In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is an ancestral knowledge that each major emotion has a seat within an organ. For example, anger is an emotion linked to liver. A chronically angry person will not, as a result, have a healthy liver even if his diet is otherwise perfect. Consequently, he may display the physical symptoms of a Wood energetic imbalance. (Please see previous posts about the season of Spring/Wood in Traditional Chinese Medicine and how we work in harmony with it in Phytobiodermie's skincare system.)
His book, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra, M.D. tells us that it is increasingly recognized that beliefs and emotions affect the cells of specific organs, even of the entire body.
We gain balance when there is coherence between what we believe, what we think, and what we do. That is why there is a difference between various types of exercises based on the intent and focus given them during our practice. Certain exercises such as tai chi and yoga engage intent and breathing to direct energy throughout the body. At the beginning, practicing with an instructor helps to focus on the breath and every part of the body engaged in the specific position or asana. It develops intent in a conscious action. It focuses mind over body. This model can be opposed to the more traditional mode of exercising in popular health clubs where music is blasting in one's ears, not to simply provide rhythm but to get the mind off the unpleasantness of physical effort. There is voluntary disconnection between mind and body and a lost opportunity to have one exert control over the other.
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