Unlocking Your Body's Wisdom: Holistic Kinesiology & Flower Frequencies with Krista Haskins

Imagine if your body could tell you exactly what it needs to heal—physically, emotionally, and spiritually to support your nervous in it's journey to find peace.

 In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Krista Haskins, founder of Intuitive Mama Wellness and a Holistic Kinesiologist, to explore how to tap into your body’s unique wisdom.

If you’ve been searching for answers beyond traditional blood work or expensive tests, this conversation is for you. Krista breaks down the fascinating science of muscle testing (tapping into the body’s "biocomputer") and how it helps uncover the priority of healing your system needs right now. We also dive deep into the magic of flower frequencies—nature's "liquid affirmations"—and how they can gently regulate your nervous system and shift deep-seated emotions.

Whether you are navigating a chronic health journey or simply want to feel more at home in your body, tune in to discover a new, hopeful path toward finding your peace.

Connect with Krista at intuitivemamawellness.com 

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:02

So welcome back to the Find Your Peace podcast. I'm super excited to have my really good friend Krista Haskins with me today. Krista is the owner and founder of Intuitive Mama Wellness, and she is a holistic kinesiologist, which is so fascinating to me. Krista and I have so much fun. Um, we've hosted a couple of events together. We refer a ton of clients back and forth together. We um lean on each other big time in our own healing journeys, and I'm just super thankful for her. So, Krista, just welcome to the podcast. I'm happy to have you here today.

SPEAKER_00: 0:37

Awesome. Thank you. I'm happy to be here.

SPEAKER_01: 0:39

So tell us about holistic kinesiology. What started Krista's journey on that?

SPEAKER_00: 0:46

Yeah, so holistic kinesiology falls under the applied kinesiology umbrella. So a lot of people probably heard of it as applied kinesiology or more of a layman's term is muscle testing. So that's that's the common terminology. Um, it kind of started back um with chiropractors in the 60s, is where they kind of really figured out a lot of what we use today and have developed that over time, finding like trigger points and things like that. But it helps us to tap into the body's biocomputer and help us figure out what the body needs to uh heal. Um, a lot of what I do is in works with like the body's priority, and there's a certain order of operations that that needs to happen for us to get the healing we're we're going after.

SPEAKER_01: 1:35

Yeah. Um you when you discovered it, like I know I know a little bit of your story, but I feel like there's there's people that need to hear your story. So tell me about like kind of that your bottom rock bottom with your own health. Yeah. And then how how muscle testing came in.

SPEAKER_00: 1:54

Yeah. So I was um running into a lot of health challenges shortly after college. Um, I and it it got the worst when I there was like five days where I wasn't able to keep any food down, and I had some intense side pain where like I was curled up in ball and couldn't talk. And I ended up in the ER and had gallbladder issues, which was really strange for how young I was. Like I didn't fit their normal categories of stuff. Um, but over the course of a week, I had three surgeries, uh, couple bags of blood. Um, at one point they had come out and told my parents I they didn't think I was gonna make it. Like, and I I was so out of it, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't even know that was going on. Yeah. Um, but um yeah, I had some septic reactions and other stuff of what was supposed to be an outpatient surgery and and be pretty run in the mill. And what was crazy about that, even through all of that, I was like, what what what went wrong? Like, do I need to change something? Like, what what's going on? They they really couldn't give me any answers.

SPEAKER_01: 3:06

And so I don't think we've all been there where it's like, what? Like this doesn't just happen. You can't give me the answers of why.

SPEAKER_00: 3:12

And they were like, Yeah, it usually happens to women like that have after childbearing that like are in their 40s and overweight, and like I was like, none of those things. Um, and so there was no there was no satisfactory answers there. And even though like I healed up from surgery, I my health wasn't better. Like I like they took they took my gallbladder and I still was not feeling good. And I after that I started getting a lot of like cystic acne. And so then I was like like embarrassed to show my face in front of people, and there was there was a lot of things that just weren't going well. And I met a friend, I was teaching partner dance at the time, and I met a student who became a really close friend who referred me to an applied kinesiologist chiropractor, and I didn't know what it was, but it had been three years of looking, and I was like, I need to try something else. And so I went and had that session, and he was able to sort of using the muscle testing, determine that the overload in my liver was causing all these other things, and that affected the gallbladder and just the chain reaction of things. He was able to explain it to me in a way I hadn't heard in the traditional medical community and give me like steps to like climb out of that hole that I was in. And and it was like everything just kind of clicked together and made sense to me. And I remember sitting in my car after that appointment and like just sensing, sensing the Lord at that time, being like, This is what you're called to do. And I was like, like this morning I didn't even know what kinesiology was, and now this is what I'm supposed to be doing with the rest of my life. Like, how does that work?

