This document provides an overview of key concepts in Chinese medicine, including definitions of terms like blood, shen, qi, and jing. It discusses the duality of yin and yang and how they relate to various bodily functions. Specific topics covered include the 7-year cycles that govern women's lives, healthy liver qi flow, excess heat in the body, dampness, and the five expected energy changes during a normal pregnancy in Chinese medicine terms. The document aims to explain pregnancy and women's health from an energetic perspective.
This document discusses various topics related to pregnancy, childbirth, and traditional Chinese medicine. It provides information on Dr. Shen's four pivotal times in a woman's life, maintaining healthy qi and yin/yang balance during pregnancy, massage techniques to prepare for birth, acupuncture points to induce labor and relieve pain, and the importance of proper fetal positioning for an easy delivery. The document emphasizes preparing the mother's body and ensuring the baby is in the optimal occiput anterior position for labor and birth.
This document describes a journey of self-discovery and health improvement through detoxification. The author unintentionally lost 7 kg in 7 weeks by ignoring diets and excess exercise, and instead focusing on removing toxins from their body. This allowed their metabolism and thyroid to function properly again. Key steps included using an ionizing foot spa to release stored toxins from fat cells, and getting off most thyroid medication after decades of use. The process improved the author's energy, waistline, and overall sense of well-being.
Stuck Liver Qi/Blood and Magnesium deficiency correlationHeather Bruce
The document discusses stuck liver qi and modern lifestyle issues, suggesting a simple solution of increasing magnesium intake. It covers how liver qi affects various bodily functions and explains concepts from traditional Chinese medicine like the three treasures and three heater model. Throughout, it emphasizes the importance of traditional diets and lifestyles that ensured adequate nutrient intake and detoxification.
This document provides a summary of a weekly discussion on living to eat versus eating to live. It discusses balancing different food categories like carbs, proteins and fats. It emphasizes eating "food by God" which is natural, whole and unprocessed foods, rather than "food by man" which includes additives, preservatives and excess sugar. It explains that health comes from honoring God with our bodies by choosing a nourishing eating lifestyle, not from any particular diet. Overall, the document promotes a balanced, whole foods approach to eating and living for God and others, rather than just ourselves.
Work/Life Balance: Fitting Healthy Habits into Your Real LifeDokka Srinivasu
The document discusses various healthy habits and barriers to achieving and maintaining them. It addresses issues around food, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, stress, and sleep. Some common barriers mentioned are lack of time, food preferences, unresolved stress, and resistance to change. The document provides tips and solutions for overcoming these barriers, such as prioritizing self-care, developing healthy routines, finding alternatives to unhealthy habits, and using motivational strategies like setting goals.
The document discusses emotional wellness and stress. It defines emotional wellness as having self-esteem, managing stress, having confidence, and being able to love others. Stress is the body's reaction to demands placed on it by daily experiences. Some stress is beneficial but too much stress can lead to exhaustion and health issues over time. The body has physiological reactions to stress through its fight-or-flight response. Managing stress involves reducing external stressors, addressing internal causes of stress, and coping with acute stress. Not managing stress can negatively impact physical and mental health.
The document discusses the story of a man who experienced sleep deprivation due to an unhealthy lifestyle involving poor diet, lack of exercise, and irregular sleep schedule. The doctor advised him to change his routine by adopting a healthier diet of fruits and vegetables while avoiding junk food, starting a regular exercise regimen of jogging, cycling, yoga, and meditation. Following this advice, the man was able to sleep properly and understood that your health is determined by what you eat and the importance of regular exercise.
The document discusses eating habits and making changes to improve health and well-being. It suggests considering whether one eats to live or lives to eat. Reasons to change eating habits include health problems, weight issues, information gained, and influences from family, friends, and trends. The main message is to listen to your body, be informed about nutrition, and eat smart.
This document discusses various topics related to pregnancy, childbirth, and traditional Chinese medicine. It provides information on Dr. Shen's four pivotal times in a woman's life, maintaining healthy qi and yin/yang balance during pregnancy, massage techniques to prepare for birth, acupuncture points to induce labor and relieve pain, and the importance of proper fetal positioning for an easy delivery. The document emphasizes preparing the mother's body and ensuring the baby is in the optimal occiput anterior position for labor and birth.
This document describes a journey of self-discovery and health improvement through detoxification. The author unintentionally lost 7 kg in 7 weeks by ignoring diets and excess exercise, and instead focusing on removing toxins from their body. This allowed their metabolism and thyroid to function properly again. Key steps included using an ionizing foot spa to release stored toxins from fat cells, and getting off most thyroid medication after decades of use. The process improved the author's energy, waistline, and overall sense of well-being.
Stuck Liver Qi/Blood and Magnesium deficiency correlationHeather Bruce
The document discusses stuck liver qi and modern lifestyle issues, suggesting a simple solution of increasing magnesium intake. It covers how liver qi affects various bodily functions and explains concepts from traditional Chinese medicine like the three treasures and three heater model. Throughout, it emphasizes the importance of traditional diets and lifestyles that ensured adequate nutrient intake and detoxification.
This document provides a summary of a weekly discussion on living to eat versus eating to live. It discusses balancing different food categories like carbs, proteins and fats. It emphasizes eating "food by God" which is natural, whole and unprocessed foods, rather than "food by man" which includes additives, preservatives and excess sugar. It explains that health comes from honoring God with our bodies by choosing a nourishing eating lifestyle, not from any particular diet. Overall, the document promotes a balanced, whole foods approach to eating and living for God and others, rather than just ourselves.
Work/Life Balance: Fitting Healthy Habits into Your Real LifeDokka Srinivasu
The document discusses various healthy habits and barriers to achieving and maintaining them. It addresses issues around food, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, stress, and sleep. Some common barriers mentioned are lack of time, food preferences, unresolved stress, and resistance to change. The document provides tips and solutions for overcoming these barriers, such as prioritizing self-care, developing healthy routines, finding alternatives to unhealthy habits, and using motivational strategies like setting goals.
The document discusses emotional wellness and stress. It defines emotional wellness as having self-esteem, managing stress, having confidence, and being able to love others. Stress is the body's reaction to demands placed on it by daily experiences. Some stress is beneficial but too much stress can lead to exhaustion and health issues over time. The body has physiological reactions to stress through its fight-or-flight response. Managing stress involves reducing external stressors, addressing internal causes of stress, and coping with acute stress. Not managing stress can negatively impact physical and mental health.
The document discusses the story of a man who experienced sleep deprivation due to an unhealthy lifestyle involving poor diet, lack of exercise, and irregular sleep schedule. The doctor advised him to change his routine by adopting a healthier diet of fruits and vegetables while avoiding junk food, starting a regular exercise regimen of jogging, cycling, yoga, and meditation. Following this advice, the man was able to sleep properly and understood that your health is determined by what you eat and the importance of regular exercise.
The document discusses eating habits and making changes to improve health and well-being. It suggests considering whether one eats to live or lives to eat. Reasons to change eating habits include health problems, weight issues, information gained, and influences from family, friends, and trends. The main message is to listen to your body, be informed about nutrition, and eat smart.
The snowflake is a beautiful things. No two are alike. In this presentation I explain how we are like snowflakes. There is no one else like you and there never will be. In this fast paced world it's so easy to get caught up in losing our identity of who we are. The world tells us how to be and how to live but in that process if we are not daily getting our identity from the Lord we will lose ourselves, our purpose, our mission. This talk speaks to ultimately seeking his kingdom first to get the full understanding of how to take care of our bodies. If we try to take care of our bodies based on what the world says, it quickly becomes an idol. The Lord will direct your steps and free you from bondage of seeking what the world has to offer. He will show you what foods to eat, what exercises you need to do, what relationships you need to cultivate. As we are here for his Glory and his Kingdom and our vessels need to be strong to carry out his work.
Doing yoga during pregnancy, is it safe ? Prenatal yoga has its own benefits, pregnant women perform it under the guidance of instructor.
Note:- Pregnancy Yoga & Postures must be performed under the guidance of Yoga Instructor.
A sequence of 12 slides shows us a new evidence of a healthy life we all are really born to. Then what is a role of the complementary medicine at the background of human\’s body regular biology. It counterpart the role of a health problem and where is the right place of conventional and the complementary medicine.
Yoga can help manage diabetes and obesity by promoting weight loss and reducing blood glucose levels. Various yoga poses target different areas of the body and internal organs to reduce fat and improve functioning. Breathing techniques like bhastrika and kapalabhati are energizing and purifying. Meditation helps relax the body and mind. Studies show yoga, along with lifestyle changes, can effectively control diabetes.
