The Liver: organ, referred pain, associated muscles, meridian and fascia (so much in this image!) A requested series of exploring organs from @chillgoose who just happened to see this referral pattern on a hockey player recently that “came up atraumatically.” Occasionally hepatic enlargement causes diaphragmatic irritation, which produces pain that is referred to the ipsilateral Supra clavicular and shoulder region. This referral is known as Kehr’s Sign and is transmitted via the phrenic nerve and is often misdiagnosed. I’ve seen versions of this in clinic as well when looking at right shoulder pain, even in my deep tissue massage days (lifetime ago). I was aware enough to put some stories together about alcohol consumption and digestion to refer out. #liverpain #viscera #visceral #visceralmanipulation #diaphragm #breathing #breathe #breath #tcm #livermeridian #kehrssign #painrelief #painreferral #visceralreferredpain #adaptablepolarity #Anatomy #humananatomy #anatomyart #anatomydrawing #energeticanatomy #appliedkinesiology #itsallconnected https://www.instagram.com/p/CkaoBOyrqEf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Adaptable Polarity

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Another #acupressure image from the archives! This one is lymphedema for the leg done over a decade ago in massage school.

I was speaking with a brilliant colleague last night about this one, and it just seemed to make sense.

These depicted points all seem to land on powerful locations of venous return between the tibial or great saphenous veins.

No venous return, no lymphatic drainage.

There’s also another implication here to the importance of dorsi flexion of the foot and movement of the arch to get fluids moving.

#acupressurepoints#acupressuremassage#acupressuretherapy#lymphaticdrainage#lymphedema#lymphaticsystem#lymph#movementismedicine#movementislife#wheretheriverflows#adaptablepolarity#anatomystudy#anatomy#humananatomy#energeticanatomy#meridians#itsallconnected#healingisvoltage

The weekend of October 6th we immerse in #yinyoga for the commencement of our #200ryt in #hatha and #vinyasayoga at @circusoul. Join us for the weekend for an introduction to the #philosophy, #anatomy, #energeticanatomy and #asana affiliated with #theyinside. @gulfcoastacuphysicians #tcm #traditionalchinesemedicine #yoga #yogasarasota #sarasota

@Regrann from @migrainemagick911 - @Regrann from @migrainemagick911 - @Regrann from @migrainemagick911 - If you'd like to see how far I've evolved check out my Love Letter to Migraines in link ⬆️- Cue the beginning of your new energy cycle. Here's your new start. The next 10-14 days are theoretically about taking action..doing..until we shift into back into receiving mode. It is like a treasure hunt. You can go forward now with a feeling of discovery, or a new awareness or a new depth of discovery of something that happens every day. Curious on your way, revelling in your new insights, revelling yourself to discover and leverage what your soul is guiding you on. It takes YOUR (called prescience) willingness and participation. And when you start practicing this intentional discovery you begin uncovering the meaning of you and why you are here and what you are meant to do. The #newmoon energetic effects are starting to be felt. You may have pops of energy..feel a little lighter, doing a little more. I like to compare this dark new #moon akin to planting a new pot of seeds. I loving poking and covering seeds into a pot of rich dirt, water it and then tuck it away without expectation...It's the same thing with your intentional thoughts. 🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚✨✨✨ Around the New Moon, find a quiet sacred space...get still and think what you would like to accomplish..it can be anything. Feel the feeling of it having been already accomplished for atleast 21 seconds. Spray your Migraine Magick all over your #aura, traditional pain areas and you can #anoint your #chakras for this new cycle and integrate their upgrade from their last cycle. This part of taking care of your #energeticanatomy. Write it down somewhere. Every day that you can remember active that feeling of it done for the next 17 days. Look for #signs of it coming. Keep shifting out of #resistance. #chakrabalancing #migrainerelief #preventmigraines #migraines #selfhealing #healingspray #selfattunement # #chakraspray #meditationspray #migrainemagick #raiseyourvibration #circulateenergy #miraclesnow #powerofnow #migrainemanagement #vibrationalhealing #chakras #evolution #moon #lunar #manifest #plantseeds #intenti (at Middleboro, Massachusetts)

Chakras on the electromagnetic spectrum. An image from "The stuble body. An encyclopedia of your energetic anatomy." By cyndi Dale. One of the most comprehensive books I've studied on human energetic anatomy. Simply amazing. #chakra #healing #love #energy #energeticanatomy (Taken with Instagram)

