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100 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k m a r c h / a p r i l 2 0 1 8 BODY PART LIFE CONCERNS INNATE SPIRITUAL QUALITY Ankles Flexible action Partnership with Spirit Anus Ability to create and accept Cycles of life endings Arm, left Ability to accept blessings Receptivity Arm, right Ability to give blessings Caregiving Appendix Storage of emotions Respect of feelings Bladder Storage of life energy Regulation of power Breasts Maternal love Acceptance of divine love Cervix Entryway for earthly needs Acceptance of body's divinity Cranium bone Protection of higher beliefs Spirit's protectiveness Diaphragm How we move with Spirit Integration of Spirit in life Ear, left Receives messages from feminine Acceptance of loving sources, guidance Ear, right Receives messages from masculine Acceptance of guidance sources, leading to action Elbow, left Makes room for personal needs Self-love Elbow, right Makes room for others' needs Other-love Eye, left How soul sees world Spiritual clarity Eye, right Practical view of world Practical clarity Face Shows self to world Honesty Feet Advancement of self Ability to let Spirit carry self Fingers How we grasp the world Love of world Gallbladder Ability to act with daring Trust in spiritual support Hand, left Receiving of good things Receptivity Hand, right Taking what self desires Ability to live fully Head Holds thoughts of higher self Spiritual connection Heart Ability to give and receive love Honoring of love Hips Power in world Self-respect Intestines, large Release of waste Ability to let go Intestines, small Relationship to nourishment Nurturing of Spirit Jaw Decisiveness about what to say Truthfulness Kidneys Childhood fears; relationship with inner child Vulnerability to love; inner child Knees Movement forward Ability to follow Spirit's directions Lips Feelings we share with others Acceptance of feelings Liver External power Connection to Spirit's power Lungs Manage relationship with Spirit Self-worth Mouth Communication with others Discernment Neck Honoring of views Honor and courage Nose Setting of direction Ability to remain on spiritual point Ovaries Creativity of feminine self Creativity Pancreas Acceptance/giving of life's sweetness Receptivity to joy Pelvis Girdle of life, needs, and desires Acceptance of Spirit's will Penis Carries life's needs Courage versus bravado to live fully Pineal gland Expression of life purpose Grace Pituitary Hormones, self-image Love of self Prostate Marriage of needs and feelings Sense of adequacy Rectum Response to pressure Self-regulation Testes Masculine self and actions Masculinity Thalamus Management of senses, shock Forgiveness Ribs Protection of heart and love Relationship discernment Toes Relationship with earth Love of nature Sinuses Effect of others on self; grief Ability to not personalize Shin Psychic connection to earth Connection to Spirit in the earthly world Shoulders Carries burdens; manages stress Ability to let go—let God Skin Filters safe from unsafe Protection of Spirit Spleen How we nurture self/others Adherence to safe love Sternum Holds inner child's goals Innocence Stomach Digestion/assimilation Truthful ideas Teeth Expressions of innate truths Acceptance of truths Thigh, left Storage of maternal emotions Acceptance of feminine needs and perspectives Thigh, right Storage of paternal emotions Acceptance of masculine needs and perspectives Thyroid Energy to express desires Acceptance of personal needs Uterus New beginnings Universal connections Wrists Handling world with ease Ease and flexibility Body Part Meanings