Detox from Winter-Blossom into Spring

The liver is an uprising energy, like the power or chi that blossoms the flowers;  its’ forceful and wants expression.  Clients that come to me now will find that I do some work on the liver meridian or gallbladder (it’s partner channel.) Some signs of blocked liver/gallbladder energy aka wood energy, are headaches, tiredness, sluggishness, low sexual energy among others.  It can happen that if winter was tough on the individual ie. very cold, emotional difficulties or anything that provoked fear (ie. loss of a job or fear of) that would tax the kidney energy which rules the winter season.

Ok so you say “that’s over winters done.”  But the ramifications are that if idney energy got depleted it will impact your energy in the spring.  Like nature we also have a energy flow, and the energy of winter is likened to that of water.  And as in the  natural world,  water nourishes wood (trees) energy.  So as a shiatsu practitioner, I might find that someone comes in complaining of anxiety, low back pain, cold hands or feet.  Their symptoms lately  might include sinus congestion, allergies, headaches and tiredness.  All of this might lead me to work to nourish the kidney meridian channel in their body and the liver energy.  So to bring this back to detoxification.  By nourishing the liver energy with shiatsu the body’s natural detox ability will be encouraged and also a building up or tonification of the overall energy will be accomplished as well.