Echos
&Roots

The biggest hurdle to many fulfilling relationship is open and heart-centred communication. Somewhere down the line we became afraid to ask for our needs, afraid to hear a no, afraid to be vulnerable or to face criticism. In frustration, we can resort to nagging or shutting down. I am by now means an expert in successful communication styles, but I am interested in building emotional intimacy in connections, so I am learning and reading, just like you about what might work or

Sometimes we think our soul is a concept separated from our physical body, but that's not how Chinese medicine looks at our soul. In Chinese medicine our soul has different aspects called Shen, Zhi, Hun, Yi and Po. And they all live in particular organs in our body and from there communiate with us. The Shen - the supreme consciousness is our higher self and resides in the heart, The Zhi - our genetic and karmic inheritance and destiny lives in the kidneys, The Hun - governs