Feeling tired and emotional after birth is a
natural part of the post-natal experience. Of
course, every birth and baby brings its own
unique variables that influence a mother’s
recovery and state of being. However, feeling
depressed, hopeless, ungrounded, lost, ‘like a
hollow vessel’ or just ‘bobbing above water’,
as an ongoing state, is not a normal part of
post-birth recovery. 5 Element Acupuncture
recognises and assists with this state of
emptiness and survival.
5 Element acupuncture is a style that
spans back 2,000 years and offers another
interpretation and perspective around the
fatigue/depletion/depression/survival state of
being. It can be connected to what’s called a
Central Vessel/Governing Vessel block (CV/
GV), and this is one of the most powerful
blocks to clear for change in a person’s energy
system.
What causes a CV/GV block?
Various factors can cause a CV/GV block. It can
be present in both men and women, especially
in the area of fertility and during a mother’s
postnatal recovery. Birth can be experienced as
trauma to the body’s energy flow, which is why
the qi doesn’t completely return. Birth, along
with other levels of trauma, can cause a major
interruption, or ‘blow out’ to the flow of the
major channels of the body.
Caesarean sections cut through three major
channels of the body and leave a scar that can
obstruct the return of free flowing energy,
resulting in a CV/GV block. Due to the
connection to the perineum area, sexual abuse
or early negative sexual experiences or injury
also have the potential to disrupt the flow of
energy along these channels.
The 5 Element acupuncture treatment is like
a reset that re-activates energy flow to the
whole system. It’s like sealing a leak so that the
energy stops draining away. From a 5 Element
perspective, the body has experienced a major
interruption to its flow to the major channels
and has not quite returned to the major
meridians in the body.
When is a CV/GV treated?
A CV/GV block can be treated at any time for
men, if they’re comfortable. But for women, a
reset treatment can only be performed when
they are not bleeding, or post birth once
bleeding has stopped.
Receiving acupuncture post birth helps
replenish the qi and blood loss of birth. A 5
Element Acupuncturist will be able to diagnose
this at any stage after birth, and is ideal for
assisting the mother’s to return to a sense of
greater balance of being.
Holly Brocklebank is a 5 Element Acupuncturist & Meridian
tapping practitioner with 20 experience. She is passionate
about activating and empowering her clients in their essential
fertility and overall vitality. www.innatebeingtherapies.com
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