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The Water Element encompasses the most beautiful expressions of human life – truth and wisdom in the spirit, knowledge and understanding in the mind, and purity and vitality in the body. These are the deepest sources of healing.
The New Year: a Turning Point in Health and Wellness In Western culture, we mark the New Year as a time for new beginnings, conscious change and renewal. It’s a time to leaving behind whatever challenges, excesses and regrets we may have had about the past year. For many, the New Year is time for a fresh start on improving
Bone, Trauma and the Water Element Bone is living tissue, and is governed by the Water Element in Five Element acupuncture theory. Water represents the primal instinct for survival. Part I of this article explained why the Water Element is so important for a healthy response to threat, and for healing trauma. The Water Element has a
Acute Stress, Trauma and the Water Element How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic? Most of us are familiar with the acute stress response (ASR) – the surge of fear and tension that takes over when we face threat. The response is so fast and instinctive that we may feel we have been temporarily hijacked by
The Will and Its Power: What the Water Element in Five Element Acupuncture Can Teach Us Most of us think of will power as something desirable. It’s a positive character attribute that we both admire in others and seek to strengthen in ourselves. Will power gives us the determination to stick with our goals. But what is the will, and how
Fear and Fearlessness: The Water Element in Five Element Acupuncture The Water Element in Five Element acupuncture theory embodies the season of Winter and the will to endure through hardship, both in nature and in the human spirit. A robust Water Element within gives us the resolve to face unthinkable fears that threaten our basic survival. The legendary phrase, “Nothing
Winter & The Water Element: Elusive, Impenetrable, Hidden The frozen landscape of Winter appears barren and lifeless, covered with an ocean of snow. Life has gone underground, hibernating. This is the season of the Water Element – elusive, impenetrable and hidden. The Inner Spirit of Water: Potency & the Will to Survive Everything in Winter is concentrated down to essentials,
Pain Is the Wake-Up Call Nearly everyone who shows up for Five Element acupuncture arrives with a “symptom,” typically pain. Understandably, it takes something extraordinary and often disagreeable – like an injury or illness – to compel us to seek treatment. Pain has a way of getting our attention, very quickly. What We Resist Persists No matter the symptom —
Winter & the Water Element in Five Element Acupuncture The qualities of the Water Element in the human body/mind/spirit allow us to overcome fear, heal anxiety, and survive through the most difficult life challenges. In Five Element acupuncture, Winter embodies the qualities of the Water Element. Winter, Water & the Will to Survive There are many kinds of Winters. First,
Persephone, Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld “Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And Spring comes green again to trees and grasses.” In the poem, A Spring View, cited in the earlier blog post, A Spring View, Du Fu evokes the feeling of new growth and hope emerging after a time of war. We might
