Pspecific iù of yoga, The stretching of the meridians is a set of millenary exercises that help to unlock inner energy which can stagnate in some moments of life and in some points of the body. But what is it for? Mainly ARisolvere physical ailments, for example bad digestion. By combining the right breathing with the concentration and the most suitable movements, the energy and the organism is moved to work better.
Stretching of the meridians, what is it?
Why should it be resorted to the stretching of the meridians? Why Very often some physical problems, even simple annoyances, can be resolved easy. With the right exercises and correct breathing. At the basis of this discipline the millenary traditional Chinese medicine which promotes the self -healing of our fabrics.
Suitable for everyone and all agesthe stretching of the meridians “works on everyone’s vital energy than scrolling through 12 channels present in the body and which combine the vital organs and the whole body. When this energy, which everyone inherits from their parents, may not scroll normally, it does it too quickly or there are blocks that cause disorders »he explains Sayonara Motta, yoga teacher. Designed by Maestro Shizuto Masunaga, the stretching of the meridians He then works on the Qithe term with which the vital energy is called and which is based on two fingers under the navel.
What are the benefits of this activity
Suitable for everyone, In practice this discipline works on the lengthening of muscles and joints through specific movements aimed at moving the inner energy so as to rebalance it and dissolve any blocks. What is the difference compared to other disciplines, such as yoga? «The greatest awareness. In the yoga positions, the meridians are also stimulated, but not only. Instead making this particular discipline, We focus exclusively on the release of the Qi, through the breath also».
So what are the meridians and why is it important to unlock them? It is 12 channels that flow along the human body connecting the viscera, limbs and organs together. Within these, a vital energy flows which, when it is not in balance, can cause not only physical problems, for example a bad digestion or an unreasoned unloading, but also weigh on mind and emotions, thus creating tensions.
Beyond physical benefitsas for example the reinforcement of the immune system or the release of toxins, improvements are also occurred for example on release of the stress accumulated, as well as tensions. All thanks to one correct breathing: focusing on it is one of the fundamental components of the discipline because it helps to free the mind, exactly like meditation. The exercises are easy and easily replicable and stored.
But be careful why nON is a gymnastics: the aim is in fact not to perform each exercise perfectly but to stretch in the correct wayslowly and deeply. You must never force movements but also perceive the sense of relaxation that the stretching of the meridians brings with it.
The union between organs and elements
There Chinese medicine associates each element with an internal organ but also with a different phase of life. «The elements of Chinese medicine are Water, wood, fire, earth and metal And everyone is connected to an organ of the body. The wood is connected to the liver and the gallbladder, the fire is connected to the heart, the small intestine, the pericardium and the triple heater. The water is connected to the kidneys and the urinary bladder while the earth on a stomach, spleen and pancreas. Finally, the metal with lungs and large intestine ».
In turn, the elements are also united to the phases of life and the cycle of natureunderlining how everything that surrounds us changes and evolves. Wood is linked to birth, fire to youth and light -heartedness, the earth for adulthood, metal to maturity. Finally the water to old age.