Fall: The Lungs, Grief & Letting Go
Today we’re going to talk about decluttering. Which may seem like an odd topic for a health blog, but stay with me as it’s an important component to keeping your Lungs healthy this fall.
While many people think of acupuncture as primarily treating physical problems, it’s quite useful for healing emotional aspects as well. Remember, each organ has a season and an emotion associated with it. Fall is the season for Lungs and it has the emotion of sadness. Given this, fall is an important season to process grief. When you hold on to past grief it weakens your Lungs, which in turn diminishes their capacity to protect you from external invasion (i.e. catching a cold).
This is a prime example of how emotional strain can cause physical issues and vice versa.
It can be confusing, I know. Basically grief can cause physical symptoms such as frequent colds, chronic coughing, constipation and asthma flare ups. Whereas weakened Lungs can contribute to depression, feelings of alienation and the inability to let go of things (or people - such as that ex you just can’t quit).
Taking the time to pause, identify what you're feeling and letting go of that which no longer serves you can help restore balance.
Now here is where the decluttering comes in, balance isn’t just achieved by letting go of emotions, but also letting go of stuff. An overabundance of things can cause undue stress
Garages that can’t fit cars because they’re loaded with things
Closets cluttered with clothing that we “should” be able to fit into
Inherited items we don’t want, but feel bad getting rid
These can all cause stress.
And just like the trees shedding their leaves that they won’t need in winter, we too can employ the same strategy by getting rid of that which no longer serves us.
How? This part reminds me of one of those “choose your own adventure” type situations.
-If you need help figuring out how to let go of things, situations or people - pick Coaching.
-If you want to boost up your physical Lungs and strengthen your body for the upcoming winter - pick Acupuncture.
Either way, reach out to me. I can help you.