Your Health in Balance: Donna Eden and Energy Medicine

Your Health in Balance: Donna Eden and Energy Medicine

Donna Eden Method

The increasingly popular discipline in the field of healthcare, Energy Medicine, is based on the fact that our bodies are composed of a large grid of energies. Although it is a platform that exists beyond the world of tangibility, its manifestations are clearer than daylight. When we switch on a lamp, we trigger the flow of electricity in order to create light; when we feel physical pain, we usually view the unpleasant sensation as a combination of inner forces, either bio-chemical or electromagnetic reactions, but most of us are not aware that we own a similar ‘switch’ that can influence those inner forces.

This symbolical switch represents a number of aspects or physical tools: For instance, our own hands that can influence the flow of our energies through their own electromagnetic fields. Similarly, our thoughts and intentions can alter the chemistry in our brain, and often trigger the healing process. The placebo effect is a good example of this.

Donna Eden

While already aware and fascinated by the science of Energy Medicine, when I got to know the internationally acclaimed Energy Medicine practitioner Donna Eden, it felt as if a treasure-box of knowledge had opened for me. I have learned about countless techniques that one can use to mobilise health-enhancing inner energies, strengthen one’s immunity, and empower your mind by being able to control it better.

Donna Eden, David Feinstein and Vishen Lakhiani

Donna and David with the founder of Mindvalley Vishen Lakhiani

Donna Eden has been teaching people to understand the amazing energy system of the body for many years. She does this with incredible passion, because through using these techniques, she managed to heal herself from Multiple Sclerosis. She was told by several doctors that she would not live long (this was in her twenties) and she was advised to ‘put her affairs in order’.

Interestingly enough, when her doctor presented her with this death sentence, she didn’t give in to despair (especially because she had two young daughters!) but instead came to the following conclusion – ‘Well, if the doctors can’t heal me, I’ll have to do it..!’

And she did.

Using her own energies, which she can see (she was born with this ability), it took her about a year to recover from Multiple Sclerosis and a number of other health challenges, including asthma and some serious allergies.

Donna Eden demonstrating an energy testing technique

Empowering Others

After this incredible self-healing experience, Donna embarked on a life-mission to help others to take their health into their own hands.

Although she can see energies, (including systems mapped in ancient times such as meridians and chakras) she insist that everyone can learn energy healing, and empowers others with simple but powerful techniques that don’t require any clairvoyant ability at all.

Donna has been teaching Energy Medicine for over forty years, and many of Donna’s students are physicians, nurses, and other mainstream health professionals. She has been a consultant or guest speaker in numerous universities, hospitals, and corporations.

As a practitioner, she has worked in both traditional and alternative health-care settings. She has been travelling to countless countries to share her message and features in many online courses, including courses on the legendary platform Mindvalley. 

I feel immensely grateful to have met Donna personally. She is one of the most radiant beings I’ve ever met.

Donna and Lucie in spring 2019, Dorking, UK 

Donna has also written several books, one of which, co-written with the clinical psychologist David Feinstein, is the all-time classic in the vibrational medicine field, Energy Medicine – Balancing Your Body’s Energy for Optimal Health, Joy and Vitality.

In her book, Donna Eden explores the theory that our organisms and their functions are based on the flow of invisible, yet measurable energies, which affect the way we feel and think. If we recognise this, we are on a good path towards maintaining and even improving our energy levels, our health, and overall wellbeing.

Your Body’s Self-healing Power in Your Hands

It is exciting and empowering to discover that the chief practitioner of Energy Medicine is the one who inhabits the body cared for – i.e. you. If you use principles of this blend of ancient Chinese medicine, kinesiology, and acupressure, you will be able to influence your own body’s inherent capabilities to heal itself, prevent illness, and gain a new zest for life.

While Energy Medicine doesn’t diagnose or cure illness in the traditional Western medicine way, it works with subtle energies of the body, which can strengthen our immunity, prevent illness and on many occasions, cause a natural healing process.

Managing Seemingly Uncontrollable Forces

With applied Energy Medicine, you can master the art of acquiring new stamina, vitality and clarity of thinking. You’ll be able to minimise the harmful effects of stress and anxiety, and, on top of that, control your moods. Managing our states of mind is one of the most important tools in life that one can ever hold, and you be amazed how quickly it is possible to get on top of the seemingly uncontrollable force that often dictates our states and can bring us well down, sometimes to a point of self-destructive thoughts or acts.

What’s more, you can soon use what you have learned to improve the wellbeing of other people, which rewards you with a sense of purpose and meaning. To personally grow and contribute is one of the main human needs in the spiritual field, and what can be more meaningful that contributing by helping someone feel better or even regain health?

Learning the Language of our Energies

When we learn about Energy Medicine, we are in fact learning something that our unfathomably intelligent body already understands. It is comparable to learning a new language – in this case, the language of energy. Our lifestyle, due to our drastically changing industrialised environment, has become considerably alienated from the natural rhythm of nature, so in order to stay healthy and balanced, it is twice as much important to live in conscious harmony with one’s own energy systems.

Our bodies have been evolving over millions of years, so from this perspective it is only a fraction of time we have lived in the high technology-driven world we know today. It is quite a task for our bodies, designed to live in the wilderness, to adjust to such a rapid change.

Having said that, our energy system is extremely intelligent and adaptable. Every second, every heartbeat, it manages millions of biochemical processes in our body, most of which we don’t have a clue. We take for granted that we are breathing, digesting and metabolising, that our heart beats, that our eyes blink. Our mind is – fortunately! – not required to understand, let alone manage this incredible, mysteriously interwoven process of the functions of our body that keeps us alive.

On High Alert 24/7

However, it is obvious our bodies are trying hard to adapt to the environment we did not evolve for. While our immune system protects us from a large number of invisible invaders, it often struggles with tacking unnatural particles, such as artificial chemicals in processed foods, exhaust fumes pollution, or men-made electromagnetic radiation. Our immune system is thus on continuous high alert, with hardly getting a break. This, of course, drains our energy and makes us prone to illnesses such as cancer, mental disorders or depression much more than in our distant past.

Our modern lifestyle also means that due to stress we are often on a verge of ‘fight-or-flight’ response, an age-old instinct, which we don’t utilise enough (e.g. due to lack of predators we have to flee from), and therefore we’re almost constantly in a kind of heightened state which we don’t know how to release properly.

Fleeing the Beasts of the Modern Times

This natural, life-saving response of the body is, of course, brilliant, however, it was not designed for modern-day stress management, therefore our body’s energy intelligence is dealing with a tough task indeed; when our computer crashes or when we have a family row, our body still uses the same mighty techniques for fleeing a prehistorical beast.

That means that we symbolically flee those beasts daily, and this puts our body, which thinks we need to save our lives instead of just reboot a laptop, under a massive, unnecessary strain. This then inevitably results in a weakened immune system and being prone to illnesses.

‘Software Update’

It is clear that to a large extent we are out of resonance with our current environment. If we want to keep healthy and feeling great, we have to become more aware of our own body’s energy systems, and actively take part in the evolution of our energy patterns. This is a perfect opportunity to involve our intellect – yes, we can help our already breathtakingly intelligent bodies become healthier and more harmonious. In a way, it is like updating our body energy software, which will function better in the modern world. 

The Daily Energy Routine

Updating our body energy software may sound a bit far-fetched, yet there are very simple techniques that each of us can do and contribute to this process. Several of these techniques have been compiled by Donna Eden in her Daily Energy Routine, which is a set of exercises that she carefully selected after many years’ observation of their high effectiveness. 