The document discusses maintaining a healthy lifestyle for better health today and tomorrow. It provides information on nutrition, physical activity, preventive screening, stress management, and their impact on physical and mental health. Specifically, it recommends including whole grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and water in your diet. It also stresses the importance of getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily and quitting smoking. Reducing stress is highlighted through deep breathing, relaxation, exercise, and seeking social support. Preventive screening tests are advised depending on age, gender, and risk factors. The overall message is that lifestyle choices have a direct impact on both short-term and long-term health.
The document discusses NO GYM BE SLIM, LLC and its mission to help people achieve a healthy lifestyle and stress-free mind without investing much time or effort. It aims to follow teachings from Hindu scriptures about enhancing one's internal energy to achieve goals and enlighten the soul. The company uses ancient practices like naturopathy, meditation, and music therapy involving classical ragas to heal the body and mind by establishing harmony.
This document discusses various health risks like high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke. It notes that many of these conditions have no obvious symptoms until it's too late. The top three causes of death are heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Unhealthy lifestyles involving stress, poor diets, lack of exercise are major risk factors. The document promotes preventing disease through lifestyle changes like qigong exercises, acupuncture, nutrition therapy, emotional work, and stress management. It describes various membership options for different ages that provide these prevention and wellness services.
This document discusses the importance of wellness and achieving optimal nutrition. It provides information on balancing one's diet through proper nutrition, exercise, and hydration. Specifically, it recommends getting protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants from foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and low-fat dairy. It also stresses the importance of regular exercise and drinking plenty of water. Supplements can help ensure adequate nutrient intake when dietary sources are insufficient. The keys to wellness are presented as balancing one's diet, exercising regularly, and drinking lots of water each day.
Physical wellness involves eating healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables daily and exercising regularly. One aspect of physical wellness is eating foods good for you, such as fresh produce. Improving physical wellness also means sharing homegrown vegetables with friends and making exercise and healthy eating daily habits.
Beauty is defined as a state of complete wellbeing that includes physical, mental, and social health, not just the absence of disease or disability. Maintaining beauty involves diet, exercise, rest, and avoiding addictions.
This document discusses the importance of detoxification and purification for the body, mind, heart, and spirit. It provides information on why detoxification is needed given pollution in our air, water, soil, and food. It recommends detoxifying 3 days every month, 7 days for seasonal changes, and 21 days annually. Various detoxification methods are outlined, including juice fasting and assessing one's physical and nutritional status. The benefits of fasting and supporting organ health are described for liver, kidneys, spleen, and digestive system. Weekend retreat programs are advertised to guide participants' 21-day wellness journeys.
This document discusses 9 principles of life according to Ayurveda and Eastern philosophies. The principles cover topics like the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life, diet, exercise, immunity, and healing. The key messages are that life involves more than just the physical body, and that integrating diet, meditation, exercise and living in harmony with nature are important for overall health and well-being.
This document discusses yoga as a treatment for diabetes and obesity. It provides information on what diabetes and obesity are, their causes and symptoms, and existing treatments. It then explains how various yoga practices like asanas, sun salutations, and pranayama can help reduce weight and control blood sugar levels by strengthening the body and improving organ function. Regular yoga practice is said to help manage weight and diabetes in a permanent yet gentle manner.
1. The document discusses Buddhism and science perspectives on abortion by comparing their views. Buddhism does not condone abortion as it violates the principle of non-harming of living beings.
2. Abortion is defined in Buddhism and science. In Buddhism, a fetus is described as similar in color and size to sesame oil. Science defines abortion as terminating a pregnancy, usually through medical means.
3. Buddhism considers abortion an unwholesome deed and crime, as it fulfills the criteria for killing of a living being intentionally. Abortion is firmly rejected in Buddhism as it contradicts the core teaching of non-violence.
This document discusses the importance of traditional healing methods and understanding the root causes of illness, particularly the role of latent cold in the body. It notes that indigenous cultures traditionally had embedded cultural knowledge about nutrition, plants, and spiritual practices to support healing. Now, modern practices are missing this holistic understanding. The document then provides several case studies where applying traditional eastern medicine techniques like navel cupping and moxa were able to resolve chronic conditions like Lyme disease, peripheral neuropathy, and ulcerative colitis by removing latent cold from the body and supporting digestive yang. It stresses the importance of lifestyle factors like diet, exercise and avoiding cold in healing.
Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips: Hands On Learning the Ancient Art of Jin ...creativetoni
This document describes an energy medicine workshop on Jin Shin Jyutsu. The workshop leader, Toni Crotty, will teach the ancient Japanese art of Jin Shin Jyutsu which involves gentle touch and holding of specific points to balance energy flow and release blockages. Attendees will learn about energy philosophy and principles of Jin Shin Jyutsu, how to practice self-care techniques and positions. The goal is for attendees to experience the benefits of Jin Shin Jyutsu and be able to help others by teaching them the techniques.
This document discusses freeing stuck liver qi in women through orgasms. It explains that women's liver blood needs to be nourished to support her menstrual cycle and reproductive functions. When liver qi becomes stuck, it can accumulate in the liver meridian pathways including the external and internal genitalia. The document suggests that a lack of orgasms can cause liver qi to become stuck. It proposes considering factors beyond herbs and acupuncture points to address women's health issues and provides alternative perspectives on the causes of disease from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tibetan Medicine.
This document provides an introduction to chiropractic care and how it can help optimize health. It discusses how chiropractic aims to maximize the flow of life energy in the body by restoring the clear neurological connection between the brain and body through adjustments that improve spinal alignment and function. When this connection is disrupted by spinal misalignments (subluxations), it can decrease the body's ability to organize itself and maintain ease. Chiropractic adjustments help reestablish this connection in order to support the body's natural healing abilities and movement toward higher states of health, wellness and wholeness.
The document discusses the Five Tibetans, a series of yoga-like exercises originally learned from Tibetan monks. The exercises are said to increase energy, vitality, and longevity when practiced for 10 minutes daily. They involve spinning, backbends, and other movements said to energize the chakras and flow of subtle energy in the body. Guidelines are provided for practicing the five postures safely and effectively in order to experience benefits like increased flexibility, strength, and mental clarity.
The document discusses factors for healthy living, including diet, sleep, physical activity, body weight, smoking, and stress management. It states that a balanced diet can help prevent chronic diseases, while getting 7-9 hours of sleep per night is essential. Regular physical activity of 30 minutes per day can lower disease risk. Maintaining a healthy body mass index is important to avoid conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure. Quitting smoking and effectively managing stress also contribute to overall well-being and happiness. The conclusion is that addressing these lifestyle factors through a Mediterranean diet, exercise, sufficient rest, avoiding tobacco, and reducing stress can support a long and enjoyable life.
The snowflake is a beautiful things. No two are alike. In this presentation I explain how we are like snowflakes. There is no one else like you and there never will be. In this fast paced world it's so easy to get caught up in losing our identity of who we are. The world tells us how to be and how to live but in that process if we are not daily getting our identity from the Lord we will lose ourselves, our purpose, our mission. This talk speaks to ultimately seeking his kingdom first to get the full understanding of how to take care of our bodies. If we try to take care of our bodies based on what the world says, it quickly becomes an idol. The Lord will direct your steps and free you from bondage of seeking what the world has to offer. He will show you what foods to eat, what exercises you need to do, what relationships you need to cultivate. As we are here for his Glory and his Kingdom and our vessels need to be strong to carry out his work.
Doing yoga during pregnancy, is it safe ? Prenatal yoga has its own benefits, pregnant women perform it under the guidance of instructor.
Note:- Pregnancy Yoga & Postures must be performed under the guidance of Yoga Instructor.
A sequence of 12 slides shows us a new evidence of a healthy life we all are really born to. Then what is a role of the complementary medicine at the background of human\’s body regular biology. It counterpart the role of a health problem and where is the right place of conventional and the complementary medicine.
Yoga can help manage diabetes and obesity by promoting weight loss and reducing blood glucose levels. Various yoga poses target different areas of the body and internal organs to reduce fat and improve functioning. Breathing techniques like bhastrika and kapalabhati are energizing and purifying. Meditation helps relax the body and mind. Studies show yoga, along with lifestyle changes, can effectively control diabetes.
