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Jin Shin – Large Intestine Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

The function of the Large Intestine Meridian is to create structure for communication of our instincts and inner workings of our mind in developing ideas, writing and speaking. It supports proper elimination. It helps generate evolution and change.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Asthma, colon discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, upper lip tense or swollen, index fingers stiffen, shoulders ache, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, cold sores on lips, tumors, general lumps and bumps, grief, sorrow, melancholy, feeling physically weak, diminished common sense and sense of humor, insecurity, immaturity, negative attitude, emotional imbalance. Continue reading →

Jin Shin – Spleen Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

The Spleen Meridian deals with metabolism and affects the immune system in a huge way. It feeds the body and the other flows.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Anxiety, depression, allergies, feeling heavy in body, craving sweets and carbohydrates, food doesn’t seem to descend, energy is weak, nervous system fatigued, stumbling over words, throat tension, feeling needy, blood sugar issues, self protection, forgetfulness, worry.
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Jin Shin – Stomach Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

This month we are peeking into the Stomach Meridian.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Addictions, beer belly, craving carbohydrates, kidney issues, neck tension, skin surface is hot, perspiring, blood sugar issues, cold sores, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, snoring, memory issues, boundary issues, worry, depression, excessively mental, obsessive behavior.

The Stomach Meridian nourishes ourselves, gives and receives love and compassion and retains memory.

Quick Check & Self Help: Hold the 21 on one side of the body (on face at indentation just below the cheekbone close to the nose) and the 1 on the other side of the body (inside knee above tendon horizontal to the knee cap and about one hand’s width up on the inside of the thigh). Remember too to take nice full, deep breaths and hold a positive mindset.

Generally speaking, if you are not able to feel a pulse, it is likely that there is a blockage. If the pulses are erratic, there is a restriction or overflow involved. When there is free flow in the meridian, you will feel both points pulsing in harmony with one another.

  • Visualize the hands as jumper cables. Just apply – no strength is required. There is no need to rub or massage.
  • Relax. If you are unable to relax, just be as you are. Trying takes effort and can be counter productive
  • You may sit, stand or lie down – whatever is most comfortable for you
  • Simply apply your hands for a few minutes at a time until you can feel an even rhythmic pulsation
  • Jumper-cabling can be done at any time of day. It is the daily application that will accomplish results.

Meridian we’ve covered are indexed here

Jin Shin – Heart Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

This month we are peeking into the Heart Meridian.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Pretense, crying on the inside while laughing on the outside, inappropriate joy, masking feelings, insecurity, trying too hard, nervous or circulatory system issues, seriousness, shyness, afraid to play.

The Heart Meridian thrives on new ideas, action and adventure. It is the force which enables our planted seeds to grow, ripen and flourish. It gives us the power to act. It brings us prosperity, spontaneity and integrity. This flow is most responsive to spiritual thought and is nourished by exercise and playfulness.
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Jin Shin – Liver Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

This month we are peeking into the Liver Meridian.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Anger, irritability, excessive need to control, inability to focus and plan, excessive mentality, fatigue, jealousy, passive-aggressive tendencies, muscle, ligament and tendon problems, stiff neck, voice issues – can’t swallow, nails weak, acid reflex, herpes.

The general function is to bring mental clarity and the power to focus, plan and make decisions.

Quick Check & Self Help: Hold the neck off to one side just a bit at the base of the skull, and on the opposite side of the body the 14 (along the base of the rib cage below the sternum and off to the side a couple inches). Remember too to take nice full, deep breaths and hold a positive mindset.

Generally speaking, if you are not able to feel a pulse, it is likely that there is a blockage. If the pulses are erratic, there is a restriction or overflow involved. When there is free flow in the meridian, you will feel both points pulsing in harmony with one another.

  • Visualize the hands as jumper cables. Just apply – no strength is required. There is no need to rub or massage.
  • Relax. If you are unable to relax, just be as you are. Trying takes effort and can be counter productive
  • You may sit, stand or lie down – whatever is most comfortable for you
  • Simply apply your hands for a few minutes at a time until you can feel an even rhythmic pulsation
  • Jumper-cabling can be done at any time of day. It is the daily application that will accomplish results.

What is Jin Shin? Jin Shin is a Japanese healing art that dates back at lease 5,000 years. Virtually all traditional healing systems – from Ayurvedic to Greek and Chinese – are founded on the principle that in order to heal the body, the person must strengthen and balance the flow of life energy within.

Meridian we’ve covered are indexed here

Jin Shin – Gall Bladder Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. Quantum Touch Class Info

This month we are peeking into the Gall Baldder Flow.

