Nei Jing

Ever since the Chinese medical classic the Nei Jing emerged, (aha you see - a new reference almost immediately) many early practitioners have worked on the shen for various mental disorders, providing a clear view about healthy shen and shen harmony. Following Nei Jing theory and early practitioners, we know the practices of shen harmony and spiritedness include concepts such as shen unity, shen awareness, shen clarity, shen flexibility, shen stability, shen balancing, shen power, shen reactivity, shen initiation and shen processing. These discussions may be found in the Nei Jing Su Wen, chapters 1, 2, 13 and 25. The Ling Shu discussions of shen are in chapters 8 and 72.

By Joseph Changqing Yang, PhD, LAc and William Morris, DAOM, MSEd, LAc