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Respect Your Body By Providing It With Healthy Feng Shui Remedies
Improving your health through Feng shui is one of the first things to consider when you’re considering usig feng shui in your space. It does not matter whether your health is undergoing problems for a some time now or is simply slightly out of balance, feng shui can be an effective way to improve your health and will help raise the energy levels of your body.
Using feng shui guidelines for the improvement of your health should always be based on priorities, since you need to establish a solid foundation in order for higher feng shui remedies to work for you.
If you skip the fundamental processes of feng shui for health, you can never hope to advance to much higher feng shui cures.
Just as a woman applies the best quality make-up that will make her skin appear healthy for a long time (if the skin is not properly cared for and cleansed on a daily basis), the same goes for more advanced cures for feng shui health.
To produce a positive feng shui groundwork for a chi-positive home, one has to begin with certain feng shui health fundamentals.
Here are a Few Simple Feng Shui Basic Steps in order to Attain Good Health
There are three definite feng shui priorities that can promote vibrant health in a home:
- Adequate natural light: Aside from allowing as much natural light as possible to enter your home, you also need to be aware of the importance of a smart and intelligent indoor lighting system. You will immediately sense a positive change in your wellbeing and health once you take care of the quality of light your home receives. Light is our most important nutrient, so be smart and provide your body with adequate light nutrition. As color is a component of light, this also involves the prudent use of feng shui colors.
- Good and quality fresh air: More often than not, good quality air is overlooked in most homes which unfortunately can weaken the resident’ health over the course of time. Good quality air is actually the most important priority in feng shui health. To allow good quality air to constantly fill your home, use air purifiers and essential oils to clear the air, open the windows to allow poor air to escape and fresh air to enter, and place air-purifying plants in your area, among other suggestions. To find solutions for fresh air in your home, do whatever it takes; the feng shui foundation for well-being and health is by regularly breathing in clean and fresh air.
- A space free of clutter: The extremely important aspect of feng shui called clutter clearing is often postponed or ignored in favor of “flashier” feng shui remedies. Be aware that no amount of feng shui plants, positive feng shui colors, or wind chimes can neutralize the depressing and low energy of clutter in your house. You simply need to take care of your clutter, as it saps energy out of you consistently.
Once all of these health priorities have been taken care of, one can begin utilizing finer point feng shui remedies that are grounded on the energy of the 5 elements.
For instance, when you place a Water feng shui element like a fountain or a Wood feng shui element like fresh green plants in the East bagua part of your home, it will bring about positive feng shui chi or energy to your health.
You can deliver the energy of the essential feng shui elements in your space through colors (for the Water element, black or blue, and for the Wood element, brown or green) if there’s no way to place a water feature or plants in your space.
You can also deliver in your space the required feng shui elements using art that depicts lush greenery and/or a body of water (a waterfall, bay, lake, ocean, river, etc.). Strategic placement of mirrors can also add to the feng shui element of Water in your house.
Know your best feng shui directions and your Kua number and consider rearranging your bed, and desk so that while you sleep or work, you are facing the most positive directions.
Always keep in mind the view you first see when you open your front door or when you open your eyes after waking in bed. These details might seem trivial to you, but they set the energy of feng shui your will body receive through the course of the day. Because our bodies are consciously aware of all these things, every detail and item is important.
Give your body the dignity and respect it deserves by giving it the energy of joy and beauty – eventually, this will attract good well-being and health.
Emily Farish is a licensed acupuncturist in Spokane, WA with advanced training in modern acupuncture techniques and traditional Asian therapies.
Solutions And Problems In Craniosacral Therapy
The complexity and clarity of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) are the same: non-doing, listening, and being present.
This therapeutic technique works with the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) surrounding the central nervous system (CNS). The central nervous system’s waste is eliminated by the CSF and supplies the system with nutrients, among other functions. The CNS monitors all information entering into a person, and provides directions for responses. For instance, when the hand touches a hot plate, its nerves dispatch messages to the CNS. The CNS then processes this information and normally responds by quickly removing the hand from the plate. Also, when a normal person sees another person suffering, the CNS processes and reacts with the desire to help the person or responds with fear, sadness, or other emotions.