The document discusses maintaining a healthy lifestyle for better health today and tomorrow. It provides information on nutrition, physical activity, preventive screening, stress management, and their impact on physical and mental health. Specifically, it recommends including whole grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and water in your diet. It also stresses the importance of getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily and quitting smoking. Reducing stress is highlighted through deep breathing, relaxation, exercise, and seeking social support. Preventive screening tests are advised depending on age, gender, and risk factors. The overall message is that lifestyle choices have a direct impact on both short-term and long-term health.
The document discusses NO GYM BE SLIM, LLC and its mission to help people achieve a healthy lifestyle and stress-free mind without investing much time or effort. It aims to follow teachings from Hindu scriptures about enhancing one's internal energy to achieve goals and enlighten the soul. The company uses ancient practices like naturopathy, meditation, and music therapy involving classical ragas to heal the body and mind by establishing harmony.
This document discusses various health risks like high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke. It notes that many of these conditions have no obvious symptoms until it's too late. The top three causes of death are heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Unhealthy lifestyles involving stress, poor diets, lack of exercise are major risk factors. The document promotes preventing disease through lifestyle changes like qigong exercises, acupuncture, nutrition therapy, emotional work, and stress management. It describes various membership options for different ages that provide these prevention and wellness services.
This document discusses the importance of wellness and achieving optimal nutrition. It provides information on balancing one's diet through proper nutrition, exercise, and hydration. Specifically, it recommends getting protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants from foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and low-fat dairy. It also stresses the importance of regular exercise and drinking plenty of water. Supplements can help ensure adequate nutrient intake when dietary sources are insufficient. The keys to wellness are presented as balancing one's diet, exercising regularly, and drinking lots of water each day.
Physical wellness involves eating healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables daily and exercising regularly. One aspect of physical wellness is eating foods good for you, such as fresh produce. Improving physical wellness also means sharing homegrown vegetables with friends and making exercise and healthy eating daily habits.
Beauty is defined as a state of complete wellbeing that includes physical, mental, and social health, not just the absence of disease or disability. Maintaining beauty involves diet, exercise, rest, and avoiding addictions.
This document discusses the importance of detoxification and purification for the body, mind, heart, and spirit. It provides information on why detoxification is needed given pollution in our air, water, soil, and food. It recommends detoxifying 3 days every month, 7 days for seasonal changes, and 21 days annually. Various detoxification methods are outlined, including juice fasting and assessing one's physical and nutritional status. The benefits of fasting and supporting organ health are described for liver, kidneys, spleen, and digestive system. Weekend retreat programs are advertised to guide participants' 21-day wellness journeys.
This document discusses 9 principles of life according to Ayurveda and Eastern philosophies. The principles cover topics like the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life, diet, exercise, immunity, and healing. The key messages are that life involves more than just the physical body, and that integrating diet, meditation, exercise and living in harmony with nature are important for overall health and well-being.
This document discusses yoga as a treatment for diabetes and obesity. It provides information on what diabetes and obesity are, their causes and symptoms, and existing treatments. It then explains how various yoga practices like asanas, sun salutations, and pranayama can help reduce weight and control blood sugar levels by strengthening the body and improving organ function. Regular yoga practice is said to help manage weight and diabetes in a permanent yet gentle manner.
1. The document discusses Buddhism and science perspectives on abortion by comparing their views. Buddhism does not condone abortion as it violates the principle of non-harming of living beings.
2. Abortion is defined in Buddhism and science. In Buddhism, a fetus is described as similar in color and size to sesame oil. Science defines abortion as terminating a pregnancy, usually through medical means.
3. Buddhism considers abortion an unwholesome deed and crime, as it fulfills the criteria for killing of a living being intentionally. Abortion is firmly rejected in Buddhism as it contradicts the core teaching of non-violence.
This document discusses the importance of traditional healing methods and understanding the root causes of illness, particularly the role of latent cold in the body. It notes that indigenous cultures traditionally had embedded cultural knowledge about nutrition, plants, and spiritual practices to support healing. Now, modern practices are missing this holistic understanding. The document then provides several case studies where applying traditional eastern medicine techniques like navel cupping and moxa were able to resolve chronic conditions like Lyme disease, peripheral neuropathy, and ulcerative colitis by removing latent cold from the body and supporting digestive yang. It stresses the importance of lifestyle factors like diet, exercise and avoiding cold in healing.
Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips: Hands On Learning the Ancient Art of Jin ...creativetoni
This document describes an energy medicine workshop on Jin Shin Jyutsu. The workshop leader, Toni Crotty, will teach the ancient Japanese art of Jin Shin Jyutsu which involves gentle touch and holding of specific points to balance energy flow and release blockages. Attendees will learn about energy philosophy and principles of Jin Shin Jyutsu, how to practice self-care techniques and positions. The goal is for attendees to experience the benefits of Jin Shin Jyutsu and be able to help others by teaching them the techniques.
This document discusses freeing stuck liver qi in women through orgasms. It explains that women's liver blood needs to be nourished to support her menstrual cycle and reproductive functions. When liver qi becomes stuck, it can accumulate in the liver meridian pathways including the external and internal genitalia. The document suggests that a lack of orgasms can cause liver qi to become stuck. It proposes considering factors beyond herbs and acupuncture points to address women's health issues and provides alternative perspectives on the causes of disease from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tibetan Medicine.
This document provides an introduction to chiropractic care and how it can help optimize health. It discusses how chiropractic aims to maximize the flow of life energy in the body by restoring the clear neurological connection between the brain and body through adjustments that improve spinal alignment and function. When this connection is disrupted by spinal misalignments (subluxations), it can decrease the body's ability to organize itself and maintain ease. Chiropractic adjustments help reestablish this connection in order to support the body's natural healing abilities and movement toward higher states of health, wellness and wholeness.
The document discusses the Five Tibetans, a series of yoga-like exercises originally learned from Tibetan monks. The exercises are said to increase energy, vitality, and longevity when practiced for 10 minutes daily. They involve spinning, backbends, and other movements said to energize the chakras and flow of subtle energy in the body. Guidelines are provided for practicing the five postures safely and effectively in order to experience benefits like increased flexibility, strength, and mental clarity.
The document discusses factors for healthy living, including diet, sleep, physical activity, body weight, smoking, and stress management. It states that a balanced diet can help prevent chronic diseases, while getting 7-9 hours of sleep per night is essential. Regular physical activity of 30 minutes per day can lower disease risk. Maintaining a healthy body mass index is important to avoid conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure. Quitting smoking and effectively managing stress also contribute to overall well-being and happiness. The conclusion is that addressing these lifestyle factors through a Mediterranean diet, exercise, sufficient rest, avoiding tobacco, and reducing stress can support a long and enjoyable life.
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of medicine that focuses on total health of body, mind and spirit. It views health as a balance between the doshas - Vata, Pitta and Kapha which are composed of combinations of the five elements. When in balance, the doshas support physiological functions, but imbalance can lead to disease. Ayurveda aims to maintain health and treat illness through lifestyle practices and natural therapies that work with an individual's unique prakriti or constitution.
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of medicine that focuses on total health of body, mind and spirit. It is based on five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space - and three doshas or biological energies - vata, pitta and kapha. Everything in the universe is composed of combinations of these five elements, and a balance of the three doshas is necessary for health and well-being. Ayurveda also recognizes prakriti or constitutional types based dominance of particular doshas in a person.
This document provides an overview of basic Ayurvedic physiology concepts including the tridoshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha), their compositions, functions, seats in the body, and qualities. It describes the malas (waste products), ama (undigested toxins), and panchakarma (five cleansing techniques). Specifically, it outlines yoga exercises tailored for each dosha and explains the panchakarma techniques of vamana (therapeutic vomiting) and nasya (nasal administration of medicines).
This document discusses mental fitness and methods for evolving consciousness. It describes research showing that mental imagery and contemplative practices can influence physiology by activating different areas of the brain and producing neuropeptides. Studies found that focusing on positive emotions shifts activity to the left prefrontal cortex while negative emotions activate the right. Practices like meditation, yoga, gratitude, and loving-kindness can train the mind to reduce stress and achieve a higher state of calm awareness. Regular contemplative exercise leads to enhanced mental and physical well-being.
Energy Medicine at Your Fingertips | Be Well and Wisecreativetoni
Presentation by Toni Crotty at the Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Conference 2013. Covers the ancient art of Jin Shin Jyutsu® for self-help. www.bewellandwise.com
The document provides information about the author's background and qualifications in herbalism, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, and yoga. It then discusses key concepts in Ayurveda such as the three doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha), the five elements, seven tissues, and three gunas or attributes. For each dosha, it describes the physical and emotional characteristics when balanced or unbalanced. It concludes with yoga practice tips for balancing each dosha.
