My Own Journey

Name: M.G. - Minnesota, USA (my testimonial)
Age: 48 yrs old Female
Dates of sessions: Began menu of movements given by Harald in July 2005 to the present (fall 2007).

Relative Information (birth or school history, etc.):

• I was last in running races in elementary school.
• I was told I had lazy lips (spoke inarticulately) in high school.
• in early grades I would get in trouble for talking too much, later for not speaking up.

Specific needs of client:

• had a hard time achieving good posture all my life
• often irritated co-workers and husband, because of forgetting meetings, etc.
• stress brought out anxiety
• plagued by persistent self-consciousness when speaking in front of others (turned red), in spite of years of trying (even to ask a question in a meeting).

What movements did you use?

Active TLR, STNR, Palmer and ATNR

What movements were used at home?

All rocking ones, belly crawling, tracking thumb, rocking on hands and knees, cat arches, isometric resists on head for TLR, bicycle circles in the air.

What differences were observed by yourself?

First week -needed about an hour more sleep per night,

• -felt nauseous when doing the rocking ones
• -had trouble getting my head to rock along with the movements

2nd, 3rd, weeks, felt a little more confused in general

After about 2 months I was going to a warehouse to buy supplies, but while driving realized I forgot the invoice with the address on it, and I did not remember the name of the exit. Thinking I would probably end up driving around for an hour, not recognize any signs, and would have to return home without the purchase, as usually would have happened (for years), I was surprised that when thinking about the invoice, suddenly I had a visual picture of it in my mind. I now knew the street and exit (same name) and could go directly there. This surprised and delighted me so much, I started talking and laughing out-loud ( I was alone).

This new, better memory continued to give me visual images of lost items, but due to my long history of not trusting my memory, it took another few months for me to learn to trust it.

Over the next several months

•  I felt differently about myself, but couldn't exactly state why or how. Later I realized I was less self-conscious when talking to others.
• I felt a new strength in my back and neck that went to my core (trunk), although, all I did was my menu of exercises, and brought groceries home in a back pack a few times a week.
• It now felt more normal to sit or stand with good posture, instead of uncomfortable.
• At the time of my father's passing (nine months after starting RMT) I was very emotional. On my 2 day drive to go to the services with my family, I found myself composing a speech to give in front of the congregation, whom I had never met. I did this without writing anything down, as was my practice previously, and even revised it mentally, rearranging parts, which I normally did on paper. Even with a loud movie playing next to my ear (for my nieces and nephews in the car), I was thinking of words to fit an acronym for my dad's name, intermittently while holding conversation with my brother-in-law who was driving. I could not believe this, as I had never done that before. Arriving late the night before the service, I scribbled down the words afraid I would forget them when I stood in front of the church the next morning. I delivered the speech, through tears, making jokes, to the amazement of my siblings, who much appreciated the choice of words as being so appropriate. I attribute this new-found ability to the RMT exercises.
• I had a new ability to plan for meals while shopping for groceries. Previously (30 years) I would typically forget my mental list upon entering the store. Now, I could quickly remember those items and add a few more, deciding when to serve them as I walked quickly to the items. My co-worker commented that it was amazing I could shop so fast.

What is something you learned from working with the client?

• What I thought were a permanent character flaws, were erased by RMT, gradually over one year or more.
• Continuous practice keeps it in place.
• I had more problems than I realized before this healing.