief and non-invasive: nothing is touched that you don’t consent to, and you’ll often feel the shift in real time. I’ll tell you exactly what was identified and released as we go.
Right after the release, we test again to confirm the body is no longer holding what we just identified. If it’s released, we move on to whatever comes up next. If something remains, we look further. We continue this cycle until we’ve cleared what your body is willing to bring forward in the time we have together.
That’s the whole process. No chanting, no incense, no asking you to believe anything to make it work. Either your body lets go of what we identify, or we look further. You stay in control of what we explore. You’ll often leave the session knowing exactly what was released , not as something I claim, but as something you can feel for yourself.
Understanding Muscle Testing
Two of the words that show up most in this work,energy and muscle testing, can carry baggage that has nothing to do with what I actually do. Before getting into how muscle testing works, here’s a quick clarification on the first one.
A note on the word “energy”
When people use the word “energy,” I personally think of it more in practical terms, like emotional tension, stress responses, nervous system activation, and the body’s natural communication and feedback systems.
Muscle testing, sometimes called muscle response testing or biofeedback testing, is a gentle technique used to observe how the body responds to different thoughts, emotions, or areas of focus. It’s based on the idea that our bodies often give subtle feedback when under stress, emotional tension, or imbalance.
Rather than using machines or complicated equipment, this method uses simple physical feedback from the body, such as slight changes in muscle resistance or tension, to help guide the session. Many practitioners view it as a form of biofeedback that helps bring awareness to patterns the body may already be holding onto beneath the surface.
This approach has roots in kinesiology and has been used in different wellness and rehabilitation settings for decades, especially in relation to posture, movement, muscle function, and stress responses. In my work, I use it as a calm and structured tool to help identify areas that may need emotional support, nervous system regulation, or deeper reflection.
Some people are unsure about it at first, and that’s completely understandable. My goal is never to pressure or convince anyone, but simply to create a safe space where people can explore their emotional well-being, feel heard, and reconnect with themselves in a grounded and practical way.
Important to understand: muscle testing is not meant to diagnose, treat, or replace medical or mental health care. I view it as a wellness-based tool that may help support emotional awareness, stress relief, and personal growth.
It’s also not fortune telling, mind reading, or communication with spirits.
How the Body Holds Stress
Sometimes, when we go through strong emotional experiences, the body doesn’t fully let go right away.
Instead, it can hold onto patterns such as:
It’s not that emotions are literally stuck in organs. Rather, the body remembers stress responses.
Just like someone may feel anxiety in their stomach or tightness in their chest, these patterns can remain over time until the body is supported in releasing them.
What This Is Not
I want to be very clear about the boundaries of this work. This work is:
This is simply a wellness-based approach that supports the body in releasing stress and improving overall balance.
A Safe, Grounded Approach
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Everything we do is calm, respectful, and focused on helping you feel more at ease in your own body.
Each person should take the time to decide what they personally feel comfortable with. I never pressure anyone, and I encourage people to stay within their own conscience, values, and beliefs.