visualize – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:17:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/favicon-36x36.png visualize – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com 32 32 Metal: Visualize white light filling your lungs now https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/metal-visualize-white-light-filling-your-lungs-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metal-visualize-white-light-filling-your-lungs-now Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:17:37 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4143 Continue reading →]]> Visualize white light filling your lungs now. 
 
‘Tis the season of lung support. The metal organ network reaches it’s energetic peak in autumn. 
Sound and light resonate the paired organs lung & large intestine. Healing our physical lungs also shifts us from criticalness, blame and distrust toward deep integrity. 
 
Physical breathing practices like pranayama (yogic breath control) strength our immunity by exercising our lungs and oxygenating our cells. 
 
Before any action there is an ideation and a mental impression (visual or words). 
 
The color white & the sound shhhhh balances the lung. 
 
Close your eyes. 
 
See pure, crystalline white light. 
 
Allow this light to fill your lungs now. 
 
Breathe it in. 
 
Feel the vitality, the breath of life.
 
Repeat 8 times.
 
 
 
I see folks that still have not regained full lung function from prior respiratory assaults. Take this time between holiday celebrations to love your lungs, visualize them in perfect health.
 
 
Create or support your seasonal wellness practice with my element wisdom cards. These are the clinical pearls from more than 2 decades of clinical practice. I have printed them in 5 decks for you!
 
 
 
 
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Metal re-cap https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/metal-re-cap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metal-re-cap Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:32:39 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=3667 Continue reading →]]> I’m sharing with you messages, musings, affirmations and instructions from the Metal season.  Yesterday, we returned to the Earth season.  Standby for inspirations to balance your internal earth and steward our external earth. The information is arranged by Element Wisdom Card title then a seasonal Food as Medicine section,  Enjoy!  To learn more and purchase your deck visit element-wisdom.com

In Chinese medicine we focus on the lungs and large intestine during this season. Our Cultivating Wellness blog is now searchable. You can learn more with the keywords: metal or autumn. If you love our blog click the grey envelope to subscribe. In 2021, we will be offering Wisdom Behind the Cards so you can search you element-wisdom card by title! So join us for simple seasonal wellness tips to keep you (and your lungs) in tip top shape.

Honor Your Grief

I recently read an intriguing research article about grief entitled: Grief, poetry, and the sweet unexpected. “The sweet unexpected includes the ease with which trauma survivors engage their trauma narrative, the critical insights that emerge in poetry, the beneficial social context of sharing poetry, and the healing benefits of poetry for writers, care providers, and readers alike.” The metal organ the lung is the seat of the emotion of grief. The large intestine’s facilitates in letting go or letting go into transformation. Grief comes in waves, often magnified by the holiday season and understood to be heighted during the autumn according to Chinese Medicine. Therapies like poetry, positive affect journaling, dance, yoga, qi gong can be directed to help us transmute the grief so we do not become only stuck in the emotion of loss. For support for the metal/autumn season visit element-wisdom.com and pick up a deck of wellness cards for yourself or a friend

Pressure Forms the Gemstone

Diamonds form from elemental carbon between 237,000 – 1.3 million times atmospheric pressure deep within the earth. Just like us, rocks and minerals are in a constant state of change. By the end of this crazy cycle, we should all have a trove of gemstones in our treasury. What gems are you creating in your life? your community? your family?

You are Precious

According to recent research “Self-affirmations can successfully increase adherence to recommended diet and health goals in the context of an mHealth app.”(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30026179/) During an acupuncture session, I have a patient choose an element wisdom card or choose one for them. Last week, I forgot to have the first patient of the day choose a card, so I sent it by text. I encouraged her to forward the picture to one or five of her beloveds. This is actually one of our ways to play (for 2 or more) Our element wisdom cards offer 73 daily affirmations, wisdoms, questions and health tips. Check our ways to play & purchase a seaonal gift today at element-wisdom.com

Don’t sweat the small stuff

Don’t sweat the small things. Being able to ‘pick your battles’ and never let little things ‘steal your happiness’ are important skills to ensuring your happiness. You cannot control every situation you are faced with, but you can control how you react.

