SPRING is
Element – Wood
Colour – Green
Nature – Yang
Organs – Liver/Gall Bladder
Emotion – Anger/Determination
Taste – Sour
Condition – Windy
Direction – East
Chinese Medicine and Yoga
In Chinese medicine, there are Five Elements which draw from nature. Metal is Autumn, Water is Winter, Wood is Spring, and Fire and Earth is Summer. Since Spring is Wood, a Tree: growth and the beginning of new activity. More on Chinese Medicine and Spring .
Each Element in Chinese Medicine is linked to the organs they support. Spring Wood Chi supports the Liver and Gall Bladder. The Liver controls muscles and tendons, so if you have tight joints or recurring joint problems this could mean an over-stressed liver.
In Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar, poses to tonify Liver and Gall Bladder include inversions, back bends, twists and forward bends. Yoga poses like sarvangasana, paschimottanasana, dhanurasana, salabhasana and bhujangasana can tone the liver and gall bladder.
Here’s a sequence of poses that will tonify and invigorate Liver and Gall Bladder Chi!
All Poses are courtesy of Yoga Journal. Check out their new online sequence builder tool!
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Cora Wen is a self admitted Yoga Crone. A traditionalist who has studied and practiced yoga for two decades and remains curious and uplifted by the constant and endless teachings of Yoga. Cora is certified at the highest levels of ERYT500 and CYT. She specialises in alignment based Yoga, and works with many students suffering from chronic injuries and long term illnesses. She travels across the globe sharing an infectious love of Yoga, and would love to to share Energy and Yoga with You!
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Comments (10)
Cora, Please update my email to bkleinpa@gmail.com. I’m not using my AOL. Your spring workshop at CYC was energizing. Namaste, Barbara
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loved this newsletter.. especially what you wrote about toning the liver!!! we are getting ready to drop our newsletter featuring you! hope you are well.. I think of you everytime I hold a pose!!!!xo jill
We love you Cora, can’t wait to have you back in Memphis @
Better Bodies Yoga! – Namaste’ – xxoo
Great links and posts on facebook! Do you travel for workshops?
I am looking for exciting new teaching to bring to my studio in central PA.
Call me when you get a chance, I would love to spend a week with you studying and learning therapeutic Yoga!
Hugs, Bev
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