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Hi, Janet —
I doubt the Church has made any statement on BodyTalk itself (which I've never heard of myself) because it is probably too new. She has made general statements on the New Age movement; look for a document called:
- Jesus Christ, The Bearer Of The Water Of Life
from the Pontifical Council for Culture and Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
A Christian reflection on the “New Age” [Vatican] [EWTN]
and
- Letter To The Bishops Of The Catholic Church On Some Aspects Of Christian Meditation
from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [Vatican] [EWTN]
Looking at the BodyTalk System web site, I see that it is based on the principle that:
"Every single cell, atom, and system is in constant communication with every other cell, atom and system within the bodymind complex at all times."
This is just factually untrue. While it is true that what happens to one part of the body often impacts other parts of the body, it's not like there is a direct like of communication between my toe and earlobe such that they are "communicating" with each other "at all times". The article also refers to communications through "meridians and the electromagnetic frequencies that are produced by the body through its functioning" — this is a big tip-off to me, because these alternative medicine frauds love to invoke electromagnetic energy to explain their treatments.
"Meridians" is a spiritual concept that ties in with the alleged interconnectedness of the body. They also talk about "energy-based techniques", which is another red flag. The whole things sounds very New Agey to me. You yourself seemed to recognize this. If it's New Agey, I would avoid it.
For more details, you might call into a Catholic Answers Live radio show with Sharon Lee Giganti who is a New Age expert. She is next up on Monday at 3pm PDT or 6pm EDT, EWTN Radio.
The call-in number is 888-318-7884. She has a web site at:
Eric
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