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Daily Qigong Tip
Our Emotions and Our Qi
Sadness --- Way Out?
Emotions play a big role in our health. Understanding how our various emotions affect the Qi in our body, and therefore affect our health, is very important. Ancient Chinese culture has a thorough explanation in this area, which has been part of the foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In this issue, I want to discuss Sadness and how it is related to our Qi.
Sadness is a major contributor of depression. We feel sad for different reasons. Some life events can throw us out of balance very unexpectedly. Sometimes we can feel sad without even knowing why. A minor sadness can be OK as a flavor of
life, but we do need to know how to process the overwhelming sad feelings when they occur to us.
So what happens to our Qi when we experience sadness?
Sadness weakens the Qi flow in our body. Extreme sadness makes our Qi flow very weak, even affecting our breathing system at times and hurting our lung Qi. People who experience long term sadness can develop deficiencies in their lung system which can lead to major health problems.
Below is the exercise you can try to handle sadness: (one minute video come with)
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1. First, be aware of your sad feelings. Being in close touch with our emotions is the foundation of our self-care practice.
2. In any comfortable posture (sitting, standing or lying down), gently close your eyes.
3. Try making your eyes look down towards your belly button. Take a deep breath.
4. Continue looking down with your eyes closed and breath deeply three (or more) times.
5. Imagine that the sun is right above you, within your reach. Imagine that the moon is right underneath you, also within reach. You are in between: the sun, you and the moon are in a straight line. Focus on this imagine.
6. Picture that the bright warm shining sunlight shoots down through you and reaches the moon. Picture that the bright clear cool moonlight shoots up through you toward the sun.
7. Picture your body gradually becoming transparent. Both the sunlight and moonlight are passing through you, merging together in your body
8. Take a deep breathe. When inhaling, imagine the sunlight is shooting through you to the moon. When exhaling, imagine the moonlight is shooting through you to the sun. Imagine your body is transparent and you feel less and less physically aware of your body.
9. In a peaceful state, repeat step 8 for at least nine times (or until you want to finish).
Try this when you have a sad feeling that you want to get rid of. I am very hopeful that it will help you.
Watch 1 minute video to help your imagination.
This whole process takes about 5 to 10 minutes.
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Be Happy!
Continuation of an unpublished manuscript by Robert Cowling(BC),currently being edited
Chapter Ten
REWINNING PERSONAL GROWTH
Everyday
Personal growth has to be rewon everyday. There is no shortcut.
During hard times in San Francisco I was fortunate to work with a great therapist. Christine offered me high quality support and clarity, but she could not do my work for me.
A few months after I had begun seeing Christine, I realized that I had a pattern of endearing myself to a woman by listening closely to her, asking questions about her experiences and drawing out her feelings.
The women I became close to loved this side of me. What was not so loveable was my change when an emotional bond was well established. Then I would subtly submit my "bill" of needs. My message was, "I have met your needs, now please meet mine."
To continue...
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