Working with the Elements

["David Yeh" <ldreamr@...>]

Hi,

I just had another tidbit to share. To be honest, when I first 
started IIH, the idea of the Elements was pretty foreign to me and I 
was kind of skeptical. (Has anyone seen the Star Trek: Next 
Generation episode where Data is marooned amidst a more "primitive" 
society where a woman was teaching children that everything was made 
up of earth, air, fire, and water?)

Now I can definitely start to see the Elements in my life. I have an 
imbalance of Fire over Water, which results in overthinking, 
dehydration and tension of muscles, lack of fluidity in my body and 
my thinking, lack of sensual enjoyment, etc. It's very exciting to 
me that I can begin to see and apply the concepts of the elements to 
my life.

(This also has close parallels with Chinese medicine, which I'm also 
interested in: Dryness or lack of Moisture explains a good number of 
the physical things I am suffering from.)

If anyone does have any input to give me on expanding this awareness 
or, particularly, in dealing with my Water deficiency, please share. 
I was thinking that maybe trying to experience Water's fluidity and 
grace in my body while moving through everyday life might be a way of 
addressing this ...


Thanks,
David