There is a great deal of confidence and an innate sense of authority. There is a sense of control, even in the most challenging situations. The response to challenges is even handed and shows confidence and purposefulness. Liver is in charge of balancing the emotions - there is an evenness, a sense of balance and appropriate expression of all emotions. The Wood element / Liver Qi is balanced it allows us to feel and express and eventually transform anger appropriately. This can be understood by the blocking of the movement forward - when there is obstruction to any movement, the outcome is frustration and anger. The emotion associated with the Liver & Gallbladder (and Wood element) is anger and frustration. The Wood is split with the roots unseen (yin) and the trunk and the branches reaching towards Heaven (yang). The image in nature is the tree which grows with roots solidly planted in the earth and trunk and branches organized into an effective structure. It allows us to express our true nature and manifest ourselves in the world. The Wood/liver gives us the sense of flexibility, ability to change and adapt. The Wood provides the propulsion to change and move forward providing us the vision and foresight It gives us the connection to the future and allows us to plan and design in all areas of our lives. The element associated with liver is WOOD - the function of wood is movement, expansion, activity, change, it is the home of new ideas, new thoughts, transformation and hope. The Wood is what provides us with the sense of renewal, reawakening and rebirth. Below are listed some of their functions: In order for the practice to be more specific requires our ability to feel the more subtle aspects of the body and ability to work with our intention and attention.Ĭlick on he links for a great aid to visualize where you LIVER and GALLBLADDER meridians are running in your body. Mind you - yin postures will not be as exact as lets say acupuncture is, in a posture we will be stretching and stimulating a broader area and most likely affecting several meridian lines at a time. The energy moves through these channels in the body, when one channel becomes blocked, the energy being transported through it is stopped and Qi grows stagnant which will effect the overall functioning of the whole body-mind-spirit continuum. This mystical energy flowing within us is referred to by different names in different traditions: Chinese/Taosist name Qi (Chi), India / yogic / tantric Prana or Shakti, Native Americans call it Great Spirit, Christian mystics Holy Spirit and finally in modern science the electromagnetic field of the body is termed bioenergy. But these long-held asanas also start to have an energetic effect on the body, increasing the flow of Qi (Prana) in meridians (nadis). When on a physical level we feel the stretching of the tissues, we know that Yin yoga affects the connective tissues of the body and helps to maintain and increase healthy range of motion in our joints. Why talk about organs when stretching the body in Yin poses? This is the more subtle layer of your practice. Liver being the yin organ (Zang) is considered more important as the yin organs carry/store special substance like Qi and/or blood, and also houses a spiritual essence and gallbladder the yang organ (Fu) which usually supports the yin organ and deals with waste product - though Gallbadder is an exception (and is therefore called a "bizarre" organ) it's physical function being to produce bile and help metabolize fats. The early Chinese referred to the twelve organs and their functions as “Officials.” The kingdom would be the body, mind and spirit inside which each official has its own function - physically, mentally and spiritually for the benefit of all.
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