Eating for Bliss By Shakaya Leone
Your Face Is A Magic Mirror Of Your Health
Let’s ‘face it’, most of us don’t reeeeeally care about our health—we care about how we look! The only time we really pay attention to our health is usually when we are sick or in pain. But we check out how we look every time we pass a mirror. Is that vanity? No, it’s the grand design. Just like a baby’s cry is supposed to irritate us so we immediately take ac- tion to find out what is wrong, every line, bump, wrinkle, blemish, pouch or discoloration on our face is trying to get our attention about something deep within our body.
Our body is very wise and loving. If only we would listen and trust her. YOUR MAGIC MIRROR
Your entire face is a mirror of your health. It is a map of your internal organs and how they are doing. So is your hair. For example, your nose represents your heart. Your cheeks correlate to your lungs. The lines running down from your nose to your lips represent your colon. Your chin represents your reproductive system. This type of diagnosis has been studied for thousands of years in the Chinese and Aurvedic traditions. Your constitution, emotional tenden- cies, longevity and character are all revealed in your face.
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THE ROOTS CREATE THE FRUITS Natural Beauty is like the fruits of a tree. What shows up on our face is a reflection of our health. I learned this in my teens after my mom died and I developed anxiety and insomnia; my eyebrows became very sparse. I discovered through Chinese Face Diagnosis that eyebrows sit on energy meridians in the body that connect to the adrenal glands. When the adrenal glands are exhausted and weak, the eyebrows do not grow in strong, es- pecially the outer third. People with a very strong constitution and a lot of energy have full eyebrows.
THE OUTSIDE IS A REFELCTION OF THE INSIDE Every mole, pimple or wrinkle lies along an energy pathway that ener- getically connects to one or more of your organs. Pimples seem to show up at the most inconvenient time, don’t they? Or, perhaps right before that photoshoot or big date is actually the perfect time to get your attention regarding a back up of waste in a certain organ that could be dangerous to your health.
Lines between the eyebrows cor- respond to the liver. According to Jon Sandifer in his book Oriental Face Reading if this area has deep lines,
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this indicates an imbalance in the liver. Interestingly, if the liver becomes overworked we can develop anger issues, and also, when we are angry a lot, this damages our liver. When the liver becomes overloaded through toxins in the body or toxic emotions, it cannot properly take care of us via the myriad of func- tions it performs such as storing iron, vitamin, glycogen and fat reserves so we always have strength, creating bile to digest our food so we have energy when we need it, detoxifying chemicals and pollutants from our en- vironment as well as toxins we create in our body from stress and metabolic waste, so we aren’t poisoned. The best thing you can do for your liver and your looks is to avoid alcohol and overeating.
HAIR LOSS, SPLIT ENDS AND GREY HAIR
Our hair is a reflection of our lifeforce or energy. The kidneys play a major part in our energy and the strength of our hair according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Emotional turmoil, stress, lack of proper sleep greatly weakens kidney energy and acceler- ates hair loss.
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