THE STORY BEHIND  SPIRAL UP
I  was fortunate to be brought up by extraordinary parents who, back in the 1940s, were interested in organic farming, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, creative education, spiritual seeking that went beyond the bounds of all religions and yet integrated the high values of each and living a life of service. 

Just before WWII broke out, penniless but filled with ideals, my parents started a progressive school called Long Dene, in a tiny village in a tiny cottage! 
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Chiddingstone Castle
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Polarity Therapy
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Dr Randolph Stone, Polarity Therapy
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John E. Upledger, CranioSacral Therapy
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JR Worsley, 5 Element Acupuncture
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Moshe Feldenkrais, FeldenKrais Method
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Dr Ann Wigmore, Hippocrates Health Institute
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Mary Burmeister, Jin Shin Jyutsu
  • In 1944 with bombs dropping and still penniless, they borrowed $1,500 and bought Chiddingstone Castle in the beautiful Kent countryside. In the middle of the term they moved the school and about 140 children and staff.

  •  In this wonderful environment my parents -- John and Karis Guinness and the staff -- encouraged curiosity, creativity, freedom, play and developing in our own way at our own pace. 

  • Right from childhood I was fascinated by healing and what it takes to be vitally healthy. In my 20s this naturally lead to a plant-based vegetarian lifestyle and a spiritual path of meditation. Reading voraciously on everything to do with health lead to  studies with some of the greats in the field of energy medicine;

  • in the 1970s with Dr. Randolph Stone, who created Polarity Therapy & opened the way for me to understand the Chakra energy system;

  • in the 1980s with J.R. Worsely, a major player in bringing the ancient Five Element System of Chinese Acupuncture to the West; 

  • Dr. Upledger, the first doctor to teach Cranial Sacral work to a non-medical public; 

  • Even a few seminars in the late 1970s with the genius Moshe Feldenkrais, who taught how to re-educate the brain & body through movement. 

  • Ann Wigmore and Mary Burmeister were also influential in my journey, and so many more. 

  • Studying Acupuncture at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute led to a full time Acupuncture practice & time to think more deeply about the cause of stress, pain & lack of health. After years of searching for a panacea for human ills, failures & relationship conflicts, I began to develop the Resonance Repatterning® System (initially called Holographic Repatterning™), which began to take shape in 1989–90.

  • At the same time, I also began to write down in an easy HOW TO format Energizing Options (modalities) from sound, color & light, movement, breath, essential oils & energy contacts (from Jin Shin Jyutsu, Acupuncture, Chakra balancing & left-right brain integration). These pages of notes were finally to result in the present SPIRAL UP book, which has been the mainstay for thousands of Resonance Repatterning students & practitioners all over the world since 1990.
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SPIRAL UP!
In addition to the Energizing Options and the WAYS TO USE SPIRAL UP, you may be interested in
  • THE FOUR CHOICES chapter which gives you a deeper understanding of what makes energizing change possible & sustainable 

  • POSITIVE ACTIONS and the twenty-six categories, is for those who are ready to make some life-style changes.  For instance, there are people with cancer, heart disease, diabetes and arthritis who are now symptom free because they have made the needed life-style changes that support the optimal range of frequencies that result in health. The list of Positive Actions may give you ideas & inspire you to explore new ways for living a healthy pain-free life. On my SPIRAL UP blog site I will be sharing fascinating information on the Positive Actions and how that lead to the vitality of a spiral up life.

  • A SCIENTIST SPEAKS  – Author and scientist James L. Oschman PhD has written two wonderful chapters: The Science of Spirals: a thirty-year adventure and an Afterword to SPIRAL UP! This is amazing information for those who are fascinated by a left-brain understanding of frequencies, spirals & life and a right brain capacity to creatively put it all together in a big picture way. Oschman's chapters show how science is beginning to confirm the complexity of the universe we live in & provide a pointer towards why these Energizing Options work.

  • UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATTING is for those who have not studied Resonance Repatterning® & the Muscle Checking Technique. This chapter gives you a few suggestions on what you can do instead of using the Muscle Checking Technique when using the Energizing Options for yourself, family & friends. 

  • This book is to be enjoyed & used in any way that works for you – a companion that can support you throughout the years & a resource for helping others.