So here we are at the Spring Equinox of 2021. This is the time of year where the Liver and Gallbladder are highlighted.
The energy of Liver and Gallbladder is to do with the Wood element and it’s colour is Green.
Here is a couple of short videos I made on the location of the Liver and Gallbladder Meridian and the main emotions connected with them.
And here’s 70 minute a yin class. The focus is on the symbolism of Springtime, the Equinox and the Liver and Gallbladder Meridians. The fresh green buds of Springtime and new beginnings and making new things happen in our lives.
The new beginnings can be fresh ways of approaching out yoga practice or our lives. We can approach our yoga practice in a fresh way by changing how we approach the poses, taking different angles, staying at a different edge, doing poses in an active or passive way, taking a different route in. We could take a fresh approach in our lives maybe by changing the way we talk to ourselves - maybe being kinder and judging ourselves less harshly.
The Liver is also connected to our eyes and ability to see things, literally with the physical eyes, but also seeing things in our lives and seeing how to move forwards.
This fresh spring buds are in some ways very soft and tender, but they are also strong enough to push right through concrete. The invitation is to feel the strength and power in the softness. But also to know when it’s best not to push through but to travel round the corner to get to the same destination.
If we push when we should be going round the corner we can end up frustrated and irritated and angry.
These emotions: frustration and anger - are not positive or negative in themselves, it’s how we respond to them and how we flow with them that makes them positive or negative. For example if we repress and hold onto anger that’s normally not good for us. And if we lash out and let our anger go out of control that can have difficult consequences. So flowing appropriately with our anger is the key.
Here are some quotes on anger:
“The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t anger enough” Benjamin Franklin
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them” Jung
“He who angers you, conquers you” Elizabeth Kenny
“Speak when you are angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret” Laurence J Peter
“Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to anger with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy” Arsistotle
The Class Sequence is
Rubbing the Liver and Gallbladder Meridians
Rubbling Liver 3 - in between the big toe and second toe - good for irritability, stress, insomnia and headaches
Lying Butterfly and Gall Bladder 20 - good for calming
Lying Thread the Needle
Mountain Brook
Square
Seated Twist
1/2 Lateral Dragonfly
Sphinx
Child
Lying Butterfly
And here is a Yoga Nidra based on the Liver and Gallbladder meridians and the fresh newness of Springtime.
Wishing you happiness and fresh new beginnings this springtime
x Melanie x