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A Spring Reset: Liver, Frustration & Letting Go · The MODERN YIN Podcast

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  Well, hello there, and welcome to the Modern yen Podcast.
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  I'm Kimberly Roberts, founder of Soulfully yen, and today I have
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  something a little bit different for you.
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  So instead of a traditional long form kind of conversation that I
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  usually have, I've created a curated collection of some
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  really short reflections that I've been sharing recently and
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  that have really been resonating with me.
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  And they're all centered around the liver frustration, anger.
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  And this spring season. Because let's face it babes,
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  this time of year, many women start to notice something
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  shifting. More irritability, more tension,
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  more of that subtle feeling of being stuck.
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  And in Chinese medicine, that's actually not random.
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  There is reason for this. Spring is the season of the
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  liver, which is responsible for that smooth flow of energy in
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  the body. So if you've been kind of
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  feeling like things have been building under the surface, this
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  is often when we start to feel it.
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  So as you listen, let this be something you move through
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  slowly. You don't need to take any
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  notes, just notice what resonates in your body, notice
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  how you feel. So spring is just around the
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  corner here. And in traditional Chinese
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  medicine, it's all about the wood element, the liver organ
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  system, which governs the flow of energy through our body.
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  So when we feel irritated, frustrated, even like angry or
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  resentful, that means we've got stagnant or stuck energy in the
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  liver and it needs to move out. So simple practices like yin
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  yoga actually help move that energy through.
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  So then we feel happier and less stuck.
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  So here's something about the liver that people don't
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  understand. So I'm just coming back from the
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  gym. There's like a massive ice storm
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  out there. So of course my liver couldn't
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  get the outdoor love, so it got indoor love instead.
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  And I'll tell you, it's not quite the same because you just
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  don't get the same emotional charge from the treadmill.
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  But you know what, your liver still get some movement and
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  that's all that matters. So let's go a little deeper into
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  how this shows up in the body and where.
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  So you know what's really interesting about your hips and
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  tension? Do you ever notice that when you
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  are more irritated or you're more frustrated or you're angry
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  that your hips are tighter? It all makes sense because you
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  know what? It's related to your liver and
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  the liver Meridian channel that runs through your hips.
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  I'm going to talk a lot more about this in my upcoming spring
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  liver reset. And this is often where women
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  start to feel stuck. Do you wake up between 1:00 and
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  3:00 AM? Because if you do, that time
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  frame is connected to the liver. And in Chinese medicine, the
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  liver is associated with frustration, with irritation,
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  anger, even resentment. So if you are waking up between
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  1:00 and 3:00 AM, your liver is trying to release something.
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  So maybe you should look at that.
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  And this is often where women start to feel stuck, feeling
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  really irritable lately. Your liver is probably
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  overwhelmed. In Chinese medicine, the liver
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  is responsible for that smooth flow of energy through your
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  body. So things like movement, like
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  what I'm doing right now, things like breath work and yin yoga
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  practices help to move that stuck, irritable energy through
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  the body so that you feel better and calm.
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  And if there's one thing I know about the liver, it's this.
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  Your liver needs movement. It also needs stillness.
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  So I've been experimenting with moving my body and then getting
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  really still and meditating afterwards.
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  And it's seriously been a game changer for moving stuck energy
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  in my liver, especially emotions like frustration and irritation.
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  And let me finish off by saying a little something about anger.
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  So anger isn't a bad emotion. In traditional Chinese medicine,
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  they say that our emotions are just indicators of where we're
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  at emotionally and energetically.
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  It's how we process and release the emotions that makes all the
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  difference in the world. As always, thank you so much for
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  tuning in and pressing play on my episodes.
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  I'll look forward to being here next week and I'll probably be
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  in my P's and on camera, so have a great rest of your day.