 George Goodheart, DC, founder of Applied Kinesiology, died in his home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, March 6, 2008. A mass was held at the Catholic Church that he attended in his community, and he was given Military Honors for his service in WWII. As Wally Schmitt said in his eulogy, "Dr. Goodheart was a regular person, a great man, a spiritual man and a genius." He was a physician's physician who delighted in the challenge of helping people, and often said he was amazed that people paid him for doing what he loved to do. The legacy of his clinical and intuitive genius continues worldwide through the International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK), as well as in the fields of TFH, Energy Kinesiology, Energy Psychology and many others.George Goodheart truly was a great man, by virtue of his ability to be a regular man, present in the lives of those close to him, and also a Father to so many in chiropractic, AK, and even to so many who never knew him, but through his work found new growth, strength, hope and renewed life. He will certainly be missed, and because of how he lived, and who he was, he will be remembered, and our lives will continue to be enriched by his existence, his life, his example and his inspiration. |
When John Thie read of Dr. Goodheart's ideas in the 1960's, he quickly recognized that George was onto something new and valuable. John always counted it a blessing and a great honor to have known Dr. Goodheart, and to have played a part in organizing the Goodheart Study Group Leaders and the ICAK. Many of you may recall that the TFHKA honored Dr. Goodheart for his lifelong achievements at their 2005 conference in North Carolina. It was a great reunion of leaders and innovators from AK and Energy Kinesiology, and it meant a lot to John to have George at what was to John's last TFH conference.
Dr. Goodheart's was the consummate gentleman and a loving father; a 'regular guy' who was very kind and courteous, and was also known for the trademark Porsche that he drove. Dr. Schmitt told of how George, in his personal, clinical and teaching activities, would often begin with a prayer, acknowledging the source of life, creativity and healing. George also had a wry sense of humor and punctuated his conversation, lectures and therapies with a warm and friendly banter that expressed his humility, zest for life, and sense of both wonder and fascination with the marvel of creation and the human being.
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