The Worrying Spleen and the 'Flow of your Life'

 

The spleen has many roles and functions - its amazing and to think that its considered an organ your body can cope without ! I love the spleen and find that it repeatedly needs balancing with many clients due to the daily stresses and anxieties and pressures of the 'full lives' we all lead.

The Spleen is considered the largest organ of the lymphatic system ( our drainage and cleansing purifying system) and from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective the Spleen/Pancreas has a primary influence on the Immune System (fight/defend, self love, heart protection).  It is said to assist us to keep foods, thoughts and emotions moving and flowing, regulates the menstrual cycle and other body rhythms and also gives us the ability to focus and focus on tasks.   The Spleen also helps us to 'hold it together' .     

Stop Worrying - Stay Balanced and Start Living your Life

The Spleen is ruled by the Element of EARTH in Chinese Medicine and its partner is the Stomach as well as the Pancreas (endocrine gland) which has a vital role (more on that another time). The spleen actually has a function of generating worry - sounds odd - but like a dog with a bone getting every last morsel off - the Spleen 'worries' the nutrient energy or Qi from the food you eat and extracts the pure essence from the food and send it up to your Lungs. Wow....so interesting isn't it !   So if you are sad, worried, angry for eg when you are cooking and or eating your food,  this can case imbalances in your digestion and also therefore the elimination process....see - everything is related to everything in the bodymind. So what came first the sluggish spleen, poor digestion, the excess worry or the fatigue or did one thing lead to the other ?

Some of the key words relating to the Spleen are - 

Worry - Thinking - Cleansing - Detoxing - Purifying - Flowing with the Rhythms and flow of Life - Stillness - Balance - Sweetness - Change and Peace

 
Some of the Physical and Emotional symptoms that may surface due to an imbalanced Spleen or Spleen Meridian are 

Weakness, tiredness, fatigue, water retention, abdominal bloating, excess worry, over thinking patterns, nausea, loose bowel movements, vaginal discharges, mental sluggishness, dizziness, worrying too much about the past, low appetite, shortness of breath, numbness of limbs, imbalances in menstrual cycle, even nightmares or sleep walking...the list could go on.  The Spleen will focus on anything but it requires the direction of the Heart and supervision by all other organs to flow and to be strong in our life and our journey.  

Do you see the importance of keeping yourself balanced and body parts talking to each other for healthy communication ?

My TCM teacher also taught me that if we are worrying about everyone and everything else we are depleting our Spleen Qi and a strong Spleen Qi will allow us to receive from the Universe. So consider this next time you are worrying too much.  

Creating balance in your Body will create Balance for your Mind and vice verse as the BodyMIND is 1 thing. 

How is your Spleens' balance ?  Ofcourse when I am facilitating healings- it is ALWAYS INTUITIVE and your body guides me to what is necessary.  Sometimes we need to balance other areas of the body or belief systems first or healing things at a past life or emotional level.  What is the cause of the cause of the cause of your worry, poor digestion, fatigue, mental and emotional stuckness or poor lymphatic drainage ??? I dont' know and I don't guess -  I allow and listen to your BodyMind to guide me to what is needed and in what order.

I would love to assist you, call me to Book in some super Healing for your BodyMind on  0408 493 873 - lets work as a team and until we connect, please receive this Hug, Vanessa

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