Natural Health / Self Development / Kinesiology / Healing / Holistic Health / Wellbeing / Fulfillment
Releasing April 2022
Publisher: Serapis Bey Publishing
This book takes you on an adventure of personal development through the detective work of Creative Kinesiology. Muscle testing gives us the powerful tool we need to delve into any problem. It allows the body to show us what is going on physically, emotionally and in our feelings, with the mind and the spiritual self. Using maps of the body, subtle energies and clues to the problem gives the tracker the direction of healing. Working creatively with the person and their intent for healing gives us all we need for healing and inner work to begin and continue. We look at the way the latest discoveries from the scientific world add new perspectives on the way the body systems work – or don’t. Plumbing the depths of our being takes us to the reasons for our stress and anxiety – the traumas, large and small that can create problems in any part of us, including the digestive system, the brain and the nervous system. We may have lost our ability to look forward and reach for our visions and dreams. Help is there for us; in the exercises and techniques we can use for ourselves; some are introduced in the book. Increasing our awareness of the body’s messages can give us the healing impetus to help ourselves and can take us to practitioners, both in the natural health world and in the medical profession.
Discover this gentle and powerful approach to healing and health for yourself as you read the book – a healing journey in itself.
Interview
Can you tell us a little about the process of getting this
book published? How did you come up with the idea and how did you start?
This has been a very long process:
I have been talking about writing a book for years! I was encouraged by
clients, students and colleagues – one even said she could see a book in me!
The ideas have been there in my
teaching, natural healing work and work with colleagues. I started writing some years back and probably
decided to write an actual book four years ago.
It has been a long time coming to fruition. Along the way I have found some great help
and support, which was essential.
The push behind writing a book was
that I wanted to put across how Creative Kinesiology can help with any kind of
problem. This approach restores balance in the body, mind, emotions and spirit
of the person and enables people to move on in their lives – to whatever goals
and ambitions they may have.
I am still not entirely sure who
the book is aimed at – but certainly to kinesiologists as well as people
interested in natural healing and health
This is how I have written the book
– as if the person reading it is with me having a session, taking them through
the process of healing. Together we
explore the methods used – particularly the use of muscle testing which gives
feedback from the body. This tailors the maps and techniques to the person who
is seeking help. The book takes us to the dark and difficult places that may
come from ancestors, the past and the deep mysterious places in the body, like
the gut and the workings of the nervous system. And it takes us out to the
other side – the place of healing and realising our dreams and visions for
life.
What surprised you most about getting your book published?
Two things really:
One - seeing my name on the cover
of the book, having opened it after it came through the letterbox and
Two – seeing that the ebook version
had made it to the bestseller list on Amazon in just a few days and
Three – learning about the
self-publishing process and finding wonderful help in getting there.
I have been so thrilled to have the
support of so many people in launching the book, it has been and still is wonderful. This was not exactly a surprise but a source
of absolute delight.
Tell us a little about what you do when you aren’t writing
Where shall I start? My family is very important to me. My two daughters, grandchildren, sister and
the rest of the family. I spend great time with all of them.
I have daily time with my cats –
two amazing Bermans who look like cappuccino coffee. And are fabulous
companions.
I walk around East Devon where I
live and holidays for me are always walking holidays – as I write this, I am in
North Devon for a week exploring the dramatic coastline with my sister and
brother-in-law.
Tai Chi was a brilliant discovery –
it is such a gentle martial art that is also a great meditation. I have an enthusiastic teacher who helps me
keep my form on track.
I spend a lot a lot of time in my
garden – sitting and musing as well as encouraging growth of flowers,
vegetables and life in all its forms.
Some of the practices I learnt from
the time I spent training in shamanic healing help me enormously. Particularly
the allies I work with and the spiritual help I can call on through the altars
I have set up in my home – they inspire me continually
I sew, read novels and love to
catch up with the latest dramas and series on TV.
