Eden Energy Medicine January 22, 2016
Give Yourself a Big Hug to Reduce Stress
by Karen L. Semmelman, Certified EEMCLP, JD, AAML(03-12)
Do you find yourself sometimes just staring out the window or getting in your car and just not feeling like you want to go anywhere or do anything, even though you have an entire list to complete? If so, this is the time to give yourself some love with a big HUG just for you. Why? We all need support and an energetic boost is such a powerful way to get you jump started in you are in the doldrums. There are a number of options, so try any of them and feel instantly uplifted.
First, the Triple Warmer Spleen Hug calms down the entire body instantly. Place one hand (either one) on the opposite elbow. Place the other hand around the upper side, with the thumb about 4 inches down from the armpit. Hold and rock if you like. Switch sides if you need more decompressing. It works because Triple Warmer (The Commander of our Energies) is being sedated and Spleen (the great metabolizer of everything going through the body, including emotions) is being strengthened.
A second technique is to cross the arms and place the fingers under the armpits and the thumbs resting right below the outer edge of the collar bone. Sit and breathe deeply in through the nose and out through the mouth for several breathes until you feel yourself calming and being re-energized. Why does it work? We are influencing the central meridian; the heart, stomach and governing Neurolymphatic points; the heart and the lungs themselves; are over lapping all the meridians that run through the front and sides of the body; etc.…; and it just feels darn good.
Or try making a big heart around your entire chest and then do a hug for yourself. Add, as Donna says, an umm, ummm, ummm to the hug and it feels doubly good. Any of these will send loving, kind, supportive energy right to you when you need that boost…
Have fun with your energy! Next week’s topic is “Feeling a Cold Starting? Push the Biceps”.