Transcend Kinesiology

09/11/2025

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28/10/2025

Small Intestine Meridian

In the Five Element theory of Chinese Medicine - each of the five elements has a correlating organ & season.

For summer , the element is Fire 🔥 & its organ systems are the Small Intestine & Heart.

In the Summer, (definitely upon us here in CQ!) 🥵 the Fire element organs are the most active and therefore need the most attention and care.

The Small Intestine channel is my favourite to use for :
✅ clearing heat and dampness
✅ improving mental clarity
✅ calming the spirit
✅ supporting digestion and gut health.

The role of the Small Intestine is to sort the pure from impure.
It is an alchemist of sorts - its job is to receive material (food) & transform it.
The Small Intestine’s ability to separate pure from impure also works on a mental, emotional, and spiritual level. It gives us the power to figure out what serves us and what does not; to find a way to extract what's good and discard the rest.

Imbalance and associated symptoms :

Physical: Abdominal pain, bloating, gas, poor digestion, and issues with muscle flexibility in the legs or core.

Emotional/Mental: Difficulty making decisions, poor reasoning ability, restlessness, anxiety, or feeling overwhelmed by information.

My favorite acupuncture points to support the Small Intestine:
🌟 you can either hold, tap or firmly rub these points daily to activate , clear & unblock the SI meridian - its that simple!


Small Intestine 4 (SI-4) “Wrist Bone”: Located on the wrist bone below the pinky finger, the Source Point of the Small Intestine is excellent for strengthening and calming all aspects of the organ. It promotes peristalsis, supports a healthy gut lining, and stimulates the immune system.



Small intestine 5 (SI-5) “Yang Valley”: Located just below SI-4, the Fire point of the Small Intestine channel invigorates the Small Intestine and enables greater mental clarity and calmness. It guides appropriate decision making. This point also aids in nutrient absorption & digestion. It clears heat and dampness from the body.

Small Intestine 11 (SI-11) “Heavenly Ancestor”: Located on the center of the scapula.
This point helps clear the mental & spiritual chaos of someone who has lost clarity and certainty. It also opens the chest and calms an anxious heart ❤️

17/10/2025

06/09/2025

PTSD : living in “survival mode”

Fight / Flight

Under normal conditions people react to a threat with a temporary increase in their stress hormones (andrenalin, cortisol, noradrenalin etc). As soon as the threat is over these hormones dissipate and the body returns to normal.

In traumatised people, the stress hormones take much longer to return to baseline and they spike quickly & disproportionately in response to even mildly stressful stimuli (daily life).
The effects of constantly elevated stress hormones include memory and attention problems, irritability , low serotonin - leading to hypersensitivity to emotions / stress, sleep disorders and long term health problems.

Dissociation - Freeze
The other response to threat is denial - the body registers the threat and neurochemical and physiological disruptions occur, but their conscious minds go on as if nothing has happened. However, even though the brain can learn to ignore the messages from the Emotional brain & Amygdala, the alarm signals do not stop.
The physical effects on the organs go on unabated until they demand notice when they manifest as illness .
Anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, alcohol & drugs can also temporarily dull these unbearable sensations and feelings.

But the body continues to keep the score.

People with PTSD are hypersensitised to their memories of the past and need to remember that “that was then and this is now”.

For people with trauma reliving their experiences over and over through talk therapy can keep them locked in their head and “frozen in time”. No matter how much insight we develop, it is simply impossible for the rational brain to talk the emotional brain out of its own unsafe reality.
Their feelings of dread persist and can be triggered by multiple aspects of daily experience. They have not been able to integrate their traumatic experience into their now life. They continue to be “there” and do not know how to be “here” - fully alive in the present.

The nervous system needs to re-learn the feeling of safety.
The knowing that it is now safe to be in the body.

This is where body work comes in.

🦋

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