When there are no restrictions to CSF flow and when it flows smoothly, the central nervous system functions normally and the psyche and body are healthy. We have difficulty reacting healthily to the events in our lives when our central nervous system is overworked.
In every individual, health is present at all times. But when a dysfunction of some kind occurs, whether as a response to the environment, to life events or as a result of physical trauma, emotional injury often occurs. In craniosacral therapy, the practitioner focuses on the patient’s health and not only on the dysfunction. He may determine how a person is manifesting health and then summon the body to help spread its health. The practitioner focuses on what works rather than what doesn’t. He focuses on the area where CSF flows optimally, and then generate compassion for the parts where it has problems. With his help, the practitioner can enable the body to be conscious of its own strength, its own healing power and its own health.
All one needs to do is listen but we need to get quiet within ourselves, and be truly present to another individual. This implies listening with our ears as well with our psyches, minds, bodies, and hands; in other words, with our entire being. There will be no room for judgment or preconceived ideas when we really listen. We naturally stop trying to make unpleasant things go away, stop trying to find a problem, and stop trying to fix things when the only objective is listening.
One great thing about listening is, it enables the body to lets its guard down and relaxes. This promotes a fluency of expression, and its sorrows, joys, and strength can be clearly communicated by a relaxed body. In addition, the body starts to listen to itself, hearing its own profound truth and own subtle messages. The body contains the blueprint for its own health since it has all the wisdom it needs to develop and thrive; and when the practitioner joins in the listening, it hears the real reasons on how dysfunctions developed. For health to replace dysfunction, the things needed for healing should be recognized and implemented.
Wonderful effects are experienced by the patient when his CSF is worked on. As the chatter inside decreases, the body falls into an altered state of consciousness where a more soulful, more profound wisdom is manifested, a wisdom that both the practitioner and client can discern.
Good listening is assisted by a knowledge of pathology, physiology, and anatomy. The more information is brought to the table, the easier it is for a practitioner’s listening-being to reach areas of the patient’s body and listen to what is there. If you have been to a symphony concert, you may choose to listen to a certain musician, to a particular instrument, or to the fullness of the music. This also applies to the body: a person can go with the awareness of his heart and then just listen to what the heart has to say or he can simply listen to the whole symphony.
If all these sounds strange to you, let me cite a couple of cases from my practice. I had an 80 year old female patient who was suffering from a whiplash injury which happened while riding a taxi. She presented with a rigid body, and at the onset of our work together, she told me a lot about her life, and how she became preoccupied with everything that was well and good. She was lonely and had few friends since her values were rigid. After treating her neck for a number weeks and listening to its tense and tight muscles, and when the muscles are relaxed, space began to arise between her vertebrae. The patient began talking about life and death and all sorts of things. She said that she started befriending another lady nearby and became more open to her neighbors. When the treatments ended, the female patient commented that CST made her feel that more flexible and that she doesn’t anymore experience pain in her muscle and joints.
Another patient who was suffering from lower back pain told me about her inability to find closure for a relationship that had ended. She rose from a restful deep place, opened her eyes and asked if what I am doing has got anything to do with letting go? While listening to her pelvic floor, my patient felt more at peace and with two additional sessions found closure with the ended relationship.
At the heart of craniosacral therapy, there is finding health, non-doing and listening and although there are other modalities that can be applied as well, these three basics provide adequate challenges for a lifetime, while opening us every moment to the ease and joy of our own true selves.
Eastern Healing Solutions, LLC
10875 Grandview St #2200
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 549-4322
http://www.overlandparkacupuncturist.com
Moxibustion Therapy For A Wide Variety Of Disorders
A type of TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicine in Winter Park mode of treatment that aids in dispersing damp and cold from the body, moxibustion therapy is used to address a variety of health issues, including poor digestion, flu and colds, and pain and aches.
What is Moxibustion?