It is one of the best gifts you could give to your body, and if you incorporate it into your daily routine, it will reward you with increased energy levels, more vitality, mental clarity, and stronger immune system. I have been practising this routine daily and I haven’t had a cold for more than two years.

More Immunity-boosting Tips

In the following video, Donna and David offer advice about keeping your immunity strong especially during major viral outbreaks. Donna demonstrates a number of immunity-boosting tips you can do ‘on the go’.

Share Your Thoughts

I hope you have enjoyed this post, and that you will benefit from all the health tips by Donna Eden. Feel free to share them with others, and leave a comment below if you have any questions, or would like to share your experience with energy medicine or any other form of holistic healing. To your great health!

Learn More About Energy Medicine:

  • Energy Healing Summit  featuring Donna Eden, Caroline Myss, Dr. Judith Orloff, Cyndi Dale, Dr. Gary Schwartz, and many more.

the energy healing summit by sounds true publishing
the energy healing summit by sounds true publishing

BY LUCIE DUN

RELATED POSTS:

Strengthen your immune system
Breathing Techniques
How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Naturegrooves Logo 19

 in alliance with

the shift network logo

Transformational education to awaken your full potential

The Shift Network

Inspirational Books and Audio

Inspirational Books and Audio

This page contains a selection of inspirational books and audio downloads that I have read or listened to and which I would recommend. It also includes links to my favorite online stores that sell books and other media with the topic of health, personal development, spiritual wellbeing, and living a balanced life.

I hope that you will find this list useful and that you may discover something that resonates with you. These books and downloads also make nice presents. 

Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you make a purchase through my links, I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

THE POWER OF NOW

Eckhart Tolle

An essential guide to spiritual realization and a state of constant, deep inner peace,  independent of your circumstances. This book can transform your thinking, teaching you to live in the present moment and liberate you from the negative patterns of your involuntary thoughts controlling your state of mind. 

“I keep Eckhart’s book at my bedside. I think it’s essential spiritual teaching. It’s one of the most valuable books I’ve ever read.”  Oprah Winfrey.

Order online:

The Power of Now (US) 

The Power of Now (UK) 

 

Also by the author:

Enlightened Relationships - Eckhart Tolle
Great Western classics - Eckhart Tolle
The joy of being - Eckhart Tolle
Becoming a teacher of presence - Eckhart Tolle
Transmuting suffering into peace - Eckhart Tolle
Bringing stillness into everyday life - Eckhart Tolle

For more titles by Eckhart Tolle, including audiobooks and DVDs with his talks and meditations, visit his page on Sounds True, his publisher’s site.

sounds true publishing
sounds true publishing
SOUNDS TRUE Publishing

Sounds True is a multimedia publishing company with the mission of disseminating spiritual wisdom. It offers transformational programs to help you live a balanced, joyful, and meaningful life. Amongst their authors are Donna Eden, Eckhart Tolle, Caroline Myss, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Wayne Dyer, or Marianne Williamson.

Visit Sounds True store

The Wim Hof method audio download
THE WIM HOF METHOD

Wim has become known as “The Iceman” for his astounding physical feats, such as spending hours in freezing water and running barefoot marathons over deserts and ice fields. Yet his most remarkable achievement is not any record-breaking performance—it is the creation of a method that thousands of people have used to transform their lives.

In his gripping and passionate style, Wim shares his method and his story, including:
 
Breath—Wim’s unique practices to change your body chemistry, infuse yourself with energy, and focus your mind
Cold—Safe, controlled, shock-free practices for using cold exposure to enhance your cardiovascular system and awaken your body’s untapped strength
Mindset—Build your willpower, inner clarity, sensory awareness, and innate joyfulness in the miracle of living
Science—How users of this method have redefined what is medically possible in study after study
Health—True stories and testimonials from people using the method to overcome disease and chronic illness
Performance—Increase your endurance, improve recovery time, up your mental game, and more
Wim’s Story—Follow Wim’s inspiring personal journey of discovery, tragedy, and triumph
Spiritual Awakening—How breath, cold, and mindset can reveal the beauty of your soul
 

Available in a book, eBook, and CD or an audio download format

Related posts: Breathing with Wim Hof

better listen store
better-listen-store
better listen publishing - logo
BETTER LISTEN! Publishing

BetterListen! offer a large number of inspirational audio downloads divided into categories with the topics of health, wellness, relationships, psychology, philosophy, personal growth, spirituality, or science.

Featured authors include Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Siegel, Jack Canfield, Mark Hyman, Bob Proctor, etc.

Visit BetterListen! store

STRESS LESS ACCOMPLISH MORE: Meditation for extraordinary performance

Emily Fletcher

Did you know that a brief meditation can offer rest that’s five times deeper than sleep? When you make time to practice the technique this book teaches, you’ll actually be more productive than if you took an hour-and-a-half nap or had a cup of coffee.

A leading expert in meditation for high performance, Emily Fletcher, author of Ziva Online meditation course, specifically developed the Z Technique for working people with busy lives. 

This is not just another meditation book –  In Stress Less, Accomplish More, Emily teaches a powerful combination of Mindfulness, Meditation, and Manifesting to improve your personal and professional performance, clarity, health, and sleep. You’ll learn how to cultivate Mindfulness through brief but powerful exercises that will help you stop wasting time stressing. Plus, you’ll get Manifesting tools to help you get crystal clear on your personal and professional goals for the future.

 “We meditate to get good at life, not to get good at meditation.”—Emily Fletcher

 

Order online:

Stress Less Accomplish More (US)

Stress Less Accomplish More (UK)

Read some fascinating facts about the life-changing meditation technique here.

Testimonials:

Ziva blows all other meditation trainings away.

“I have tried other meditations. They served me well. I’ve also done Headspace and have taken a meditation course from a monk. But I felt the need to write and tell you: Ziva blows them ALL away.”

Chip Franks, CEO, JoeVolunteer

 

It’s like a shot of espresso without the anxious jitters and the crash.

“Before Ziva my blood pressure was 120/80, now it is consistently 90/60. I notice a huge energy boost about 45 minutes after I finish meditating. It’s like a shot of espresso without the anxious jitters and the crash. I now have the ability to complete complex problems and projects calmly and with more imagination, creativity and a greater ability to focus on and prioritize projects and problems. I now have “more time” even though the work hours are the same because I have less anxiety.”

Eric Stanton, Financial Tech

 

If I could prescribe ONE thing to every single patient who walks in my door it would be: Learn meditation.

“It will change your life. It literally re-wires the brain, calms the nervous system, and creates new neural pathways. Meditation has been shown on MRIs (see Harvard study) to shrink the amygdala, the part of the brain that “lights up” during the stress response. Meditation lowers stress hormones like adrenaline & cortisol, lowers blood pressure, decreases inflammation, increases focus.You can do it anywhere and it’s a very small chunk of time invested with MASSIVE results. There are zero side effects. You don’t need a prescription. Ziva gives you a great technique that is also dubbed as “lazy man’s meditation” for those who swear they can’t sit still or can’t get their mind still (like myself) These people need it MOST by the way. It’s the best money I’ve spent EVER.”

Elizabeth Burkholder, Nurse Practitioner

 

You can read about my personal experience with ZIVA meditation in my article The Physical and Psychological Benefits of Meditation.

Bliss Brain
BLISS BRAIN: The Neuroscience of Remodelling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy

Dawson Church, Ph.D.

Neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to change itself, is the main theme of this book, where the renown EFT therapist Dawson Church presents intriguing evidence of this phenomenon. A regular meditation practice can lead to measurable changes in our brains, leading to more resilience, deep inner peace, and more joy in our lives. 

