Jin Shin Jyutsu to Relieve Fatigue, Restless Sleep, Allergies, Balance Your Energy and More

Boy, I sure wish I’d come across this particular Jin Shin Jyutsu article by Astrid from Flows For Life a few days ago! Recently I’ve had several middle of the night spells where I couldn’t get back to sleep, plus a sudden bout of extreme fatigue earlier this afternoon, so it would have really come in handy. I actually learned this routine several years ago when I was studying JSJ, but had forgotten about it. It’s so simple to do and helps with a number of things. AND with the world in its current state, it’s great to have something easy and quick as a way to help keep our energy balanced, so be sure and give it a try!

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I remember the first time I really felt the power of this self help. It’s difficult to describe the kind of exhaustion I felt; I didn’t know what to do with myself. Unfortunately, I wasn’t at home where I could lie down either. I needed to come up with something to get me going again, and I had to do it fast!

A gem of a self help hold

When I placed my hands in the proper position, I immediately felt comforted. Forty minutes later, I was back to feeling myself again, only better. This self help hold really did beat my (temporary) fatigue!

Since then, I have used this hold to help with many projects.

If I wake up in the middle of night and can’t go back to sleep, I will get into this position and that’s the last I am aware of until morning. It’s like a lullaby that lulls you to sleep.

The self help exercise

To clear the right upper body and left lower body (shown):
Place the left hand on the right upper arm and place the right hand on the left inner thigh

To clear the left upper body and right lower body:
Place the right hand on the left upper arm and place the left hand on the right inner thigh

Use it to balance energy

You can also use this self help when there is too much energy (waking up at night) or not enough energy (finding it hard to get up).

Mary Burmeister says of this self help hold: “It is supremely powerful. Use with humility and awe.”

Use it to help so much

Use this Jin Shin Jyutsu self help hold if you have a tight chest, shortness of breath, allergies, hay fever, cough, heart discomforts, sudden fatigue, to clear congestion in the breast area…in short, this is what Mary Burmeister, who helped introduce JSJ to the US, calls ‘the most important self help.’

Furthermore, it is said that Mary never really preferred any one hold above another, but she did call this one ‘a little gem.’

Video of self help hold to beat fatigue

SOURCE: https://www.flowsforlife.com/self-help-hold-to-beat-fatigue-and-more/

Also check out the archives for a number of other Self-help Health posts featuring more useful Jin Shin Jyutsu routines, including this initial post: Jin Shin Jyutsu: One of My Favorite DIY Health Aids

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Salud!

p.s. Be sure to subscribe to Self-help Health so you don’t miss any future posts, and tell your friends to do the same. Also check out my website’s To Your Health page and Evolution Made Easier blog for more helpful health tips, tools and information.

Disclaimer: Please note that any information here is provided as a guideline only, and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your physician, nutritionist, trained healthcare practitioner, and/or inner guidance system. Always consult a professional/your inner knowing before undertaking any change to your normal health routine.

Boost Your Health By WATCHING Exercise!

Well, in previous posts I know I’ve given you some really easy ways to improve your health, but this one probably tops them all for requiring very little effort on your part. In fact, it requires virtually NO effort because it seems that researchers have found that just watching other people exercise causes multiple beneficial changes in your body. How does it get any better than that?!

Actually it makes sense to me that watching would deliver some of the same benefits as actually doing an exercise or sport. I’ve heard that a number of prominent athletes use visualization as a part of their training, and just seeing/visualizing themselves performing certain moves or routines improves actual performance. So the good news is that even when you may not be able to exercise for some physical reason, you can at least WATCH and receive some health benefits. Of course this isn’t intended to endorse becoming a couch potato….

 

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We all know that engaging in physical activity and getting plenty of exercise is one of the best ways to live a healthy, fulfilled life. Thanks to a brand new study that was just published in Australia, it appears as though there are plenty of benefits associated with exercise – even if you’re just watching it.

That’s right, just viewing other people engaging in exercise will increase your heart rate and send your other metrics soaring just from watching other people work out or exercise.

The research itself was conducted at the University of Western Sydney and focused on how watching sports could affect heart rate, respiration and blood flow throughout your skin. Participants in the study watched a video shot from a first person perspective that simulated a vigorous run. The researchers involved with the study monitored their vitals and found that their heart rate, skin blood flow and respiration levels all increased while watching the video.

At the conclusion of the video, participants vital levels returned to normal.

The researchers also noted that sympathetic muscle nerve activity increases also happened to the people watching the running video. Speaking to the media, Vaughan Macefield declared that “we know that the sympathetic nervous system – which supplies the heart, sweat glands and blood vessels, as well as other tissues – increases its activity during actual exercise, and now we have shown that it increases when you are watching a moving scene as if you were running yourself.”

The process of using sensors to track real-time response is becoming much more widespread and affordable thanks to numerous advances in tracking technology over the past few years. Participants in the study all had very fine needles inserted into one of their outer nerves to record signals of nerve fibers that were sent to blood vessels. Each person was initially shown a static image on a computer screen while their physiological parameters were measured.

It was when the researchers brought out the 22 minute first-person video of a vigorous run that they really started to see peoples physiological signs begin to accelerate and show a big change.

It really says an awful lot about our mental state that we can actually get a mild workout – an increase in breathing and heart rate – just from watching somebody else’s workout. This is a great example of the insight that can be gleaned by tracking all of our vital signs and putting them to good use.

Source: The Future Of Health NOW

Resource Link: http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00102/abstract

And check out some of these exercise-related Self-help Health posts; but beware, in these some effort is actually required on your part. 🙂

https://selfhelphealth.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/yoga-for-detox-a-great-routine-for-the-new-year/

https://selfhelphealth.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/unkink-with-these-12-yoga-poses/

https://selfhelphealth.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/5-best-yoga-poses-for-fat-burning/

https://selfhelphealth.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/have-you-planked-today/

Ladies and Gentleman, Presenting…..The Burpee!

Salud!

p.s. Be sure to subscribe to Self-help Health so you don’t miss any future posts, and tell your friends to do the same. Also check out my website’s To Your Health page and Evolution Made Easier blog for more helpful health tips, tools and information.

Disclaimer: Please note that any information here is provided as a guideline only, and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your physician, nutritionist, trained healthcare practitioner, and/or inner guidance system. Always consult a professional before undertaking any change to your normal health routine.