This document discusses the relationship between the body and mind from various perspectives including quantum physics, biopsychology, yoga, and traditional Indian medicine. It explains how thoughts and emotions can impact the body by influencing hormone secretion and the nervous system. Various yoga postures and practices like asanas, meditation and massage are described as ways to achieve physical, mental and energetic balance by harmonizing the endocrine glands and energy flows in the body. Maintaining proper posture through yoga is posited as a way to positively influence mood and overall health.
This project aims to bring yoga to as many people as possible in a simple and accessible way. Yoga has undergone many changes and adaptations that can make it complex for newcomers. Discovering Yoga offers a straightforward approach through working with one's own body. The classes are open to all levels and ages, and can help reduce stress and tensions from work or daily life. Practicing yoga, even briefly, can leave one feeling energized and clear-minded for hours after. The goal is to make yoga's benefits part of one's daily life through continued practice.
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This document introduces chiropractic care and its benefits. It discusses how chiropractic can help optimize health by maximizing the flow of life energy in the body. When the spine is misaligned through subluxations, it disrupts the neurological connection between the brain and body, decreasing life energy and the body's ability to maintain health. Chiropractic aims to restore proper spinal alignment and function through adjustments to reestablish the neurological connection and increase life energy flow, promoting healing and movement toward higher levels of health, wellness and wholeness.
The document discusses Buddhist views on life, death, and rebirth. It explains that in Buddhism, life is seen as eternal - when one life form dies, the "life entity" or "life energy" is reborn into a new life form through a process similar to physical transformation rather than transmigration of a soul. Nothing is truly created or destroyed. The document also discusses key Buddhist concepts like non-self, the five aggregates, and dependent origination to explain how all lives are interconnected manifestations of the eternal law of life or Myoho-renge-kyo.
Acupressure is an ancient form of Traditional Chinese Medicine that uses finger pressure on key points along meridian lines to stimulate the body's natural healing abilities. By applying pressure to specific points, endorphins are released which relieve pain and balance chi or life energy flow. Acupressure is a gentle alternative therapy that can effectively treat conditions like headaches, joint pain, nausea, and asthma. It has been practiced for over 5,000 years as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine which views health as a balance of yin, yang, and the five elements of chi or life energy flow through meridian pathways.
1) Ayurveda can help explain why different yoga poses make people feel calm or agitated. According to Ayurveda, different people require different yoga practices based on their individual constitution and current imbalances.
2) A woman who felt nervous and had chronic neck pain learned through Ayurveda that the poses she was practicing aggravated her subtle energies. She modified her practice with poses better suited to her constitution and eliminated her issues.
3) Ayurveda and yoga are intertwined, both aiming to balance the body and mind. Ayurveda teaches diet and lifestyle practices while yoga is a practical means to this end through asana practice and meditation.
Hokitika Gorge in New Zealand experienced severe flooding in May 2016, with over 1 meter of rain falling in less than a month. Photos show the gorge and surrounding areas flooded, with the normally turquoise river running an angry brown from suspended rock particles. Views from platforms and bridges also depict the swollen, rushing river and submerged landscapes below.
The document describes a self-care event held at Atarau in May 2016. Participants brought crystals, photos, and gathered with friends to share in an altar experience, despite brief sunny periods. The event focused on harmony, relaxation, and opening flowers during one of the sunny openings.
This document describes scenes from the Snowy Alps region of New Zealand over two periods in May 2016. It notes the snowline as night falls, a full moon over the Waimak Bridge, and a week later traveling up the Grey River where the river is full and the first signs of snow are seen behind trees. Locations mentioned include a house on a small rise, water falling in a forest, the wall of Arthur's Pass café, and behind Castle Rock.
The document is a brief poetic reflection capturing images from a drive at dawn between two homes in New Zealand. It describes scenes of the moon setting over the Paparoa Range as the sun rises on the other side of the car, with snow on the Southern Alps visible and mist over the Grey River. Clouds begin to show the coming dawn as the moon disappears and "the day cometh."
Heather Bruce discusses polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis. She explains that both conditions involve hormonal imbalances and disrupted blood and qi flow that can be caused by a variety of lifestyle and environmental factors. For treatment, she recommends addressing the root causes through diet, lifestyle changes, and traditional Chinese medicine approaches like acupuncture rather than solely relying on Western medical interventions like surgery or hormonal birth control.
This document discusses postpartum psychosis, including its symptoms, potential causes, risk factors, treatment approaches, and prevention strategies. It notes that postpartum psychosis is a severe mental illness that occurs in the first few weeks after childbirth and affects about 1-2 in every 1,000 births. Risk factors include a lack of social support for new mothers, a traumatic birth experience, preexisting mental health conditions, nutritional deficiencies, and a family history of postpartum psychosis or other mental illnesses. Standard medical treatments focus on medication and separating mother and baby, but herbal medicine approaches emphasize supporting the new mother holistically with improved nutrition, rest, and social support.
This document discusses precocious puberty, which is defined as the appearance of secondary sex characteristics before age 8 in girls and age 9 in boys. It notes that the incidence is estimated to be between 1 in 5,000 to 10,000 children, with the female to male ratio being around 10:1. Girls adopted from developing countries are at higher risk. Modern factors that may contribute include increased obesity, consumption of sugary drinks, environmental toxins, lack of nutrients like iodine, and lack of rest. Iodine deficiency in particular can lead to issues with hormonal expression and pubertal development.
This document discusses various cases of couples seeking treatment for infertility issues. It describes several male patients who were treated with acupuncture to improve sperm quality and count. In some cases, the men were able to successfully father children naturally after treatment. It emphasizes the importance of treating both partners and addressing lifestyle factors for optimal fertility results.
Nourishing Mothers
Being courageous with caution,
resolving high risk pregnancy escalation
Women are increasingly classified as ‘high risk’ in pregnancy.
Advanced maternal age is not the only ‘cause’, as women of all ages have gastric banding and sleeving; and emotional residue of a life lived with inappropriate nutrition, inadequate sun exposure and insufficient regenerative rest as co factors.
In addition to apparent placental insufficiency and clotting factors, multiple pregnancies from assisted reproductive technologies, added to prior health problems including Stuck Blood manifestations, all leave a trail of fetal testing and scanning, medical watchful waiting and parental worry.
Past the usual expected pregnancy nausea lasting the first trimester – some women may be confronted with a grueling inability to nourish themselves, their pregnancy and their baby.
Supporting the middle heater prior to pregnancy will make all the difference. Beyond prevention, we can avert potential crises of fetal foundation failure, should a woman arrive initially with debilitating problems.
Various non-needling techniques can be employed in pregnancy with safety and great efficacy to rescue an otherwise doubtful full term pregnancy and healthy baby.
Bleeding superficial veins, cupping residual cold from the belly (remove what is stopping normal Yang Qi expression), Gua Sha techniques, sacral cupping, and deep pelvic needling plus enlisting dad’s help at home using moxa to support maternal Yang Qi, we can radically improve the Stuck Qi and Blood that may have preceded pregnancy that is now creating massive pregnancy dramas.
Extensive case histories with photographic slides of veins bled and tongues will be give, plus all working on each other.
Heather has been active in clinically pertinent acupuncture education for over 30 years. She began her healing practice in Brisbane 35 years ago, after graduating in 1979 from ACA (Syd) in Brisbane.
Heather works at the interface of causative factors in her quest for excellence both for her family and her patients, mixing biochemistry (nutrition and naturopathy) with energy techniques.
She meets the challenges of the modern world and shares them with others as her heartfelt passion.
Being courageous with caution,
resolving high risk pregnancy escalation
Women are increasingly classified as ‘high risk’ in pregnancy.
Advanced maternal age is not the only ‘cause’, as women of all ages have gastric banding and sleeving; and emotional residue of a life lived with inappropriate nutrition, inadequate sun exposure and insufficient regenerative rest as co factors.
In addition to apparent placental insufficiency and clotting factors, multiple pregnancies from assisted reproductive technologies, added to prior health problems including Stuck Blood manifestations, all leave a trail of fetal testing and scanning, medical watchful waiting and parental worry.
Past the usual expected pregnancy nausea lasting the first trimester – some women may be confronted with a grueling inability to nourish themselves, their pregnancy and their baby.