Moxibustion involves the igniting of a ubiquitous weed known as Mugwort. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners turn the mugwort to moxa which is shaped into smokeless compressed cones and sticks, raw grain-sized pieces or cigar-like moxa sticks. Mugwort, in TCM, is considered to have bitter, acrid, and warm properties and is used in a lot of herbal prescriptions. When it’s burned, mugwort has a warming quality useful for treating damp and cold conditions within the body. It also helps warm the meridians or energy channels inside the body. The acrid and bitter attributes of Mugwort can help rectify the blood and chi, expel phlegm and eliminate stagnation. Moxibustion is widely used as a complement to acupuncture, since it is used to promote circulation of blood and chi at acupoints on the body that are chosen for their particular function. The two most common moxibustion techniques used by practitioners are indirect moxibustion and direct moxibustion.
How is Moxibustion Therapy Done?
Practitioners sometimes burn raw moxa directly on acupoints in order to set off the function of the acupoint. The moxa (in the form of a moxa roll) may be burnt over the acupoint in order to indirectly warm the energy channel and acupoint. In order to heat a body part such as the back or stomach, moxa may also be placed in a moxa box. Along the energy channel or meridian, the moxa may also be rubbed in a tiger or lion warmer or attached to the top tip of an acupuncture needle that has been inserted into the skin to enhance the stimulation of an acupoint.
Direct moxibustion may be utilized to energize certain acupoints; scarring moxibustion works by burning an acupoint so that it may be constantly stimulated in order to facilitate and augment the healing process. When a larger region such as a muscle group or meridian is to be treated, indirect moxibustion may be used. This type of moxibustion is also favored in the treatment of children. Burning moxa on salt or ginger or other special techniques can also be used. You don’t need to be worried about the burning issue of the therapy because when performed by a skilled and qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, moxibustion is very safe. Due to the risk of dizziness or swelling, some acupoints on the body may not be appropriate for moxibustion; nonetheless, the practitioner will first analyze any risk factors before going through with the therapy.
What Conditions that can be treated with Moxibustion?
Moxibustion is used for disorders such as:
- sports injuries
- sexual dysfunction
- poor memory or concentration
- painful periods
- pain that worsens with cold
- frozen shoulders
- food stagnation or diarrhea and other digestive disorders
- flu and colds
Five Amazing Benefits Of Tui Na Massage Therapy
Are you desperately seeking a way to alleviate those pains and aches and eliminate that stress out of your body? Perhaps, the answer you are looking for lies in the ancient Chinese massage therapy called Tui Na. Tui Na works by restoring energy balance to your body. It often leaves people feeling energized, whole, and relaxed both on the inside and out.
Here are some of the benefits people can expect when getting Tui Na massage therapy:
- It is enduring – The benefits of this therapy tend to last a long time. Although a lot of people prefer getting regular sessions with massage, they’re expected to experience the difference for a long time and instantly with this form of therapy. Since each person is unique in one way or another, you are required to consult with your doctor first regarding your state of health because the techniques used in tui na therapy is different for each person. A good therapist customizes the treatment based on a person’s unique constitution.
- It can be used for a wide range of problems – Tui Na has shown to work very well for all types of ailments including arthritis, pains and aches, high blood pressure, reproduction problems, depression, weight gain, sprains, headaches, and many more.
- Boosts the circulation of blood, oxygen, and energy – This form of combined Chinese therapy generally works by enhancing the function of all the systems of the body and increases blood flow, making sure that healthy energy flows in a balanced way.
- It can be relaxing – Nothing compares to a soothing and relaxing massage. Tui na is basically a kind of medical therapy that soothes the muscles whilst working away the cramps and kinks in the body through rolling, rubbing, pressing, kneading, and patting procedures. What’s more, all these are done with care and intention so that the client won’t feel any pain, although certain areas may be uncomfortable, but this tends not to last. You’ll leave the session feeling reinvigorated and refreshed.
- It is all natural – If you’re feeling run down or in pain, you’ll probably take some kind of medication, which may include caffeine, to improve your body and mood. With Tui Na, you don’t need to put painkillers and chemicals into your body; rather, you’re increasing the positive energy flow within and massaging the toxins away from your body. Tui na massage therapy is all natural (and you don’t have to spend money on Ibuprofen).
Ling’s Acupuncture, Inc.
120 Gatlin Ave
Orlando, FL 32806-6908
(407) 851-2533
http://www.lingsacupuncture.com