In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library.

Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller • March 29, 2021

In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library. They came across an old book that had been donated to the library in which the importance of having a good relationship with gravity was discussed. 

In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library. They came across an old book that had been donated to the library in which the importance of having a good relationship with gravity was discussed. 

They were the senior a principal practical tutors at the McTimoney college of chiropractic. They had been asked to develop a post-graduate training course for the chiropractors. As no mention of the importance of gravity had been in their training and, in fact the training they were delivering. They thought that this needed to be explored further and might make a post-graduate training course.

The book was written by LaMar Rosquist. Sue and Allyn finally tracked him down and in 1998 went to America to train with him.

When LaMar learned of our history as chiropractic tutors he asked us to do his tutor training course and teach the technique on his behalf in Europe. We used the technique exclusively in one of our clinics for 6 months to assess how effective it would be. They were so enamoured with the results they were getting that they agreed to be train others and started teaching the technique in 1998.

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