Appreciating Differences

Overcoming Overwhelm Newsletter – January 2010
e-newsletter from Robyn Stitt, Overwhelm Consultant 0437 601 550

Welcome to my first newsletter for 2010!
I hope this finds you well rested and ready to head into the new year. We enjoyed a quiet Xmas, just what the doctor ordered to recharge our collective batteries. Many people at this time of year review the year that was and set their goals for the coming one. What are your goals? Where would you like to be at the end of 2010? Imagine how satisfying it will be to look back and see the wonder of the journey. What are your chances of achieving these goals? Do you need some assistance in keeping you on track, from giving up when the going gets tough? That’s where I can help in dissolving self-limiting beliefs so that you truly can achieve anything you want.>
I thought we’d start the year on a theoretical note with an explanation of the differences between the sexes, different organs in our bodies, Yin/Yang and Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory stuff. I hope you find it interesting, let me know if it’s all too confusing.

Appreciating the differences in the world.
I must thank a wonderful friend of mine, Trevor for this explanation.
We were discussing Traditional Chinese Medicine theory one day and his view was so simple I feel I must share it with you…..

We have all heard of Yin and Yang, but what’s it all about? Balance in a nut-shell.
Shades of grey, opposites that work as a team. And more importantly how to care for each facet.
Take for example the traditional male and female roles and combine these with our internal organs.
Yin is female and the Yin organs are the heart, spleen, kidneys, liver and lungs. Yang is male and the Yang organs are the small and large intestines, bladder, gall bladder and stomach.
All well and good, but what is the significance? I hear you ask.

Well, think of the way men operate and how this ties in with these organs.
The Yang organs work when we need them to, not all the time, but intensely when required, they jump to attention- to digest our food or store and release the urine produced. They work in bursts but then need a rest to recover. Men love to work hard and all they ask for is half an hour of recovery time. Imagine how your stomach would feel if you just kept eating and eating without any rests?

Now think about the Yin organs and the traditional female role.
Our hearts, kidneys, liver, spleen and lungs work continuously without complaint, hour after hour, day after day, slowly plodding along keeping us alive. The traditional female, mother role is also quite continual, often thankless, into the night to keep the house operating. A gentle word of appreciation and we’ll happily keep going.

It may sound sexist, but this really is how we are- with shades of grey of course- all men have some female aspects to their make-up and all females have some male traits, but on the whole, this theory holds. In today’s society the two roles are adapting, but the inherent makeup of both men and women still remains the same. By understanding the differences between each other and knowing how we can show our thanks, better relationships all round will result.

Different way of looking at it, isn’t it?
Traditional Chinese Medicine is the basis of Kinesiology and acknowledges the relationships that exist between every part of our bodies, every part of nature and the balance, or imbalance that exists. It is complex but simple, fascinating and can shed light on why we do certain things in certain situations. I truly love it.


This month’s quote…

The ship may be safer in the harbour, but it wasn’t designed for that. Where is your ship?

Robyn
xxx


When we follow our truth we are always in the place where we recognise opportunities and experiences that draw us into our fullest potential and depth of our love.