Dawnson Church’s research shows that during deep meditation, a number of highly pleasurable neurochemicals are released in our brains. One of them is anandamide, a neurotransmitter dubbed “the bliss molecule” because it produces very similar effects of THC (the active ingredient in cannabis). As we keep cultivating these pleasurable states, they eventually become traits. We won’t just feel happier temporarily; the changes will hard-wire into our brains, becoming stable and long-lasting.

 

Order online:

Bliss Brain

Once you’ve placed your order, you can access special bonuses here.

Back to page top

MIND TO MATTER: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality

Dawson Church

In this fascinating book, Dawson Church, one of the leading figures in clinical EFT, discusses how the thoughts and energy fields we cultivate in our minds can affect our reality. The science in the book is illustrated by many authentic case histories of people who harnessed the power of the mind to create. The author presents intriguing studies of neuroscientists who have measured a specific brain wave formula that is linked to manifestation. This ‘flow state’ can be learned and applied by anyone, and this book is a perfect guide to achieve what one would previously consider unimaginable.

“I love this book…It is wonderful to see science catching up wih what the shamans and sages have always known!” Donna Eden

“This groundbreaking book presents the exciting new scientific evidence demonstrating that our thoughts have a direct impact on the world around us, and it shows us how to harness this knowledge for joyful and effective lives.” David Feinstein

 

Order online:

Mind to Matter (US)

Mind to Matter (UK)

Back to page top

Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
PROOF OF HEAVEN: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

Dr Eben Alexander

A fascinating book describing a life-changing near-death experience of a respected neurosurgeon.

Dr Eben Alexander’s near-death experience is the most astounding I have heard in more than four decades of studying this phenomenon. In my opinion, Dr Alexander is living proof of an afterlife.

Dr Raymond Moody, bestselling author of Life and Life

Dr Alexander’s neuroscience career taught him that near-death experiences are brain-based illusions, and yet his personal experience left him dumbstruck. His honest struggle to make sense of this unforgettable journey is a gripping story, unique in the literature of spiritual experiences that may well change how we understand our role in the universe.” 

Dr Bruce Greyson, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine

 

Find Proof of Heaven on Amazon UK / Amazon US / Amazon EU

Back to page top

the code of extraordinary mind by vishen lakhiani
THE CODE OF EXTRAORDINARY MIND

Vishen Lakhiani, Founder of Mindvalley

In his bestselling book, the visionary founder of the powerful learning platform Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani, shows us how to create new, non-conformist rules for our lives so we can achieve success on your own terms.

The book has inspired many, including US Open Tennis Champion Bianca Andreescu, who used the creative visualization method described in the book and won the US Open and the Canadian Open Championship against Serena Williams. (You can listen to the podcast with Vishen and Bianca here! 🙂

The legendary CEO Vishen is convinced that everything we know about the world is shaped by mind-conditioning and habit. A large number of people still live their lives based on limiting, outdated beliefs, and this mindset affects multiple aspects of their lives, including their financial situation, career, or relationships.

The Code of Extraordinary Mind teaches us how to remove these outdated ideas and start anew, helping us redefine our success, finding our life’s purpose, and experiencing personal fulfillment and happiness.

Order online:

The Code of Extraordinary Mind

limitless book by jim kwik
LIMITLESS

Jim Kwik

Jim Kwik is the world’s top brain coach and memory expert, who has taught memory techniques and learning strategies to thousands of people. His students include Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey, or Richard Branson.

As a child, Jim suffered a head injury which left him with learning difficulties, especially in the area of memory and reading. He was called by one of his teachers ‘The boy with the broken brain’. However, he decided to perceive his misfortune as a challenge, and developed a learning method – a method not for what to learn, but how to learn. 

Jim is presenting his learning methods and strategies in this bestselling book. Limitless has been called ‘the owner’s manual for mental expansion and brain fitness’. The book presents the reader with the ability to accomplish more in multiple areas of their lives: Productivity, personal success, improved financial situation, and much more.

To achieve this, Jim teaches us the importance of the “3 Ms” – Harnessing your Mindset, igniting your Motivation, and mastering the Methods. The book is full of practical tips and techniques related to these principles, and if you apply them into your daily life you’ll soon experience remarkable results.

Jim Kwik has been teaching his highly effective memory-improving techniques for nearly 40 years. If you have ever seen Jim live, you know that he can memorise over one hundred names or numbers and repeat them backward. Jim always says that he doesn’t do this to show off but to demonstrate that if a ‘boy with a broken brain’ could, then everyone else can dramatically improve their cognitive abilities. These techniques are now finally compiled in Jim’s book Limitless.

You can read the first few chapters for free in Amazon’s ‘Look Inside’ section. It includes the moving story of his childhood.

Order online:

Limitless

ENERGY MEDICINE

Donna Eden with David Feinstein, Ph.D.

A classic in the field of Energy Medicine, inspired by the wisdom of ancient healing systems, as well as the most contemporary techniques for optimising your health.
This book contains everything you want to know about your body’s energy systems, and offers powerful ways of restoring, maintaining and improving your physical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing.

Order online:

Energy Medicine (UK) 

Energy Medicine (US)

ENERGY MEDICINE FOR WOMEN

Donna Eden with David Feinstein, Ph.D.

Another Energy Medicine classic – not an overstatement to refer to it as women’s Health Bible!

This book truly uncovers the mystery of women’s energies, offering invaluable health guidance for every woman. It is full of empowering tools for self-healing, addressing common and often problematic issues such as pre-menstrual tension and hormonal imbalance. It provides deep guidance on how to fully align with one’s sexuality, pregnancy and birth, and opens the gates to unleashing the goddess inside. 

Order online:

Energy Medicine for women (UK) 

Energy Medicine for women (US)

THE ENERGIES OF LOVE

Donna Eden with David Feinstein, Ph.D.

A powerful guide to using energy medicine to heal and strengthen romantic relationships. Donna and David, who have been married for more than 40 years, explain how an understanding of your and you partner’s energy system can create an extremely harmonious and loving bond.

 

Order online:

The Energies of Love (UK)

The Energies of Love (US)

THE ENERGY MEDICINE KIT

Donna Eden

The Energy Medicine Kit contains: 

  • A 28-page booklet describing the fundamentals of energy medicine
  • 43 photo-illustrated Energy Medicine Cards
  • A DVD with demonstrations of methods of energy medicine, including 15 restorative exercises
  • An audio CD that guides you through 21 more techniques for specific conditions
  • A one-inch cut glass crystal for chakra balancing

Order online:

The Energy Medicine Kit (UK) 

The Energy Medicine Kit (US)

THE HEALING POWER OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY: Tap into your body’s energy to change your life for the better

David Feinstein, Donna Eden & Gary Craig

This groundbreaking book introduces us to the power of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) through the use of tapping on specific meridian points. This causes shifts in body’s subtle energies and changes in the brain’s neural pathways, which often have a profound, positive impact on our physical health, emotional patterns and previously uncontrollable states of mind, leading to more joy and sense of wellbeing in many areas, and reducing – or sometimes even completely healing – anxiety, various forms of traumas and phobias.

 

Order online:

The Healing Power of Energy Psychology (UK)

The Healing Power of Energy Psychology (US)

 

Related articles:

10 Things to Do When Feeling Down

How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety

How to Stop and Prevent Panic Attacks

the hidden messages in water by masaru emoto
THE HIDDEN MESSAGES IN WATER

Dr. Masaru Emoto

This fascinating book reveals how molecules of water can react to energy, including our thoughts, feelings, intentions, and words. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto has observed crystals formed in frozen water and showing changes when specific thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear natural sources and water that has been exposed to loving thoughts or words forms beautiful and complex snowflake patterns.

