Yin Yoga Podcast Vision to Decision: Liver & Gallbladder Wisdom
Season 7 Ep. 12
Today I'm talking about one of my favourite paired organs in Chinese Medicine, the liver and gallbladder.
They're connected to spring, and the wood element, and understanding them can transform your Yin Yoga practice and your life.
The liver sees the path. The gallbladder walks it.
Key Functions:
- Ensures smooth flow of chi (emotional, digestive, menstrual)
- Controls the sinews (fascia)
- Associated emotion: anger, frustration, passion
Imbalance signs: Irritability, tight muscles, headaches, PMS, feeling stuck
Key Functions:
- Governs decision-making and courage
- Executes the liver's vision
- Courage = clarity + action
Imbalance signs: Indecision, timidity, difficulty taking action
- Liver = the dreamer, the architect
- Gallbladder = the general who makes it so
- Liver without gallbladder = frustrated dreamer
- Gallbladder without liver = action with no soul
- Together = vision + courage + forward momentum
- "Without anger and frustration, there would be no evolution, revolution, or change."
- "Vision plus courage—that's what we need."
Winter is for going inward. Spring is for planting seeds and taking action. SPRING is when I create my vision board and start new habits—not January!
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Also mentioned in this Episode: Root to Rise: Yin Yoga Spring and the Wood element
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