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Hi Tracy, if you have a lot of small child fears, it can take a long time to work through this meditation. I say go slow. Remember you can turn around in the tunnel if ever it feels too scary. Some people have a lot of fear to work through, and you’re right, sometimes even asking what you’re afraid of is too scary!
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The theory is that your Elemental stack-up is some combination of your parents’ elements and the astrology at the time (or even cosmological events).
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Hi Stephanie! This is great. Yes, your walk can definitely change with moods… so the walk is just one thing to look at of course. So for yours, there is some bounce… and one could make a case that your hips might be going side-to-side, but it’s more of an up-and-down (we call it the butt wiggle). And that beautiful smile and bright and shiny eyes! At this point, I think we’d need a different runway for your 2nd and 3rd elements… and maybe not boots. They can sometimes mess up the walk a bit.
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Hi Jules,
Jaye and I just took a look at your videos. One thing that really shows up is the skating walk… where you’re not bouncing much and your feet just skim the ground. Also your hips are pushing forward, locked into place. I think an outdoor walking video might help us narrow down your second and third Elements. What do you think you are?
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Now that we’ve seen your other videos, we went back to these again, and do see some potential for Earth third 🙂
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I like to think of the Ba Zi chart less like a personality type and more like information about the cosmos that might be helpful in making decisions in your life. So the Five Element type is more about your energy and the Ba Zi is your astrological influences. Because your Element is a mixture of your astrological time of birth and your parent’s genetics – plus cosmological events that neither can assess, we use the energy you exhibit rather than the time of birth to understand the Elemental type. So in your case, a good astrologer could read your chart at any given point in time and help you with decisions, much like using the I-Ching as an oracle.
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That’s a great question Jesse. And first, I apologize for somehow missing your post! I’m glad I just found it! What a great question…
So, it’s based on you. As you, for example, work with Entering the Mystery Gate… we recommend sticking with that for a while. At first some people say they have no fears that come up, but if they keep doing it eventually, some fears come up. The goal is to allow the fears to be a sort of friend… telling you to be cautious perhaps but not freezing you in your tracks. So as a person works through that, and feels like it’s shifted, then you’d go onto the next one, which is the What Do I Really Want Meditation. And then that has it’s own way of working through it. Does that make sense? Our book talks a lot about the progression through the stages. That might be helpful for you :-)! Or you could go ahead and work with one of our practitioners and receive energy session (in person or virtual) to have someone facilitate and guide that process. It’s nice to share it, but you can also do it on your own! We also have an apprenticeship, which is a year long program to do with a cohort. Anyway, I’d be happy to chat more. Keep asking the questions! – Leta
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We call that “acquired” elements… when you learn how to be another elemental type.
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Good job Rudy! You have to be kind and patient with yourself. Also, in the beginning, you can start with shorter periods of time. And build up slowly.
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That’s a good question! I imagine much less so… but definitely actors should do that!
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Hi Becky, thanks for sharing your walk!
We see two things that are predominant… your hips go side to side (which is Earth) and your arms are a bit lax and your shoulders are back (which is Metal). In your fast walk we’re thinking you might have Water or Wood third because there’s some force there… it seems to be more coming from your low back (Water) rather than your diaphragm (Wood). I’m curious what you think?
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Ahhh! Well, you might be Wood third from this description, and you used your Wood to survive. And that’s a very draining strategy. Also Wood and Earth can be responsible for Chronic Fatigue, where the Wood is likely to be Liver Blood deficiency… meaning you used up a lot of your resources to be bigger than you truly are. Luckily, once you identify this and move into your Metal and Earth, you’ll find that you’ll have more energy. Also lots of moxibustion might be in order if your body is not too hot… to replenish the blood… That’s the philosophy behind Chinese Medicine… perhaps your acupuncturist is already on that! You could check with them if not and see if they would recommend that. Thanks for posting your video! We all learn from your walk!
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Hi Chelsea, So sorry I missed this one in my feed! But Jaye and I just looked at your walks together. We see some Metal some Wood and some Earth. So everyone can learn, there’s a slight side to side in your hips, your shoulders are back, but you also walk with a forward walk, that means Wood or Water. In this case, you seem to be more stomping and coming from your diaphragm, that is Wood versus pushing forward from your hips, which would be more Water. Your eyes are also very direct, which is more Wood.
So much wood perhaps, it could be Wood/Metal/Earth or some combination of those three?
Does that track at all for you?
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Hi Andreas, sorry for the delay. Somehow this post didn’t show up for me until now. Great to see your videos. I am wondering about Fire and Water for you and maybe some Wood. What elements do you think you are? For everyone else, note the power that propels him forward in this video.
