Why?

1 – Breathing

The gift of life – is in the breath

This is not just about your chest moving in and out (muscles – what keeps them going well?
What is going in and how can it do the best for you?
(When your heart and lungs may be full of despair and grief)?

Posture – Your lungs need the space to work. To open so we can expand and deflate.

A lot happens in the lungs – more than a bellows function – of air in and out

Some of what you may have missed, being likely only aware of the physical anatomy and physiology (function) of the organs and the tangible body parts.

Here we add in the energy – the East Asian medical traditions  dating back millennia show the instructions that allow a body to work well. The Qi (energy) and Blood and body fluids are made in your food factory.

The yellow circles are the chakras – energy centres.

The turquoise line from the nose signifies the Da Qi – (the pure Qi that is mixed in the lungs to combine with the essence of food – the energy that runs around the body in a grids.

The turquoise mists are the pure essence of food .

The red/orange lines – electrical pathways/meridians.

Holders of energy – and of spiritual resources.
This is where it gets really interesting . . . our Lungs hold grief. Letting go may be needed. Our heart houses our Shen – spirit – and the unrequited love, the broken heart, the fracture of feeling a connection with our selves, and with others, and with our higher selves, our wombspace, our inability to feel as we have done such a good job of shutting down . .all there.
Additionally – the diaphragm is a large muscular cavern that shields the viscera from escaping into the breathing/life support.

The Liver energy allows all muscles to work. Angst – and eventually fury, rage. Anger turned violent – often against ourselves *(‘being nice’). That which may be being stored and swallowed down – could severely interfere with all breathing patterns.

So may the armouring that comes on board when we are closed off from being present – usually at a very young age.