Hydrate

 It is always important to stay hydrated. In the colder months it is easier to become dehydrated due to the drier air, the use of indoor heaters, and because the colder weather generally makes you desire water to quench your thirst less than the warmer months where you may use cold water to help cool you off. If you are noticing that your skin is getting drier chances are you aren’t getting enough water. While lotions are an important step in combating the drier air, hydration even for your skin begins on the inside (after all your skin is just another organ). For more fun & simple fall wellness tips purchase your own Metal/Fall card deck. 73 cards of inspiration, affirmation, direction and inquiry to help you have your best autumn yet! visit www.element-wisdom.com

Mirror. Mirror.

Today is look for circles day (November 2). In Chinese culture the circle shape is associated with the Metal/Fall season and represents oneness, unity and being fulfilled. Perhaps one of the most common circles we encounter in our daily lives are mirrors. It is in a mirror that we can physically reflect on ourselves, however it is possible to reflect without a mirror as well. Look for circles today, but more importantly, reflect on what makes you whole. One self-care practice that I invite some of my patients to incorporate into their daily lives is looking into their eyes in the mirror daily and speak aloud ‘I love you’ or ‘you, darling, are fabulous’ or some such phrase. It works to lo change how we see ourselves and how to accept compliments with grace. Will you accept this November challenge to voice and reflect love to yourself?

Visualize white light filling your lungs now

Support your lung health today. The lung and large intestine energy peaks during autumn. When out of balance, we may be stuck in prolonged grief or find ourselves excessively judgmental. A simple habit to balance the energy of the lungs is visualizing white light circulating – filling each lobe, and tracing the tree like branches of oxygenation within our internal landscape. Add the healing sound of the lung: shhhhhhhhh. Learn more at element-wisdom.com

Dry brush your skin today

Want a Fall wellness routine that is easy as it gets? Dry brush you skin just before you get in the shower. Brush in long strokes from the extremities toward the chest. This helps move the lymph along it’s pathways and supports your immune system. Brush through the joints not to the joints. Lymph is concentrated in the joints, in the belly, groin, arm pits and sides of the neck. Go on…..love yourself a little more today and brush off the dead skin cells for a more radiant you!

What do you see in the clouds today?

Our perception is everything. Go outside. Look up. What shapes do you see? Similar to the classic Rorscharh Ink Blot test, I’m curious what you see in the clouds this season.

 

Photo Credit: Pezibear

Food as Medicine for the Lung & Large Intestine

December is Pear Month. According to Chinese medicine, pears are cold in nature and enter our metal season organs: lung & large intestine. This fruit is big dietary in season medicine during the autumn. Pears regenerate body fluids while at the same time dissolve phlegm & mucus. They lubricate the throat, relieve cough and hoarse throat. Pears quench thirst, promote urination and bowel movements. They are detoxifying in nature and improve overall skin health (skin is the expression of the lung). One of my favorite ways to prepare pears during the holiday season is to poach them in chai spices and white wine. You might just fall in love with pears this season if you give it a go!

Invite Pungent Flavors

Pungent foods actually aid the body in relieving dampness, a frequent concern in the Fall months. Dampness is not the same thing as hydration. Dampness refers to an excess of fluid where it shouldn’t be, this may look like an excess of phlegm or swollen lymph nodes. One recipe I absolutely love that combines several of these pungent foods is this one: https://autoimmunewellness.com/turnip-radish-and-fennel-saute/

Tap your large intestine channel

Today is red apple day (December 1) It is said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but what actual health benefits can be found in an apple? In Chinese Medicine the apple clears heat, eliminates, toxins, and tonifies Qi and Yin by entering through the lungs, stomach, spleen, heart, and large intestine. Rhubarb, licorice root, and hemp seeds are a few more foods you may find in your grocery store which can aid in large intestine ailments. Tapping your large intestine channel is a qi gong exercise to balance the energetic highway that runs from the nailpoint on your pointer (1st phalange – LI1) and crosses the body to the acupuncture LI21 which is located on the face, just below the outer boundary of your nostril.  Tapping 1 toward 21 increases/tonifies energy along the channel, while tapping 21 toward 1 reduces energy along the channel.

