As humans, we need truth. It is okay to not be okay. We are allowed to feel broken and in shambles. I want you to know that you do not have to show up having it "all-together." I love and accept myself and yourself anyways in all ways. In ancient Chinese medicine, your life force is referred to as your qi. When we face trauma or adversity, our qi gets scattered in all places that we may leave our energy lingering. The 5 point protocol calls your qi back to you. With meridians and organs that correspond to healing, we can ignite the power of self healing and return to a neutral balance. The point Shen Men is "spirit gate" which connects you to everything bigger than yourself. This represents connection & joy. The Sympathetic Nervous System point brings activation from survival states of fight, flight, freeze and fawn into true rest, relaxation and rejuvenation. The kidney point supports fear and anxiety, the liver point supports anger and rage and the lung point supports grief, sadness and loss. Let us claim our power back. Let us feel the spectrum of emotions and the depths of wherever they might take us. Am I willing to be open to the messages my emotions are carrying? Am I willing to receive the subtle wisdom my body is teaching me? "The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America." When our power is reclaimed and our voices are re-discovered: watch out folx! Check out this documentary "Dope is Death" to get the full background and history of this badass activism movement that has acupuncture detoxification changing the world! See the documentary below: You won't want to miss it! https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gxy5/the-shortlist-with-suroosh-alvi
