I visited a health centre recently that specialises in detoxification programs. The gentleman upon showing me around and talking for a time, ended the conversation with telling me about his concern with people leaving the centre ‘clean on the inside’, only to revisit him some months later, equally as toxic as when he first met them.
The realisation we both shared was that detoxification programs and retreats need to address the toxic emotions, and perhaps mental state of a person, not only the physical. We are not separate pieces, but one whole, so not addressing all areas of a human being equally will often lead to a healing system that will be lacking.
From Traditional Chinese Medicine we can understand that the organs of the human body relate to different emotions that human beings can suppress.
The most popular organ in the body that a person seeking health, requests me to detox, is the liver.
The liver holds anger, resentment, bitterness, frustration, irritability, boredom, judgmental and critical ways of being, rigidity, father issues, and general negativity. If a person’s gall bladder is toxic, they will find it hard to make decisions.
On a more positive note, the liver energy will get the job done. The liver will gently grasp inspiration from your heart and take action to transform your idea into reality. The liver will need energy supplied by the kidneys in order to complete the process. However, if your kidneys are full of fear, the block will disenable the flow of energy to the liver, and deny the liver, the essence of what it need’s to function correctly.
We then stop moving forward in life because of fear. Fear will often come from our conditioning as children. An example of this conditioning could be from when you were four years old, and were shouted at for sticking your arm out of the car window. From then on, you are afraid of sticking your arm out the window to feel the breeze, even as an adult, where you are driving slowly along a quiet street with no over-hanging branches.
Most of us have had a life’s education with a back-drop of fear. And this fear can block our ‘neutral’from carrying out its purpose here on the earth.
We have been taught to be afraid of life. This is the toxic, conditioned self. The soul or neutral part of us then is the part that is not fear, it is the part that is not conditioned, it is the part of us that is pure inspiration, before the mind (the conditioned part of us) steps in with all its doubt, worry
and sabotage.
The first organ I will often detox in a person is their kidneys. This is because fear is always behind anger. It is important to clear the kidneys first, before cleansing the liver for this reason.
Mindfulness, being, and becoming intimate with your fear, being honest about yourself and with yourself, as well as different writing techniques will clear the cause of dis-ease in the first place, which when traced back will often come down to emotional suppression. In most humans, the point of pain can be traced back to before the age of seven years old.
Many people however, avoid starting this journey, as it is all too painful to BE with the uncomfortable feelings. However, a lifetime spent running away from
our feelings, is in the end infinitely
more painful.
Detoxification programs which release old repetitive thought patterns and belief systems, suppressed emotion, as well as the toxins from your internal organs, blood and lymphatic system, have the ability to transform your relationship with yourself and the world forever.
Be aware of any quick fix processes, or systems which swap one belief system for another, or systems which supposedly take it all away from you, without you having to feel it and be with it.
True detox will assist you in listening to the neutral inside and will also assist you in releasing anything that is not from this soul point.
The word soul and the word neutral have been used interchangeably in this article, so as not to subscribe to any belief system.
Miriam Young is a Medical Herbalist and Counsellor. She may be contacted at Flourish Remedies in Doonan on
07 5449 1130. Explore www.detox4life.com.au Miriam is also available for consultation in Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane.
The realisation we both shared was that detoxification programs and retreats need to address the toxic emotions, and perhaps mental state of a person, not only the physical. We are not separate pieces, but one whole, so not addressing all areas of a human being equally will often lead to a healing system that will be lacking.
From Traditional Chinese Medicine we can understand that the organs of the human body relate to different emotions that human beings can suppress.
The most popular organ in the body that a person seeking health, requests me to detox, is the liver.
The liver holds anger, resentment, bitterness, frustration, irritability, boredom, judgmental and critical ways of being, rigidity, father issues, and general negativity. If a person’s gall bladder is toxic, they will find it hard to make decisions.
On a more positive note, the liver energy will get the job done. The liver will gently grasp inspiration from your heart and take action to transform your idea into reality. The liver will need energy supplied by the kidneys in order to complete the process. However, if your kidneys are full of fear, the block will disenable the flow of energy to the liver, and deny the liver, the essence of what it need’s to function correctly.
We then stop moving forward in life because of fear. Fear will often come from our conditioning as children. An example of this conditioning could be from when you were four years old, and were shouted at for sticking your arm out of the car window. From then on, you are afraid of sticking your arm out the window to feel the breeze, even as an adult, where you are driving slowly along a quiet street with no over-hanging branches.
Most of us have had a life’s education with a back-drop of fear. And this fear can block our ‘neutral’from carrying out its purpose here on the earth.
We have been taught to be afraid of life. This is the toxic, conditioned self. The soul or neutral part of us then is the part that is not fear, it is the part that is not conditioned, it is the part of us that is pure inspiration, before the mind (the conditioned part of us) steps in with all its doubt, worry
and sabotage.
The first organ I will often detox in a person is their kidneys. This is because fear is always behind anger. It is important to clear the kidneys first, before cleansing the liver for this reason.
Mindfulness, being, and becoming intimate with your fear, being honest about yourself and with yourself, as well as different writing techniques will clear the cause of dis-ease in the first place, which when traced back will often come down to emotional suppression. In most humans, the point of pain can be traced back to before the age of seven years old.
Many people however, avoid starting this journey, as it is all too painful to BE with the uncomfortable feelings. However, a lifetime spent running away from
our feelings, is in the end infinitely
more painful.
Detoxification programs which release old repetitive thought patterns and belief systems, suppressed emotion, as well as the toxins from your internal organs, blood and lymphatic system, have the ability to transform your relationship with yourself and the world forever.
Be aware of any quick fix processes, or systems which swap one belief system for another, or systems which supposedly take it all away from you, without you having to feel it and be with it.
True detox will assist you in listening to the neutral inside and will also assist you in releasing anything that is not from this soul point.
The word soul and the word neutral have been used interchangeably in this article, so as not to subscribe to any belief system.
Miriam Young is a Medical Herbalist and Counsellor. She may be contacted at Flourish Remedies in Doonan on
07 5449 1130. Explore www.detox4life.com.au Miriam is also available for consultation in Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane.
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