I decided to try an acupuncture session to help my depression...and had some sort of emotional release that I can't really explain...and didn't believe would really be possible. I just started crying and crying and crying - not about anything in particular, but just that it needed to come out. And afterward I actually felt emotionally lighter, which is impossible to describe. My mind is still blown. But I suppose this is one of the mysteries of the human body/mind/spirit - things are far more interconnected than I think or believe.
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Tongue:
The acupuncture practitioner starts the session by examining your
tongue and taking your pulse. Those are physical indications of what
is happening in your body/mind (as I've learned, the tongue is the
only uncovered muscle in the body and its characteristics say a lot
about what is happening and they can make a 'diagnosis' of sorts based
on how it looks. And when compared with the pulse, it gives a sense
of whether something is more of the body or of the mind.
Qi:
From my research - acupuncture can help to restore your "qi" - your
energy flow, and in Chinese medicine a disruption in your energy flow
is a disruption to all your systems and is generally the cause of
health problems. So to me, this speaks to the whole idea that
mind/body/spirit are completely interconnected.
Pulse
Physically though, your can feel a pulse. It's something you can feel
with your hand or listen to with your ears. And its 'job' is to keep
the physical flow of everything in your body going. I love that a
pulse is a physical reminder of that interconnectedness; its
characteristics can tell you so much about what is happening in the
body that you can't see. And I could feel myself relax after the
acupuncture, which would have settled my pulse, which also helps
settle my mind. It's all intertwined.
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