Wu hsing (Five Elements)

In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is believed that the cycles of nature are echoed within the human psyche. We all have aspects of each element and can access the five archetypes within: The Philosopher, Explorer, Wizard, Diplomat and Scientist. Wu hsing means "five stages of change" but this model is more generally known as the Five Elements.

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

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Sally and I were walking in the woods on a gloriously bright spring day. We wrote these two haiku whilst we walked. I hope they provoke so...

Water's relationships

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The image above shows how the major relationships of water are created. Clearly each element is related to all others either through the fe...
Thursday, 18 February 2010

General concepts

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Here are four simple diagrams showing some basic concepts. They are just one way of looking at each type of cycle and it must always be rem...
Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Water through the year

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I thought it would be interesting to look at the different qualities of the elements through the year. It makes me wonder if this is helpfu...
Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Five Elements are fun

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We had great fun on the Shiatsu foundation course this week exploring the feeding and control cycles of the five elements. Not sure the p...
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