SPEAKER_01: 4:49

So it was it was unless it goes to the Lord, right? Like, yeah, or else did that come from?

SPEAKER_00: 4:55

Yeah, totally. So then it was like this like, well, where do I even get training for this thing? And it it took another few years of like figuring out back when this was happening to me, there wasn't the same amount of familiarity in training. Most most people doing kinesiology back then were chiropractors, and a lot of the training required that that licensing. Um, and eventually I found a program in California, so that's where I did my training. Um, and so now I've been in practice, it'll be 13 years now, this next month.

SPEAKER_01: 5:25

Yeah, so fun.

SPEAKER_00: 5:27

And yeah, it's been it's been great to to learn. I mean, even as I was seeing the kinesiologist, I was learning so much, knowing that that's what I was gonna get into. So I felt like even when I started school, I had like a leg up on people because I already knew how to muscle test and it was just learning systems and how to utilize it. Because I think a lot of people, a lot of people they learn it, they almost learn it like a party trick, like, oh, we can like tap into what the body, the body knows and like or do the lean test, and like like so there's there's quick ways to learn some stuff and you can like get some information, but so much of what makes um I would say a practitioner good at what they do is like how they're utilizing the information and what what questions they're asking and what categories they're putting things in because muscle testing is binary, it's it's uh on or off, a yes or no, and the rest of life is not right, yes. And so you need to be able to rank things and prioritize and know where to go and what categories to like look into.

SPEAKER_01: 6:32

So good. And I have to say, as one of your clients, I have never seen someone apply it the way you do, and just really you also incorporate the spiritual because we know that that can be a big thing. Um you also incorporate the physical, the emotional, and all of those things. And I just I'm blown away by it. So, just really quickly, for anyone that's listening, people, you know, 13 years ago, 15 years ago, nobody knew what a naturopath was, nobody knew what applied kesiologist was, nobody knew what a function functional medicine doctor was. And now, excuse me, now I feel like you can find them everywhere, right? Yeah, so just give a quick, like little description of how you differ.

SPEAKER_00: 7:14

Yes. So with a lot of um functional medicine, naturopath, a lot of that they are going to be utilizing testing. So they'll often do like blood work, stool tests, spit tests. Um, and they're gonna be taking that information along with your intake of symptoms and um making their suggestions based on that.

SPEAKER_01: 7:41

Right. Whereas super expensive.

SPEAKER_00: 7:44

Yeah, and so you're paying for all of those tests one by one.

SPEAKER_01: 7:47

Right, because insurance doesn't cover any of it.

SPEAKER_00: 7:50

Right. And and then you're paying for the consultation for them to interpret the tests, and then you're finally getting to what they think might be a solution based on their you know, training and experience. Whereas with what I love about the applied kinesiology and or holistic kinesiology, as I will call it for myself, muscle testing, is that we're tapping into the the body's biocomputer and getting very specific answers for each individual that doesn't require the blood work, the stool tests, the spit tests. Um, and you're able to um take the funds you might have spent on that and actually put it towards a solution.

SPEAKER_01: 8:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_00: 8:33

Um, and so it kind of reallocates some of the that money that most people don't have sitting around anyway. Right. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 8:40

Um and I can tell you as someone that's seen a naturopath after I had cancer, uh, saw multiple functional medicine doctors after I had Lyme's disease. And I I had success there. I did. Um, but I never felt like I fully was moving forward, right?

SPEAKER_00: 8:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 8:59

And working with you, my favorite part is um you can muscle test me today, and maybe three days from now I'm having a weird symptom, and you can muscle test me again to say, okay, we actually already need to shift gears. And it's not always that extreme three days later, but that is my favorite part is that I don't have to go back to do another blood test and pay another couple hundred dollars, you know, a week later when my body shifted. Um again, you can just muscle test me again, and we can just shift gears in the moment. And it's so specific to each person's journey, right?

