Double whammy :
Do this with your palms after you rub them together (until warm) and feel the radiation of energy / Qi coming from your palm and absorbing into your eye sockets as you keep them completely covered. This is an ancient TCM practice that also heals the liver. Lay there with the palms putting energy and darkness into the eye, eyes closed or open (do both) but totally shuttered from the light and the world, as you breathe in the energy and warmth from your palm. Total stillness reset.
In TCM, when we experience prolonged frustration, especially from having things like unfulfilled desires within us, or blocked aspirations, or suppressed anger and resentments, or when we feel unable to live according to our own real intentions, this can constrain the Liver's natural movement of Qi, contributing to what is known as ‘Liver Qi stagnation’.
It’s extremely common as an ailment and diagnosis, clinically.
The Liver governs the free and smooth flow of Qi throughout our body. When our emotions remain unresolved (constrained/in constriction) over a period of time, these act as blockages that can interfere with the Liver's dispersal and regulatory functions. The Qi stagnates and a whole host of things can begin to go wrong, including physically, over time.
There is a term about this known as “Qíng Zhì Bù Suì” which roughly means, “the heart cannot get what it wants.”
(that’s not the exact, literal translation and I will post those below, but this is the general feeling and what is occurring).
And this experience, “the heart can’t get what it wants” might mean you can’t get the love you want or the relationship that you want or career or life you want. It can also mean you are trapped by circumstances that are not changeable or just generally wanting something that has not been attainable.
While this is not the only cause of Liver Qi stagnating it’s considered the greatest one.
{And for those curious on the translation, word for word, it’s :
(Qíng) : Feelings, emotions
(Zhì) : Will, aspirations, intentions
(Bù) : Not
(Suì) : Fulfilled, accomplished, realized
Or
(Qíng zhì) : Love or emotion reaching its absolute peak, ultimate devotion
(Bù suì) : Unfulfilled, not achieving one's wish or desire.}
So what can you do about it?
First, you want to acknowledge to the body and your emotions - that this has been the reality.
Then, you want to re-regulate and soothe the liver, as well as harmonize your emotional expression again - allow that which was/is stuck, to flow. Go back to allowing your actual feelings and intentions to move freely inside of you and through you.
Identify what is being denied or obstructed inside you. Is it freedom, or affection, or security, or self expression? Is it meaningful work that you want or just an ability to change your own circumstances? Think on this and feel your feelings. Where it’s still possible, make even a small movement toward the need that’s being thwarted. And where change is genuinely not possible for you, allow an actual expression of grief, or your anger or your disappointment surrounding it, etc.
The cliff note here is simply : utilize your actual emotional expression or it stays constricted
In my practice, I literally have people start to yell it out into pillows and out into rooms - just let some of it out. And it works better than keeping it in. Though, you should also learn to communicate and not be afraid to share what you experience.
You also want to restore the physical movement of your Qi / energy again.
In Qigong, we would practice gentle opening of the lateral ribs. Slow side to side rotations and a relatively relaxed expansion through the whole ribs and chest (the Liver favors free coursing, flexibility and unhindered expression).
You would avoid forceful breathing or exhausting your movement.
Use acupressure on your acupuncture points to soothe your liver Qi.
Prioritize points like Liver 3 (Tàichōng) for a liver Qi constraint and GB (gallbladder) 34 (Yánglíngquán) for the free movement of Qi and then PC6 (Nèiguān) when more emotional tension and any chest constraint is prominent again. Look these up and push each point 60 seconds to a couple minutes per point. These can be helpful.
There are also formulas that may be prescribed for your exact expression. Consider seeing a practitioner here.
Though my experience is that you heal best only after freeing the root cause of the emotions and how they are held (and why), and freeing them.
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The most exciting paper I ever read....
Makes me wonder if there is any truth to cardiac donors having memories from the recipient??
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THIS IS THE ENERGY OF THE EARTH ITSELF
In Taoist philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Three Treasures — Jing, Qi, and Shen — are also deeply connected to the three dantians of the body.
The dantians are considered energetic centers where life force is stored, cultivated, transformed, and refined.
They are almost like spiritual batteries within the human body.
