Qi Breaks Introduction to Spring in Taoist Theory
Channel: Qi With Eli
Date: 2024-03-26

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ELEMENT: Wood

ASSOCIATED ORGANS: Liver/Gallbladder System, Eyes, Tendons, Nerves, Nails

ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer

GENERAL INFORMATION

Like a fresh blade of grass pushing through the soil, Liver energy symbolizes growth, transformation, bold and clear direction. Willing to take risks and acceleration towards our goals while staying supple and flexible. Understanding when it’s important to yield and retreat. After all, a flexible branch is less likely to break under pressure.  The energy of wood is teeming with life. The power of the wood element comes from the ability to expand and thrive under pressure, taking action, with clear vision on goals. Focusing on Liver energy brings about rebirth, growth, and rapid ascension. Movement is rapid, surging, and intense, so to break through the boundaries and confinement of winter.

LIVER ORGAN AND ENERGY

The liver is vital in detoxifying the body, regulating the quantity and pressure of blood and Qi and governs the evenness of our emotions and consistency of behavior.  

Liver governs the tendons and ligaments small muscle that move the joints, nerves of the eyes and the genitals.

IMBALANCES OF  LIVER ENERGY

When the liver energy is imbalanced the body cannot detoxify well, which can lead to problems such as low energy, blood toxicity, immune system weakening and brain fog.

PHYSICAL:Tiightness in the ligaments muscles and tendons. As well as headache, chronic fatigue, allergies, anemia, skin problems, eye problems, immune deficiency and hepatitis. Migraines, Hypertension, PMS, Sexual dysfunction, Substance Abuse, Sensitivity to light or sound, Blurred vision, Tendonitis, Chronic neck/shoulder tension, Excessive Hunger

EMOTIONAL: Anxiety, Unhealthy anger, Frustration, Emotional volatility, Scattered

BEHAVIORAL / SPIRITUAL: Intensity, Greediness, Selfishness, Indecisive, Arrogance, Recklessness, Confrontational, Compulsive, Impulsive, Erratic, Devious, Controlling, Unhealthily competitive

BALANCED VIRTUES INCLUDE

Balanced wood energy is full of excitement, gets a new project moving, they seek healthy challenge and love to push limits, performing well under pressure, admiring speed, novelty, skill, and thriving on action and adventure. Focusing on goals and thus staying supple and flexible is of utmost importance, understanding when it’s important to yield and retreat is the energy of balanced wood energy. After all, a flexible branch is less likely to break under pressure.

PHYSICAL: Muscular, Strong, Performs well under pressure

EMOTIONAL: Healthy anger, Clear, Empowered, kindness, Decisive

BEHAVIORAL / SPIRITUAL: Foresight, Expansion, Resourcefulness, Adventurous, Novel, Skillful, Confident, Bold, Ambitious, Direct, Committed, Assertive, Influential, Excited, Creative, Healthily competitive

WHAT TO DO?

Practice Liver QiGong sequences - These are designed to loosen tightness in and around the joints and focused on cultivating resilience, which is the combination of being flexible and strong. A combination of stretches and circular movements that incorporate balancing and twisting helping purge, detox and cultivate strength. Flow practices, taoist meditations and sound healing help release stress or anger break tension and tightness from the body and mind.
Be active - Physical activity, hike, dance, work out in nature specifically, forests or sunny places helps the liver rebalance.
Eat Greens - Eating seasonal, organic and locally grown foods are always beneficial and you should eat more green vegetables, leafy vegetables, dandelion greens, spinach, kale, leeks, asparagus, sprouts and beans and the like. Eat a good variety of these foods. Eat them raw or steamed or lightly sautéed or stir fried.
Be positive - Break through obstacles of the past and confinements of old thoughts and beliefs. Create a vision for your new self that you’d like to grow into, see the bigger picture and take actions towards it.