Sunday, May 2, 2010

Season of Spring ...How to Crawl out of your Winter Shell

I teach Asian theory and their way of medicine. As the seasons change, so do our bodies.
I am now teaching classes about Spring and how this season is effecting our bodies/minds/spirits...
So lets start with the organs in our bodies that are effected by Spring, they are the gallblader and liver.
These organs process the toxins we built up through the winter, so to assist with detoxification, the quickest way is through the skin. A good workout, sweating in a steam or sauna or if you don't have access to that you can sit in a hot tub for 20 minutes with 10-15 drops of each pure essential oil.
The oils of grapefruit,


 palmarosa,


 and cypress


These oils help to stimulate and tonify the gallbladder and liver.
The emotion of gallbladder/liver is anger. So if anyone you know has a liver or gallbladder condition, you may see signs of unreasonable anger. Handling your emotions are just as important as your diet, exercise and environmental conditions. If unable to do so, the body will suffer. So here are a couple of tips on how to understand the emotion of anger and help control it:
Deep Breathing, Use self-talk to calm yourself , Imagery – Visualize a calming place or experience and Stretch shake off the negative body memories
If you are unable to do this on your own, or if this just doesn't seem to help, you may have to reach out into the community of healers that deal with emotional issues. Sometimes all you need is a safe place to embrace and understand this emotion, once you understand what it is, its easier to let it go.

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