Dreamwork
A Point for Easing the Breath: The Landscape of Your Body #11
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Lung-6-Video-July-2021.mp4 There are these cool spots on the rivers of your body where the Qi and blood dive deeper beneath the skin. Close to the fingers the toes, channels run near the surface, but at these “xi-cleft” points, the rivers plunge deep. This is the xi-cleft point on the Lung channel, named Kong Zui, or…
Read MoreA Point Used for Clearing Heat and Relieving Headaches: The Landscape of Your Body #7
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HT-8-April-2021-50.mp4 A palace in the palm of the hand, pressed to clear “heat.” That “heat” might be showing up as agitation, insomnia, or as actually feeling hot (especially in the palms). Pressure here can help when there’s heaviness or a feeling of stuckness in the chest, with the urge to sigh frequently, or the sense…
Read MoreA Point for Stress Relief: The Landscape of Your Body #5
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Liver-3-Video-Jan-2021.mp4 You’ll have to take your shoes off for this one. It’s worth it. Liver 3, aka “Tai Chong,” aka “Great Rushing,” located in a valley on your foot, is important for people dealing with stress. (Should I simply say “for people”? Is anyone NOT dealing with stress?) Watch the video above to learn how…
Read MoreWhy Bring Dreamwork and Chinese Medicine Together?
I’ve had to admit that only certain people lean in and ask for more when I say, “I had such an interesting dream last night…” Others give a vague, “Hm,” or steer the conversation to another subject. And that’s fine. I love talking about dreams – with people who love talking about dreams. When a…
Read MoreWellness Overwhelm? How to Choose the ONE THING That’ll Make the Biggest Difference
I’m ready to feel better this year. I want more energy, less pain, and better sleep. You, too? So let’s just go ahead and go to bed early, exercise six days a week, cut all the junk out of our diets, meditate daily, and install that whole-house water filter, shall we? By January 31? Wait…
Read More5 Ways Dreams Invite You to Insights about Your Physical Health
You’ve had those dreams, right, that you just know are important? But you have no idea what they mean? In my experience, every dream is significant. But at first glance, I usually have no idea what a dream means either. Stepping into dreamwork is like stepping blindfolded into a space filled with sounds, scents, and…
Read MoreMetal Element Imagery in Dreams
Yes and no. The radiance of sound and light. Poignancy. Grief. In the cosmology of Chinese medicine, these resonate with the Metal element. This means they also resonate with the Lungs – think of an inhale, discernment of what stays and what goes, and an exhale. The Large Intestine – which also sorts what stays…
Read MoreSome Heart Imagery in Dreams: Wildfires of Anxiety & Soothing Water
How does this wildfire come to rage out of control? One stray spark… a forest of parched trees… a wild wind? How can I douse the wildfire within me, that out-of-control spreading, that flaring of panic and anxiety? Water, first. Then, perhaps, over time, better nourished, more moist and supple trees. Calming the wind. Or,…
Read MoreTheStoryPoints: The Dream House
What a delight. Thanks to everyone who chimed in on this. (*scroll to the bottom for my original post! Read the story first – it will be way more fun that way!) First, a little more about what I’m doing with #mythologicalacupuncture and #thestorypoints “Mythological Acupuncture” is a phrase coined by Michael Meade. As many…
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