Summing up the exercises of last year, we found that mobile, Pilates, HIIT and other exercises are helpful to replenish qi, while static posture exercises such as Hatha, iyenga and Yin Yoga are helpful to replenish blood.
It is the so-called “dynamic ascending Yang and static ascending Yin”, while “Qi is Yang and blood is Yin”, that is, dynamic ascending Qi and static ascending blood.
Therefore, practice requires the combination of dynamic and static.
However, both yin and Yang and Qi and blood depend on the innate kidney and the acquired spleen and stomach.
The innate foundation is inherited from parents; The day after tomorrow, the intake of dietary water and grain can nourish the innate foundation.
Therefore, it can be said that almost all the pain can be attributed to the spleen and stomach.
It is obvious that traditional Chinese medicine says your spleen and stomach are bad.
My core problem is also the problem of my spleen and stomach.
Whether I get up early and practice after drinking coffee on an empty stomach or start practicing less than two hours after eating, I haven’t taken good care of my spleen and stomach.
In addition, following the trend of fat reduction and eating high protein food also increases the burden on the spleen and stomach.
Of course, it also includes unreasonable practice! π» The spleen meridian is introduced in yoga and traditional Chinese Medicine – how yoga can strengthen the spleen and remove moisture, which will not be repeated here.
This paper focuses on the tendon and skin parts of the spleen meridian, which is also the main part of our yoga practice.
π» The meridians of the spleen meridian are mainly distributed from the big toe on the inner side of the foot to the inner ankle of the foot, the inner side of the lower leg and the inner side of the thigh, obliquely upward to the anterior groin, then into the lower abdomen and continue to the intercostal muscles.
The meridians include fascia, muscle and other tissues.
Obviously, the meridians of the spleen meridian mainly include the medial side of the foot, the medial side of the lower leg, the medial side of the thigh, oblique into the anterior groin, lower abdomen, and intercostal muscles.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen belongs to the viscera, which mainly stores essence and Qi.
Therefore, in yoga practice, we need to pay attention to the lifting of the inner side of the legs, the adduction of the abdomen and the adduction of the intercostal muscles, which will help strengthen the spleen and replenish qi.
When there is a lesion in the spleen, we first need to judge whether it is deficiency or stasis.
β’ In case of spleen deficiency, do more arch lifting, inner leg lifting, abdominal adduction upward and ribs retraction.
β’ When there is stasis in the spleen (phlegm drinking), properly extend the inner side of the foot, the inner side of the leg, the abdomen and intercostal muscles.
In many cases, in order to give more space to the lungs, we will stretch the chest area to promote breathing and help absorb more fresh air (oxygen).
But this is also detrimental to temper, lack of temper, affect digestion and absorption, and easy to humidify.
Moreover, the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow.
It nourishes the kidney qi.
If the spleen is insufficient, the kidney qi is also affected.
The water, valley and essence Qi transported by spleen qi combine with the clear Qi inhaled by the lung to form zongqi.
Therefore, we should not only focus on the lung, but also pay attention to the spleen, that is, our intercostal muscles should not only stretch but also retract.
How to balance depends on the condition of our body.
ββ π» Next, let’s look at the skin of the spleen meridian.
The skin of the spleen includes the inner side of the foot, the inner side of the lower leg, the inner side of the thigh obliquely into the anterior groin, and the position of the lateral waist.
Iyengar yoga has a password about skin stretching in the advanced course.
In Ayurveda, the skin is a sensory organ, the main touch.
I don’t know whether the skin can stretch or contract! Occasionally there is some awareness of skin movement, and I don’t know where it causes its movement.
It may be an idea! Just as we let the bones move, you perceive the bones, not the muscles that affect the bones.
Whatever it is! π In addition to the skin of the spleen meridian, the above figure also shows the skin of the lung meridian.
The spleen and lung belong to the Taiyin meridian, one belongs to the foot and the other belongs to the hand.
Just now, in the part of meridians and tendons, we mentioned to balance the relationship between spleen and lung.
Here we can also refer to the skin of spleen and lung meridians.
There are meridian tendons and skin in the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine.
The meridian tendons include fascia and muscle, and the skin refers to the skin.
What is fat in traditional Chinese medicine? It turns out that it is related to dampness, which is phlegm dampness! Therefore, reducing fat is removing dampness! Invigorating the spleen and removing dampness is reducing fat! What are my own unreasonable exercises mentioned at the beginning? The lateral open postures such as triangle, side angle, War II, double angle and beam angle practice more extension of the inner side of the legs; In order to give more space to the lungs, the chest area is extended too much; Too much abdominal stretch in the back bend, etc.
Therefore, it is the right way to open and close and open! In short, the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow.
Everything in the body needs its nourishment.
Take good care of your spleen! Thank you for your support! NamasteοΌ π Yao Yanping..