On the other hand, polluted water, as well as water exposed to negative thoughts, tends to form incomplete, disrupted patterns of dull colors. Dr. Emoto’s research’s primary aim is to call for a more respectful and loving approach to the earth and our own body, which consists of about 60% water.

 

Order online:

The Hidden Messages in Water

Learn about PiMag Water filtration system

Back to page top

BY LUCIE DUN

This site has been built with DIVI, by Elegant Themes.

RECOMMENDED:

tools-for-energy-healing-practitioners
Online courses and webinars
Meridian Affirmations
Inspirational Books and Audio

Disclaimer: This page contains affiliate links. This means that if you decide to make a purchase through my links, I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. (The full Affiliate Disclosure can be read here.) If you’d like to learn more about affiliate marketing, e.g. how to earn extra income from blogging and promoting products you like and would recommend to others, which is what I do, check out Wealthy Affiliate, my favourite platform for online marketers. You can create a free account, which will enable you to make your own website in a few simple steps, and host it with them – free of charge – for as long as you like. You can test it right now by trying their free website builder SiteRubix. Thank you for visiting!

Free starter membership with Wealthy Affiliate

Breathing with Wim Hof

Breathing with Wim Hof

The fact that breathing practices can lead to self-healing and improved quality of life is no longer a secret. However, not many of us take advantage of our self-healing abilities, mostly because we simply don’t know what techniques to practice to experience tangible benefits.

If you would like to experience the power of breathing practices, I highly recommend practising breathing with Wim Hoff, the world-renowned legend known as ‘The Iceman’.

The Wim Hof method audio download

The Incredible Wim Hof

Having become an icon for his astounding achievements and withstanding extreme temperatures, Wim has broken over 20 world records, including running a marathon above the Arctic Circle on his bare feet, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, and standing in a box filled with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes.

Wim Hof in ice

The Wim Hof Method

Yet his most remarkable achievement is the creation of the Wim Hof method – a science-backed method that focuses on three aspects: Cold, breathing and mindset. The method has helped thousands of people to transform their lives by accessing the deepest parts of their brains and master mind over matter.

People who have followed his method have reported multiple benefits, such as more energy, improved health due to stronger immune system, better emotional resilience and increased happiness, less stress and anxiety, better sleep, improved focus, and feeling more in control of their lives.

The Iceman’s Mission

Wim Hof’s mission is to show us that his achievements are not superhuman, but that all of us have the ability to achieve the seemingly impossible through strengthening our immune systems and diminishing our stress levels through his powerful method that anyone can use to improve health and performance – and often see real results within just a few days.

Wim Hif

The Benefits Of Breathwork

In this post, we will focus on the aspect of breathing, and breathe along with Wim Hof’s instructional video. Breath is a very powerful connection between the body and the mind. Apart from eye blinking, it is the only function in our body that we can do either completely voluntarily, consciously (e.g. slow it down, deep in, hold it etc.), and completely involuntarily, unconsciously.

We can use our body to produce rhythms of breathing that induce similar rhythms in the involuntary nervous system.

Breathing can be seen as the only bridge through which we can access our involuntary nervous system and influence its function.

Breathwork Can Prevent or Heal Symptoms of Chronic Stress

An enormous number of illnesses are rooted in over-activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system governs the fight or flight response, and if we stay stressed for long periods, our body stays in a long-term fight or flight response, which causes damage to the body.

Long-term, chronic stress can result in mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, or personality disorders. It can also lead to obesity, cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks, or stroke. Another one of the bad effects of long-term stress is that the body becomes too acidic, which is the ideal environment for cancer cells.

The good news is that breathwork is a natural, cost-free way of preventing these symptoms, or sometimes even – if you are ill already – getting to the root of the disease processes and changing them.

Slowing and Deepening Our Breathing

One of the most important goals of breathtwork is to make your breathing deeper, slower, quieter and more regular.

We should become aware of our breathing, and try to move it in a direction of becoming deeper and slower.

Because by doing that, we’ll be inducing the rhythms of our involuntary nervous system, which will positively affect your heart, blood vessels, digestive system, skin, and much more.

There is also a close correlation between how you breathe and your emotional state. If you observe people who are angry, upset, afraid, or nervous, you’ll notice that their breathing is irregular, shallow, noisy, rapid et al. You cannot be in a calm emotional state while breathing in a rapid, interrupted noisy way.

Conversely, it’s hard to be angry, upset, or anxious while breathing in a deep, slow, quiet way. So, breathing is a powerful tool that you can use to regulate your emotions. This can work for severe kinds of anxiety.

When you discover that through regulation of breath you can regulate moods, prevent anxiety attacks, you will feel empowered and reassured that ultimately, you are in control of your emotional states, and you can regulate your health to a great extent.

Breathing Can Change your Chemistry

To back his breathing technique, Wim explains that oxidative stress comes through shallow breathing and through all the external pressure in our lives. This deregulates our chemistry.

But breathing techniques can regulate your chemistry in a positive way. Your breathing will make contact with your immune system and with your nervous system on a very deep level, and strengthen both.

It will also make your body more alkaline – the opposite of acidic, which is the best prevention against cancer.

Adrenaline in Small Amounts Can be Beneficial

Furthermore, this type of conscious breathing will release adrenaline (also known as epinephrine. People with anaphylactic shock – a strong allergic reaction are treated with a tool called EpiPen, which is named after epinephrine.)

Adrenaline is often associated with stress, and, as already mentioned, chronic stress is harmful to your body. However, when released in small doses, and only temporarily, adrenaline can actually benefit your health by boosting your immune system. Just as adrenaline prepares your body for a fight or flight response, it also boosts your ability to fight off infections, which is the fact that Wim Hof utilises in his breathing method.

What’s more, small doses of adrenaline increase the number of antioxidants in your system, which fight off free radicals that cause aging and tissue damage. Thus, breathwork can also contribute to healthier, younger-looking skin!

Wim Hof

Wim Hof’s Breathing Technique – an Overview

Wim says that if you do three rounds of the following exercise every morning, you will become the master of your chemistry.

However, it is extremely important to note that the following breathing exercises can have a very strong effect and should be only done when in a completely relaxed state, e.g. lying down on a sofa, a bed, or a matt. They should never be done when you’re in the car or a swimming pool, because the heavy breathing may make you feel faint or even lose consciousness for a few seconds.

There are three breathing cycles. Each cycle is divided into three parts:

Part 1: Strongly inhale and lightly exhale 30 times.

Part 2: Hold your breath (after an exhalation) for 1 minute or longer

Part 3: Inhale and hold your breath for 15 seconds

This exercise should be ideally done in the morning, and always on an empty stomach.

Wim Hof’s Breathing Practice Step by Step

Here is Wim Hof’s breathing technique in more detail:

ROUND 1

Part 1: Inhale and exhale 30 times.

When you inhale, you should first inhale into your belly and then into your chest. After that imagine the breath reaching your head.

Breathe fully in, then breathe out with ease. The in-breath should be quite intense – fully in – but the out-breath shouldn’t be forced; don’t try to push all the air out of your lungs. You should just let go with ease.

Wim Hof Method
Wim Hof method

Do this 30 times. (Sitting or lying down, because the breathing may make you feel quite light-headed.) You may also feel tingling.

While you are breathing, you can visualize your breath like a wave reaching the shore. On the in-breath, it reaches the shore with intensity, while on the out-breath it peacefully recedes.

Part 2 – Stop Breathing (After the Exhalation) for 1 Minute

This may seem impossible. It certainly seemed impossible to me at first. However, after about 3 or 4 days I managed to hold my breath for a full minute.

