So I stuck these balloons up my nose, and…

Supplies (available at any medical supply store, and some drugstores):

1. A blood pressure bulb, like the kind they use to take your blood pressure with. Just the bulb, the cuff isn’t used.

2. Some small finger cots. They look like tiny condoms. I use the medium or large finger cots. I eventually graduated to thicker balloons, but that’s not necessary in the beginning. Any balloon you use has to be condom-shaped, with no bulge at the end.

3. a small (extra-small) popsicle stick, or some flat rounded-end tooth picks, available at any grocery store.

4. Lubricant (I use saliva on myself, or aloe-vera gel. Don’t use something that could irritate your sinuses.)

Procedure.

A. Decide which passage you will inflate. I use muscle-testing, by rolling a dice behind me, then muscle-testing (without having looked at the dice) to see if the face that landed up is the passage to inflate. I assign the passages as follows–left upper=1, left middle=2, left lower=3, right lower=4, right middle=5, right upper=6.

B. I then muscle test using a 12-sided die, same procedure, to see which head position I will use. Looking up, middle, or down, with the head facing left, right, or facing front. Two other possibilities include the head inclined to the left or right shoulder, facing streight. That’s a total of 11 positions.

C. I test for whether the mouth should be open, or shut with the teeth clenched.

D. You could also test for which direction to look with the eyes, or whether to breath in or out, or hold the breath. I haven’t tried those yet.

E. I put some lubricant on the balloon, open the valve (by unscrewing it), use the toothpick or popsicle stick to slide it into the correct passage (until you cannot slide it in any more without the metal part of the bulb going inside your nostril–don’t slide past the point of pain), then lie back, assume the correct head position, close the valve, and start pumping until bones start to move around.

F. After your bones move some, you quickly deflate the balloon and pull it out.

You will probably want to gently explore your nose (inside) with the popsicle stick to see where the passages are before you do any inflating. It takes some practice to hit the correct passage every time.

There is a video of the procedure at

http://www.ncrdoctors.com/video_broadcast.htm,

and Dr. Adam Del Torto also provides a free video at

http://www.ncrdoctors.com/doctorspages/del_torto/index.htm

There is a book and several other videos (I bought the book . but haven’t bought the videos) at

http://www.ncrdoctors.com/ncr_books_and_videos.html

Take it easy with this, and realize that “intention is everything”. The wrong intent with this procedure can hurt you. I have found this out throught personal experience. A meditative attitude really helps while doing the inflation.

I have done up to 18 inflations per day, and over 100 per month on myself, and I recently worked up to the equivalent of 14 finger cots (I use thicker balloons now.) I don’t recommend that you do this much on yourself in the beginning. It is somewhat intense, and it helps to be patient with the shifts in yourself/your skull. It really can be life-changing.

I am looking for some REALLY thick balloons, about 6-12 times thicker than the finger cots. If anybody knows of any, post about it or email me.

Dr. Howell has a very specific method of testing which I do not use any longer. Dr. Adam Del Torto’s video explains it pretty well.

Most Doctors who do this procedure also do a deep muscle massage beforehand. I usually do guided relaxation on myself instead, but I ahve heard that the abdominal massage is very useful in letting the balloons work their best. It releases the deep abdominal tension that keeps the spine out of alignment, and thus allows the skull to sit straighter on the spine.