Supporting the middle heater prior to pregnancy will make all the difference. Beyond prevention, we can avert potential crises of fetal foundation failure, should a woman arrive initially with debilitating problems.
Various non-needling techniques can be employed in pregnancy with safety and great efficacy to rescue an otherwise doubtful full term pregnancy and healthy baby.
Bleeding superficial veins, cupping residual cold from the belly (remove what is stopping normal Yang Qi expression), Gua Sha techniques, sacral cupping, and deep pelvic needling plus enlisting dad’s help at home using moxa to support maternal Yang Qi, we can radically improve the Stuck Qi and Blood that may have preceded pregnancy that is now creating massive pregnancy dramas.
Extensive case histories with photographic slides of veins bled and tongues will be give, plus all working on each other.
Heather has been active in clinically pertinent acupuncture education for over 30 years. She began her healing practice in Brisbane 35 years ago, after graduating in 1979 from ACA (Syd) in Brisbane.
Heather works at the interface of causative factors in her quest for excellence both for her family and her patients, mixing biochemistry (nutrition and naturopathy) with energy techniques.
She meets the challenges of the modern world and shares them with others as her heartfelt passion.
Saving late miscarriages/preventing super premature babies + body pains (esp back and PGP) as a warning
Maternal Kidney Qi supplies the developing baby with its life force.
About 10% of babies are born before their due date - more likely if a multiple pregnancy, with the added drain on mum’s reserves.
A common pregnancy health problem is body pain. Researchers have found that back pain in pregnancy affects at least half of all pregnant women.
The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women’s Health state in their online publication that lumbar pelvic pain is common in pregnancy with a prevalence ranging from 50-70%, with 14-22% of all pregnant women having serious PGP (pelvic girdle pain), 5 – 8% having severe pain and disability’.
In Asian medicine, back pain is seen as a symptom of Kidney complex deficiency (thus inherent constitutional weakness). Often a premature labour has as its prewarnings some Kidney Qi deficiency symptoms.
Protecting and nourishing new life can only be as good as mum’s Qi, Blood and Jing. Enhancing mum’s Kidney Qi, through supporting normal Yang Qi function powering her digestive process would easily alter both mum and baby’s future lives.
Using principles of Yang Sheng we can safely, highly effectively and instantly retrieve almost all high-risk pregnancies.
It would follow that improving maternal Kidney Qi would grant better baby outcomes - enhanced growth and constitution through its own enriched beginning.
With premature babies absorbing ever more of the health dollar; possibly living out their lives in a compromised body, we as a profession could possibly be affirming wellness, instead of ‘helping’ nature in medically forced conceptions.
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4. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
DYNAMIC HOMEOSTASIS
• Life is about change movement
• Night always moves into day
• Full inevitably become empty
• ‘Happy’ comes in cycles . . .
• Life usually is orderly through cycles
5. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
DEFINING TERMS
Blood – that which nourishes & carries our
Shen – our spirit –resides in the ‘heart’
Qi – loosely, but not ‘energy’ in English usage
Jing – our energy & constitutional
inheritance
6. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
HEATHER’S LINES
Seen all through her work – to help explain
the duality of life & acupuncture’s sometimes
circular logic
YANG
The more resonant
vibrational
energic
esoteric/active
aspect of whatever
YIN
The more dense
tangible
structive
solid aspect of
whatever
12. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
‘Shen’ – loosely spirit
• Shen is carried within the blood
• Mental & emotional balance (Shen)
hence all sleeping & mental acuity
PLUS emotional stability
13. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
THUS
• We all can tell if someone has a
• strong Shen
• They are lucid
• They are stable & act appropriately
• Their eyes tell us that they are
‘home’ – they are not ‘haunted’
• They can project their voice enough
to speak
16. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
QI (pronounced chee)
• Alive - we have it
• Newly dead – we don’t
17. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Qi can be seen as
YANG
The more resonant
vibrational
energic
esoteric/active
aspect of whatever
YIN
The more dense
tangible
structive
solid aspect of
whatever
18. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
YIN & YANG
These terms explain RELATIONSHIP
Yin –cools, moistens & nourishes – allows
regeneration
Yang – moves, transforms, holds in place,
protects, warms – loosely
metabolism
19. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
In our bodies, Yang Qi governs
* Metabolism functions
* Circulation
* Digestion
* All levels of protection including
immune function
* Structural integrity esp holding
blood, tissues & organs in place
* Temperature regulation esp feeling
cold
20. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
In our bodies Yin governs
* Cooling
* Nourishing
* Lubricating
* Rest & regeneration
* General stability on all levels of
growth, maturation & prematurely
aging & body breakdown.
21. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
JING
An energy concept.
What allows us to be here in a body,
occupying space.
KARMA DNA
more on this soon
27. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WOMEN’S LIVES
• Follow a 7 year pattern of jing unfolding
• (men have an 8 year cycle)
• 1x7 – head hair should be established, as
digestion now working well
• 2x7 – body now adult size
• periods arrive as ‘sea of blood’ is full
28. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WOMEN’S LIVES
• 3 x 7 – now biological perfect for
baby making
• 4 x 7 – height of reproductive & life
vigour
• 5 x 7 – digestive strength starting
• to wane (beginning of fine lines &
greying of hair)
29. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WOMEN’S LIVES
• 6 x 7 – dwindling of fertility
• 7 x 7 – drying up of ‘heavenly waters’
(periods should cease)
• 8 x 7 onwards – time for the crone to
impart the fruits of her life (jing
used in gaining wisdom)
30. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Dr John Shen
• Very wonderful Chinese herbalist and pulse
master (now dead) who studied people all
his life
• Gave acupuncturists a totally different take
on our medicine – through acute & reasoned
observation, deduction & dedication.
• He said . . . .
33. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
LIFE PIVOTS
We start breathing.
Our first moment of independent breath sets us
into who we are & will always be
Is it fear & panic, OUR CHOICE
or loving acceptance.
34. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
FIRST BREATH
• How to get this as calm and easy as
possible. If we can achieve this for
all in our charge, we will be enhancing
every aspect of who they will ever be
able to become.
• Also see Dr Michel Odent’s work –
• www.WombEcology.com
35. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Why do I mention this?
• During our own lives, we know when
things carry greater weight/magnitude
• None more so than when pregnant &
birthing & then being in that primal
state where we are subsumed in
maternity & maternal urges
36. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
4 PIVOTAL TIMES
In a woman’s life, when she can
either amazingly
IMPROVE her state of being,
Or seriously WRECK it.
37. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
FOUR TIMES FOR WOMEN
Puberty
Onset of sexuality
Pregnancy
Menopause
41. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Sexuality – can we feel?
Do we allow ourselves to
FEEL
&
LET GO?
What impact then in OPENING in
BIRTHING?
42. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Well pregnancy
• Need to have had easy periods first.
• Normal qi & blood flow & production =
normal periods.
• Normal periods should lead to easy
conceptions & well pregnancy
44. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
LIVER QI
• Allows the qi all through the body to
move well
• Giving free flow to blood, & hence
menstruation, pregnancy, milk
• Lactation and happy dispositions
47. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
SHEN & LIVER QI
• If previously imbalanced – with
residual anger, irritation, buried &
suppressed emotions of any
description – LOOK OUT!!!!!
• Maybe past PMT is an indicator . . .
• Expect possible trouble
49. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
LIVER QI
• Liver Qi needs to mobilise
• EVERYTHING in our lives –
from the etheric visionary
to the bile allowing poo to
happen easily, regardless of location.
50. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
If LIVER is not able to. . .
Things stick up
Slow down
Irk & irritate us
Create heat &
Eventually wind . . .
(high BP, migraines, tremors, epilepsy, pre
eclampsia . . . strokes, CVA etc
51. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Mid back/thoracics
STUCK
LIVER
QI
When this is
released,
everything in the
body ON ALL
LEVELS can move
again . . . .
52. Stuck Liver Qi massage
From under scapular
level down to waist
SLOWLY walk
the skin between the
fingers
See BIRTHING DVD
53. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Stuck Liver Qi
Qi, blood and our being gets stuck
LIFE FORCE?
ORGASM?
BLISS?
57. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
JULIAN SCOTT early 1980’s
• European Acupuncture Journal started
this process with an article stating
• five energy changes that characterise
a state of pregnancy.
