WATER

Shui

KIDNEY AND URINARY BLADDER

Winter
 WATER Energy

*Jing Essence, Root of Life*

The most yin

Will power, Courage & Wisdom
Preserving life
Beginning and the end – Oneness
Grasping of the Qi
Governing the lower burner
Responsible for everything in the body – Jing
Replenish postnatal Jing – Quality of lifestyle
Controls life
Ming Men – Vital Gateway (GV 4)
Potential for life activity
Source of life & its unfolding

Fluid Strong Powerful

Adaptive Storing Jing
Fear & Fright Wisdom Ageing
 SHENG CYCLE
MOTHER: Nourishing, creating, generating, supporting

Heart / S Intestine
Pericardium / Triple Burner:
Joy / Elation

Liver / Gall Stomach /

Bladder: Spleen:
Anger / Worry /
Impatience Pensiveness

Kidneys /
Urinary Bladder: Lungs / L
Fear / Fright Intestine: Grief /
Sorrow
Kidneys & Urinary Bladder
 WATER
Direction North
Season* Winter
Weather* Cold
Planet Mercury
Natural Element* Water
Musical Note Yu / Stringed
Colour* Black
Flavour Salty
Smell Rotten
Zang Organ (yin)* Kidney
Orifice* Anus
Body Part* Bones & Marrow
Sound* Moaning
Emotion* Fear
Pathological Actions Shivering
Location * Low Back , Hips & Limbs
Spirit * Zhi –Will
WATER

Generates Wood
Controls Fire
Insults Earth
Urinary Bladder (UB) 1 - 67 Kidney (KD) 1 - 27
Time: 3pm – 5pm Time: 5– 7pm
MUSCLE MANDALA
 Muscle Mandala

Obliques
 Water

Stores: Jing
Produces: Marrow
Controls: Water metabolism
Responsible for: Grasping the qi
Controls: Lower burner & lower 2 orifices
Opens: Into the ears
Manifests: Into the hair of the head
Houses: Zhi
Stores JING
Jing essence is responsible for your birth, growth, development & reproduction.

Jing is responsible for everything in the body

When you run out of Jing you die.

Some people have strong Jing and others have weak.
Prenatal (Savings account) DNA
From your parents
Definite amount: Irreplaceable
Postnatal (Current account) Can replenish by:
Food – Good diet
Sleep - Good sleeping pattern
Breath - Proper breathing

Lose through lots of sexual activity

(mainly men), menstruation,
giving birth
Stores JING
Jing is the source of life itself

DNA – Specific Character

Kidneys have a special relationship with other organs because

they hold their potential through Jing essence

Ying & Yang of other organs rely on the Yin & Yang of the
Kidneys

As the primordial essence (Jing) it can be considered as coming

before yin & yang
Produces Marrow
Jing Essence produces the marrow

Jing is responsible for creating & supporting marrow: the

development & repair depends on the nourishment of the kidneys

Brain: Sea of Marrow

Kidneys & brain are connected at birth. Through development the
spinal chord separates them.

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Child: Weak Kidneys could result in soft bones
Adult: Weak Kidneys could result in brittle bones or stiffness of the
spine
Teeth: Problematic teeth: weak kidneys
 Controls Water Metabolism
Water refers to all the moisture in the body

Kidneys rule water through their yang aspect – The Life Gate

Yang fire transforms water into a mist (a necessity before fluids

can ascend and circulate): All the circulation of fluids in the
depends on the vaporizing power of the kidney.
Responsible for Grasping the Qi
Lungs administer respiration but normal breathing also requires
the Kidneys.

Qi from upper burner is sent to lower burner & it is the

Kidneys job to grasp that qi.

The Kidneys help the air qi to penetrate deeply, completing the

inhalation process.

Lungs: Foundation of Qi Kidneys: Root of Qi

Controls Lower Burner
Controls lower burner because of Jing

Upper burner: Until diaphragm

Heart & Lungs

Middle Burner: Diaphragm – Navel

Spleen & Stomach

Lower Burner: Navel downwards

Kidneys, Liver, Urinary Bladder, Large Intestines, Small
Intestines
Opens Into Ears
‘If the Kidney is harmonized the ear can hear the 5 tones’ Neijing

Ears look like mini kidneys.

Aging: When you get old your hearing starts to worsen. When
you get old it is because your Jing is being used up and
weakened.

Kidney Qi travels through the ears. Poor hearing is treated

through the kidney channel.
Manifest Into Hair on Head

Moistness & vitality of hair depends on the Jing Essence.

Thick, strong, luscious hair: strong Jing

Early grey hair, weak, brittle, thin: weak Jing

Some people can be born with naturally weak Jing or naturally

strong Jing.
 ZHI
Will

The Zhi is one’s willpower to live. It is one’s will to power. There are two
will powers: 1 yang, 1 yin.
Zhi has the quality of force, self determination & arduous effort.

Zhi is responsible for the virtue of wisdom. Wisdom is not knowledge. It comes
on its own.
To will the unknown and unknowable.

Yin Zhi: An abiding and persistent force that is only normally noticed after what was willed has
already manifested (‘It was already there / it was always meant to be’).. Trust in the inevitable
destiny. Supreme Will.

Yang Zhi: Conscious will power & arduous effort to make the right decisions in life.

The Zhi represents the willpower to live a life whereupon in that life you have achieved something and
where some sort of motive is present. The Zhi represents the will power to give your life a
purpose.
Emotions / Virtues
Emotions:
Fear, Fright, Shock

Virtue:
Patience, wisdom, Intention, courage, will power

Virtue can be considered as waiting for the right

time.
Aging
The water element is all about preserving your Jing Essence.
This makes it related to aging

Depleted Jing means:

Lose hair
Lose hearing
Brittle bones
Brain illness
Weaker urinary bladder
Fun Facts About Water & Our Bodily
System

Yellow Emperor of Classic Medicine

 Symptoms
ORGAN MANIFESTATION WHEN DISEASED

Heart Burping

Lung Coughing

Liver Talkativeness

Spleen Acid regurgitation

Kidney Yawning and sneezing

Stomach Vomiting

Large and Small Intestines Diarrhoea

Urinary Bladder Difficulty in urinating and

incontinence
Gall Bladder Being easily angered
Overly Abundant
ORGAN MANIFESTAION WHEN
ABUNDANT
Heart Hysteria & giggling

Lung Grief and Crying

Liver Overacts on spleen with excessive

worrying
Spleen Overacts on Kidney with a tendency to
be timid
Kidney Fright
Aversion
ORGANS AVERSE TO
Heart Heat
Lungs Cold
Liver Wind
Spleen Damp
Kidneys Dryness
Overstrains
ACTION INJURS
Staring Blood
Prolonged laying down Qi
Prolonged sitting Flesh and Muscles
Prolonged standing Bones
Prolonged walking Tendons
Yoga & Water
Urinary Bladder (UB) 1 - 67 Kidney (KD) 1 - 27
Time: 3pm – 5pm Time: 5– 7pm
MUSCLE MANDALA
 Muscle Mandala

Obliques
Yoga Asana & Water

Any Asana that engages (yang) or stresses/compresses (yin)

the

Thoracic, Lumbar (thorco-lumbar) area &

Hamstrings
Task
1) Think of 5 different ways to bring Water element into a yang
class.

2) Think of 5 different ways to bring Water element into a

yinish class.

Think about:
Energy channels, Water representation, Energy, Emotion,
Teaching Methodology, Tools, Intention, Speed...