The meridian archetype articles were born of a need to better define the personality traits and symbols inherent in the Traditional Chinese medicine meridians. Inspired in part by Bob Cooley’s book The Genius of Flexibility and by Caroline Myss’s book Sacred Contracts, the meridian archetypes explore a part of ourselves often hidden from our conscious mind.
The archetypes are a tool, and like any other tool, archetypes are what you make of them. Caroline Myss has more than eighty archetypes that she has defined in the back of her book Sacred Contracts. But even she admits that eighty archetypes barely scratch the surface of all the possibilities alive in the world today.
Bob Cooley’s work in The Genius of Flexibility explored the connection between the meridians from Traditional Chinese medicine, the muscle groups, and the personality. The connections that we all felt were put into words. Bob also worked on exercises that allowed the practitioner to heal the meridians and muscles, and bring awareness to connected personality strengths and weaknesses. His exercises are based on hatha yoga poses and are combined with modern Western resistance training.
Infinity Flexibility’s meridian archetypes combine Carolyn Myss’s research, Bob Cooley’s connection of the personality to the muscles, and the classical five-element personality types. We use this system to validate a client’s strengths/weaknesses and to identify exercises that will improve health and performance goals.
Years of experience in the field of strength and flexibility training has given the staff of Infinity Flexibility the ability to see past the symptoms of the body and mind to the root cause of the imbalances.
The Best Exercise for Your Meridians
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The Four Worlds: Physical, Analytical, Emotional, Spiritual
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Profit from Change with the Rebel Archetype and Appendix
Learn more about the appendix meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the rebel, and exercises to restore health.
Connect to Your Inner Healer with the Thymus Meridian
Learn more about the thymus meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the healer, and exercises to restore health.
Free the Entertainer: A Glimpse at the Bladder Meridian
Learn more about the bladder meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the entertainer, and exercises to restore health.
Kidney Meridian Deep Dive: The Depths of the Fool
Learn more about the kidney meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the fool, and exercises to restore meridian...
The Liberator: A Liver Meridian Archetype
Learn more about the liver meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the liberator, and exercises to restore meridian...
Make Better Decisions with the Pioneer And Gallbladder Meridian
Learn more about the gallbladder meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the pioneer, and exercises to restore meridian...
Natural Athlete: A Real Look into the Skin Meridian
Learn more about the skin meridian including its western medicine functions, archetype of the athlete, and exercises to restore meridian...
The Spiritual Judge: A Profound Look at the Pericardium Meridian
Known as the “king’s bodyguard,” the pericardium is the energetic body’s defense against extreme emotional outbursts which, in Chinese Medicine,...