Saturn is the symbol of obstruction, restriction, and limitations in Western Astrology. At the time of my birth, it resided within the fourth zodiacal sign Cancer*. Being the fourth, it directly corresponds to the fourth part in the twelve-fold daily … Read More
How to Find Your One Flow My kids were quietly conferring with each other. I was lying in bed suffering an acute abdominal distress. I had already taken a painkiller but that would take twenty minutes to kick in. My … Read More
The second class of my JSJ self-help course series is available on Udemy. It includes material on the 5-element Theory of TCM, the Order of Creation, and the twelve-fold daily Function Energy known as the 12-organ Function Energy in JSJ. … Read More
Step 1 Place your left hand on your left shoulder. Hold the left outer wrist with your right hand. (L SEL 11 + L SEL 17) Steps 2, 3 and 4 Move your right hand from the left wrist to … Read More
I heard once that in the beginning, Jiro Murai used only the Mediator harmonizing flow. At the time, Jiro called it Izanagi and Izanami after the Shintoist Primordial Deities. And indeed, it is easy to see the parallel between the … Read More
Being at the base of the thumb, whenever I hold Safety Energy Lock 18, I invariably end up holding the entire thumb. I held it once for twenty minutes, and I felt a release of tension in the coccyx/hip area. … Read More
So many of us feel disempowered or silenced nowadays. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking of ourselves as invisible at best and victims at worst. And yes, the temptation is to point the finger outward to … Read More
In her Self-Help Book 1, on page 36, Mary Burmeister offers us to hold our little and then ring fingers. It is a “long” sequence to keep our self-critical and judgmental thoughts from disharmonizing our energetic circulation. Specifically, this sequence … Read More
I am so excited to announce that I have just published a self-paced online Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help class available on Udemy. I’ve been toying with the idea for at least a year, but I finally did it! I spent … Read More
“One need not try to destroy one’s faults. Simply change focus,” says Mary Burmeister. [WMS, p. 15] When we fight something, it implies that it has power over us. And by struggling against it, or trying to destroy it, we … Read More