Remote Group Session 23rd January 2020

FOCUS for today's session: harmonising the flow of energy within the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel meridians, the Microcosmic Orbit, and the Craniosacal System

We had one final stop to make in our journey around the meridian system, the Conception Vessel and Governing Vessel meridians, so let's visit this pair today.

The Microscopic Orbit - visualise energy flow up the centre of your back and down the centre of your front in a continuous circuit.

The Microcosmic Orbit was once a secret practice but is now widely known as a way to nurture and gather our personal energy by focusing on it's path around these two meridians.

REMOTE GROUP TREATMENT SESSION 19TH DEC 2019 - FOCUS, QUADRUNE BRAIN, DOLPHIN CONSCIOUSNESS

Here in the UK, many of us are still experiencing post-election disbelief and dismay. What seemed a golden opportunity for radical positive change at a governmental level has slipped through our fingers. Instead what do we have? Some sort of hideous bargain-basement imitation Trump backward collapse?

Easy to deride Trump, Johnson, Bolsonaro and their like but we only have ourselves to blame for them being in power. They are "us" just as much as Gandhi or Lao Tzu. And what do they represent but nothing more than humanity's baser nature, that lying, greedy, lazy part of all of us. How can we expect politicians to act for the good of all and for a healthy environment when we don't in fact give them a mandate to do that.

QUADRUNE BRAIN - earlier post here

DECEMBER MERIDIAN - STOMACH

The Meridian for this Month is the Stomach. It runs on from the Large Intestine Meridian in a complicated pattern around the face and mouth, a branch descending internally through the diaphragm to the stomach and spleen. Another branch descends over the surface of the neck, chest and abdomen to the groin where the meridian reconnects with the continuation of internal branch from the stomach. It runs from here down the leg to the top of the foot, terminating at the tip of the second toe.

I love the dramatic descriptions of Stomach Meridian disturbance: eg the patient may like to "climb hills, sing a lot, or strip and run about naked". I'll know what's up with that type now...

REMOTE GROUP SESSION 14th NOV 2019 - LARGE INTESTINE TWO

The session we just had on the Thursday 7th November felt so powerful to host that I'm going to stay with the same focus for the next one:

SESSION 14th NOVEMBER: LARGE INTESTINE MERIDIAN - VAGUS NERVES - CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM - LARGE INTESTINE MOBILITY AND MOTILITY

Which might seem like a lot of different levels, but that seemed to be part of the message, that it's good to focus into several levels, they're all just different ways of observing the same thing, our amazing, multi-connected, physical and non-physical human life form. Work going on with one aspect is mirrored in all others.

MERIDIAN OF THE MONTH - LARGE INTESTINE

The meridian for this month's exploration of the "web that has no weaver", is the Large Intestine, so I'll be focusing into this channel during our remote group session on 7th November.

The Large Intestine Meridian runs from the tip of the index finger up the arm to the shoulder where it splits into two branches. The first runs down inside the body through the lung and diaphragm to the large intestine itself. The second branch runs up the neck, through the cheek to the lower teeth and gum, and around the upper lip to the side of the nose.

REMOTE GROUP SESSION 24TH OCTOBER - SCIATICA TWO

We focused on Sciatica in last Thursday's remote group session and it's such a common problem that I'm going to stay with it for this next one on the 24th October - more about the remote group and how to join in here.
Sciatica, and lower back pain, has always been one of the chief reasons people seek out help from complementary therapists like me. I've always encouraged patients to research as much as they can themselves and to look at all aspects of their own health care, from diet and exercise, such as stretching and Pilates, along with getting regular holistic treatment. I often find that when patients' sciatica or back pain has eased they continue to come for CranioSacral Therapy as it can have such a positive effect on their health generally. So here's a bit more detail:

It's the largest nerve in our bodies, as thick as your thumb

The roots of the sciatic nerve fanning out from the lower spinal levels.

Some of the various disc and vertebral problems which can cause nerve compression.

The joints between the vertebrae themselves are often overlooked and can cause problems too.

One of the chief sciatic rascals, the piriformis muscle - easy to see how tension/spasm here can be pressing on that nerve. The good news is that tension here can often be easily treated and giving relief to pain.

Then there's often an emotional component to this, or any other, concern. Money worries and support issues often hide away down here. The CranioSacral approach can help people to explore this and learn wonderfully helpful life lessons by listening to our bodies' inner wisdom.
Have a great session if you're tuning in!
Stretch for the piriformis muscle here.
Pelvic tilt for lower back here.

MERIDIAN OF THE MONTH - LUNG

"THE DELICATE INTEGRITY OF THE TEMPORAL WORLD"
My main reference book for our meridian journey is the excellent, "The Web that has no Weaver," by Ted J. Kaptchuk. There's some great notes on the lung meridian and the lungs as organs, and all their associations, eg "the Lungs concern the momentary and the ephemeral. Healthy Lungs allow for a single moment or any singular episode of time to become complete".

The Lung Meridian runs from deep within the body cavity to the Large Intestine, rising to the Lungs and emerging to the surface via the throat. It continues down the arm to the thumb, a branch running down the index finger to connect with the Large Intestine Meridian.