• In any other person, these would
herald a health imbalance needing
re aligning -
58. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Normal pregnancy
FOR THE WOMAN
1 - Increase in HEAT
2 - Increase in BLOOD
3 - Increase in DAMPNESS
4 - Increase in LIVER QI
5 - Decrease in maternally available
KIDNEY QI
59. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHAT THIS MEANS
1 - INCREASE IN BLOOD
There is actually physically more in the body.
60. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
1 - ‘BLOOD’
Nourishes -Head hair,
muscle & ligaments,
fingernails.
PLUS - all menstruation,
reproduction &
lactation depend upon its quality &
circulation & amount
61. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
STRONG BLOOD ENERGY
ALLOWS WOMEN TO BE
SANE
CALM
SERENE
SLEEP & REGENERATE WELL
HAVE AN EASY LIFE BEING WOMAN
63. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
We become ‘frazzled’
TOO FOCUSED ON BEING ‘GOOD’
‘LOOKING’ AFTER OTHERS
We lose sight of our own needs
BLOOD ENERGY becomes disordered
when we are PISSED OFF
64. Yin Deficiency
•Body fluids have been damaged and
dryness and heat symptoms result. This
brings problems with:
cooling
nourishing
lubricating
rest & regeneration
general stability on all levels of
prematurely aging & body breakdown.
66. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
2 - HEAT
(what it means in energy terms)
Heat is stored in the blood
(can be voided through discharge of
heat in the urine)
67. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Heat in excess
1 - causes the SHEN TO GO WILD
Wild Shen – very emotional & loud & irrational
behaviours, sleeping problems- night mares,
grinding of teeth, hot & restless.
(Mania in extreme conditions)
68. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
HEAT in imbalance ALSO
2 - Causes BLOOD TO GO RECKLESS
moves out of blood vessels
THUS – all kinds of bleeding,
• bruising
• possible miscarriage,
• any bleeding into or from any orifice
• Including stroke.
69. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
What creates a deviation from
the textbook blueprint?
Anything that is heating
distresses/destroys yin
Lack of flow toxic substances
(Stuck Liver Qi) (modern life)
70. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
HEAT in imbalance ALSO
3 - WASTES YIN
What does YIN do again?
* Provides the ability
to regenerate, sleep, relax
* Nourishes, cools & moistens
71. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
OVER BLEEDING . . .
Maybe all life (until the ‘pill’/IUD
/implant halted haemorrhaging)
Or maybe JUST a one-off post natal
incident . . . .
CAN BE ENOUGH TO WRECK the rest
of her potential SANE EXISTENCE
72. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
THUS - Heat in excess
* Doesn’t enhance a calm, peaceful mum, or
allow the growing a calm peaceful baby
* Causes all number of emotional & mental
problems,
* Creates when in extreme excess – all
‘windy’ conditions – stroke, epilepsy, CVA,
elevated BP, major blood/bleeding issues
74. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
HOW TO GET EXCESS HEAT
Live unwisely
EMOTIONAL – repress & suppress
INGESTION – choose non nutritious,
highly concentrated tasty ‘food’ sources
LIFESTYLE – not early to bed, plenty
of ‘excitement’ & crises.
75. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
ALSO
1 - Lose excessive yin &/or blood
(think leaking waters over time – fever . .
Over bleeding with continual periods)
Or Haemorrhage
2 - Not drinking enough water
3 - Not resting/sleeping sufficiently
76. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Too much HEAT – creates
YIN DEFICIENCY
Body fluids have been damaged and
dryness and heat symptoms result.
This brings problems with: cooling
nourishing
lubricating
rest & regeneration
general stability on all levels
77. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
LATER IN PREGNANCY
All manner of issues . . .
Fluid
Diabetes
pre eclampsia
Eventually they may become life threatening
- and they stare us in the face for ages
before MEDICAL alarm bells ring
78. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Normal pregnancy
FOR THE WOMAN
1 - Increase in HEAT
2 - Increase in BLOOD
3 - Increase in DAMPNESS
4 - Increase in LIVER QI
5 - Decrease in maternally available
KIDNEY QI
79. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
DAMPNESS
Acupuncture term meaning, when in
excess -
OBSTRUCTION of
everything– SPLEEN DEFICIENCY
due to immoderate eating/over
worry/too much sugar &/or raw &/or
cool and cold drinks and foods.
80. What upsets our SPLEEN?
• Having greasy/cold/sweet/raw foods and/or
drinks that are difficult to digest
• Irregular eating habits– leaving long gaps
between meals, over-eating, dieting fads
• Too much thinking or worrying
• Irregular and inadequate sleep
• Sedentary lifestyle and inadequate exercise
Unable to nourish ourselves, with too low
cooking fire, we become YANG DEFICIENT
81. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
CANDIDIA/THRUSH tendencies
When the digestive fire (Spleen yang) is
weakened (as before) or if the body is
under stress/overload, (Stuck Liver Qi) the
‘food factory’ is compromised, and all sorts
of mishaps develop.
Predominantly in pregnancy – discharges &
infections – fluid – fat – urine changes –
swelling – carpal tunnel etc – eventually pre
eclampsia – and other disasters
82. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MAJOR “CAUSE” OF DISEASE
• COLD - causes contraction &
hardening
• Hence causes circulation stoppage
• Wastes YANG QI – metabolism
protection
transformation
holding function
84. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
• Early lives – inconsiderate birthingEarly lives – inconsiderate birthing
exposures.exposures.
• Loss of umbilical blood, vastly reducing theLoss of umbilical blood, vastly reducing the
volume,volume,
• breathing capacity and warmth, also thebreathing capacity and warmth, also the
Shen ???Shen ???
• Travels through the blood – what of theTravels through the blood – what of the
shock issues?shock issues?
• Early lack of appropriate clothing = parentsEarly lack of appropriate clothing = parents
are warm enoughare warm enough
• (e.g. All babies in strollers without booties)(e.g. All babies in strollers without booties)
• Cold/cool ice creams/fruit juices/etcCold/cool ice creams/fruit juices/etc
HOW?
85. LATER LIFELATER LIFE
• Choice of ingestiblesChoice of ingestibles
• (poss. already internal heat there and(poss. already internal heat there and
self medicating)self medicating)
• OccupationalOccupational
• Hobbies (fishing in NZ is standing in veryHobbies (fishing in NZ is standing in very
chilled water)chilled water)
• Sleeping arrangements – one partnerSleeping arrangements – one partner
sleepssleeps ‘hotter; than the other,‘hotter; than the other,
necessitating other to get continual smallnecessitating other to get continual small
increments of cold invasion – stored forincrements of cold invasion – stored for
laterlater
• Clothing – fashion statementsClothing – fashion statements
• And others too numerous. . .And others too numerous. . .
86. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
HOW IT HAPPENS
THERAPEUTICALLY
1 –1 – IceIce physically placed on everything acute.physically placed on everything acute.
2 –2 – Cold bloodCold blood replacement/nasal gastric feeding etcreplacement/nasal gastric feeding etc
3 –3 – Vibrational effects of medicationsVibrational effects of medications - insulting body- insulting body
with cold = eg antibiotics . . .with cold = eg antibiotics . . .
4 –4 – Air conditioningAir conditioning far too cold for the weakened,far too cold for the weakened,
vulnerable ill and wounded who there for apparentvulnerable ill and wounded who there for apparent
healing and comfort.healing and comfort.
5 –5 – Actual cold connectionActual cold connection – in lying on metal, and– in lying on metal, and
having metal inhaving metal in
6 –6 – Fed and watered with chilled products . . .Fed and watered with chilled products . . . et alet al
87. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHAT CAN A BODY DO?
Eventually, the cold stored gets
in the way of normal life processes,
and when juggling becomes too difficult;
something GIVES
WHAT? Depends on
the individual & their own personal
story/constitution/strengths/the
weather etc . . .
88. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
YANG DEFICIENCY
Metabolism & normal body temperature regulation
have been damaged, so the person feels cold &
lacking ‘oomph’ on all levels. And suffers from -
*all metabolism functions
*circulation
*digestion
*all levels of protection
*structural integrity
esp holding blood, tissues & organs in place
*temperature regulation
esp feeling cold/catching things
WDCD p 17
89. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MAYBE – always was a
Phlegmy person: snotty; glue ears;
chesty; prone to infections & colds
Thin & frail/failure to thrive:
possibly with the issues above . . . .
Prone to digestive issues: fat & fluid
easily laid down & hard to shift . . .
90. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
DAMPNESS
Is just ONE Of the many ‘minor’ issues that
come on – as pregnancy is a time of
naturally increased dampness . . .
