Access Bars

Access Bars is a Modern / Access Consciousness - 32 bar points body system as transmitted through the lineage Access Bars is a contemporary Access Consciousness practice attributed to Gary Douglas in which light touch is applied to named points on the head. The source materials use the points as symbolic repositories for themes such as healing, control, money, and communication; this map condenses the commonly taught 32 bilateral positions into 16 named bilateral pairs.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.

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Primary sources

Gary Douglas and Dain Heer, Access Bars training materials (Access Consciousness practitioner manual, contemporary edition) — Movement-internal source for the named Bars points, bilateral head placement, and light-touch practice instructions; see the illustrated head-point chart and the sections introducing the 32 Bars.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Energy Healing: What You Need To Know (NCCIH, contemporary consumer evidence overview) — Independent evidence and safety context for energy-healing claims; see the sections discussing proposed energy fields, limits of evidence, and the need not to replace conventional care.

Known lineage variants

Access Bars materials describe 32 named head points arranged as bilateral pairs. This file condenses those pairs into 16 representative points to keep the map legible; the coordinates are an editorial front-view projection and do not reproduce a measured clinical head chart.
Access Bars is a modern proprietary wellness practice, not an established anatomical, neurological, or meridian system. Its point names and instructions are preserved as practitioner vocabulary, while the light-touch claims remain claims of the movement's own teaching materials.
Strong efficacy caution: the cited Access Consciousness manual is a practice and promotional source, not a controlled clinical trial. Independent evidence sufficient to establish that touching these points releases emotions, clears trauma, changes biology, or treats disease is not supplied here; these points must not be used for diagnosis, emergency care, or as a substitute for regulated medical or mental-health treatment.
The NCCIH evidence and safety context for energy-healing practices does not validate Access Bars specifically. Any perceived relaxation or subjective benefit may have nonspecific, expectancy, social, or touch-related explanations, and this diagram makes no efficacy or mechanism claim.

Related systems

No other systems share this tradition label.

Points

Healing bar — bilateral head pair
Body bar — bilateral head pair
Control bar — bilateral head pair
Awareness bar — bilateral head pair
Creativity bar — bilateral head pair
Power bar — bilateral head pair
Aging bar — bilateral head pair
Money bar — bilateral head pair
Sexuality bar — bilateral head pair
Communication bar — bilateral head pair
Hopes and dreams bar — bilateral head pair
Form and structure bar — bilateral head pair
Sadness bar — bilateral head pair
Joy bar — bilateral head pair
Kindness bar — bilateral head pair
Gratitude bar — bilateral head pair

Frequently asked

What is Healing bar?

Healing is one of the named Access Bars themes and is represented here by a bilateral head anchor. The point records practitioner vocabulary only; touching it has not been established by the cited sources as a treatment, trauma release, or physiological healing mechanism.

What is Body bar?

Body is a named Access Bars theme and is shown as the paired counterpart to Healing in the head inset. It does not identify a body organ or establish that light touch at this site changes physical health, pain, or body image.

What is Control bar?

Control is a named Access Bars theme associated here with a bilateral head marker. The label is a contemplative metaphor, not a neurological control center, and no evidence in the cited materials establishes that touching it changes behaviour or agency.

What is Awareness bar?

Awareness is a named Access Bars theme and is represented by a paired upper-head anchor. It is not a claim that a touch point produces heightened awareness, altered consciousness, or a measurable cognitive change.

What is Creativity bar?

Creativity is a named Access Bars theme shown as a bilateral front-head marker. It is a symbolic prompt for the practice and not evidence that light touch at the site releases creativity or improves artistic performance.

What is Power bar?

Power is a named Access Bars theme and is mapped as a paired side-head anchor. The term is not a physiological measurement and does not establish that the point increases strength, confidence, or personal influence.

What is Aging bar?

Aging is a named Access Bars theme displayed in the lower head inset. This label does not show a biological aging locus and must not be interpreted as evidence that touching the point reverses aging or changes longevity.

What is Money bar?

Money is a named Access Bars theme represented by a bilateral head anchor. It is not a financial or behavioural control point, and no cited evidence shows that touching it changes income, luck, or material outcomes.

What is Sexuality bar?

Sexuality is a named Access Bars theme and is shown on a bilateral lower-head marker. The label is symbolic and does not identify sexual anatomy, endocrine function, or a validated method for changing desire or sexual health.

What is Communication bar?

Communication is a named Access Bars theme shown as a paired side-head anchor. It is not a speech or language centre, and no cited evidence establishes that touch at this point improves communication or voice.

What is Hopes and dreams bar?

Hopes and dreams is a named Access Bars theme represented by a bilateral head marker. It is a reflective label rather than evidence that the point controls imagination, aspiration, sleep, or future events.

What is Form and structure bar?

Form and structure is a named Access Bars theme and is displayed as the paired counterpart to Hopes and dreams. It does not map musculoskeletal structure or prove that touch at the site changes posture, body shape, or organisation.

What is Sadness bar?

Sadness is a named Access Bars theme shown in the lower head inset. The emotional label does not establish that grief is stored at this point or that touch is an effective treatment for depression, bereavement, or trauma.

What is Joy bar?

Joy is a named Access Bars theme and is represented by a bilateral lower-head marker. It is an attention cue within the practice, not evidence that the site generates happiness or treats a mood disorder.

What is Kindness bar?

Kindness is a named Access Bars theme displayed as a bilateral marker near the base of the head. The label is a contemplative value, not a claim that touch at this site creates prosocial behaviour or resolves interpersonal problems.

What is Gratitude bar?

Gratitude is a named Access Bars theme shown as the paired counterpart to Kindness. It is an optional reflective prompt and not evidence that touching this site induces gratitude or produces a measurable wellbeing effect.