Yoga & Traditional Chinese Medicine for Mental Health
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Yoga: For Mental Health
How Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Relate To Mental Health? In TCM each organ is associated with an emotion. For example worrying is linked to the spleen, grief with the lungs, and anger with the liver. Lets say someone is struggling with seasonal depression, this can be one sign of a weaker Earth Element (spleen). My recommendation: acupressure point Stomach 36, and a grounding yin yoga session with focus on the abdomen, groin, and quads. These are the areas of the body where the spleen meridian travels.
How Do You Combine Traditional Chinese Medicine & Yoga? There are 14 main meridian lines (energy channels) in the body. We can stimulate these channels using compression, stretching, and twisting. For example a person comes to my yoga class and complains that they are feeling frustrated and angry. This is one sign of Liver Qi Stagnation. My recommendation: acupressure point Liver 3, and a slow flow yoga session focused on lengthening the side body, inner thighs, and twisting.
Join Akalai on December 11th at 6pm; learn about the 5 elements, meridian lines, basic acupressure points, and how it can all be interwoven with yoga to aid in supporting mental health.
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Yoga & Traditional Chinese Medicine for Mental Health
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