Bookmark

One of our many Ways to Play with element-wisdom card decks.

Happy book lover’s day (November 7). I love the feeling of real paper pages turning at my fingertips. Books are a wonderful tool for learning, relaxing, or traveling to a different place. One fun ‘Ways to Play’ with our element-wisdom cards is: bookmark.
Pick an element wisdom card with intention then use it as a bookmark between the pages of your current read, return a borrowed book to the library or a friend or donate a book with a special message to your neighborhood little library or a shop that has a reference library. What are some of your favorite books? What are you reading today? Currently I’m reading Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza, Unshakable by

Tony Robbins and How to live without getting a job (it’s not what you might think) it’s about mastering the gig economy with heart in the highest good ’cause that is what a lot of us have been gifted during 2020 – creative work!! Visit element-wisdom.com to check out our cool ‘Ways to Play’ with your seasonal or constitutional deck! Follow us on social media for more insight and instruction on how to re-wild yourself back to source by harmonizing with seasonal wellness practices.

 

 

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Metal Season: Mountain & Amethyst Healings https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/metal-season-mountain-amethyst-healings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metal-season-mountain-amethyst-healings Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:55:25 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=1828 Continue reading →]]>

Seasonal  Mountain Meditation allows us to become grounded and connect with our inner strength when faced with stressful and challenging situations, both internal and external.


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 Would you like to feel relaxed yet energized? Craving balance for the season?


Wonders of Amethyst!
Have you tried our biomat at Alberta Orchard Wellness?

What is a Biomat?

The Biomat is an FDA licensed medical device that combines state of the art Far Infrared light and Negative Ion technology with the healing power of Amethyst crystals. The Biomat is a ground breaking health care tool approved by the FDA as an over the counter medical device. It is a non-invasive product, easy to use, and portable. It can be placed on a chair, couch, or bed while you watch a movie or read a book. You can even sleep on it for sleeplessness! 

This amazing mat provides therapeutic benefits at home or at your natural health care provider’s office..book today. All you have to do is lay down and relax for 50 minutes!

We chose Richway for its biomat products. Be sure to explore their website for product information.

Official Richway Biomat Website

Buy Local. Costs are standardized by the company. Alberta Orchard Wellness has been a Richway representative since 2008.  Please contact our office for sessions, mat rentals, or purchase.  Official Richway Biomat Website

Appointments can be requested online, email at albertaorchard@gmail.com, or by phone 205.758.8108 .
Contact us with questions or concerns about booking, deposit, or payment

How Biomat works:

Biomat’s far infrared rays penetrate deep into the body promoting good health and balance therefore it is used to treat a wide range of health issues. A study published in 2012 provides the results of the biological effects and discusses potential medical applications of far infrared radiation exposure. 

Gemstones! 

Gemstones are of the mountain. A natural gemstone is a mineral, stone, or organic matter that can be cut and polished  for use as jewelry, an ornament, or as part of a medical application such as the amethyst biomat. Gemstones are not commonly found. Gems tend to be scattered sparsely throughout a large body of rock or to have crystallized as small aggregates or fill veins and small cavities. The United States Geological Survey has a publication available in pdf all about gemstones and how they form. We love science!

Why amethyst?

Scientists and healers have acknowledged and used amethyst  for centuries.  Today, modern science recognizes amethyst’s highly conductive properties.  Amethyst crystals produce the most consistent and powerful means of delivering far infrared light waves and the ionic effects to our bodies.


 Envision a kindred benefiting from a Biomat session?


Try it for yourself.  Rent a full length or mini mat today! We invite you to reserve and pick up a mat to try at home.  You are your most valuable asset!  You can take care of yourself by giving a gift of self care.

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What specific conditions and symptoms can the Biomat treat?