Sun salute part 2- forward fold In a modern world where flexion dominates, it’s interesting that the ability of many to touch their toes is missing. Sometimes, if something won’t go one way, go into the direction it will go. Then, go back and check. The play between upward salute and then forward fold can be one simple play and exploration of flexion and extension (and more later through this series). There is of course the hamstring issue where seated, they are short. Here in a forward fold, they must elongate. I remember reading somewhere that after a short amount of time sitting, blood begins to stagnate in the hamstrings. 🤔 #sunsalutation #sunsalutations #yogaanatomy #anatomyartwork #anatomyart #anatony #humananatomy #energeticanatomy #adaptablepolarity #flexion #extension #functionalmovement #functionalmovements #bodymechanics #whatsoesitmatter #moveyourself #movementismedicine #forwardfold #toetouch https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5cQ7sJwdp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Recognizing emotions Surprise! Scroll through the three images. Look at the little shapes at the: -eyes -eyebrows -nostrils -mouth These responses are hard wired in our nervous systems. They serve a purpose ultimately and are also #evolving / #devolving …#deevolution ? Recognizing them in ourselves (first and foremost) and in others can be incredibly powerful for transforming ourselves and our lives. Making choices to respond Instead of react. Remember to breathe 😝😜🤪 #emotions #drpaulekman #lietome #microexpressions #facialnerve #trigeminalnerve #nopokerface #pokerface #feelings #facialexpressions #energeticanatomy #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps0IVfPDIu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Heel pain #plantarfasciitis Sometimes, “X” marks the spot. Sometimes it doesn’t. That heel pain could be because of anything along that back line of #fascia. This weekend, I will be guiding a tour through the human body based off of the Muscles, Movement & Meridians series comparing and contrasting structural and energetic meridians. Link posted in comments, can also check the link in my story. ($60 for live zoom and includes the entire illustrated PDF) Or DM me! #movement #muscles #meridians #meridiansystem #movementismedicine #anatomyartwork #anatomyart #digitaldissection #myofascia #tcm #energetichealing #energetica #energetico #energeticanatomy #myofascial #fascialfitness #fascialtraining #fascial #myofascia #myofascialrelease #myofascialtherapy #fascial #heelpain #footpain #triggerpointtherapy #triggerpoint https://www.instagram.com/p/CpfwUUQpSnj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What if we only saw energy? Or maybe the question is, what if we saw things as they are instead of constrained by our limited eyes? Imagine watching someone talk and notice their personal glow brighten or fade. Some people see this, or recognize it, but we if we all could? Movement analysis and #gaitanalysis, we would all see the leaking energy from the ankle that is lacking proprioception. Or the person with low back pain who isn’t supported, or the individual with thoracic pain and a broken heart. There’s a lot more going on then what the eyes tell us. There was a story of a person recovering from a stroke who could no longer listen to the words people said and instead simply felt into the experience, energy and vibe the person before them brought into their world. We ALL can feel these subtle energies but it is like building muscle, some naturally have it and others have to work at it. #energy #meridiansystem #meridians #taoist #yonyang #nrg #energeticanatomy #movementismedicine #motionislife #motionismedicine #motionislife #morethanmeetstheeyes #morethanmeetstheeye #witheyesclosed #anatomy #humananatomy #deeplistening #eyesdontseeeverything #adaptablepolarity #energetico #energetica https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIHknDvsqA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Os Sacrum There’s many languages to discuss the body. Some can only hear “science” and mechanisms, others speak “energy” while others may only discern only “woo woo.” The sacrum, a triangular bone deemed sacred by our Latin anatomist ancestors due to its shape, has dural attachments to about the second sacral segment. In chi gong, this is a “chi gate.” In #cranialsacraltherapy, it is a cerebrospinal fluid pump. In mechanical terms, the sacrum and the pelvic floor are a major diaphragm of the body. #sacrum #ossacrum #pelvis #pelvicfloor #chigate #cranialsacral #cranio #craniosacral #craniosacraltherapy #sacralalignment #dura #duramater #bodymechanics #humanarchitecture #energeticanatomy #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnzn0pWvDDK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Re exploring the torso of the non segmented meridians and a movement exploration Here we have liver and spleen meridians pertaining to the deep frontline of fascia and the gallbladder pertaining to the lateral line of fascia. All of the other meridians that run through the torso have a similar intersegmental delineation of points as though some representation of the spinal segments. But here, these three they do something else. Just random? I find playing connect the dots with my body to be interesting, same side and opposite side. What do you find? #muscles #movement #meridians #myofascia #myofascial #myofascialmeridians #myofascialpainsyndrome #myofascialstretching #fascialfitness #fascialtraining #fasciatraining #tcm #energetico #energetica #energeticanatomy #adaptablepolarity #Anatomydrawing #anatomyart #humananatomydrawing #humanenergetik https://www.instagram.com/p/CnADWioJerA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Process, nothing