A year before the accident, when Mother had first heard of muscle testing and energy work, she'd dismissed both as wishful thinking.

车祸发生的前一年，母亲第一次听说肌肉测试和能量工作，觉得那全是人的一厢情愿。

Now Mother said that healing was spiritual and limitless. Muscle testing, she explained to me, was a kind of prayer, a divine supplication.

现在母亲却说治疗有关精神，不受限制。她向我解释说，肌肉测试是一种祈祷，一种神圣的祈求。

Mother used muscle testing to experiment with other methods of healing. Diagrams of chakras and pressure points appeared around the house, and she began charging clients for something called " energy work" .

母亲还用肌肉测试来试验其他疗法。家里到处都是穴位和压力点的示意图。她开始向顾客收取" 能量工作" 的费用。