Yang Sheng...Nourishing Life

Taoist principles of Yang Sheng developed and
canonized over 5,000 year ago serve us still today.
More than ever in our modern times wisdom 
​such as this helps and supports our ability to
​ENJOY LIFE MORE!

Yang Sheng, is at the heart of evolving into the shifts that support improvement in the foundational aspect of focus in my wellness practice and the subject of my impending book...

"Breathing, Sleeping Laughing and Pooping... a common sense guide to getting and staying healthy" which focuses on those 4 essential biological processes. Improvements in these areas shifts the microbiology and folks just start to feel better! 

When we "feel" better life becomes easier, less challenging, less overwhelming. We have buoyancy...spark! Digestion and sleep improve, the endocrine system lights up, blood is less toxic and more oxygenated. We evolve into a sense of being more connected to ourselves as a natural outcome of self love...nourishing yourself.

Within the laboratory of my wellness practice this understanding took shape through the observation that most everyone with physical complaints is having trouble in these basic body function. 

Briefly...

• Breathing - most folks are besides themselves or out of their bodies completely. In other words they are not breathing fully...their breath is shallow almost imperceptible. They lack the oxygen they need for high functioning metabolic processes which affects the function of the brain and leaves the blood toxic. As well, they are disconnected from what they feel, a kind of walking dead state...going through the motions.
• Sleeping - The body heals when it sleeps. We stop moving, it starts working on detoxification and regeneration of cells, organs and endocrine systems. We dream when we sleep..the natural way we release trauma and resolve inner psychic conflicts. All this while we are anesthetized and unable to move in the deep unconscious state of sleep. Good sleep is crucial without we suffer.
• Laughing - The ability to enjoy life, to not take it so seriously. Life is passing, it is but a moment and then we move on. Life gets us down when we are troubled in heart and mind. These troubles resolve much more easily when we feel better...there's a theme here. Feeling better opens us to shifting and evolving out of old patterns that don't work for us. It easier to integrate something new, when you...feel better! As we evolve we find ourselves laughing more, an indication of progress!
• Pooping - Let's get down to it...if your bowels are not functioning optimally your biology in not functioning properly. Constipation and its flip side version IBS plague us. Nearly every client I have worked with presents with difficulty here. Smooth well functioning digestive system does not experience these difficulties. Enervated...exhausted individuals are expereincing digestive and gut issues at a higher level than in the past. These issues are complex and can be challenging to reverse but healing in this area changes everything for those who suffer. And..it's not about food entirely! 

The majority of people who come to see me have
​searched for answers from the medical world..
including naturopathic doctors as well, to no avail!

Why is this so?
Medicine segments our body and mind, offering support through "specialists" and predominantly medications or medical interventions.

​Even ND's are leaning on prescriptions of meds and nutritional supports which are manufactured primarily by pharmaceutical companies who divined the growing profitability of this source of "pseudo medication"

How they arrived at this not general helpful posture is a complex subject which I dive into in my article "The State of Wellness in America"

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What I offer clients is knowledge that brings relief... 
Educating them about how the body works and what it needs to be happy is key. As they move along they begin to learn the truth...the body is smarter than the brain. They gradual begin to be able to hear what the subtle and not so subtle messages of the body are saying. Symptoms indicate one certain thing... something needs to change. Our united goal is to figure out what that is. Finding the root cause of symptoms can be tricky but with diligence it is doable. This journey is one of wonder in which the most stubborn symptom may clear over night, simply because a client's has arrived into a state of happiness. My part is to guide and support this personal evolution of awareness and expansion of self love.

Yang sheng is for all intents and purposes focused self care.
The Taoist understandings derive from the observation of the world around and within us. Their intention is to, in the words of Spock,"live long and prosper"! Through the cultivation of good health they increase longevity in order to make as much spiritual progress toward an awareness of the Divine within us, as the true self.

To this end they developed the most powerful forms of energy cultivation and a system of nourishing the body called Yang Sheng.This form of practice developed 1000's of years ago during the Dynasty of the Great Yellow Emperor and is still practice today!

Understanding and practice of Yang Sheng includes...

• The functionality of yin / yang concept. Balance with body and mind!
• Improving the flow of Qi, energy & information through the body, your home and work.
• Principally accomplished through Qigong (energy cultivation of the body) & Neigong (of the mind) practices
• Self care rituals and tools such as gua sha & acupressure.
• Water therapies, hip, foot, hot & cold water bathing.
• Sound, music & vibrational healing, conscious connection to breathing.
• Focus on improving sleep, resting and napping includes balance of physical activities.
• Moderate plant forward diets not extremes or fad eating such as veganism or carnivore.
• Laughter, playing, building a community and staying connected to others in your pod!
• Adjusting diet & lifestyle with the seasonal changes of the year, being in touch with the natural flow of life. 

​Yang Sheng practice put us in touch with our body...the most powerful source of information available to you about you and what you need. When we are disconnected from ourselves our biology goes haywire!

Yang Sheng centers on finding the MIDDLE PATH
​What is the Middle Path?
Being gentle with yourself and others, kindness and self acceptance
Taking time to gain perspective, developing an ability to see the bigger picture
Accepting responsibility for yourself and your actions, forgiving others and self
Being aware of what you need and cultivating the ability to do that.
​Willingness to learn and evolve and grow emotionally

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Where do we start?

• Be consistent with small changes.
• Habits are ruled by the elemental force of water.
• When we push against water we lose!
• Be like an ocean swimmer...dive through the wave of your resistance, rather than crash into head long.
• Change your mindset: you don’t need to be fixed, you’re not a problem to be solved!

The Yang Sheng mindset...

• Thoughts have energy! You are a reflection of your thoughts.
• Your body conforms biologically and posturally to your thoughts.
• Become aware of what the background noise is in your thoughts by simply listening to what that K’F#@%! Radio voice in your head is saying. Start saying the opposite out loud.
• Create “I am” statements to re-enforce new patterns of thoughts and actions. "I am increasing my awareness by slowing down", "I am stronger in spirit each day", "I am at peace with myself."
• Inner Smile meditation, do it now! Through the day...stop and feel what posture is my face in, what is the energetic message in my body right now? Shift it with a smile, send it down into all the cells of your body!

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Get the book!
​"Yang Sheng the Art of Chinese Healing"                by Katie Brindle is a delightfully written and illustrated book that will support your practice of Yang Sheng. I was so pleased when I found Katie's book...one less book I needed to write!

She developed this book as a tool for her own clients and it is in my top three books I recommend to everyone who finds support with me. 

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The practices of Yang Sheng nourish life!

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