Restoring the Flow: TCM: The Liver Cells Fiery Unrest
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anger, along with its siblings frustration, resentment, and irritability, is primarily associated with the Liver organ system and the Wood element. The Liver is responsible for the smooth flow of Qi (life energy) throughout the body, regulating emotions, digestion, and the menstrual cycle. When the Liver is in balance, Qi flows freely, emotions are well-regulated, and one feels calm and adaptable.
However, unresolved anger over time will cause Liver Qi to stagnate. Imagine a river of Qi that usually flows freely; Anger acts like a dam, obstructing this flow. If the stagnation persists, it can transform into heat or even fire, leading to more intense anger, rage, and a feeling of being “burnt out.” This stagnant Qi can cause a variety of physical symptoms:
Headaches (especially on the sides or top of the head) and migraines.
Dizziness and red eyes, as Liver heat rises upwards.
Tightness in the chest and the sides of the ribs.
Muscle tension and spasms, as the Liver governs the tendons.
Digestive issues like bloating or acid reflux.
Irregular or painful menstruation, as Qi and Blood flow is disrupted, Begin to emerge.
The good news is that you can dismantle this dam. In this guide, you will discover simple, powerful ways to align your body with the season, detoxify your system, and unlock the vibrant, expansive energy that is your birthright.
- Restoring the Flow: TCM’s Path to Harmony
The tools of Chinese Medicine are essential. They are the powerful first step to clear the immediate blockage, dismantle the dam, and give you the crucial space to breathe.
When the Liver’s Qi is stagnant or blazing with fire, TCM offers gentle yet profound methods to restore balance. These therapies do not seek to suppress anger, but to transform its destructive energy back into a smooth, life-affirming flow.
Acupuncture: Opening the Floodgates
Acupuncture acts like a skilled river keeper. By inserting fine needles into specific points, we unlock the dams of stagnant Qi. This allows your energy to flow freely again, providing an almost immediate sense of release, calm, and clarity.
Cupping and Gua Sha: Dredging the Riverbed
Imagine tension settling in your shoulders like silt. Cupping and Gua Sha are techniques designed to dredge this stagnation, pulling stagnant Qi and blood to the surface to release blockages in the muscle layer and restore healthy circulation.
Herbal Medicine: Nourishing the Waters from Within
TCM herbal formulas work to rebalance the body from the inside. Herbs are chosen to soothe the Liver, move stagnant Qi, or clear Liver Fire, helping to ensure the river of your body is calm, cool, and flows without overflowing its banks.
Tai Chi and Qi Gong: Becoming the River
These ancient moving meditations teach you to embody the principles of flow. Through gentle, graceful movements coordinated with deep breathing, you learn to dissolve tension and cultivate inner stillness, empowering you to navigate life’s obstacles with yielding grace.
- Resistance to Resilience: Understanding The Emotional Blockages
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a revolving door of treatment? You get relief is undeniable—the dam breaks, the tension eases, the river of your energy flows again. But then, slowly and surely, the pressure builds right back up, and you’re back where you started.
There’s a critical reason for this cycle, and it’s the difference between a temporary fix and a permanent solution. Clearing a physical blockage without addressing its mental root is like pulling the top off a weed but leaving the root system in the ground. It looks better for a moment, but you haven’t solved anything. That weed is guaranteed to grow back, sometimes stronger than before.
Resistance to Resilience Program – Lasting cure comes from the follow-through: understanding the perceptions and mental patterns that built the dam in the first place. One without the other is just renting relief. Together, they are the path to owning your health for good.
Step 1. Clear overwhelm from the body.
The tools of Chinese Medicine are essential. They are the powerful first step to clear the immediate blockage, dismantle the dam, and give you the crucial space to breathe.
Step 2. Clear Overwhelm from the Mind
Resistance to Resilience Program – Lasting cure comes from the follow-through: understanding the perceptions and mental patterns that built the dam in the first place. One without the other is just renting relief. Together, they are the path to owning your health for good.
Our Integrated Expertise
Our practice is built on the Daoist understanding that 85% of disease originates in the mind. With nearly 3 decades of experience, Gabriele and Fiona trained under the renowned Prof Wong Lun in Daoist philosophy, traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts and then furthered their education as international results coaches, to help guide you though the mind field of emotional and mental pathway, bringing the emotional, physical and physiological together to restore true and lasting balance.
From Resistance to Resilience: Your Journey Forward
If you feel stuck in patterns of frustration or find yourself ruled by your emotions, our ‘Resistance to Resilience’ coaching course is designed to guide you on this transformative journey. Sometimes we just need someone to listen, not tell us what to do but to allow us to reflect and look with in for the answers.
In this course, you will:
● Discover how to find your ‘why’, turning obstacles into fuel for your growth.
● You’ll get clarity around what empowers and makes you feel alive and energized.
● Learn practical techniques to release trapped emotions and dismantle limiting beliefs.
● Be guided in safely exploring your Shadow, integrating its powerful energies to build and empower you.
It’s time to transform your relationship with anger, not by fighting it, but by understanding it and learning to flow. The path to a life of purpose, freedom, and resilience is waiting.
Begin the conversation. Book a free Discovery Call to see how we can guide your journey from resistance to resilience.