“You change your life by changing your heart”. —Max Lucado If you’ve been to yoga and you put yourself into any chest opening, heart opening pose, you’ve tapped into the energy of your Heart Meridian, the Yin half of this Yin/Yang pairing. Perhaps on a more subtle level you were able to detect a settling […]
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At first, this organ pairing might not seem so obvious, yet with closer attention, clarity ensues. If you stop and really think about it, of course the two are related. Have you ever wolfed down a meal, only to suffer indigestion or other gastrointestinal disturbances later? Probably because you took in too much air as
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My all time favorite yoga pose is Sphinx pose, shown in the photo that accompanies this post. It is wonderfully uplifting yet grounding at the same time, a perfect complement to a Yin/Yang approach to yoga explorations. It connects you profoundly with the earth as you open up your heart to the sky above and
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Traditional Chinese Medicine follows a traditional belief that organs not only provide vital functions in the body to promote and maintain health, but that they are interconnected in their functionalities and energies, sharing an overall dynamic system on which the body thrives. Emotions are linked into these physical energies and one can affect the other.
Live and Let Live: The Liver and Gallbladder Meridians Read More »
According to Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) and Organ Meridian theory, the organs maintain a dynamic relationship in which their energies and functions interact, their powers going far beyond the physical, the obvious, and into the more subtle energetic layers, actually affecting our emotions, thoughts and behaviors. These Meridians make up a highway of bodily pathways,
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This spring season at Jennifer Eubank Yoga we are focusing on organ meridian theory, which is based on ancient Chinese ideas that the organs are not stand alone entities, rather, they are interconnected through energetic channels and this dynamic relationship creates an animated flow within the body. When we practice yoga, through breath and movement,
I don’t remember the last time I had a debilitating headache. Or rather, I do. It was quite some time ago, though I used to get them all the time. Even migraines. Many related to my hormones, living through life’s natural cycles of puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. But many developed from bad postural habits, poor
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I love jawbreakers. Pixie stix, black licorice, fire balls, Neccos, and remember those wax soda bottles and wax teeth for Halloween? I was eating some of this stuff well into my 30s, I’m not gonna lie to you. All while knowing that adult onset diabetes runs in my family. My mother had it and I
Insomnia is a common condition that can creep up on you in different ways, it can make it difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep for long periods, or compel one to rise prematurely. Today’s challenges don’t help. COVID worries and the economic impact have undoubtedly kept many of us up, well into the wee hours
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Breathing is part of the autonomic nervous system, which means that it happens without any conscious effort, but it is fairly unique in that you can still exert some control over it. We’ve all undoubtedly been told at some point to calm down, to take some deep breaths. That’s one of those moments when you
