Hope you’re doing properly! November has arrived and meaning we’re within the final quarter of the yr.
Insurance coverage discover: Most plans renew with the calendar yr, so you probably have visits that can be utilized and already met your deductible now could be the time to make use of them! Additionally, reminder for our bundle holders that expire a yr after buy. If you’re unable to make use of them, you may have the choice to present them as properly!
立 冬 Starting of Winter Saturday November sixth marks the start of Winter within the Chinese language calendar. Daylight saving time with be this weekend and try to be feeling the results of colder climate and fewer daylight. Seasonal Affective dysfunction “SAD” impacts many individuals, however don’t really feel “SAD” embrace YIN! Yin is darker, cooling, and a good time of yr for meditation. That’s the reason we’ll share a great meditation observe within the Qigong part beneath. Winter factor is water and is the time that the Kidneys are sturdy. Kidneys are the foundation in Chinese language drugs and is the “generative drive” or principally reproductive vitality and hormones that preserve our physique. Everytime you get acupuncture we’re harmonizing this drive in your physique.
Winter’s rhythm embodies the seed. the embryo, the potiential. This time of lengthy nights and little gentle tends to attract people right into a solitary life permitting loads of time to mirror on desires and plans for the longer term. Winters shade is blue, not the sensation blue, however only a retreat from the hustle and bustle of life. A lot knowledge may be gained in winter. The physique is altering from a weak yin state to a robust yin state. Qi deficiency can happen within the kidneys. the qi will go deep into the physique (hibernate) in winter. Focus the thoughts on elevating the spirit (thoughts) and be extra bodily lively.
Therapeutic massage: the ears, kidneys (decrease again), and backside of the ft in winter.
Water is the factor of winter, so you must you’ll want to drink loads of it. Dry pores and skin and lungs may be attributable to dry warmth within the dwelling and freezing climate outdoors. Water helps to maintain the kidneys nourished and clear.
Meals for Winter: Steamed Watercress, oats, quinoa, amarenth, citrus peel, miso, seawed, heat hearty soups, entire grains, blackbeans and kidney beans, steamed wintergreens, and bone broth.
Qigong of the month: Zuowang means “Sitting and forgetting”. Origin is from Jingzuo 靜坐 “quiet sitting” Qin dynasty 221-206 BC. Zuowang 坐忘 “sitting and forgetting” made fashionable in Tang dynasty 618-907 AD. It’s a Taoist “wu wei” pure consciousness meditation.
Healthwise, nonetheless quiet sitting remedy may help with numerous issues like: dizziness, lightheadedness, palpations, restlessness, insomnia, blurred imaginative and prescient, tinnitus, panic assaults, nervousness, moodiness, forgetfulness, weak structure, weak digestion, and people missing motivation. It’s simpler when added to qigong and tai chi motion remedy.
Well being relies on respiration. We can not reside lengthy if our respiration stops. Respiratory helps with the circulation of blood and lymph. Exhale releases carbon dioxide and inhale brings in oxygen. Blood may be blocked by incorrect respiration. Additionally half of our blood is deposited in our stomach, so poor belly respiration may end up in stagnation of blood circulation and this could trigger malfunctions in inside organs.
Zuowang pointers:
1. Preserve the physique nonetheless
2. Preserve the thoughts nonetheless
3. Tune out all ideas, lose the self/ego.
We’ll use Zhuangzhi’s (369-286 bc) “Hearken to respiration” Thoughts tranqility methodology. Collect your ideas and heart-mind earlier than beginning , Hearken to nostril and lungs, hearken to the inhale and exhale. Hearken to the qi, hear no extra, merge with the Dao the good void, Wuji.
Key factors: breath with the nostril, eyelids are like curtins or closed, use the decrease dan tien, noiseless respiration that slowly lengthens. *the chattering of the thoughts could interrupt the breath, deliver consciousness again to the breath. *Let go of all the pieces, overlook all the pieces. *dwell in personal being: current and empty *launch and overlook second after second,. Launch and overlook even releasing and forgetting.
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