Monday, January 25, 2010
This is part three of a series.
Are you starting to feel better? Do you feel like your self-talk is putting you down or picking you up?
Our mind is a powerful tool. It can play games with us. It can tell us the right answer, but we don’t always listen. Sometimes we need to turn off our minds, so we can just “do it” - get off the couch, get off the sugar, or get to the gym.
In Chinese Medicine, we refer to the mind as our “Shen”. Remember the ole’ adage the eyes are the window to the world? We can see the Shen in our eyes. Is it clear; is it not?
In the Ling Shu, a fundamental canon of acupuncture knowledge, states (Ben Shen, Chapter 8), “When one makes a settlement regarding external matters, it is by the heart.” When one has a healthy shen, interpersonal skills, social ability and emotional activity are responding in a proper way. This is harmony. But when you experience frustration, irritability, anxiety, weakness, sluggishness, no desire or motivation, this is “Shen disharmony”.
Acupuncture calms the mind and can actually flip some switches in positive ways to help you cope with stressful and anxious situations. Once you get past these barriers, motivation can return and you will be able to live the life you always wanted.
Even if you try acupuncture for other reasons, say shoulder pain, a side benefit is usually helping to work on your emotions.
Get to feeling better today with acupuncture!