The Wim Hof method

Through the ‘conscious stress’ of being without air for one minute or longer, we are activating the immune system. This is due to the sudden release of adrenalin, which, in this case, is beneficial for our body.

Part 3 – Inhale and Hold Your Breath for 15 Seconds

After staying without breath for one minute, take your well-deserved in-breath, and then hold it for 15 seconds.

You have just completed one cycle (or one round) of Wim Hof’s breathing technique. Now, do two more cycles.

ROUND 2

The second round is the same as the first one, apart from part 2 – the duration of the breath pause after the exhale: Instead of one minute, you’ll stop breathing for 1,5 minutes.

You may think it’s impossible to be without your breath for that long, but you may hold your breath for longer, thanks to your body being relaxed and more oxygen entering your body. And, with more oxygen in your body, your body chemistry will become more alkaline and less acidic.

Part 1: Inhale and exhale 30 times.

Part 2: Stop breathing (after the exhalation) for 1, 5 minute

Part 3: Inhale and hold the breath for 15 seconds

ROUND 3

The third round is the same as Round 2.

Part 1: Inhale and exhale 30 times.

Part 2:  Stop breathing (after the exhalation) for 1,5 minute.

Part 3: Inhale and hold the breath for 15 seconds.

Wim Hof says that after round three you will ‘get high on your own supply’ and might want to do an extra round!

A Simple Recap of Wim Hof’s Breathing Technique:

  • Breathe in fully / Breathe out lightly (30 times)
  • One minute without breathing after the exhalation
  • Take a deep recovery breath, and hold for 15 seconds
  • Repeat this cycle twice more. After 30 breaths, try to increase the time with no breath in your lungs to 1,5 minutes.

Wim Hof’s Video of the Technique

Here is Wim Hof’s video to guide you through each stage, so you can practice the powerful breathing technique with him. If you are practicing this in the morning (which is recommended), it should power you up for the rest of your day! Enjoy!

Reminder: Do the breathwork only when you can fully relax, and on an empty stomach.

Wim Hof Live

Wim Hof has taught his breathing technique to many, including Russel Brandt, as you can see in the following video:

Learn More from Wim Hof

You can learn much more about Wim Hof’s method from his book The Wim Hof Method. available in several formats – as a book or an eBook, an audio download, or a CD. Visit the section Inspirational Books and Audio for more information.

The Wim Hof method audio download

Share Your Thoughts

I’d love to hear about your take on Wim Hoff’s method. Have you tried it, and if so, with what results? Let me know in the comment below and I’ll look forward to getting back to you.

BY LUCIE DUN

This site has been (very happily) built with DIVI, by Elegant Themes.

Disclaimer: Some pages on my website contain affiliate links. This means that if you decide to make a purchase through my links, I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. (The full Affiliate Disclosure can be read here.) If you’d like to learn more about affiliate marketing, e.g. how to earn extra income from blogging and promoting products you like and would recommend to others (which is what I do), check out Wealthy Affiliate, my favourite platform for online marketers. Thank you for visiting!

Free starter membership with Wealthy Affiliate

   Let’s keep in touch:

Naturegrooves Logo 19

 in alliance with

Buddhagroove-Logo_website
buddhagroove

Acupressure Strengthening and Sedating Points

Acupressure Strengthening and Sedating Points

3-Bladder_channel_Wellcome-collection

One of the most exciting things about holistic healing is the fact that we can use our hands to facilitate healing processes in our bodies. This is often done by working with meridians (energetic pathways throughout our body) and their acupoints.

On this page, you will find a list of acupressure sedating and strengthening points that you can use for addressing specific issues, such as diminishing pain, strengthening your immunity, boosting your energy, balancing your hormones etc. These techniques are based on the systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Feel Better by Balancing Your Meridians

Working with your meridians can often make you feel better in minutes. Strengthening the Spleen meridian, for example, can lift you from feeling down, boost your immunity, or even stop an approaching cold from taking hold of you. Sedating the Kidney meridian can diminish lower back pain.

I work with my meridians frequently, and it’s always very encouraging to feel the energetic shifts in my body, experience pain relief, and notice an improvement in my overall state. Equally, it’s been very rewarding to be able to help others diminish their pain or improve their state in general.

Techniques for Balancing a Meridian

To balance a meridian, you can use the following techniques: 

  • Trace a meridian
  • Flush a meridian
  • Work with the acupressure points of a meridian

Tracing a Meridian

Watch the master practitioner of energy medicine Donna Eden trace all the 14 meridians.

Flushing a Meridian

How to flush a meridian:

  • Trace it backward once
  • Trace it forward three times

(If you don’t know how to trace a meridian, watch the video above.)

Working With the Acupressure Points of a Meridian

There are three ways we can work with the acupressure points:

  • Sedate
  • Strengthen
  • Use the Three-Point Technique

Further down the page are diagrams that will show you how to sedate or strengthen any meridian, according to your needs.

How Do I Know What Acupoints to Use for a Particular Issue?

I highly recommend an app called POINTS which list a long number of conditions and the treatment protocols – e.g. of you have a headache, you will get a combination of acupoints that you can hold or massage to alleviate your pain. (You can read my review of the POINTS app here)

Sedating a Meridian

Step 1 – Sedate the Meridian 

Sedate (relax) a particular meridian by holding its sedating points. You will be sending its excess energy to the next meridian. (You’ll see how the meridian flow works on The Five Elements Wheel diagram further down.)

The Procedure:

Gently hold the sedating points for 2 – 3 minutes. Use the tips of your fingers (preferably the index or the middle finger).

Do this one side of the body first, (e.g. on your right foot + right arm).

Repeat the same procedure on the other side of the body (your left foot + left arm), also for 2 – 3 minutes.

Step 2 – Stabilise the Energy Flow by Holding the Control (Stabilizing) Points:

We now need to stop the flow of energy from the previous meridian. We’ll be stabilizing the shift in energy by holding the control points.

The Procedure:

Gently hold the two control points for 1,5 minutes.

Do this on both sides of the body.

Strengthening a Meridian

Step 1 – Strengthen the Meridian 

Strengthen the meridian by holding its strengthening points. You will be ‘borrowing energy’ from the previous meridian (see the Flow Wheel lower down)

The Procedure:

Gently hold the strenggetning points for 2 – 3 minutes. Use the tips of your fingers (ideally the index or the middle finger).

Do this one side of the body first, (e.g. your right side) and then repeat the same procedure on the other side of the body, also for 2 – 3 minutes.

Step 2 – Stabilise the Energy Flow by Holding the Control Points:

Gently hold the control points for about 1,5 minutes.

As in the previous step, do this on both sides of the body.

Three-Pointing a Meridian

The Three Point Technique is a combination of sedating and strengthening a meridian in one session. Sometimes a meridian needs to be cleared of stale or toxic energies first in order to receive strengthening energies. This means that we sedate it first to move the old energies out, and then strengthen it. In the end, we use the control points to stabilise the shift.

We often use the Three-Point technique to treat hormonal imbalances, such as during PMS or menopause. (In these cases it’s Kidney, Liver, and Spleen).

Step 1 – Sedate the Meridian:

Sedate (relax) the meridian by sending its excess energy to the next meridian.

The Procedure:

Gently hold the sedating points for 2 minutes. Use the tips of your fingers (preferably the index or the middle finger).

Do this one side of the body first, (e.g. on your right foot + right arm).

Repeat the same procedure on the other side of the body (your left foot + left arm), also for 2 minutes.

Step 2 – Strengthen the Meridian 

After sedating it, you will strengthen the meridian by holding its strengthening points.

The Procedure:

Gently hold the strengthening points for 2 minutes. Use the tips of your fingers (ideally the index or the middle finger).

