Hi Friend,
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Lung + Large Intestine meridians are for:
• Processing grief and sadness
• Letting go of what you no longer need
• Strengthening the immune system
• Expanding breath capacity
• Reclaiming your voice
• Creating space and opening up the chest and upper back
Large Intestine supports elimination — physically and emotionally.
And if I’m honest, the Lung meridian is the reason I became so devoted to the meridian system.
Two years ago, when my brother died, my grief wasn’t just emotional. It was physical.
My back buckled and hunched.
My shoulders collapsed forward.
My chest tightened beyond anything I’d experienced.
My arms felt heavy and braced.
It felt like I’d been hit by something enormous.
And then there was the other mainstay sensation - like I was underwater, while everyone else was above it. Like I was present, but behind a veil.
Nothing had happened to my body, but my body had a physcial experience of grief and loss.
The medical / pharma system had nothing to offer me beyond numbing with pills (with very questionable data if you do a bit of a research).
But I didn’t want to numb.
I wanted to feel.
I want to feel alive - even if that, for a period of time, means feeling pain.
But I needed a way to survive feeling - because every moment was hell.
So after feeling relief from acupuncture, I decided to take the leap of faith to go and study meridian yoga therapy with Dr Erin Rose in New York.
On day four of training, we partnered up to work on Lung Meridian acupressure points.
And as soon as we began and a fellow student pressed her finger on the acupressure points - I broke open.
I cried like it was the first day of grief again.
Uncontrollable, full-body grief.
And then something shifted.
You see Lung meridian governs grief — but it also governs release and self liberation.
It was the first time my body didn’t just hold grief - it moved it.
That experience changed everything for me.
• Opening the lungs, softening stored grief
• Letting go, clearing tension
• Upper back + shoulder opening
• Deep, conscious breathing
• Gentle strength to support posture and expansion
If you’ve been feeling:
– Heavy in the chest
– Tense in the shoulders
– Emotionally full
– On the edge of tears
– Or strangely numb
This class is for you.
You don’t have to lead with your wound.
You don’t have to tell anyone what you’re carrying.
Just come.
Feel it.
Breathe it.
Release it.
Let the body do what it knows how to do.
There are no classes tomorrow Monday 23rd.
I hope to see you for Lung + Large Intestine on Wednesday!
Heidi 🤍
