Bladder – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:50:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/favicon-36x36.png Bladder – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com 32 32 Water ~ Develop true humility https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-develop-true-humility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-develop-true-humility Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:29:24 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4521 Continue reading →]]> Develop true humility.

How can we develop healthy humility?
Passionate curiosity is a start.

In the asking, we engage the other and the ego is checked.

Service is a good middle.

How does it feel when we volunteer our best hours of the week, donate our most valuable items or fund a heart felt cause?

In the end, seek original origins.

Humilis is the Latin root meaning low.

 

By our own choice, consequence, or chance, true humility is often the outcome of experiencing great depth, deep troubles or profound sorrows.

Water, the element of winter, teaches us how to serve all, go underground and spring up when necessary, go deep and take many forms.

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Water ~ You are a visionary https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-you-are-a-visionary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-you-are-a-visionary Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:28:53 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4513 Continue reading →]]> You are a visionary.

The water element paired organs that peak in winter are the Bladder and Kidney (plus adrenals).

The bladder meridian travels from the inner canthus of the eye across the head down the back side of the entire body exiting out the little toe. It traverses all of us.

Many of the point names indicate their function: bright eyes, supporting yang, supporting middle, celestial pillar, soul door, spirit hall, spiritual celestial connection, soul gate.

Acupuncture treats all levels of the human – mind, body, spirit.

Treating the bladder points can not only treat our organs like the bladder or the eyes, but it can also treat our spiritual sickness. It can help us see through the eyes of spirit. The dark clouds of our emotions and thinking can be cleared to see the bright blue skies of divine perfection.

Winter is Dreamtime.

Make the connection to your internal visionary this winter.

Dream it.

Envision it.

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Water ~ Accept https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-accept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-accept Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:50:43 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4472 Continue reading →]]> Accept.

The critical first step in healing is accepting things as they actual are.

We live in a world where there is plenty that requires our resistance.

However, healing requires courageous honesty about ourself, our perceptions, our motivations, our circumstances and their cause.

I have doubled down on my commitment to live a life in alignment with my core values and the elemental.

My winter healing so far has looked like:

Living without liquid stress.
I had habituated a high quality jasmine green tea morning ritual. I would make one small pot of green tea then refresh the same leaves until noon. Occasionally, I would have one cup of coffee on special or social times. Even this small amount of caffeine masked my ability to feel my natural response of stress (cortisol surge) or ease (endorphin release).

Now I can actually feel my body’s feedback system and dig deeper into the root causes. From this understanding, I make better choices.

Living for today.
The last few years turned many of our lives upside down. I made plans from a place of fear. These plans are falling apart. I accepted a graduate teaching position with unethically low wages and promises of great job to come. I also spent a huge amount of time, energy and resources developing online classes that would bring in a consistent stream of income and continuity of care for patients and the opportunity to meet new ones -that project never gained traction. I have released these plans.

I have come back round to the real. I am offering real Wellness gatherings & Nature connects in real time during 2023.

Plans made in reaction to scary and unsettling situations are suspect. Maybe we just don’t know what is coming and can learn how to be okay with that.

I am living in winter. Studying how water moves, how it changes forms.

#water #winter #fear #healing #5elements

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Water ~ Be like Water https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-be-like-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-be-like-water Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:50:33 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4431 Continue reading →]]> Be like water.
 
The highest good is like water,
Water is good at benefitting the ten thousand things,
And yet does not contend with them.
It dwells in the places multitudes detest,
Therefore, it is close to the dao.
~ Dao De Jing
 
The water element rules the kidney, adrenals and bladder according to Chinese medicine. 
 
We are elements embodied in bones and flesh and skin.
 
A healthy water type is 
Active yet calm
Courageous yet gentle
Accomplishes a lot without stress
Balances assertive action with self-care
 
 
 
 
Each season invites us to concentrate our healing on supporting and detoxifying specific organs. Water rules winter. Developing habits that optimize our mind, body, spirit each season brings balance and stability. When we seek comfort in external forces like jobs, relationships or economy, we may not cope well when they change. However, when we embrace dynamic lifestyle habits of each season, we learn to relax and even rejoice in the ever-changing seasons of life.
 
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