Do this one side of the body first, (e.g. your right side) and then repeat the same procedure on the other side of the body, also for 2 minutes.

Step 3 – Stabilise the energy flow by holding the control (stabilising) points:

Gently hold the control points for about 1 minute. As in the previous step, do this on both sides of the body.

The Five Elements Wheel

The Five Elements Wheel, used in Traditional Chinese medicine, shows how meridians relate to each other and what elements of nature they represent. It is an excellent reference for working with meridians and their acupoints. For example, when you are holding strengthening points of a meridian, you are sending energy to the meridian from the previous meridian.

When you are holding the sedating points, you are sending energy from the particular meridian to the next meridian on the wheel.

Finally, when you are holding the control points (stabilising points), the flow of energy of particular meridian will be stabilised by another meridian.

The Five Elements Wheel

An Example of Working with Acupoints of a Meridian

Let’s see an illustrated example of working with a meridian. Let’s say we want to strengthen the Spleen meridian to boost your immunity or to lift you from feeling low. I have selected this particular meridian because this is one of the most important acupressure practices that you can use for self-healing. It is one of my favorite methods for improving my immunity and lifting my spirits.

Strengthening Spleen Meridian

Step 1 – Strengthen the Spleen Meridian 

Strengthen the Spleen meridian by borrowing some energy from the previous meridian (i.e. Heart meridian).

The Procedure:

Gently hold the following two points (Spleen 2 and Heart 8) for 2 – 3 minutes. Use the tips of your fingers (ideally the index or the middle finger).

Do this one side of the body first, (e.g. your right side) and then repeat the same procedure on the other side of the body, also for 2 – 3 minutes.

Spleen 2 acupressure point
Heart 8 acupressure point

Disclaimer: The images of acupressure points on this page are a part of an interactive acupuncture software/app called POINTS. You can find more information about the software in my review of this app. The images are licensed to Miridia Acupuncture Technology. 

Step 2 – Stabilise the energy flow by holding the control points:

Gently hold the following two points (Spleen 1 and Liver 1) for about 1,5 minutes.

As in the previous step, do this on both sides of the body.

Spleen 1 + Liver 1 acupressure points

Try the Following!

Here are a few selected issues that you may like to work on by using the list below:

Stomach ache: Sedate The Stomach Meridian

Lower back pain: Sedate The Kidney Meridian

Respiratory problems, cough: Strengthen The Lung Meridian

PMS – hormonal imbalances: Three-Point Kidney, Liver and Spleen Meridians

Feeling depressed: Strengthen The Spleen Meridian

Having low immunity: Strengthen The Spleen Meridian

Feeling anxious, having a panic attack: Sedate The Triple Warmer Meridian

Acupressure Sedating, Strengthening, and Stabilising (Control) Points – Full List

Disclaimer: The images of acupressure points on this page are a part of an interactive acupuncture software/app called POINTS. You can find more information about the software in my review of this app. The images are licensed to Miridia Acupuncture Technology. 

The Spleen Meridian

Sedating Points

Spleen 5 acupressure point
Lung 8 acupressure point

The Spleen Meridian

Strengthening Points

Spleen 2 acupressure point
Heart 8 acupressure point

The Spleen Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Spleen 1 + Liver 1 acupressure points

The Heart Meridian

Sedating Points

Small Intestine 3 acupressure point
Gallbladder 41 acupressure point

Note: We never directly sedate the Heart meridian. Instead, we use the strengthening points of the neighbouring Small Intestine meridian.

The Heart Meridian

Strengthening Points

Heart 9 acupressure point
Liver 1 acupressure point

The Heart Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points) after strengthening

Heart 3 acupressure point
Kidney 10 acupressure point

The Heart Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points) after sedating

Small Intesstine 2 acupressure point
Bladder 66 acupressure point

The Small Intestine Meridian

Sedating Points

Small Intestine 8 Acupressure Point
Stomach 36 acupressure point

The Small Intestine Meridian

Strengthening Points

Small Intestine 3 acupressure point
Gallbladder 41 acupressure point

The Small Intestine Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Small Intesstine 2 acupressure point
Bladder 66 acupressure point

The Bladder Meridian

Sedating Points 

Bladder 65 acupressure point
Gallbladder 41 acupressure point

The Bladder Meridian

Strengthening Points

Bladder 67 acupressure point
Large Intestine 1 acupressure point

The Bladder Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Bladder 40 acupressure point
Stomach 36 acupressure point

The Kidney Meridian

Sedating Points

Kidney 1 Acupressure Point
Liver 1 acupressure point

The Kidney Meridian

Strengthening Points

Kidney 7 acupressure point
Lung 8 acupressure point

The Kidney Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Kidney 3 Acupressure Point
Spleen 3 acupressure point

The Pericardium (or Circulation Sex) Meridian

Sedating Points

Pericardium 7 Acupressure Point
Spleen 3 acupressure point

The Pericardium (or Circulation Sex) Meridian

Strengthening Points

Pericardium 9 Acupressure Point
Liver 1 acupressure point

The Pericardium (or Circulation Sex) Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Pericardium 3 Acupressure Point
Kidney 10 acupressure point

The Triple Warmer Meridian

Sedating Points

Triple Warmer 10 acupressure point
Stomach 36 acupressure point

The Triple Warmer Meridian

Strengthening Points

Triple Warmer 3 acupressure point
Gallbladder 41 acupressure point

The Triple Warmer Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Triple Warmer 2 acupressure point
Bladder 66 acupressure point

The Gallbladder Meridian

Sedating Points

Gallbladder 38 acupressure point
Small Intestine 5 acupressure point

The Gallbladder Meridian

Strengthening Points

Gallbladder 43 acupressure point
Bladder 66 acupressure point

The Gallbladder Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Gallbladder 44 acupressure point
Large Intestine 1 acupressure point

The Liver Meridian

Sedating Points

Liver 2 acupressure point
Heart 8 acupressure point

The Liver Meridian

Strengthening Points

Liver 8 acupressure point
Kidney 10 acupressure point

The Liver Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Liver 4 acupressure point
Lung 8 acupressure point

The Lung Meridian

Sedating Points

Lung 5 acupressure point
Kidney 10 acupressure point

The Lung Meridian

Strengthening Points

Lung 9 acupressure point
Spleen 3 acupressure point

The Lung Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Lung 10 acupressure point
Heart 8 acupressure point

The Large Intestine Meridian

Sedating Points

Large Intestine 2 acupressure point
Bladder 66 acupressure point

The Large Intestine Meridian

Strengthening Points

Large Intestine 11 acupressure point
Stomach 36 acupressure point

The Large Intestine Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Large Intestine 5 acupressure point
Small Intestine 5 acupressure point

The Stomach Meridian

Sedating Points

Stomach 45 acupressure point
Large Intestine 1 acupressure point

The Stomach Meridian

Strengthening Points

Stomach 41 acupressure point
Small Intestine 5 acupressure point

The Stomach Meridian

Control Points (Stabilising Points)

Stomach 43 acupressure point
Gallbladder 41 acupressure point

Learn More About Meridians and Acupressure Points

I hope you enjoyed reading this page. If you’d like to learn more about acupressure points and how to use them, I highly recommend the interactive acupuncture software ‘POINTS’, which has been the source of the acupoint images on this page. You can read my review of this software here: POINTS Review – Acupuncture Points and Charts.

points - interactive acupuncture software

I also highly recommend the folding laminated chart pictured below. It shows every single acupressure point on our body, including the poetic ancient Chinese names for each important point. I’ve found this chart a very valuable study guide, especially during my Energy Medicine Foundation Course.

accupresure points and meridian chart 2
accupresure points and meridian chart 2

Share Your Thoughts

It would be nice to hear about your experience. Do you have experience with acupuncture or acupressure, and if so, with what results? Let me know your thoughts, questions, or other comments in the comments below and I look forward to getting back to you soon. 