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Arthritis, cancers, cheek/back of ear pain, digestive problems, joint pain, eyes at outer corners – achy and crusty, shoulder/upper arm or elbow pain, feeling of disconnectedness or overly attached, lethargic, space cadet, rash decisions, need to control as well as indecision and timidity. Headaches may occur on one of the two sides of the head because the GB meridian zigzags the head and during stress/tension it becomes like a vice.

The general function is to bring mental clarity and the power to focus, plan and make decisions.

Quick Check & Self Help: Very easy to do -  hold both 14’s (along the base of the rib cage below the sternum and off to the side a couple inches). Remember too to take nice full, deep breaths and hold a positive mindset.

Generally speaking, if you are not able to feel a pulse, it is likely that there is a blockage. If the pulses are erratic, there is a restriction or overflow involved. When there is free flow in the meridian, you will feel both points pulsing in harmony with one another.

  • Visualize the hands as jumper cables. Just apply – no strength is required. There is no need to rub or massage.
  • Relax. If you are unable to relax, just be as you are. Trying takes effort and can be counter productive
  • You may sit, stand or lie down – whatever is most comfortable for you
  • Simply apply your hands for a few minutes at a time until you can feel an even rhythmic pulsation
  • Jumper-cabling can be done at any time of day. It is the daily application that will accomplish results.

Other Meridians are indexed here.

Jin Shin – Umbilicus Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points not full flows that a practitioner would likely use.

As we get closer to spring, the quiet inner reflective time of winter begins to move towards the birth that spring always brings.

This month we are peeking into the Umbilicus Flow, also known as the Triple Heater, which connects spirit and body through breath and blood. It is symbolized as the “doorway” between the spirit world and the physical world. It brings the spirit’s fire force into physical form.

Another aspect to this meridian is to govern the fight or flight response, Continue reading →

Jin Shin – Diaphragm Meridian

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Sometimes you know you’re not feeling as well as you could, but you don’t have any diagnosable issues. This is sooooo common!!! You have to be pretty ‘far off’ to test positive for a mainstream problem that western medicine can treat. And, truth be told, the percentages that can be helped with our aggressive therapies are quite low. My opinion is that it is, in part, due to the limited view of only treating the symptoms, not the deeper imbalance. But illness and disease is not my business – wellness is. I am not a medical professional and I am extremely thankful that we have those professionals and technologies available to us when we need them.

So – to get back on track…

Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care, quick release techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

Remember that you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. For Quantum Touch students/practitioners, holding these points while doing QT really pumps up the effectiveness. These are quick release points. Quantum Touch Class Info

This month we are peeking into the Diaphragm Flow which connects spirit and body through breath and blood. It is symbolized as the “doorway” between the spirit world and the physical world. It brings the spirit’s fire force into physical form.

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Jin Shin – Kidney Meridian

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Let us continue to look at a series of easy self care techniques to help you feel better. The body can regenerate and restore when the energy is flowing. With Jin Shin, we work with the acupressure points on the body using light touch to release stress and tension.

And yes, you can work on yourself or use these points to work on a client. It is common for me to hold the Bladder Points on someone with a lot of back side issues. It is also easy to teach them to do it for themselves.

This month – the Kidney Meridian

Do you notice any of these tendencies in yourself? Many of these tendencies are also shared with the Bladder Meridian, as they are both water elements, but with Kidney you may notice more panic attacks, denial, anger, fear of failure, perfectionism, insecurity, resentment and mistrustfulness.

Or specifically you may notice: Water retention, blood pressure problems, congestion, esophagus swollen at top, mouth feverish, phlegm, eczema, sweaty hands and feet, hungry but nothing appeals, intestinal issues, plantar fasciitis, bone spur, gout.
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I AM Purity Aromatherapy

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Childhood innocence. This blend makes me smile. Light, free, airy – with giggles thrown in for fun. It brings the essence of purity to your being. While the oils in this blend are dynamite for detoxing and decongesting the body, this is intended more for detoxing of negative energies – releasing, cleansing, balancing and aligning toward Divine Expression.  Disinterest, withdrawal, worry, fear of failure – this blend helps us to connect with and act from our highest ideals. Reconnect with your feeling life! Lightness, playfulness, joy, purity of mind. Great for anxiety!

Purity of body, mind, spirit can be used in many ways:

You can massage this blend into your trapezius muscle, which is the muscle associated with the kidney meridian. It would be easiest to apply oil to hands, rub together and stroke from the top of your neck out to your shoulder. Ok, call me nerdy, but this is a really cool site that shows the location and actions of the trapezius muscle – watch it move by clicking on the blue words in the Action on the Shoulder box. Yep, cheap entertainment.

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