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The Three Thumps*: PERFORM DAILY TO
“This is part of Donna Eden's Five-Minute Daily Routine in her book, Energy Medicine. This quick exercise is beneficial to all of us. I practice it in the morning and for a quick pick-me-up whenever I feel my energy "slump." It is especially important for anyone who has an autoimmune disease—the thymus plays a vital role in the body's immune system.
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1) Thump K-27 Points
These are the end points of the kidney meridians, the pathways of energy that begin under the ball of each foot, travel up the inside of the leg, up the front of the body, and end at the collarbone. The K-27 points are just under the clavicle, or collarbone. To find them, place your fingertips on the U-shaped notch at the top of the breastbone, right about where a man knots his tie. Then move your fingers out to each side and down about an inch. Most people have small depressions there. Stimulating these points clears reversals, which is important before beginning any energy intervention. It gets the energy flowing in a forward direction and jump-starts the energy system so we feel more alert and energetic.
Crossing your hands while thumping on the K-27 points has the added benefit of emulating the body's energies crossing at the neck. Keep thumping the K-27 points while taking three deep breaths (in through the nose and out through the mouth).
2) Thump the Thymus Gland
According to Dr. John Diamond, author of Life Energy, the thymus gland controls the life energy of the body. The Greek word thymos actually means "life energy!" This gland lies just beneath the upper part of the breastbone in the middle of the |
chest, and it plays a vital role in the body's immune system. Think of all the energy Tarzan had after he thumped his chest! Repeat the affirmation "My life energy is high. I am full of love," while thumping the thymus gland and taking three deep breaths.
3) Thump the Spleen Neurolymphatic Points
These points are part of the lymph system, which aids the immune system by removing toxins from the body.
The spleen neurolymphatic points are the depression between the 7th and 8th rib, just below the level of the breastbone (sternum). Find the points by moving your hand beneath your breasts, straight under the nipples, then move them down over the next rib. (These points are not under the ribcage, that's going down too far).
Thumping the Spleen Neurolymphatic Reflex Points removes toxins, fights infection, modulates blood chemistry and hormones, counters dizziness and stress, and helps metabolize food.
If these points are really sore, stimulate them by rubbing and the soreness should disappear in a few days. These points can be stimulates while taking three deep breaths, and even longer --- for two or three minutes at a time.”
*This is an adaptation of "The Three Thumps," written up by Gwenn Bonnell (www.taptoheaven.com) who has given permission to include it on this website.
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The Cross Crawl*
BALANCE OFF? THINKING FUZZY? UNCOORDINATED ON RISING?
"When energy is unable to cross over, it slows down dramatically.
It begins to move in a homolateral pattern straight up and down the body
and the body's ability to heal is severely diminished."
- Donna Eden & David Feinstein, PhD
For full functioning, energy and information must flow naturally in a contralateral or cross-over pattern, i.e., from left brain to right-body, from right brain to left-body, weaving unhindered from side to side. When you've been in a stationary position for a while, your body's energy flow may shift temporarily to a HOMOLATERAL energy-flow pattern. So…? You feel physically stumbly and mentally bumbly!
If I have been seated at the computer for hours, or even in my easy chair, my thinking becomes sluggish, I move awkwardly when I stand, and my energy feels low. When I first rise in the morning, my gait is lumbering and I'm poorly coordinated. That's because my energy flow is homolateral. It's as though my only energy source is two columns of feeble AAA batteries, one running up the left side of my body, the other up the right, with no energy contacts between.
Persons who are wheel-chair bound or who suffer enduring or recurring fatigue-type illness often develop a chronic homolateral energy-flow pattern (Eden, 1998).
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THE CROSS CRAWL TECHNIQUE
The Cross Crawl is the answer to homolateral energy flow. Imagine an exaggerated march step, done on the spot (or around the breakfast table, or down the street for that matter), with exaggerated arm swing and vigorous step. You can touch hand or elbow to knee to emphasize the rhythmic crossover.
Babies devote a whole stage of their young lives to the change-over from a homolateral to a contralateral energy pattern when they practise crawling!
Do the Cross Crawl exercise for only as long as is comfortable, take a break, and then do more later. Even if homolaterality is your default setting, you can retrain your energy-flow pattern over time. If you're quite physically fit, doing the Cross Crawl for a full minute at a time will enhance energy cross-over and help consolidate the pattern. |
Cross Crawl
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Even when seated, you can do a Cross-Crawl movement by lifting your knees alternately, and touching each raised knee with the opposite hand or elbow. Persons with chronic-fatigue and those who have experienced head trauma seem to benefit from regular cross-over exercise. They describe feeling more energetic, alert and clear-thinking than previously, and show improved response to other energy-work techniques.
If you're in a situation or condition which makes doing the physical Cross Crawl action impossible, just imagine it! See yourself walking energetically with arms swinging. Visualize yourself skating rhythmically, or cross-country skiing! Such imaging calls your body to remember the fluid grace and integrity of contralateral energy flow.
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For more information about homolateral energy flow and the value of cross-crawl exercises, I recommend Donna Eden's ground-breaking book, Energy Medicine, written with her husband, Dr. David Feinstein, and published in 1998. See also the illustrated discussion of "Batteries in Parallel Allignment: Homolateral Energy Flow" in my own book, Feeling Free! published in 2001.
*This write up on the Cross Crawl is given with permission by Barbara Mallory, www.feelingfree.net ).
 
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