BY LUCIE DUN

This site has been built with DIVI, by Elegant Themes.

RECOMMENDED:

tools-for-energy-healing-practitioners
Online courses and webinars
Meridian Affirmations
Inspirational Books and Audio
Naturegrooves Logo 19

 in alliance with

the shift network logo

Transformational education to awaken your full potential

The Shift Network

Disclaimer: This page contains affiliate links. This means that if you decide to make a purchase through my links, I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. (The full Affiliate Disclosure can be read here.) If you’d like to learn more about affiliate marketing, e.g. how to earn extra income from blogging and promoting products you like and would recommend to others, which is what I do, check out Wealthy Affiliate, my favourite platform for online marketers. You can create a free account, which will enable you to make your own website in a few simple steps, and host it with them – free of charge – for as long as you like. You can test it right now by trying their free website builder SiteRubix. Thank you for visiting!

Free starter membership with Wealthy Affiliate

POINTS Review: Acupuncture Points and Charts

POINTS Review: Acupuncture Points and Charts

If you have been searching for high-quality software and app with the topic of acupuncture points and charts, you may find this review useful. POINTS Acupuncture Reference software is a comprehensive, user-friendly, and very helpful tool for:

  • Anyone in need of getting rid of pain
  • Anyone who’d like to learn about self-healing and improving their health
  • Students and professional practitioners of acupuncture or acupressure
  • Anyone with an interest in ancient healing techniques

 

Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. This means that if you make a purchase through my links, I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The full disclosure can be accessed here. Thank you for your support!

points - interactive acupuncture software

Product: POINTS – Interactive Acupuncture Software

Available from: MIRIDIA Acupuncture Technology

Main Benefits: Pain Relief/Relaxation/Clearing Out Toxins

Price: £99/£79/£39 (limited time special)

My Rating: 9 out of 10

Acupoints, Acupuncture and Acupressure

First of all, let’s have a quick look at acupoints, and the difference between acupuncture and acupressure.

Acupoints:

  • Acupoints are small points on the surface of our body.
  • They have less electromagnetic resistance then the rest of the skin, (which is measurable by specific electronic devices) so when they are stimulated, they and trigger healing or pain relief.
  • They are detectable by infrared light.
  • They are located on the body’s energy pathways, knows as meridians.
  • I like comparing meridians to motorways, and acupoints to service stations.

Acupunture:

  • Uses small needles to stimulate acupoints.
  • It must be carried out by a professional – a licensed acupuncturist.
  • An acupuncture session can be expensive and may be quite time consuming
  • A qualified acupuncturist may not always be available when you most need it

Acupressure:

  • Uses pressure or massage to stimulate acupoints
  • You can use acupressure at home or anywhere else as a self-healing tool
  • Unlike with acupuncture, you don’t have to be as precise in terms of locating the point correctly

What Acupressure and Acupuncture Have in Common:

All the acupoints are the same, whether you use acupuncture of acupressure.

They are both based on the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

Both acupressure and acupuncture can be highly effective and facilitate deep healing or pain relief.

Both acupressure and acupuncture have their foundation in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), where it has been practised for over two thousand years.

The principle behind the method lies in activating the body’s self-healing mechanisms to alleviate pain and treat illness.

Both acupuncture and acupressure stimulate the body’s acupoints (also known as pressure points). These points lie on fixed pathways or channels of energy, known as meridians. These energetic pathways are detectable by CT imaging methods, including MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), LCD thermal photography, infrared imaging, or ultrasound. They can be even visible to people with extrasensory perception abilities, such as the master energy medicine practitioner Donna Eden, who can see energy.

What makes acupuncture and acupressure work is the fact that each meridian pathway is energetically connected to a specific organ. (That’s why the points are named after the organ, eg LI = Large Intestine). Each meridian sends its energy and thus nourishes, a specific organ. Working with individual points that lie on the meridians (by applying pressure to them or needling them) can trigger multiple healing processes. It’s like switching a single light switch that will cause the whole room to fill with light. You can become your own body’s ‘electrician’!

points-interactive-acupuncture-software

POINTS – Interactive Acupuncture Software

As a student of energy medicine and holistic healing techniques, I am very interested in the systems that acupuncture and acupressure and based on. I like finding acupoints and using them to alleviate pain or detox the body. My favourite acupoints chart is the folding laminated accupressure chart by award-winning medical illustrator Vincent Perez.

accupresure points and meridian chart 2

But I also wanted to know what points to use for specific problems, and learn more about each of the points. So when I came across the website of Miridia Acupuncture Technology and found out about the POINTS software, I knew it was the very tool I’d been looking for for months.

points - interactive acupuncture software

A Brief Overview of POINTS

POINTS It is a reference tool that you can download to your computer or laptop, or you can get an app for your iOS devices.

Through POINTS, you will learn about practical use of acupoints.

The software (or app) contains complete information about all 361 acupoints and the treatment protocols related to each of the points.

You will also learn about the acupoints energy pathways, also known as channels or meridians.

POINTS will enable you to:

  • Understand the function of each acupoint
  • Search for a health problem in the list of symptoms
  • Locate the acupoints related to the symptom and treat it using acupressure (or acupuncture if you are a qualified practitioner; POINTS also contain needling instructions for every point)

I’ve got the iOS version of the software and I can easily say that POINS is one of the best interactive reference tools currently available.

points - interactive acupuncture software

How Can You Treat Yourself with Acupressure

Don’t worry if you are not a licensed acupuncurist. You can equally benefit from all the knowledge in POINTS software or app by using acupressure.
Once you know what issue you’d like to treat, look it up in the POINTS app and find the related points. (You can use the search tool in the app.)
Then, follow these steps:

 

  • Using a circular motion, apply pressure on the point for five seconds. Keep the pressure firm, but not painful.
  • Do this three times.
  • This cycle can be repeated several times a day.

Exploring POINTS

Now, let’s have a closer look at the software so you can start using it straight away. The POINTS software consists of three sections:

  • Points
  • Protocols
  • Charts

 

points, protocols and charts menu from Points acupuncture software

When you click on ‘Points’, a list of all the meridians and their related acupoints will appear (in their abbreviated form).

There are 14 of the main meridian names and 42 extra points.

points, protocols and chlist of acupoints names from Points acupuncture software

The 14 Meridians and Points Names

If you are not familiar with the abbreviations of the main meridians and acupoints, here is a quick reference list:

LU – Lung

LI – Large Intestine

ST – Stomach

SP – Spleen

HT – Heart

SI – Small Intestine

BL – Bladder

KI – Kidney

PC – Pericardium (Heart Protector)

TE – Triple Energiser (Triple Warmer)

GB – Gallbladder

LR – Liver

CV – Conception Vessel (Central Meridian)

GV – Governing Meridian

Selecting a Point

You can then click on the point of your choice. As an example, I clicked on ‘LI’, meaning the pathway (channel, or meridian) of The Large Intestine. You’ll see the entire meridian pathway as well as its acupoints.

Clicking on the blue tab ‘Information’ will reveal the main functions of the meridian. For example, The Large Intestine meridian regulates elimination of solid waste, and together with the Lung Meridian controls lung function and can even influence the health of your skin. 

the large intestine meridian

This image is the property of Miridia Acupuncture Technology.

Under the picture, you will see three display options: Channel, Muscolotendino, and Internal Pathways.

Channel

This shows the meridian channel with all its acupoints, as in the photo above. When I saw this for the first time, the first thought that came to my head was “Hold on, I don’t think large intestine is in my arm…!”