And of course, I see friends and
loved ones as well as clients who come for sessions – in person as well as on
zoom these days.
As a published author, what would you say was the most
pivotal point of your writing life?
I went up a lot of blind alleys
before I found the way through, but then I realized there were people who could
help me – key people. And the whole thing
has been a steep learning curve – and I am still learning.
·
Penny, my dear friend and colleague helped me
flesh out my ideas and come up with a structure for the book. She then introduced
me to a publisher about 4 years ago.
They were interested but unfortunately for me, were taken over by a
company that wasn’t. This was a
disappointment! Then I discovered the world of self-publishing. And after some
investigation I discovered my next pivotal person.
·
Wendy, my editor, has been such a support,
offering not just technical and editorial help but also first-class
encouragement. The book is all the better for her help. Wendy introduced me to
the next pivotal person.
·
Parul of Serapis Bay publishing offered me help
with ‘hybrid’ publishing. This offered
me the chance to work with her on the publication (through Amazon) of the book
and on the launching process. This
interview is part of that process.
Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that
is?
I get my best ideas from other
people – particularly from my work with clients and students. This is the
bedrock of my writing life!
I also get ideas from the world of
science. These days scientists are
prepared to make their research available to the lay public – like me! And
there have been such interesting findings that are so relevant to our
lives. For instance, work on the gut
microbiome, the vagus nerve and the rhythms of the heart.
I have some meditative time every
day, with tai chi, walking and actual mediation that helps ideas to surface and
form into something presentable.
What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?
Most recently I felt the rejection
from publishers as a criticism. But it has worked out really well as I like the
self-publishing process and am enjoying working with Parul and the people who
are helping me to launch the book.
There have been challenging students
over the years – ones who knew best and ignored what I was attempting to put
across; ones who didn’t listen and ones who actually had brilliant constructive
things to say in their criticism. I
remember introducing the work on ancestral energy with one group – and we were
focusing on the negativity we could inherit from our ancestors (this was in the
days before science knew that we could in fact inherit anything at all from our
ancestors and that it could affect the way our DNA works). This particular student pointed out that we
also inherited lots of very good stuff from our ancestors – which of course is
true. This brought me up short and made
me evaluate the way I should teach and present the ancestral aspect of Creative
Kinesiology work.
Perhaps the most obvious tough
criticism for my writing work has been from me – My inner critic is a strong
one. In response I have been developing
my inner champion – to match the wonderful friends, family and colleagues who really
do champion me and the work I do.
What has been your best accomplishment as a writer?
I have developed very many manuals
for students over the past 35 years. I
consider these to be some of the best accomplishments in my working life.
But at the moment I feel it has
been such a huge accomplishment to actually complete my book and the publishing
process. And there it is on the best
sellers at Amazon for ebooks!! Amazing.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
I have many ideas swirling
around. But none are unpublished or
half-finished, they are simply ideas.
This is for the future – I do love
writing and as long as my work develops there will always be something to write
about. And for me writing is all about
people – the people I work with and ways that lives can be helped with natural
healing.
About the Author
Carrie Jost started her working life as a town planner and after having two
beautiful daughters she moved on to become a community worker. When this
work was coming to an end, she changed direction to work in the field of
natural health and wellbeing and has continued ever since. Carrie has been a
practitioner and teacher since 1987. She describes herself as a
kinesiologist and has also trained as a psychotherapist and shamanic healer,
as well as studying many other bodywork and energy work methods. Bringing
these different approaches to health and wellbeing together has been her
life’s work and vocation for more than thirty years.
She established the UK’s School of Creative Kinesiology in 1990 and was involved in setting up the Kinesiology Federation in the UK in 1991.
Carrie has worked with hundreds of people during the years; has trained many practitioners and teachers; and thoroughly enjoyed the entire process. Even though she is now an elder, she still sees clients and teaches. She also plays a part in the continuing journey of Creative Kinesiology.
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