New Year’s Eve life hacks

We had such a fun class on New Year’s Eve and what made it fun was the sharing of advice and wisdom on a wide variety of topics and shared difficulties.

First was the problem of very dry air in a house in the winter. One remedy was to open up the windows in the bedroom just for a few minutes in the morning to get the air circulating in the room where people sleep. Experimenting with a humidifier or essential oil diffuser also might help.

Next, our long-time class member and MD shared the secret that if you have a sensation in the chest area and suddenly wonder if it’s a heart attack, the first thing to do is massage that whole chest area, ribs, arm pits, and pec muscles. If the pain gets either better or feels more tender, then you’ll know the pain is likely from some muscles in that area that would be affected when we massage or stretch the area.

We practiced again a breath/energy medicine technique called Taking Down the Flame. It is a way to get the energy or anxiety down from the head and thinking mind to the lower belly area, where a large amount of energy is appropriately stored, and digested. I’ll post a very similar video that will give the basic routine.

We added deep breath and circle the arms up in between each exhale, then after taking the tented fingers down to the lower belly, and swiping the energy off the legs, swipe the hands up the inside of the legs, up the torso, then massage a few seconds on the side ribs. This is the end of the spleen meridian on the side body.

Happy New Year, everyone.