How Energy Travels in The Body

How Energy Travels in
the Body: The Meridian

System and Its Effects
on Your Health
Posted by admin on March 28, 2013 in Health, Personal Development, Self Improvement 4
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HJ: The meridian system in the human body is the basis for many
different healing modalities. Three that immediately come to mind are
acupressure, acupuncture and EFT (emotional freedom technique).
What do they all have in common? They recognize the importance of
the meridians in facilitating energy flow in the body and their ultimate
effects on the health of the mind-body-spirit triad. While the entire
map of the meridian system is complex, there a few main meridians
that are important for everyone to know. Furthermore there are a few
basic concepts elucidated below that will help one understand the
relationship between time of day and dominance of the various
meridians, which may, in certain cases, help explain why some of us
experience various symptoms, moods, or feelings at various times of
the day. In essence, knowing the meridian system helps one to know
and understand themselves better in the process, which leads to greater
health, happiness and unification of the mind-body-spirit triad.
- Truth
Its Not Just a Body
By John F. Thie, D.C.| Sahej
What is the secret to keeping up?

You must let the psyche move through the meridians. Whether you are
tired or not, whether you have energy or you do not, whether you are sick
or healthy these things are like the rain and the clouds, hot weather
and cold, winter, fall a part of life. But if you let your own energy flow
through you, you will be all right.
Yogi Bhajan
What is a Meridian?
Acupuncture vessels, or meridians, are located throughout the body.
They contain a free-flowing, colorless, non-cellular liquid which may be
partly actuated by the heart. These meridians have been measured and
mapped by modern technological methods, electronically, thermaticly,
and radio-actively. With practice, they can also be felt. There are specific
acupuncture points along the meridians. These points are electromagnetic in character and consist of small, oval cells called bonham
corpuscles, which surround the capillaries in the skin, the blood vessels,
and the organs throughout the body. There are some 500 points which
are being used most frequently in a definite sequence, depending on the
action desired.
We name meridians by the life function with which they seem to
associate. In most cases, this name is similar to the name of a gross
organ were familiar with, yet muscle indication of energy blockage
doesnt mean theres damage to the organ named. We cannot say that a
weak muscle means a weak organ we can only note that a portion of
the meridian energy flow indicates blockage or constriction.
The Chinese physician can detect imbalances in meridians by feeling the
pulses, but this is a sensitive touch, and it may take 10 to 20 years to
develop proficiency with it. Kinesiology uses muscle testing to detect
these same imbalances, taking advantage of the bodys own wisdom to
let us know whats going on.
As Yogis, we can correct imbalances by being with the imbalance. We
create a pressure in the body system through asana that challenges our
minds to make a peace with the moment. When we can come to a place
of non-reaction while in the posture, we have made a shift in our internal
and external relationship to a set of stresses once we have left the mat.
The Meridian Cycle

Meridians are classified yin or yang on the basis of the direction in which
they flow on the surface of the body. Meridians interconnect deep within
the torso, but we work wit h t he part that, is on the surface and is
accessible to touch techniques. Yang energy flows from the sun, and yang
meridians run from the fingers to the face or from the face to t he feet.
Yin energy, from the earth, flows from the feet to the torso and from the
torso along the inside (yinside) of the arms to the fingertips.
Since the meridian flow is actually one continuous, unbroken flow, the
energy flows in one definite direction, and from one meridian to another
in a well determined order. Since there is no beginning or end to this
flow, we represent the order of the meridians as a wheel.
As we go around this wheel following the meridian lines, the flow follows
this order on the body:
from torso to fingertip (along inside of arm-yin)
from fingertip to face (along outside/back of arm-yang)
from face to feet (along outside of leg-yang)
from feet to torso (along the inside of the leg-yin)
We go through this four-step process three times to cover the twelve
major meridians. Running the meridians with the hand can be a quick
energizing massage. Complete the massage by running the central and
governing meridians, which run directly up the back and front of the
body to the upper and lower lip.
When this energy flow is unrestricted, the body harmonizes the flow to
optimize body functioning. Sometimes, though, the life we lead and the
abuses we heap upon our bodies cause stress, and sometimes the stress
is so intense or so constant that, in effect, it overloads the circuit. The
circuit breaker pops, and needs to be reset before energy can flow
properly. Our indication of whether this has occurred is the muscle test.
If a muscle tests weak, we know we have to go to certain spots on the
body and press or hold to reset the body and restore proper flow. This
restoration of flow is immediately indicated by a strengthening of the
muscle.
Images and text courtesy of John F. Thie, D.C. from his book entitled
Touch For Health
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