It was 19th-Century English painter and poet William Blake who told us, “The eyes are windows to the soul “

Why is this? 

Our eyes look out to the world through a complex lens, not unlike a camera – a bulb attached via delicate ligaments and muscles. These adjust in small incremental movements in harmony with our more extensive and more robust physical bodily actions.

Our eyes watch and continually reposition as we walk, run, work, relax, cry, love, and live. Our eyes continually give neurofeedback to our brain’s complex computer, sorting, shifting, and filing data – all the while, what we see also impacts our mindset and, as Blake would put it, our soul.  When stressed, reliving traumatic events or stressful memories in our mind, or just generally “stuck in a negative mindset,” our eyes, with their fine motor movements, are the first to witness and supply “all” information to our conscious and unconscious mind.

This remembrance can get ‘locked into our being’ and cause us to relive events that we feel are impossible to get past.  Fortunately, many discoveries have been made along the way concerning the unique movements of the eyes, what they mean to our stress systems, and how we may personally benefit. 

The importance of eye movements to a Kinesiologist 

Many have heard of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), a trauma-release method using eye movements developed by American psychologist Dr Francine Shapiro in 1987 (Shapiro, 2018).  Many do not know that before EMDR took a foothold in Psychology as a treatment option, Kinesiologists were already using them as an effective tool for defusing a person’s conscious and unconscious emotional stress after muscle monitoring had discovered stress held in a client’s eye muscles and ligaments.

In fact, at the time of writing this article, Kinesiologists have been utilising eye-movement methods as a correction for 40 years. This article, as well as this video on the Eye-motional Processes™ YouTube Channel, explains more.

The origins of Eye Movement-Based Kinesiology

The origins of eye movement-based Kinesiology were influenced by Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) founders Richard Bandler and John Grinder, who, in 1979, discovered that eye positions access different parts of the brain and relate to how we process sensory information and communicate with others (Grinder, 1979). From 1982, methods using the eyes became an effective tool in Kinesiology when the founder of Applied Kinesiology, Dr. George Goodheart, discovered they helped defuse a client’s stressful memories (Dewe & Dewe, 1987-1999).  In 1985, Dr. Wayne Topping, founder of Wellness Kinesiology Institute, added that eye movements, when combined with the other senses, such as touch, auditory and visual, increase the success of stressful emotion diffusion in the client (Topping, 1985). He was also the first Kinesiologist to do eye rotations as corrections, rather than just eye positions on their own (Topping, 1985). 

Developments in Eye Movement-Based Kinesiology

Developments continued in 1986 when Three-in-One Kinesiology founders Gordon Stokes and Daniel Whiteside recognised the importance of the muscular system cradling the eye; discovered that different eye positions access different emotional states; and found a connection between where the eyes were positioned immediately after a traumatic emotional injury or stress. (Stokes & Whiteside, 1986 and 2001). Building on these professional discoveries for Kinesiologists working with clients with learning and development, in 1998, John Thie, founder of Touch for Health, determined that specific open-eye movements displayed stress patterns in a client experiencing learning difficulties (Thie, 1999).

Advancing on the professional discoveries of Goodheart, Topping, Stokes, and Whiteside, in 1999, significant developments in the professional Kinesiology arena began to emerge.  In early 1999, Dr. Sheldon Deal, the International College of Applied Kinesiology co-founder, determined that eye-rotations act like windscreen wipers to clear existing stress records in the brain so a person may move forward in their lives (Deal, 1999). In the same year, Dr. Bruce Dewe and Joan Dewe (MD), co-founders of the International College of Professional Kinesiology Practice, discovered that when other Kinesiology techniques, like temporal tapping, were combined at the same time the client was also doing eye rotations, it defused negative emotional charges in clients. (Dewe & Dewe, 1987-1999 and 1999-2000).

 Eye movement Based Kinesiology for stress and trauma release

Through their discoveries, these Kinesiology professionals, and others, have created various Kinesiology methods and Balances where ‘Eye positions, eye rotations, and Visual pathways are applied as ways to defuse any eye muscle patterning which has become fixated as stress within a client’s mindset, towards a place of ease and equilibrium (Vale, 1993).  Based on the historical research of Clinical Kinesiologists since 1982, it is understandable why eye movements have been and still are an effective Kinesiology method for clearing fixated stress, trauma, and complex emotional states in clients.

Eye movements, Kinesiology Methods and Proffessional Practice  

In 2013, Internationally Accredited Kinesiologist Amanda Lynne advanced upon the earlier work of Kinesiologists Goodheart, Topping, Stokes, Whiteside, Deal, Thie, Dewe & Dewe to create a Modern Kinesiology method which applies eye movements, muscle testing, and energy frequencies, and auditory processing into her Kinesiology-Meditations called Eye-motional Processes™.      

Eye-motional Processes™ provides individuals and Practitioners with an easy-to-use tool called The 6 Processes© that provides access to these methods for home and clinic use. The 6 Processes© and accompanying Chart of Emotions© were created in 2013, have been tested on over 100 case studies, and are used Internationally by thousands of individuals

Amanda Lynne’s Modern Kinesiology-Meditation Processes© make brain rewiring accessible as a clinical tool for practitioners and a home-use tool for individuals seeking affordable, self-guided stress and trauma release methods that provide sustainable, changeable results for the listener. Individuals seeking professional guidance and deeper release through the application of Processes© can attend an online or face-to-face Brain Rewiring Coaching Session with a trained Eye-motional Processes™ Brain Rewiring Coach.

Become a Trained Eye-motional Processes™ Brain Rewiring Coach

This Level 1 Brain Rewiring Coaches Course is the foundational certification for qualified mind, body, and wellbeing professionals, as well as coaching professionals, who want to integrate Eye-motional Processes™ Brain Rewiring Methods into their client work.

Learn how to identify and rewire unconscious emotional stress patterns, limiting beliefs, and hidden mindset blocks using structured, trauma-aware Brain Rewiring protocols developed by the Founder, Amanda Lynne.

Upon successful completion, you’ll qualify as a Certified Level 1 Eye-motional Processes™ Brain Rewiring Coach