SPEAKER_00: 9:37

Um and I think if I could just say too, I think the power of the mind and being able to put ourselves in different situations, we can test within that too. And I think that's one of the things that sets it apart is like blood work, you're getting a snapshot of where the blood was in that moment in time. Right. Um, but with the muscle testing, you can come in and you can say, like, you can like I'll have people come in and like have a list of like the things they want to talk about from since they've been in last. And they'll be like, you know, I was having this sort of indigestion after this is such and such on this day. And I'll be like, okay, think about that scenario. Put yourself in that moment, and then I can muscle test them as if they were still in that moment, and we can get data from that that point in time where you can't do that with blood work, you can't be like, Let me draw blood from when I, you know, had that scenario three weeks ago, right? Uh, but the body holds the memory, and we can we can access that. So it's fascinating.

SPEAKER_01: 10:32

It's so fascinating to me. And as I continue to learn, and the Lord continues to teach me more about the body, like how much of an a role our emotions, our nervous system, our environment, all of those things play a role into it. And you are the first practitioner that I've met um who takes into account all of them. And literally, you're asking the Lord every step of the way, okay, what's next? Like, what's the priority that their body needs right now? And you and I'm not I am not dismissing any functional medicine doctors or naturopaths or anybody that's doing any type of that work. Don't misunderstand me if you're listening to this. However, what I love about Krista is that she takes into account all of them, which can really be a piece of the story, right? Yeah. So so when um I refer a lot of clients to you when we are having trouble working through um some type of emotional things, when the nervous system is dysregulated, and I know that we've worked through what their body's been storing. So talk to us about flowers a little bit and how flower frequencies can help regulate.

SPEAKER_00: 11:38

Yes, yeah. So um, like Jen's saying, I kind of chest a several areas when people come in, and almost everybody's getting some sort of emotional support while they're in session because that's not addressed very much in the rest of life. And so um, one of the common uh solutions that will come up is flower frequencies. And we like culturally, we understand that flowers help shift emotions. We give them at weddings, at funerals, get well, um, Valentine's Day, all that stuff. And uh kind of the science that goes back to uh Dr. Edward Bach in the 30s, where he was like able to um sort of bottle the frequency of a specific flower. So he'd start to collect the flower frequencies and have them in bottles and then start to see like, okay, this shifts this, this shifts that. So over time, over the last like hundred years now, um, there have been multiple people who have collected flower frequencies and then studied like what does this flower shift and support? And so you you know, you can think most people can can put themselves in this position of how you feel when you receive flowers. Yeah. And often people will even have like their favorite flower, something that they're more drawn to, or like there's certain flowers for different things, like some that you're like, yeah, that's that's more of a funeral flower, and this is more of a I love you flower kind of thing. Yeah. Um, and and we have that intuitive sense already. And so what the flower essences or frequencies do is they they take that and they bottle it, and then you can put those drops into your water and sip on it. And I think of it like liquid affirmations, it just washes over you, reminding you at a frequency level of where your body is wanting to shift and move next.

SPEAKER_01: 13:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00: 13:28

Um, whether it's supporting forgiveness or clearing angst or um like supporting confidence or kindness to yourself. Like there's so many different minute details with it.

SPEAKER_01: 13:44

Um we forget our bodies can hold on to those. Like we always think of it as such a mental process, but our body can literally hold on to emotions within our muscles, within our fascia, within our organs. And this can be such a powerful way when we're moving through big stuff to allow those shifts to happen in a way that we're not having to add something extra mentally, right?

SPEAKER_00: 14:09

Right, right. Yeah, and it's nice because it's not uh it it doesn't take much effort, you know. Yeah, you put the drops in your water bottle once in the morning, and if you're sipping on it all day, every time you take a sip, you're getting that frequency reminder, which even those of us that are best intentioned, we're not doing our affirmations that that often.

SPEAKER_01: 14:31

Right. Yeah. And I just have to share this one testimony. So this summer, Krista, um, my whole family was doing a parasite cleanse. And something that we also know about doing parasite things like this is that as parasites die off, like you can have emotional reactions because if you were going through big things at that time in your life, it can release that emotion into your body. And so I was walking through some things related to grief, related to some things from when I was younger because I was having parasite die off, and I was so dysregulated. And I am the nervous system coach, like I have tools, I have all the tools, I was using every tool I had, and I couldn't shake it, right? Could not shake it, and so I made an appointment with Krista, she gave me a new flower. We happened to be seeing each other the next morning, um, and within putting my new flower frequency in my water bottle within about five to ten minutes, I felt a massive shift in my nervous system. So that's like how quickly they can work, right? And it's just incredible. And if if I didn't like I had heard of flower frequencies long before I met you, and I thought they were a bunch of nonsense. I'll be totally honest, right? But I had never had them explained and applied in the way that you were using them. They were just kind of like, well, here's the flower frequencies, pick one that you're drawn to, and then it will change your life, right?

