The Five Spirits
Last week I completed a five-day intensive of Qigong Training with Stephanie Nosco!
I first met Stephanie at The New Human Event back in October, where she led us through a Qigong practice each day. Her teachings are palpable and her instructions and embodiment are simple and nurturing.
I knew in my heart and soul that I wanted to learn more about this practice, so I signed up for her Five Spirits Qigong Teacher Training.
This teaching is based on the yin organs and the spirits that live inside each of them. Each of the yin organs; Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lungs and Kidney’s, each have their own spirit and help us in a different way move through life.
The Heart, known as the Shen, holds our truths, our gifts, and it’s where our authenticity lives, it’s also home to mindfulness. In a Qigong practice, we bring down the Shen, the heart energy, into our life and in doing this, bringing more awareness into our truths, gifts and authenticity.
The Liver, known as the Hun, is the wind soul, and it is the messenger of the Shen. The Liver is our source of vision and imagination that comes from the Heart. When we are born, the Hun hasn’t arrived yet and it forms over time.
The Spleen, known as the Yi, is the Earth plane and is all about our intentions. Our plans, dreams and visions will start to take form here. The Yi receives messages from the Shen and Hun and the pressures from the Po and Zhi. For example, if we have an intention to not take on too much in life but we have patterning that is stored in the Po that we must not say no and take on more than we can handle, the deeper intentions may be sabotaged. Part of the path of the Yi is forgetting the path and starting over, to have true devotion and the willingness to start again.
The Lungs, known as the Po Spirit, belongs to the earth and is related to composting and transforming. The Po helps us to grow our capacity for compassion and to transform us. The Po wants to keep us alive and also holds our unconscious mind and shadows. It helps us bring our awareness down to our limiting beliefs and patterns.
The Kidneys, known as the Zhi Spirit, is connected to our Will and our Physical Vitality. The Zhi is also connected to the unknown, the wilderness of the water. It offers wisdom on when to take action and when to rest and faith and trust on divine timing. The Zhi invites us into the unknown and to trust.
Learning about these Five Spirits has been really refreshing and puts form into how we navigate life.
I’ll be offering these teachings in the form of Outdoor Experiences and Online Learnings, if you’d like to learn more, drop a comment below!