These symptoms may arise when the Kidneys and Bladder are weak or obstructed
Observable Signs of a Water Type
Posture, Gestures and Facial Expression
The emotional capacity of the Water Element
Protecting Ourselves Appropriately
Emotions we experience when the ability is impaired
Recognizing the Emotion of a Water Type in Everyday Life
Big Issues and unanswered questions for the Water type
How would you know that your friend is a Water type?
Virtues and vices of a Water type
A famous Water type – President John F Kennedy
Chapter 11. EXERCISES FOR WATER TYPES
Exercise 1 – Dissociating from our fears
Exercise 2 – Transforming our fear
Exercise 3 – Reclaiming our lost sensations of fear
Exercise 4 – Reassuring ourselves
Exercise 5 – Dealing with one-off fears and phobias
Qigong Dragon swimming exercise
Qigong exercise – the hula hoop
Chapter 12. THE FIVE TYPES – WHICH TYPE AM I?
Appendix – Five Element type and acupuncture
We have capitalized all Chinese medical terminology in this book in order to differentiate it from standard English terms.
Our thanks to all of the people who have helped us with this book, especially:
Mark Allan; Marguerite Beckerlegge; Gill Black; Janice Booth; Heather Bovey; Mark Bovey; Sally Blades; Judith Clark; Tony Connor; Di Cook; Ian Dixon; Di Eckersley; Jane Ford; Julia Funk; Rosemarie Gallagher; Gaby Hock; Sue Horne; Lizzie Hubbard; David James; Mary Kaspar; Chris Kear; Lawerence Kershen; Stella King; Magda Koc; Madelaine Molder; Carey Morgan; Keith Murray; Ilana Pearlman; Barbara Pickett; Fiona Reynoldson; Jane Robinson; Jo Rochford; Sandy Sandaver; Marcus Senior; Kath Simmonds; Deborah Thomson; Carmel Twomey; Penny Wilson; Julie Wisbey.
We would also like to thank all of the people who have come to our ‘Oral Tradition’ workshops which we set up to deepen understanding of the Five Element types.
All names have been changed for confidentiality.
Secondly, we would also like to thank the people who have taken the time to read through this book and comment on it. Especially Judith Clark, Jane Grossfeld, Sophie Hayes, Gaby Hock, Helen Knotts and Peter Mole.
Thirdly, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to our learning of NLP, especially Eileen Seymour-Watkins, Graham Dawes, Gene Early and Robert Dilts. We would also like to thank Richard Bandler, one of the co-creators of NLP.
Finally, we wish to thank all the people who have enabled us to learn this style of Chinese Medicine. Most of all we wish to thank JR Worsley who originally taught us acupuncture and demonstrated the skills of Five Element diagnosis with such elegance. We would also like to thank all of our friends and colleagues who we worked with at the Oxford Acupuncture Clinic in Farmoor including Judy Becker-Worsley Meriel Derby, Julia Measures, Peter Mole and Allegra Wint. We learned so much with you over those years. We would also like to thank all those who make the college function so well, including Helen, Wanda, Sean and Julian. Also everyone on the faculty of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine who by their teaching give support for the development of the acupuncture