RE: 5 Element Review

[Guest guest]

At my mundane job one of the hats I wear is interpreter for the Deaf

employees.

Perhaps this explanation might illustrate what Victoria said.

 

If you draw a circle with Fire on the top and evenly space the other 4

Elements (or better described as Pathways) around the circle in clock

wise movement; Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood, what you would have before

you is a pattern of how each Element/pathway feeds (also called being

Mother to) the next.

 

Now within the circle, from Metal draw an arrow to Wood,

Wood an arrow to Earth,

Earth an arrow to Water,

Water an arrow to Fire,

and Fire an arrow to Metal.

 

What you have before you, a pentagram of sorts, describes the

controlling cycle (or how a Pathway can restraint another).

 

Within this system there are many ways for an imbalance to be determined

and I think Victoria has given more than a casual explanation of the

diagnosis process.

 

Visualize this, a circle again.

In places of excess Energy you will find a bulge.

There will be compensatory dents in the circle to show where Energy is

not supported.

 

The idea isn't so much to make a perfect circle but to make the circle

habitable.

We are each a refection of the universe expressing itself.

Our " imbalances " are reciprocal movement of the Tao; yang to yin and yin

to yang.

 

A series of stretches one can do to isolate each Element as a Pathway

and feel its qualities can be found at

<http://www.rianvisser.nl/shiatsu/e_doin.htm>

 

Penel

[Guest guest]

>A series of stretches one can do to isolate each Element as a Pathway

>and feel its qualities can be found at

><http://www.rianvisser.nl/shiatsu/e_doin.htm>

 

Thanks for the information that should make it easier for readers to

visualize the 5 element relationships.

 

And thanks for the link. I've tried a couple of the exercises (definitely

need to do these regularly) and printed out the exercises so I can try each

of them later.

 

For readers new to the list:

 

Wood: Liver and Gallbladder meridians/ organ systems

Fire: Heart and Small Intestine.

Pericardium and Triple Heater. (There are 4 fire meridians/ organ

systems, so there are two Fire exercises on the page.)

Earth: Spleen and Stomach.

Metal: Lung and Large Intestine.

Water: Kidney and Bladder.

 

Victoria

 

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[Guest guest]

Penel,

 

This is a neat site. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

Lynn

 

 

 

>A series of stretches one can do to isolate each Element as a Pathway

>and feel its qualities can be found at

><http://www.rianvisser.nl/shiatsu/e_doin.htm>

>

>Penel