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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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You’re welcome Becky! Thanks for sharing and please let us know if you have any questions or thoughts! Or ideas for new episodes! And we would love it if you’d share your enthusiasm with a rating or review on Apple or wherever you listen! And we’d love to send you some swag! 🙂

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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.

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I agree that Lung is more oriented to seeking a higher connection, but I think Large Intestine people would beg to different. It’s just their way of doing it is different. It’s more conversational. More wordy. Both types can do sex drugs and rock n roll or be super duper goody two-shoes. It’s kind of like Water Elements – each Water does something that feels “dangerous” in their lives, but for some reason they feel safe doing it. It just makes them feel intense. Some it might be jumping out of an airplane. Others it might be acting in a play. You just can’t make sweeping generalizations. So for Metal, the sex drugs and rock n roll thing might look completely different for some metals. What does a Metal feel reverent about and what does that same person feel irreverent about? And remember, the reverence may be in the sex drugs and rock ‘n roll itself. It’s all about connection and loss simultaneously at the same time.

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Yes, that’s a good way to break it down! Lung being more reverent and graceful in the usual sense. But I don’t think large intestine is necessarily more darker and more irreverent. Actually, Lung is more darker and irreverent BECAUSE they spend so much time being reverent. Large Intestine is more about finding the gems in the garbage. Finding things that others have missed that we need to reuse and admire. They both have a similar sarcarstic sense of humor. LI is also very active and constantly working (mentally) whereas Lung kind of floats on the breeze.

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Hi Frazer, we really only do the yin/yang organs for the first Element. The second Element really isn’t broken down at that level.

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If you feel more Fire, the bounce is definitely there in the faster walk, don’t you think?

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Well, it’s totally possible that you’ve made your walk more Woody than it would be naturally. I lot of people in martial arts, I think, may do this, especially the more yang styles. The more yin style might create more Water type movement. Do you think your walk might be influenced by your lifestyle then? If you’re truly Fire and Wood second, perhaps you rely on your Wood a little too heavily?