Re: Last Night's Accident

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Where do I start?

First, go to pages 177-180 in Gach. Page 178 lists the main points

for neck tension, and specifically for whiplash. Start by holding

both GB 20's for a minute or two to open the channels. As info, in

JSD we always start a release pattern by opening the GB 20's and

then end the same way. And it doesn't matter what that release

pattern is. We always open and close with these two points.

Gach basically just says to work the points, but you can increase

the effectiveness of that point work by using another JSD principle

as well. This is to work two points at the same time, one proximal

(toward the head) and the other distal (toward the feet).

Before I started taking JSD, I had actually had a couple of cases

where I treated someone for whiplash just using Gach. In those

cases, I worked the points bilaterally - doing right and left side

points at the same time. Today, I would do it differently. I would

work one side and then the other.

Again using page 178 as the basis, the routine I would personally

use in this case is to put one finger or thumb on GB 20 om one side

of the body. I would then take my other hand and, while still

holding GB 20, hold fist TW 16, then B 10 and finally GB 21. I

would keep holding the one hand on GB 20 all the way through; I

would just be switching the points with my other hand. After doing

that, I would switch and do the other side.

The other variation I would do is to add a couple more points.

After doing B 10, put your finger tips along the side of the neck.

I am not going to be specific on points here because there are

several in that area. Just put them on the side of the neck at

about the mid-point, skull to shoulder, and feel for the energy.

Then there is another one I would add after doing GB 21.

Look at the right hand picture. You will see that there are four

ribs fully illustrated and a partial illustration at the very

bottom, making a total of five. There is another point just off the

edge of the scapula right about where the middle rib is. Add that

point after doing GB 21 but while still holding GB 20.

The next thing I would do personally is to then leave my one hand on

that middle rib point and move the hand holding GB 20 down to the

tip of the shoulder. I would kind of poke around (palpate being the

correct medical term) the shoulder looking for any tender points.

If I found any, I would then hold them along with the rib point.

This basic pattern is one that I have used many times for frozen

shoulder with good success rates.

After you have done all of the above on the one side, switch and

repeat it for the other side. The above pattern is a very good, very

complete release routine for neck, shoulder and upper back

tension.

I chuckled when I read your comments about having found many of the

points on your own over the years. I went through exactly the same

process when I started out on this " journey " three years ago. It

used to drive Barb and her mother nuts when I would just zero in on

a problem area without being told.

What is happening is that your hands and mind are intuitively

sensing the energy imbalances. Your subconconscious mind recognizes

it even though your conscious mind, senses, perceptions don't. The

next step is to develop the ability to actually feel that energy

with your fingertips as a physical sensation. The only obstacle to

doing this is your own mind. If you don't believe in the reality of

it or don't believe that you can - then you can't - you won't be

able to. Your subconscious mind will simply filter it out. But once

you have taken that mental step into acceptance and belief, then it

is simply a matter of feeling for it. And once you have achieved

that, it is only a little, tiny step to the next level of feeling

other energies.

You also mentioned about integrating energy and point work. I am

going to give you a couple of links at the bottom you might want to

look at. They are from the website of the BioEnergy Fields

Foundation. The head of the group is Dr. Hunt and a pioneer

in " energetic research. " I am familiar with her work and have a

couple of her books in my library. The first link is to their main

page. The second link is to about a breathing meditation exercise

that you might be interested in trying. For what it is worth, I

just started playing around with it myself a couple of days ago and

am intrigued enough with it that I plan on trying to do it daily

myself.

http://www.bioenergyfields.org/

http://www.bioenergyfields.org/index.asp?SecId=4 & SubSecid=37

Let me know if you need any more help with any of this. Sounds to

me like you are making some pretty good progress with it.

> Thankfully, there doesn't seem to be anything seriously wrong with

either of us. We have definite headaches this morning, and we both

are having some definite between-the-shoulder-blades angst, which is

a bit more complicated on me because the accident also dislodged a

back-left-rib for a bit leading to my having a not very useful left

arm.

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> Mike -- are there any points that seem more important to you for

whiplash? I don't have your experience, obviously, but I do have

Gach and Serizawa. I've been working on jaw, neck, and upper

shoulder points (and encouraging to do the same...). I know

St 6 has pretty much taken care of my jaw ache since last night, and

I'd been using Gach's migraine points already. I hadn't checked

Serizawa until just now, and there seems to be good detail for back,

> shoulders, and neck (pp 218-221).

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> Off on a tangent, I had already discovered many of the points on

my own by paying attention when I've massaged people over the years.

For me, I can't quite define how I know where the trouble points

are, my hands just know, and can zero in on them accurately in very

little time. However, I learned a lot about energy and energy

transfer while performing -- so at some point when I feel

> more adept at acupressure, I'm going to have to expand into

figuring out for myself how to integrate energy and point work.

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> Thanx.

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> Mark

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