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Hello Healing Communi-Qi,

As we are in hot weather now,  I feel it’s important to share some wonderful Chinese Medicine and S.F.Q tips to make it easier.

Video below has heart health tip including for high blood pressure and stomach/digestive pain. You can do for up to a minute.

Last night, in qigong session,  we talked about these important notes to help you in the season:

Drink Lots of Healthy Fluids

Drink lots of fluids but when it’s very hot limit your consumption of really cold fluids. Too many cold fluids, like ice water are not helpful to the stomach and pancreas. They can also make digestion more difficult and take energy away from the heart.

As you look at the wide variety of fresh vegetables at the farmers market, remember that foods that are coolest are at the green end of the spectrum, but generally most all vegetables are yin, cooling foods.

Eat Light and Avoid Fatty Foods

During summer you want to eat light and eat moderately. When you overeat your body has to spend too much energy to digest your food, which leaves less energy for everything else.

Avoid fatty, greasy or oily foods. Limit your consumption of red meat and chicken. And limit your consumption of sugar.

Refrain From Eating Before Bedtime

One more good tip for summer is to avoid eating anything, or drinking any alcohol, two hours before going to bed. It is not helpful for your liver and pancreas. Eating or drinking alcohol too close to bedtime weakens your earth energy, which is so important, especially in summer.

These tips can help you to get the most out of the wonderful energy of summer.

Heart Health Tip For Summer Yang Energy: https://youtube.com/shorts/GgmezmHGVds?feature=share

Hello Healing Communi-Qi,

May your week be going well and some self-care be in your day.

Tonight, we will bring in some astral ener-qi tonight in class working with color and planetary energy.

Coming home to our life energy and help distribute Qi to improve the health and harmony of our Minds and Bodies.

Suggestions for Healing Benefits (all your choice)

Bring a glass of water (yin/yang is half hot/half room temperature)

Find a peaceful place and slow down your breath before class

Remember your S.M.I.L.E (start my internal love engine)

Cameras on or off

Good, Better, Best (work at your own pace or modify if not feeling 100%)

Sit, Stand or Lie down and still experience healing benefits

Hello Healing Communi-Qi,

As we discussed in class, yang energy is rising in June and the focus becomes more on the heart and small intestines.

Here are some S.F.Q. exercises for high and low blood pressure. Reach out if anything not clear.

HEART: HIGH AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

And as our focus is on the heart, we also shared an exercise for high and low blood pressure.

In your middle and pinky finger, the heart channels are located in these two fingers and blood pressure has something

To do with our heart and our liver.

HOW:

Hold up your left hand and massage the sides of your middle and pinky.

For High Blood Pressure - grasp the sides of the fingers at the tip and massage or firmly stroke down to the base: ‘all my channels are open, my blood pressure is down to normal.'

For Low Blood Pressure - do the opposite - massage or stroke upwards. Repeat, ‘all my channels are open, my blood pressure is up to normal.’

One to three minutes on each finger or as often as needed

BROADCASTING HEALING HEART COHERENCE

We also know a lot is happening in the air quality right now with the fires happening. As you know we work with energy in our

community and if you want to join our Healing Communi-Qi group on the Heart Math Coherence App - you can download it - and join link here.

Access code is: CalmOcean81

https://gca.heartmath.org/group?code=dWpZpnWNB2Xk

You can choose a focus like broadcasting love or Wednesday care focus today. Lots of choice.

Whatever might feel healing right now for you and for what is happening out there. It is heart-focused love and intention.

Together, as Love Radiators, in Healing Momentum

Hello Healing Communi-qi,

Last night, we touched upon the emotional heaviness that can sometimes overcome us. I shared that Qigong can help us get to the cellular level of stagnant energy - depression or sadness. Here is one of the studies: https://www.springforestqigong.com/medical-studies

We did a S.F.Q. exercise for depression or congestion and pain in heart or chest:

HOW: use your middle finger to massage the point located right in the middle of your chest between your breasts.

Massage it in a circular way either direction gently but firmly.

HOW LONG: 1 to 3 minutes

I have shared the 100 day plan for opening up energy blockages and a suggestion for deeper healing along with a daily commitment to some movements is the Small Universe Meditation.  In Spring Forest Qigong we learn that the front and back energy channels are the most important. When you raise your tongue to the roof of your mouth, you connect the two channels.  This meditation deepens that opening by using the power of the mind. “Where the mind goes, the energy flows.”

Let me know if you have any questions. We did a sample last night, I suggest this daily meditation for help with chronic issues emotionally or physically and also helpful if getting run down and help keep your energy channels open.

And, always remember, a simple S.M.I.L.E and deeper breaths is a beautiful healing break in your day.

Simple but powerful.

Together, as Love Radiators, in Healing Movement

Hello Healing Communi-Qi,

I hope it was healing to work with the cleansing rain last night in our practice and in our meditation. (Sample below) As rain cleanses parts of nature, we too can do some inner healing.  On that note, we also spoke to cleansing and detoxing and Master Lin of S.F.Q. has often spoke to the power of this. In our Saturday morning class, some of us have taken part in a cleansing, of course, you should always check with your doctor and you can also do partial fast instead of full one.

Why Fasting according to S.F.Q’s Master Lin:

“If you have a computer or cellphone and system is off - you turn it off - wait for 5 seconds - and turn on. If systems in your body are out of balance or have problems - what helps you re-set your system is fasting.

How: Couple of choices

Half a day fasting: after 6 p.m. you don’t eat anytime - just drink water - from 6 to next morning. (Half day fasting)

A day - water and an apple for meals

Outcome can be:

You will have more energy

Detox your blood

Help diabetes

Balance the energy

Re-set the immune system

Open your third eye

Talk to your doctor first if you have any health concerns or challenges.

I also shared how committing to a qigong action each day - something like a bounce or a smile or deep breaths can strengthen your connection and healing. Here is a sample chart if you want to try and we can share in your commitment. No pressure and all up to you of course!

If you need a healing mindfulness session again, here is a sample of our healing meditation from Tara Brach which was fitting for our theme of R.A.I.N. https://youtu.be/W8e_tAEM80k

Recognize

Allow

Investigate

Nurture

Together, as Love Radiators, in Healing Movement

Steffi Black
Coach, Qigong Practitioner
www.steffiblackcoaching.com

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