In addition – more fluid in every aspect of
life – if prone to headaches of a full
nature/sinus/any congestion/foggy
head/thinking – may get it more often, esp
if in a humid season when heavily pregnant
93. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
INCREASE ON LIVER ENERGY
If she was a cranky bitch before –
watch out!!!!
Any tendency to premenstrual issues
prior to pregnancy, any migraine &
IBS & other S & S of Stuck Liver
Qi may grow wings and fly her away,
if blood is not nourished & she does
not sit with herself & get a grip . . .
94. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
DECREASE IN MATERNALLY
AVAILABLE KIDNEY ENERGY
Mum’s body is growing another being
and as such, the KIDNEY QI & JING
are doing exactly what they are
supposed to – this means she may get
very tired, if doing other things with
herself, BESIDES GROWING THE
BEST BABY SHE CAN
104. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHY DO WE THINK WE ARE . .
. HERE?
• TO BE?
• TO EVOLVE?
• TO EXPERIENCE?
• TO ENGAGE IN FREE
CHOICE &
ITS CONSEQUENCES
107. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHY SETTLE FOR LESS?
. . . Than perfect?
Surely we can do better than JUST
wanting both to live through their
transition?
(we are more than a body . . . )
108. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
When did we lose heart?
In our lives?
In our medicine?
In our selves?
110. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHY DO WE GET SURPRISED?
WHERE DID WE GET A SENSE OF
ENTITLEMENT
FOR AN ‘EASY’ LIFE – NO HICCUPS
(WHITE PICKET FENCE)
WHAT DO WE THINK WE ARE DUE?
113. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
TIBETAN MEDICINE
‘CAUSES OF DISEASE’
To be breathing, we suffer
Ignorance gives rise to desire – hatred
– pride – jealousy – harsh speech –
more obscuration – and around you
go . . . . .
114. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
CLASSIFICATIONS OF DISEASE
• Karma – reaping of past actions
• Spirits (possession)
• This lifetime – manifested later in the
same life (see Dr Shen heart
conditions)
• Superficial (lifestyle changes will alter
these)
116. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Heather's version
Clear whatever is BLOCKING the
body healing itself
In whatever level
So then the body can
repair itself
125. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
• Points to
check
• If Liv 13
sore – is
digestive
/Spleen
issue
• If GB 25
– is a Ki –
deeper
problem
126. START UP
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
• Straddling a chair is the
easiest position
• Ensure mum is warm, with
something on her feet.
• Arrows show directions of
massage flow.
• The points are for very
slow deep pressure
127. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MASSAGE & MOXA
* Settles people
down
* Makes them feel
better – more
likely to return
* Moves the
qi/blood/lymph
* ‘Smudges’ –
vibrational
clearance
* Feels good –
warms & moves
* Clears
obstructions in
ALL levels
128. Stuck Liver Qi massage
From under scapular
level down to waist
SLOWLY walk
the skin between the
fingers
See BIRTHING DVD
129. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Digestive issues
• Work especially on the back - at the
level of the bra strap.
• A Rolfing technique, out form the
spine. Slowly and very deeply.
• It does hurt, but feels wonderful
afterwards.
131. CONSIDER TIMING
• LIFE on earth needs the sun, and our
pineal glands are set to allow
maximum opportunity to use its light
• Hence – eating could follow energy
demands, thus allowing nature to
REPENISH us at night . . . .
(see www.heatherbruce.com.au for
eBook titles)
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
135. PRESS to ascertain
where most soreness is
– neither should hurt.
GO TO “WHAT DADS
CAN DO” for info re
all manner of
miscarriage/
digestive/ circulatory &
other issues that you
may assist through
action after
establishing which
pattern you are
observing
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
136. GENERAL ‘ALL
ROUNDER’ – to
normalize any- &
everything.
(Heather’s own
personal story re BP
disappearing after
epidural & being
reclaimed by needling
this point after 2
lots of adrenaline
failed).
Usually for digestion
& energy
138. Direction of chest opening
WHEN
USED
(build up
eventually to
strong
gouging
pressure –
start lightly)
Feeling
stuck/sad
Mucous
build up
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
140. ALL DIAGRAMS
from “WHAT
DADS CAN DO
- manual for
partners of
pregnant
women”
These points
to be moxaed
to improve
general Yang
Qi thus
support life
processes
better – esp
all forms of
weakness. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
143. To get from here to there . . .
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
144. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MASSAGE & MOXA
• Settles people down
• Makes them feel
better – more likely
to return
• Moves the
qi/blood/lymph
• ‘Smudges’ –
vibrational
clearance
• Feels good –
warms & moves
• Clears
obstructions in
ALL levels
145. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
• Straddling a chair is the
easiest position
• Ensure mum is warm, with
something on her feet.
• Arrows show directions of
massage flow.
• The points are for very
slow deep pressure
Starting up
146. Stuck Liver Qi massage
From under scapular
level down to waist
SLOWLY walk
the skin between the
fingers
See BIRTHING DVD
147. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
PAST 36 WEEKS
In later (past 36
weeks) pregnancy,
heavy massage on the
hips is indicated.
During labour, & in
let down issues, the
GB 21 is very
helpful
148. ‘WHAT DADS CAN DO’
manual & DVDs to assist easy birthing
available from
www.easybabies.com.au
154. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
What does this help?
* Everything to move
* Especially useful for
ALL structural
issues – as we all
have a component
of ‘unhappy’
(Stuck Liver Qi)
* Neck/shoulder
* Migraines & h/a
* Back strains,
spasms &
tension
* Digestive issues
* All pelvic/gyne
* Birth
preparation
155. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WHY THE BOTTOM?
THINK
GALL
BLADDER
MERIDIAN
PATHWAY
• WOMEN - ESPECIALLY
• WHAT DO WE STORE
THERE?
• SEXUAL FRUSTRATION
• RESENTMENT
• ‘STUFF’ IN GENERAL
(& fat & cellulite & fluid – very
painful to release)
163. HEATHER BRUCE
After 5 minutes,
• Go to moving upwards in a fan like
manner.
• Often people feel like warm water
dribbling down their legs.
• It often has a profound effect, esp
after surgery, C sections, & cupping
the navel.
170. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
What does this help?
• Everything to move
• Especially useful for
ALL structural
issues – as we all
have a component
of ‘unhappy’ (Stuck
liver Qi)
• Neck/shoulder
• Migraines & h/a
• Back strains &
tension
• Digestive issues
• All pelvic/gyne
• Birth
preparation
171. BEST POSITION
• After moxa on sacrum,
start at the top, and
then hone in on the
bottom.
• After 36 weeks, a lot
of deep slow pressure
on the points displayed
allows opening &
shifting of focus to
occur.
174. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Slow deep
pressure
outwards
from the
sacrum to
ease all
the stuck
whatever
to loosen
& move
prior to
birthing.
175. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
What does this help?
Everything to
move
Especially useful
for ALL
structural issues
– as we all have
a component of
‘unhappy’ (Stuck
liver Qi)
• Neck/shoulder
• Migraines & h/a
• Back strains &
tension
• Digestive issues
• All pelvic/gyne
• Birth
preparation
176. After 5 minutes,
• Go to moving upwards in a fan like
manner.
• Often people feel like warm water
dribbling down their legs.
• It often has a profound effect, esp
after surgery, C sections, & cupping
the navel.
177. MASSAGE – PELVIC OPENING
Julianne’s experience –
• “I initially found this to be a very painful
experience and had to learn to breathe
appropriately to help deal with it … I
couldn’t talk!
• I did have to convince Kevin that this would
‘do something good’.
• I cried a lot whilst he was doing it and had
to keep telling him that it was not him and
it was to happen.
This has not happened since.
178. ‘I overall feel like the ‘wee
monster’ or ‘pent up bitch’ in me
has released - made up of years
of compounding emotion,
frustration, anger and negative
energy that in my mind I had
dealt with.
179. ‘I feel physically more
released in the area of my
buttocks with an improved
sensation during
intercourse”.
181. We can not expect to assist
labour to start (when
‘overdue’), or to help when
there is ‘failure to
progress’.
UNLESS WE HAVE BABY OA
182. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Head down is only the beginning
It is a
good
start
though .
May need to do
much more
than Bl 67
moxa
CORRECTLY
PLACED
BABY O – A
(occipit
anterior)
183. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Head down is not enough
HAS TO BE PRESENTING O/A
Baby needs to hit
the right part of
the cervix to
initiate labour
THIS BABY IS OA
& ready to go . .
184. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
PERFECT
BABY
O- A
Baby needs to
hit the
right part
of the
cervix to
initiate
labour
200. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
OFTEN I AM ASKED TO HELP
BUT baby is obviously NOT in
position
No use wondering why waters not
breaking, contractions starting
or
She is now ‘overdue’
Or not ‘progressing ‘ if put into labour
201. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
‘OP’ PRESENTATION
An OP baby tends to not go ‘on
time’,
not break waters,
not progress when finally in
labour,
& give excruciating back ache
labour,
End up distressed, UNLESS mum
is able to move baby to correct
spot.
203. PAULINE SCOTT &
JEAN SUTTON –
OPTIMAL FETAL
POSITIONING –
all line drawings used with permission
EBook & republished “Sit Up & Take
Notice” coming soon . . .
204. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Is the baby in the right spot? NO!!!
This baby is OP &
will not initiate
labour.
Waters will not
spontaneously
break, & if place
artificially in
labour, she will
struggle.
Answer – get
her to move,
change
posture &
seating, get
very active.
AND Bl 67 . .
MOXA/needle
205. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
What to do?
NEED
Optimal Fetal Positioning
(otherwise we have Stuck
Baby – another ’disease’
category . . .)
211. NATURAL MEDICINE WORKS
WITH not AGAINST NATURE
Why is this baby comfy there?
WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK WITH
NATURE? – why would we want to?
REVISE DR SHEN ‘S WORK
WHAT IS THE COST if we don’t?
214. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
Dr Shen (paraphrased) also said
• That the impact of things on us
decreases the further away we are
from our source
• That the first 1/3 of affect
happened before we were even born.
• Think on this . . . . .
216. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
CONCEPTION - BIRTH
• The closer to our beginnings, the
bigger the BANG ! ! ! ! !
• Birth – the transition between
dependence and being separate.
• Fetal to adult circulation
in one breath . . . .
217. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
OUR SPIRIT RESIDES IN THE HEART
Our heart is guarded by our
‘pericardium’.
We are who we are
We perceive the world & respond to
it, due to its health or otherwise.
222. WHAT STOPS THIS?
Think of a sapling
Prevailing wind OR
Not enough nourishment, water
Marauding animals, pests, diseases –
WE NEED SAFETY in BIRTHING
226. FOR CHILDREN?
• Need – orderly, safe and happy
growing medium – happy family.
• When this is missing, or if a BIG
shock at the beginning – guaranteed
to be difficult – not what genetic
potential showed was possible.
• Maybe what was MEANT to be though
239. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
CONCEPTION - BIRTH
• The closer to our beginnings, the
bigger the BANG ! ! ! ! !
• Birth – the transition between
dependence and being separate.
• Fetal to adult circulation
in one breath . . . .
240. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
OUR SPIRIT RESIDES IN THE HEART
Our heart is guarded by our
‘pericardium’.
We are who we are
We perceive the world & respond to
it, due to its health or otherwise.
242. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
LIFE PIVOTS
We start breathing.
Our first moment of independent breath sets us
into who we are & will always be
Is it fear & panic, OUR CHOICE
or loving acceptance.
246. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
FOR ALL OF THESE
Standard protocol first
Mid back Stuck Liver Qi release
Back massage
Sacral moxa fan
Pelvic opening
247. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
PLUS
Is nutrition optimal?
(protein every 3 hours, no gluten/sugar)
Is she taking at least ZINC,
Vit C and B and Magnesium?
Water? Rest ? Exercise? Happy?
248. Stuck Liver Qi massage
From under scapular
level down to waist
SLOWLY walk
the skin between
the fingers
See ‘BIRTHING –
BIRTHING – WHAT
DADS CAN DO‘ DVD
250. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
‘MALPOSITION’
* Why is baby comfy there?
* Is mum in a ‘funny’ state?
Karmically/resonance of ?????
Emotionally – in response to?????
Past surgery etc – scar work
Structural = Chiropractic
251. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
See pp154-157 WDCD
• Until we sort out WHY baby is there,
it will probably revert to chosen spot.
• Is it mum needing to actually focus?
• Is it baby in danger with cord issue?
253. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MOXA ON Bl 67 is not magic
1 - Clear all blockages to flow
2 - Relax & focus on what want (undo
fears etc that are overlaying the
mammalian template)
3 - Loosen the pelvic girdle, including
all old scars – esp use MOXA
4 - Warm up the pelvis
5 - Moxa Bl 67
254. USUAL POINT TO MOXA –
for any positional change:
after ‘sacral fan’ etc ..
Is only Part
5 of the
process of
turning
though . .
Check WHY
baby is
there Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
255. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
WANT BABY NOW
If really MEDICALLY necessary,
whatever preparation work will have
allows the cervix to ripen faster.
If induction is looming, see an
acupuncturist – as needling is
indicated, and even then, unless near
tipping point, may only start MILD
labour
256. WHAT IS STOPPING BABY?
THIS MUST BE CLEARED FIRST.
*THUS – NOT probably ‘DUE’ YET –
*Must get to where the cervix is at
LEAST favorable, prior to medical
hassles.
*Re-ask WHY is it deemed so
necessary
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
257. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
NATURAL MEDICINE WORKS
WITH not AGAINST NATURE
Why is this baby being hassled out?
REVISE DR SHEN ‘S WORK
WHAT IS THE COST?
258. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
ACUPUNCTURE is not magic
• Clear all blockages to flow
• Relax & focus on what want (undo fears
etc that are overlaying the mammalian
template)
• Loosen the pelvic girdle, incl old scars
• Warm up the pelvis
• Loosen the pelvis
• Calm and loosen energy
259. Swelling/abdominal discomfort &
PUBIS SYMPHYSIS PAIN
Before or after baby born.
Useful for clearing lymphatic
congestion, esp prior to birth, if lots
of oedema, and also post birth to
GENTLY assist return to normal
Start with moxa on sacrum etc
260. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
REMEMBER – set the scene
Standard protocol first
Mid back Stuck Liver Qi release
Back massage
Sacral moxa fan
Pelvic opening
265. HAS BIRTH PREPARATION
BEEN DONE?
If so, and the labour is not progressing
WHY NOT?
If naturally in labour, and all
preparation done, then
WHAT IS UPSETTING HER?
REMEMBER – NATURE NEEDS US ALL
TO WIN THE BREEDING GAME
266. LIFE IS ALWAYS IN
CONTEXT
Ina May Gaskin REVISE
LIVER QI – is it flowing? REVISE
Is there FEAR? blocks up sphincters nicely.
WE ARE MAMMALS – SURVIVAL
(think does – as in deer - in birthing)
267. IN CO-ORDINATE CONTRACTIONS
Is this baby REALLY in the right spot?
CHECK
Is mum settled & happy?
BACH/vibrational/
homeopathic essences
NOW we think –
acupuncture/acupressure
269. Depending on how far along
she is . . . .
If all usual points have been pressed,
and given time to work, massage and
deep pressure applied to sacral area
NEED SOMETHING TO SHIFT
THE ENERGY
Needling now may be helpful
270. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
POST BIRTH
• PLACENTA
• BLOOD FLOW PP
• PERINEAL HEALING
• PAIN & PHYSICAL HASSLES
• EMOTIONAL HASSLES
• BREASTS – milky or otherwise
271. PLACENTAL ISSUES
• See WDCD pp 218 – 223
STUCK
IN BITS
BLEEDING
POST BIRTH PAIN
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
272. Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
MILKY BREASTS
LIVER QI HAS TO FLOW
what stops this?
Being very pissed off - THUS
feeling depressed
impotent and
Hopeless
helpless
disempowered
273. Stuck Liver Qi massage
From under scapular
level down to waist
SLOWLY walk
the skin between the
fingers
See BIRTHING DVD
274. Why not do this?
It GREATLY aids the
actions of MOXA &
the needles
275. UPPER BODY
May not need to do a lot on the
actual upper back, as it responds
better to the STUCK LIVER QI
massage techniques, &/or the
pelvic work
276. Direction of chest opening
WHEN
USED
(build up
eventually to
strong
gouging
pressure –
start lightly)
Feeling
stuck/sad
Mucous
build up
Heather Bruce Copyright 2007
282. Go to WDCD pp234 - 241
FLOW Of EVERYTHING in body is ruled
by the LIVER QI – is she ‘pissed off’, &
smiling it away?
MILK quality & quantity (& the Liver Qi’s
ability to flow) is directly affected by
the BLOOD ENERGY
(REVISE)