Indicator Leg

It is time to begin our question and answer session with the inner wisdom that flows through us. By now you should have established a consistent starting point (neutral) with the leg checks. Next, we need to see how balanced and imbalanced present themselves through the leg length. This can also be termed yes and no or positive and negative. Depending on the type of information that you are looking for, any of these terms can be used.

It is important to remember to stay calm, quiet the your mind and breathe deeply during the leg checks. With your intention set on clearly communicating with the energy of the body, gently find neutral. Next, immediately lift your thumbs off of the ankles and simply state either out loud or in your mind’s eye: “Show me imbalanced.” Put your thumbs back on the ankles and compare the leg length to your neutral starting point. Did you see a change? Lift your thumbs off of the ankles then place them down again and find neutral. Take your thumbs off the ankles and make the following statement: “Show me no.” Gently place the thumbs back down on the ankles and look for a shift in leg length. Did you see a change? Try this again with the word negative. Did you see a change?

Repeat the entire above process, this time using the statements: “Show me balanced.” “Show me yes.” & “Show me positive.” Remember to lift the thumbs off of the ankles just before you make each statement and gently place them there right after. Did you see a change from neutral using these statements?

Above Picture Shows "Imbalanced" or "No" using the Leg Checks (Note right indicator leg)

With a little practice, you will notice that when using the statements containing imbalance, no, or negative, one leg will appear to be shorter than the other. We will refer to this “shorter” leg as the indicator leg. The indicator leg, depending on the individual being checked, may be the right or the left. The picture above shows a right indicator leg.

Did neutral and balanced look the same? Don’t be alarmed if you did not see a change between neutral and balanced (yes). They will almost always appear as equal leg length. An example of neutral & yes not showing equal leg length would be when one leg bone is actually shorter than the other (anatomical short leg). This rarely occurs to the extent of interfering with these leg checks and we will discuss how to handle this unusual situation later in detail.