And the deeper I study them, the more I realize the body itself was always seen as a bridge between Earth and Heaven.
The Lower Dantian is located in the lower abdomen, below the navel.
This is the center of Jing.
Your essence.
Your root energy.
Your primal life force.
This is where grounding, vitality, sexuality, creation, reproduction, and survival energy live. Ancient Taoist teachings saw this center as deeply connected to the water element — the deep primordial waters within the human body.
This is the energy of the Earth itself.
Stable. Dense. Rooted.
When the lower dantian is nourished, people feel grounded, safe, strong, creative, and alive. When depleted, people often feel fearful, exhausted, disconnected, anxious, and unrooted.
Then comes the Middle Dantian, located in the heart center.
This is the center of Qi.
Life-force energy.
Breath. Circulation. Emotional energy. Compassion. Connection. Love.
This is where energy begins to move upward and transform from survival into feeling and human connection. In many teachings, the heart acts as the bridge between the physical body and spiritual consciousness.
This is why unresolved grief, heartbreak, stress, and emotional suppression can feel physically heavy in the chest.
The heart carries energy.
When the middle dantian is balanced, the nervous system softens. The body relaxes. Compassion flows naturally. A person begins radiating warmth instead of tension.
And finally, the Upper Dantian, located in the forehead and crown region.
This is the center of Shen.
Spirit consciousness.
Awareness.
Intuition.
Inner light.
This is the energy center connected to higher consciousness, perception, spiritual awareness, wisdom, and inner peace. In Taoist philosophy, Shen is the light behind the eyes — the radiance of consciousness itself.
When Shen is cultivated, a person becomes calm, clear, intuitive, present, and deeply connected to life.
And suddenly the entire system makes sense:
The lower dantian roots you into the Earth.
The middle dantian opens the heart.
The upper dantian connects you to spirit.
Jing becomes Qi.
Qi becomes Shen.
Earth becomes energy.
Energy becomes consciousness.
This is why so many ancient practices focus on breathwork, grounding, meditation, stillness, movement, visualization, and energy cultivation — because they were designed to align the three dantians and allow energy to flow harmoniously through the body.
The ancients did not see humans as separate from nature.
They saw us as living ecosystems.
Water. Breath. Frequency. Consciousness. Energy. Spirit.
A human being was understood as a miniature universe Heaven above, Earth below, and the heart acting as the bridge between them.
And maybe that is why healing begins the moment we stop fighting ourselves and start returning to balance.
~ Kassandra Crochet
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Daoist monks developed a system in which the human being itself became the material for spiritual transformation.
The Huimingjing, a Daoist inner-alchemy text, teaches that ordinary life constantly disperses our attention through the senses, desires and thoughts. The practice reverses this movement through meditation, breathing and disciplined cultivation, gathering the mind and vital forces inward.
Three concepts describe the process. Jing is vital essence, qi is vital energy and shen is spirit or consciousness. They are not separate physical substances but different aspects of human life that are gradually refined. The body becomes the field of this work. The Dantian, breath and traditional energy channels are used within a system that connects physical practice with changes in consciousness.
The text then describes a “Dao embryo” developing within the practitioner. This is not a literal fetus, but a metaphor for a new spiritual state produced through cultivation. When it “emerges,” it is called the Yang Spirit.
The important point is what happens after that. The practitioner is not simply trying to gain a supernatural second body. Desire, compulsive thought and attachment to the ordinary sense of self are gradually reduced. Consciousness is directed toward what Daoists regard as its original nature.
The later stages go beyond the Yang Spirit itself. The text speaks of further transformation and finally “smashing the void,” meaning that even the spiritual attainment must be transcended.
The complete path can therefore be understood as a movement from scattered attention to inner stillness, from vital energy to spirit, and from individual identity toward the Dao. #Daoism
Image source:
“Huimingjing, Chapter 5 Illustration” (18th century), Liu Huayan. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Version checked: 3 March 2009. License checked: 18 September 2026 - Public Domain / Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.
Ime Udoka explains why Marcus Smart threw a punch at Charles Bassey:
“(Bassey) said, ‘What you gonna do?’”
“And (Smart) did it.”
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