SPEAKER_00: 15:58

Right.

SPEAKER_01: 15:59

Right. And that doesn't, I mean, maybe that works because we intuitively know some things, but what Krista can do is muscle test what my body needs in this moment to be able to shift my nervous system. Um that was that was super powerful for me. So do you have any other favorite testimonies from clients?

SPEAKER_00: 16:17

Yeah, well, I just want to say I think that that's what's key too in what I do differently is pairing the muscle testing with the flower frequencies because most of the companies that are putting out the flower frequencies, they have a lot of like pre-made blends, like use this when you're overwhelmed, or use this when you're dealing with family stuff. And it's and they can be good. Um, but the power of what I do is the custom blends in picking the exact set of flowers that are gonna work for you in that moment. And I have like over 400 flowers here, and so the the combinations that are possible are quite endless.

SPEAKER_01: 16:54

Yeah, yeah, I love it.

SPEAKER_00: 16:55

So that that's kind of cool with that. Um, there's there, yeah, there's so many stories. I have like, you know, kids who aren't sleeping through the night and and they're coming out of, you know, some some of it's coming out of like um like abusive situations where mom's getting out of out of the situation and kid hasn't slept through the night since then, and then put on a flower first night on it, sleeping through the night. I mean, amazing who wouldn't love that that scenario.

SPEAKER_01: 17:23

Well, and if you know anything about the nervous system, like we pick up on what's going on in the people that are closest to us. So if mom's coming out of a stressful domestic abuse type situation, yeah, intuitively that that child is picking up like you see it all the time, like a whole family is dysregulated because they're all feeding off of each other.

SPEAKER_00: 17:42

Yep.

SPEAKER_01: 17:43

One person starts to get regulated, and then they start getting triggered by the others until they start teaching the tools to the other people of the family so they can learn how to be regulated. So it makes absolute sense.

SPEAKER_00: 17:53

Yeah, yeah. I actually just had someone in this morning who was like, I um they had just been on a flower for the first time, and they're like, everything is kind of shifting with with my husband, but it's like kind of blowing up, and I'm like, you she's like, is that normal? It's like, well, it depends on how you're shifting, but yeah, that that can be part of the process. Like when you change, other people then have to change, they're they're getting a different response, and then they have to figure out like how do I change? And so there can be sometimes some shifts that might not seem they can feel messy, they can feel messy, they can feel messy. And it's like if we can get him on a flower too, that's gonna help a lot of things, you know. So yeah, so that's that's you know part of the next part. But yeah, there's so many things, even like so. There can be the major trauma stuff, but there's also, you know, even just like uh more confidence heading into a presentation or like you know, day-to-day stuff, like it it it can be super helpful with traumatic stuff, but it could also be helpful in like day-to-day stuff too. So it doesn't have to be just like a dramatic, traumatic situation.

SPEAKER_01: 18:59

Yeah. Okay, what is your other favorite testimony? Uh do you have one more?

SPEAKER_00: 19:03

Um I had another one where I had a mom who her first child was born out of wedlock, and then they got married, happy little family, and she wanted to have a second child and was dealing with like over a I want to say almost two years of secondary infertility. And so she came to me thinking there'd be, you know, more of a biochemical thing, like uh am I on a nutrient or something like that. But I think it really came down to she hadn't dealt with the like the shame or the grief of the situation from the first pregnancy and like in in Christian communities of being um feeling judged and judging herself for that situation.

SPEAKER_01: 19:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00: 19:44

So we put her on a a flower, and I think she did like two months of two different flowers, and it it was it was pretty quick, pretty darn quick that she got pregnant.

SPEAKER_01: 19:53

It's so amazing.

SPEAKER_00: 19:54

It's so amazing and how yeah, it just shows how much our emotions can affect what's happening in our life.

SPEAKER_01: 20:00

Right. And we can't, we can sometimes we're not even aware of them, right? Which is where the muscle testing can be so incredibly powerful. Cause who would in even their own healing journey? I know the Lord can reveal anything in any way, but who would go into their conscious mind and be like, oh, I'm not getting pregnant because I'm I'm ashamed that I got pregnant out of wedlock before? Like that's not a normal path, right?

