16/07/2023
Meridians and fascia connection in Qigong 🍃
🔸 Meridians are like rivers that flow into the lakes and oceans, which are our organs. These are the pathways through which the Qi energy flows. In Chinese Medicine, it is believed that all illnesses arise from imbalance and stagnation in our meridians. This is similar to when the river blockage occurs in nature and this cuts off the oxygen and energy supply to the organs. To break through this stagnation, we need to create a pulse of energy by coordinating breath with intention and movement.
🔹 Fascia is the dense fibrous connective tissue that interpenetrates and surrounds the
muscles, bones, organs, nerves and blood vessels of the body. It is a biological fabric that holds us together. When Thomas Myers discovers these previously unknown lines of muscle fascia and compared them to meridians, these lines were mapping to the meridian maps in Chinese medicine.
💫 It was also discovered that fascia generates electrical charges that can be measured through winding and unwinding - and in meridians we talk about Qi energy that is generated through coiling and uncoiling. Also emotions and trauma can be stored in fascia creating knots and kinks - and in Chinese Medicine we talk about blockages that are built in meridians.
All of this shows that science is finally catching up to what was known and believed in for thousands of years in Chinese Medicine and fascia and meridians are not some entirely different things.
In White Tiger Qigong we deeply work with our meridians and fascia, that is why the forms are so dynamic because we want to create a powerful pulse of Qi to break through these blockages in our meridians and create lasting changes in our fascia 💫