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Your pancreas reacts to the abundance of glucose in your bloodstream by releasing the hormone insulin. Insulin’s mission is to escort that glucose into your body’s cells, which use the glucose to replicate their DNA, divide, and make new cells. Some glucose also ends up in your liver, where it’s converted into glycogen, a form of energy your muscle
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Our fascial system creates a sea of tension that holds our body together. As we have discovered, this amazing system is constantly rejuvenating and it will rearchitect itself based on how it was broken down.
Shane Benzie • The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement
Ligaments do not become tense only at the extreme range of the joint’s movement; when the muscle tenses, the tendon and the ligaments both undergo stress. This stress may restrict our full range of movement long before the joint has reached its limits.
Bernie Clark • Your Body, Your Yoga: Learn Alignment Cues That Are Skillful, Safe, and Best Suited To You
The central nervous system is in many ways more plastic and adaptable than the structure of the body. Some structural changes are effectively impossible to make. Bones only change their shape and density over the course of many years, and we are therefore pretty much stuck with the skeletons that we have grown into by the time we are adults. The le
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Medical
Marcin Mincer • 9 cards
The second level is the relaxation of the muscles and tendons. To do this your yi must be directed deep into the muscles and tendons. This relaxation will help open your qi channels and will allow the qi to sink and accumulate in the lower dan tian.
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming • Simple Qigong for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (YMAA Qigong Book 1)
The tender heart
Suzan Bond • 2 cards
Abundant Systems
Leo Guinan • 39 cards