US FDA’s Medical Device 510K indications for use:

  • Relaxation of muscles,
  • Increase of local circulation where applied

 

Temporary relief of:

  • Minor muscle pain, Minor joint pain and stiffness
  • Joint pain associated with arthritis
  • Muscle spasms, Minor sprains, Minor strains
  • Minor muscular back pain

 

Other benefits found from the Biomat:

  • Reduces stress and fatigue
  • Soothes and relaxes
  • Supports the immune system
  • Improved sleep (if associated with pain relief)
  • Reduced inflammation (where applied)
  • Promotes relaxation by application of heat
  • Promotes restful sleep for those with occasional sleeplessness

 

Product Information: Unlike an electric blanket that uses electric coils to create heat, the Biomat® uses a combination of fabrics and amethyst stones to generate far infrared rays, which are then transferred to the body as heat. The heat comes from friction generated within the body through the effects of far infrared rays. Far infrared rays warm the inside of your body and the part of your body making contact with the Biomat®. Should the temperature of any part of the Biomat® exceed the set temperature, the thermal sensors distributed throughout the Biomat® will cut off the electric current. When the Biomat® reaches the selected temperature, the E.D.N.I. lights will come on and will stay on until the Biomat® needs to raise the temperature. The Biomat® comes with an external control box which allows you to adjust the desired temperature and usage time (between 2, 4, 8, or 12 hours). As an added safety feature, when the controller is set to 131°F or higher, it will automatically step down to 113°F after 4 hours.


Metal/Autumn Season  Mountain Meditations


The Metal Element manifests as:  mountain, West, value systems, reflection, the skin, lungs, large intestine (colon), letting go of that which no longer serves, exactness, the edge, righteousness, integrity.  A powerful seasonal meditation is to visualize and connect with the mountain. 

 

Mindfulness is a state of being awake and in touch with our existence. Meditation techniques, like the Mountain Meditation, can help incorporate mindfulness into our daily lives, which will in turn bring about positive change in behavior and emotions.

METHOD:

  • Sit down in a comfortable position on the floor or in a chair.
  • Focus on your breath for a few moments, then imagine the most beautiful mountain you know of or can image. Visualize its various details and its unmovable, stable presence grounded to the earth.
  • Allow yourself a few minutes of developing this clear image in your mind, then imagine the mountain inside yourself and you becoming the mountain!
  • Imagine yourself sitting in stillness and in calm, simply resting and grounded as weather patterns, storms, and seasons pass before you.
  • Just as a mountain withstands constant changes and extremes, we also experience changing thoughts, emotions, challenges, and life experiences.  Let your mind visualize these experiences as external, passing, and impersonal events, much like passing weather patterns.
  • Feel yourself unmoving, rooted in stillness, amid the constant changes of your internal and external life.
  • This meditation is ideal to last about 20 minutes. It can be shortened or lengthened based on the your time availability and state of mind as well as adapted for morning or evening.
  • Add on for morning session: Once you have embodied the stillness of the mountain within, imagine yourself ascending the mountain, enjoying the technicolor show of leaves, hearing the rustle of leaves underfoot, watching a leaf fall from above, dancing on the currents of the wind to the ground ~ letting go peacefully of that which on longer serves.  
  • As you continue to climb higher, you notice that climbing the mountain is much easier that you could have ever imagined.  Freedom, expansiveness and inspiration fill you.  As you ascend ~ surefooted ~ step by step, you catch glimpses of the greater majestic mountain range and a lush, gentle valley.  In a short time, you have, almost effortlessly, reached the mountain top.
  • Inhale beauty and completeness. Exhale gratitude. Allow ease, success and clarity to permeate your dreams, goals and visions. From this mountain top,  breathe in and breath out fully unlimited possibility as you begin your today.

This Seasonal  Mountain Meditation allows us to become grounded and connect with our inner strength when faced with stressful and challenging situations, both internal and external.

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Meditation is  a self-regulatory practice that we can do for ourselves to promote good health and well-being. Research shows that better health outcomes for those of us who learn and practice these skills. In particular, research has shown that the ability to concentrate attention can promote deep relaxation in the body, and that the ability to be more mindful in each situation can help break the damaging, habitual reactions to stress.

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ENJOY LISTENING TO A GUIDED MOUNTAIN MEDITATION
MP3 Padraig O’Morain adapted from Jon Kabat-Zinn

original source: www.freemindfullness.org 

 


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