SPEAKER_00: 20:22

No.

SPEAKER_01: 20:23

Well, when we partner with the Lord and we partner with muscle testing, we can get to the key of some of these things, and then like the life can change. It's amazing. I love it.

SPEAKER_00: 20:31

And I mean, I've started doing a lot more like testing mass people at conferences and stuff. And it's kind of interesting too because sometimes people will be like, you'll tell them what the flower is for, and they'll be like, Oh, yeah, that makes complete sense. Perfect. And then sometimes people will be like, uh, and then their friend will be standing right next and be like, Yes. Like the friend will be like, That's that totally makes sense. So sometimes you can't see it yourself. And so as much as you're trying to do it on your own, sometimes you just need that outside um like weigh in on what's going on.

SPEAKER_01: 21:02

Well, we all have blind spots, right? Yeah, even in my own healing, like there's a reason I rely on you and other people because as much as I know and I partner with the Lord, like I'm a human being, I have blind spots like we all do. And so when we have other people that can tap into those areas as well and kind of intercede for us, it makes a big difference. So it's so great. I love it. Well, anything else you want to share with anybody listening today?

SPEAKER_00: 21:27

Um yeah, I guess um I would say that the muscle testing is super, super fun to experiment with and learn. And I do run like lay people like muscle testing basics classes if you're interested in learning a little bit more about how to do it yourself and like or even just like what it's all about. Right.

SPEAKER_01: 21:50

It's really fun. I've done it, it's so fun.

SPEAKER_00: 21:52

Yeah, it's like a good intro offering of like trying to do that. And they're also I I uh I did just launch a pathway for people to get flowers of flower frequency without having to be a full-on client of mine. So that's now on the website as well under the flowers page, and so you can you can try that out without going the whole nine yards of intake and all of that.

SPEAKER_01: 22:15

Yeah, I love it. And she can see people remotely, correct? Yes, um, she's one of the only muscle testers I know that that I feel like the Lord's given her permission to do that. So if somebody's like out of state or out of the country, because I know you like to see them in person first, how do you handle that?

SPEAKER_00: 22:33

Yeah, so for an intake, if they're out of state or too far, I'll do a Zoom meeting for the first meeting so we can get to know each other kind of more face to face. Um, and and then usually the follow-ups are done via phone. I'm usually moving around with all the vials and stuff like that. So it's harder to stay right in front of the screen. So, but um essentially I'm using um self-testing and surrogate testing to to test for them remotely. And um it is it's using quantum physics and a bunch of stuff that the average person isn't gonna be able to wrap their head around. Um, but a lot of it really is, it really is Holy Spirit. And um and it helps to have the connection with somebody, like see people in person first if they're if they're local, but if they're not, like I've I've had clients in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, like all over the place. Um and I'll joke too, even that like my client that's closest to me geographically is the one that does pretty much all remote because she's got little kids. And so if you can't get in, you know, like if you're stuck home with little kids, like we can work together remotely as well. And that that is that is a possibility.

SPEAKER_01: 23:52

So yeah, so if you are looking for helper support in any type of emotional in any chronic illness type things, or you just want to improve your health and you're not getting answers outside of that, Krista is your girl. I can't um put my seal of approval on her more. So thanks for being here today, Krista. Yeah, thank you too. Appreciate you and appreciate everything you do. And um, I will link how you can get in contact with Krista in the show notes. So if you are wanting help or support or even just flower frequencies, um, she can do that. It can be such a massive part of regulating your nervous system. Like, like I said, like getting rid of the wounds and the lies and all of that are a huge part of it. But sometimes we're going through bigger things. Um, we just need a little bit of support. I know in my own grief journey that was huge for me to just work through some of the things that were kind of hanging out in my body. Even though I was doing the the work and the ministry and partnering with the Lord, my body was hanging on to some stuff. So it can just be a great way to supplement. So reach out to her if you feel like she's a good fit. I feel like I have my stamp of approval on her. And I just am so grateful to just continue to have people in my circle that partner with the Lord because that's such an important part of the journey. So thanks for being here today.

SPEAKER_00: 25:10

Thank you, Jen.

SPEAKER_01: 25:11

We'll see you next time.

SPEAKER_00: 25:13

Yes.