Suzanne Andora Barron
Yoga & Jin Shin Jyutsu
SELF HELP/Meditations
Body Holds for Healthy Living (Jin Shin Jyutsu)
Each finger calms a different emotion. See drawing above.*
Lightly hold one of your fingers for three breaths or longer.(No pressing, rubbing or massaging). Light-touch only. If there is a specific project* you’re working on, hold for five minutes up to 18 minutes or more. (In Jin Shin Jyutsu, we use the word project instead of issue as a project has an end). Holding a finger calms the body and mind.
While practicing, the finger holds or body holds, energy will move and as it does, you might notice discomfort in the area your holding or elsewhere in the body. Breathe. Your energy pathways are balancing. You also might twitch or your belly might gurgle.
Jin Shin Jyutsu is an art not a technique. A hold that is ideal for me one day, may not be as ideal the next day. I may need to practice a different hold. The same can be said for you versus me. There are thousands of different holds. If for example, one of the headache holds below doesn’t support you, reach out to me at hello@suzanneabarron.com and ask me for another suggestion.
Jin Shin Jyutsu works on multiple layers in the body/mind: superficial skin, deep skin, muscles, blood, bones, organs and more.
You can practice anywhere at anytime: in a meeting, watching TV, in meditation or elsewhere.
*(Trying to means you’re trying to be something you’re not. The little finger builds confidence and helps you to accept yourself fully).
More Self-Help and Meditations
Teach your kids to meditate with this one-minute video to release stress and boost confidence:
Meditation to promote more ease / stop rumination
A Jin Shin Jyutsu meditation for overwhelm
This meditation helps calm ruminating thoughts, ease tension and stress and balance the mind, body and spirit. You simply hold each finger and both palms for 3 breaths each for a total of 36 breaths. Click to the left if you would like to practice along with me.
Feel Run Down? Have Foggy Thinking?
Try a Self-Help Hug
We can recharge ourselves by simply crossing our arms and placing our hands under our armpits. Our thumbs rest on our chest. This supports and balances mental, digestion and physical functions.
Hold for 10-18 minutes or more.. Notice how you feel. Focus on your breath for more powerful results.
Have a Headache? Tight Back? Insomnia?
Hold the base of your thumb (the fatty part) like in the photo or hold the opposite thumb and the base at the same time. This helps ease headaches, particularly back of the head headaches, back tension, and insomnia. Hold until you feel relief. For insomnia, count your exhales until you get to 36.
Feel Stuck Mentally? Digestive Complaints? Other Complaints?
Crossing your hands and holding your upper thighs or inner knees, helps energy descend. When the body is in harmony, the energy flows down the front of the body on the exhale, and up the back of the body on the inhale.
This hold can help with gassiness, stomach aches, reflux, headaches, emotional or mental stagnation and so much more. Hold for five minutes or more. Often, I hold while watching TV without even thinking about it. Can hold while focusing on your breath.
Feel like You're Catching Something? Exhausted?
Place one hand over the opposite shoulder. With the other hand, take the pad of the thumb and cover the ring finger nail. Then bring the knees together. (If this isn’t comfortable, gently place the sole of your foot on your opposite knee (Don’t press. We never want to press when we practice this art).
When I start to feel like I’m getting sick, I do this 3 step hold as soon as I can for at least 20 or 30 minutes. After some time, I start to feel better. We want to keep our shoulders open especially when we’re feeling run down as it supports our immune system. Having a hand over the shoulder helps to open the shoulder. The knees together (or the alternative) helps energy to descend. And the thumb over the ring finger nail helps us to breathe better. Diaphragm energy runs through the ring finger. And the ring finger helps open the lungs.
You only need to practice one side. Question, email me at hello@suzanneabarron.com
Breathwork to Calm the Nervous Sytem
Take a sip of air in through the nose. Exhale making the exhale longer than the inhale and then (if you’re not pregnant), hold the breath for a second or two. Inhale again and continue. (If you’re pregnant, you’ll practice only the inhales and exhales). You can decide the length of the inhale and exhale as long as the exhale is longer than the inhale. This way of breathing turns on the parasympathetic nervous system, which instructs the body to rest, relax and digest. Try practicing when you’re stressed, feeling nauseas, have a stomach ache and so much more.
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