No, it really isn’t. What we see on the photo is only a part of the meridian, the part that runs on the surface. The energetic pathway then continues to flow deeper in the body through internal pathways, and through these internal pathways it connects to the organ it has been named after. So now you no longer have to get confused when you see the large intestine, kidney, or lung run up the model’s arm!

Muscolotendino

This option displays the muscular and tendinous tissues related to the meridian.

Internal Pathways

This shows the internal pathways of the meridian. Every meridian has external and internal pathways. What we see in the first photo (under ‘Channel’) is the external pathway – the pathway that runs near the surface of your skin and that has the acupoints on it.

But the meridian doesn’t end there – is continues to flow deep inside the body through its internal pathways that you can see in this picture.

Through pressing or needling the acupoints of the external pathway you can influence the internal pathways of the meridian – the ones that feed the related organ – and improve the health of the organ or system.

internal pathways of large intestine meridia

This image is the property of Miridia Acupuncture Technology.

Protocols for Over 360 Issues or Conditions

There are over 360 listed issues or conditions listed in the app.

Even if you are not an acupuncturist, you can still work with these points by pressing and massaging them.

protocols form the interactive acupuncture software POINTS

Here are some examples of the issues listed in the app:

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Alcohol: Hangover
  • Alcohol: Intoxication
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Autism
  • Common Cold Prevention
  • Common Cold Treatment
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Cough
  • Depression
  • Dreams: Nightmares
  • Epilepsy – During and After Seizure
  • Fatigue/Exhaustion
  • Fear
  • Fever
  • Flatulence
  • Food Poisoning
  • Grief
  • Hay Fever
  • Headache
  • Hernia
  • Hiccup
  • Immune Function (Low)
  • Impotence
  • Indigestion
  • Inflammation (infection)
  • Insomnia
  • Irritability
  • Knee: Weakness, Pain or Stiffness
  • Labour: Induction
  • Labour: Prolonged
  • Laryngitis
  • Libido: Lack of sexual desire
  • Libido: Lack of sexual desire
  • Lover: Hepatitis
  • Low Back Sprain
  • Low Back: Weakness, Pain or Stiffness
  • Manic-Depressive Disorder
  • Menopause: Hormonal Imbalance
  • Menopause: Hot Flushes
  • Motion Sickness
  • Mouth Ulcers
  • Nervousness
  • Nightmares
  • Neuralgia
  • Orgasm: Inhibited
  • Pain: Fixed
  • Pain: Tendons
  • Palpitations
  • PMS: Irritability
  • PMS: Lower Back Pain
  • PMS: Mental Depression
  • Pneumonia
  • Poor Memory: Forgetfulness
  • Post Pregnancy (various issues)
  • Sea Sickness
  • Shock
  • Shoulder: Weakness, Pain or Stiffness
  • Sinusitis
  • Sore Throat
  • Stomachache
  • Tinnitus
  • Toothache
  • Urinary Disorders
  • Vision (variosu issues)
  • Voice: Loss of
  • Weakness

(This is only a selected list from over 360 conditions covered in POINTS)

Example of using POINTS for specific issues

Let’s say you have a headache.

Under ‘List’, press ‘Protocols’ .

protocols-selected

Look for the ‘headache’ in the list of symptoms, arranged in alphabetical order.

Headache - search for the condition

Clicking on the issue will reveal a list of suitable acupoints that you can work with to treat the condition. For instance, if you click on ‘Headache: Frontal’, you will get an option of five acupoints that you can work with.

Headache - primary acupoints

Let’s say you select the first point offered – LI 4 (Large Intestine 4).

Clicking on ‘LI 4’ will reveal the exact location of the point through a photo as well as a detailed anatomy picture. The high-quality visuals and precision are one of my favourite aspects of the POINTS app.

Large intestine 4 - photo

This image is the property of Miridia Acupuncture Technology.

Large intestine 4 - anatomy

This image is the property of Miridia Acupuncture Technology.

Clicking on the blue tab on the right hand side,  ‘Information’, will reveal the Chinese and English name of the point, the location, attributes, functions, indications, and cautions. (For example: Large Intestine 4 should not be used during pregnancy, because it can induce labour.) 

large intestine 4 acupoint - information

An example of information about a specific acupoint. (A selected part only.)

This image is the property of Miridia Acupuncture Technology.

Another way of searching for various conditions is to use the search tool at the top right corner of the screen.

When you type in a condition or a symptom (e.g. a headache) a list of relevant points for addressing the issue will appear.

And, of course, each and every point is backed by a photo, an anatomy drawing, and detailed information, just like in the example with ‘Large Intenstine 4’.

Search-tool

PROS:

  • Easy to use with clear, comprehensive explanations of all the points and protocols 
  • A vast list of conditions and issues that can be treated immediately
  • Beautifully designed interface, real-life model in the photos, and great detail in the drawings, making it easy to locate every point with precision

CONS:

  • If you want to own both the desktop version and the app, you have to buy both of them
  • Not all the charts in the part ‘Charts’ are for beginner-friendly – some of them lack detailed information and can thus come across as incomprehensible to beginners.  

Customer Reviews 

points - interactive acupuncture software
points-review4

My opinion: Like this customer, I particularly like the search tool option as well as the extensive list of conditions under ‘Protocols’. The illustrations are great indeed.

points-review3
points-review2
points-review1

My opinion: One of the best features of POINTS is that it is both professional and easy to use, suitable for experienced practitioners as well as people with no experience in acupuncture.

Conclusion

Learning about the vast sea of acupoints as well as their functions can be incredibly overwhelming. However, POINTS presents all this knowledge in a simple, user-friendly way. This software may of great value to anyone – from people wanting to help themselves or others improve their condition, to students and professional practitioners of acupuncture or acupressure, and anyone with an interest in ancient healing techniques. I love this app and would recommend it to anyone.

points-interactive-acupuncture-software

Share Your Thoughts

If the POINTS software appeals to you and you are considering getting it or recommending it to someone, let me know in the comments below and feel free to ask any questions. If you aleeday own the software I would love to hear how it’s been orking for you and what your protocols you have found most effective.

miridia acupuncture technology

BY LUCIE DUN

This site has been built with DIVI, by Elegant Themes.

Learn about ENERGY MEDICINE:

CellPower bottle - Vitality Vessel

WHAT IS ENERGY MEDICINE

This article explains the concept of energy medicine as an empowering self-care tool. You will also meet one of the most amazing pioneers of this modality, Donna Eden, and learn a simple, yet effective set of techniques called The Daily Energy Routine. This deceptively simple practice has improved the lives of many, mine included. If you’d like to have more energy, stronger immune system, and balanced emotions,  I highly recommend checking it out.

Lucie Dun at Surrey Holistic

MY JOURNEY TO ENERGY MEDICINE

Read about my personal journey to energy medicine, how it improved my health and emotional well-being, and why I decided to become an Eden Energy Medicine Clinical Practitioner. As a bonus, I have included a link to my meditative track ‘Meridian Affirmations’, to which I am currently offering free streaming.

Zen Cairn Candleholders, Multiple Sizes

ENERGY MEDICINE TOOLS

On this page,  you will find a whole range of useful things for your energy medicine studies or practice – from essential tools for your sessions and self-care to recommended books and apps. If you are new to energy medicine, I recommed visiting the book section and check Donna Eden’s book ‘Energy Medicine’ and ‘Energy Medicine for Women’. 

More posts about ENERGY MEDICINE

Naturegrooves Logo 19

 in alliance with

the shift network logo

Transformational education to awaken your full potential

The Shift Network

&

Certification of The CellPoer bottle

Pin It on Pinterest