All Bodywork offered in the Bush Clinic is based on the integral connectivity of our Body, Soul and the living organism of our planet. Most integral is the Taoist philosophy of Yin and Yang and the 5 Elements, a holistic and connective way of understanding life, energetics and natural law. It's beauty lies in the recognition of relationships, and how the connection or disconnection of these relationships create or disrupt balance in our natural state of being.

 

Understanding the inter-relationship of the 5 elements within our bodies and the natural world, can help us heal our feeling of separation - this can be separation from ourselves, separation from our fellow human beings or separation from nature and the flow of life. Reconnecting the flow between these elements can nurture us back into our place as a part of the whole.

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The five elements are wood, fire, earth, metal and water and they represent patterns of all natural phenomena. In Taoist philosophy everything in the universe is derived from transformation and movement of the five elements and their relationship to each other.

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In the human body these elements are each assigned specific specific attributes, like organs, sensory perception, seasons, body tissues etc and energy channels. These energy channels weave across and through our bodies, like the Song Lines of the Australian Indigenous Dreamtime or the Ley Lines of our Earth in modern esoteric beliefs. These help us map and understand our internal landscape, how and why we are affected by things such as environment, food, social and mental influences and how they can manifest in different parts of our bodies.