formal finished for today, but I did get some chalkboard time in that’s exciting and worth sharing. Most of the time, I have a series and a plan (architect), but every once in awhile, I actually play artist. I was just listening the other day to the importance of play, its extents, adaptations and modern adulthood void. The spiral vs coil. I will be putting in some time and effort into this one. Thoughts so far??? #play #humanarchitecture #movement #Anatomyart #chalkboardart #chalkboard #Spiral #spirals #coil #coiling #fascia #energeticanatomy #firstdraft #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9nRgpv8fW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The inner coil? The ipsi coil? Stumbled upon this coil from tracing the liver and spleen meridians. I haven’t seen this documented before and so I started playing with it. When placed into gait, I really feel it highlighted in suspension, and then I can accentuate it with placing all my weight into the front foot… Feeling the coil from left neck, through my right shoulder into my right obliques, coiling through adductors counter balancing the lateral line. What’s interesting to me, if you scroll back through some of my earlier posts tracing spiral lines through fascia, there’s a big toe to eye connection previously found. Much clearer now. #fascia #fascialfitness #fascialtraining #fasciatraining #fascialstretchtherapy #myofascialtherapy #myofascial #energeticanatomy #Spiral #Spirallines #lateralline #coil #coiling #spiraling #Movement #structuralintegrationthroughmovement #movementismedicine #gait #walking #walkingislife #walkingisgoodforthesoul #walkingismytherapy #itsallconnected #Anatomy #anatomyart #anatomystudying #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm14vO1JTVU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Posterior Coil Spiral Exploring how the lateral line and posterior chain interact in the coiling Also, black and whites vs color? Spots of interest: Neck extensors to rhomboids- such a common complaint spot and often a “referral” pattern from scalenes Rhomboids to serratus anterior wrap- that deep coil under the shoulder blade just seems so important Basically a horizontal band on the low back I never considered through the thoracolumbar fascia. I just like the challenge to my dogma thought that it was a diagonal tension #fascia mat (aponeurosis) The deep hip- containing deep abs, some anterior fibers of glutes and then hip rotators All of these highlights are pivotal points in movement and part of this coil …which again is mostly an interaction with the lateral line and the other lines. #fascial #spiral #coil #coiling #spirals #doublehelix #myofascialrelease #myofascialreleasetherapy #myofascialmovement #fascialstretchtherapy #fascialtraining #fascialfitness #energeticanatomy #energetico #fascialstretch #itsallconnected #lateralline #posteriorchain #thespiral #thespiralinnature #humancoil #adaptablepolarity #meridiansystem #meridians #movement #rolfmovement #movementismedicine https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuIzkMP37m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Posterior Coil Spiral Exploring how the lateral line and posterior chain interact in the coiling Also, black and whites vs color? Spots of interest: Neck extensors to rhomboids- such a common complaint spot and often a “referral” pattern from scalenes Rhomboids to serratus anterior wrap- that deep coil under the shoulder blade just seems so important Basically a horizontal band on the low back I never considered through the thoracolumbar fascia. I just like the challenge to my dogma thought that it was a diagonal tension #fascia mat (aponeurosis) The deep hip- containing deep abs, some anterior fibers of glutes and then hip rotators All of these highlights are pivotal points in movement and part of this coil …which again is mostly an interaction with the lateral line and the other lines. #fascial #spiral #coil #coiling #spirals #doublehelix #myofascialrelease #myofascialreleasetherapy #myofascialmovement #fascialstretchtherapy #fascialtraining #fascialfitness #energeticanatomy #energetico #fascialstretch #itsallconnected #lateralline #posteriorchain #thespiral #thespiralinnature #humancoil #adaptablepolarity #meridiansystem #meridians #movement #rolfmovement #movementismedicine https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuIsGIvk7s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Extrapolating the coil/spiral Apparently, there are numerous spiral lines of fascia in the body. However, I’ve never seen anyone take the Taoist (Chinese medicine) meridians and create spiral lines. So here you go. Two days ago, I posted one side of the coil by utilizing the diagonal lines of the energetic meridians. As it downloaded, these spirals emerged from that exploration. We end up seeing a lateral line coil with the most wrapping and cross connecting of all the lines. We see a contra lateral coil connecting shoulder and hip. And I found an ipsilateral coil, that wraps under the shoulder to the same side leg. Take a moment and see if you can connect or feel these lines when you side bend, when you walk, when you twist. And please let me know what you find! #spirallines #fascia #spiralengine #coils #humancoil #conservationofenergy #humanspirals #spiral #spirals #doublehelix #dnaactivation #dna #spiralout #movementexploration #artexploration #energeticanatomy #energetico #adaptablepolarity #movementismedicine #movement #myofascialmeridians #myofascialtherapy #fascialfitness #coilingcore #coiling https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmo40mPJnuQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=