{"product_id":"healing-the-liver-laing-z-matthews-9781997624622","title":"Healing the Liver: Sacred Remedies for Anger and Stagnation: The Healing Handbooks: Esoteric Inner Medicines for Liver disease","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen life can't move, the body shouts.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the river inside turns to sludge, we call it stress, frustration, or fatigue - but the body calls it the \u003cb\u003eLiver\u003c\/b\u003e asking to flow again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHealing the Liver - Sacred Remedies for Anger and Stagnation\u003c\/b\u003e invites readers into an ancient and profoundly human understanding of illness: that anger, tension, and stagnation are not moral flaws, but signs that compassion itself has been trapped. This third volume in \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Handbooks\u003c\/i\u003e series brings the wisdom of Daoist medicine, modern insight, and universal spiritual truths together into a clear, beautiful path of renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Liver is more than an organ; it is the \u003cb\u003ecommander of free flow\u003c\/b\u003e - governing movement, vision, and generosity. When it tightens, life narrows. When it opens, everything breathes again.\u003cbr\u003eThis book teaches how to move with that intelligence through breathwork, ritual, and emotional clarity, transforming resentment into benevolence and rigidity into strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross nine short, luminous chapters, readers will explore: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hidden Cause Behind Illness\u003c\/b\u003e - how repressed frustration and control turn the body against itself, and how recognition begins release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Language of Body, Breath, and Soul\u003c\/b\u003e - understanding anger as distorted compassion and learning to restore balance through movement and awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Element and Its Shadow\u003c\/b\u003e - the Wood element's wisdom of growth, flexibility, and moral courage, contrasted with its shadow of rage and rigidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Breath and the Word\u003c\/b\u003e - a simple three-stage breathing practice using sound and intention to cool the inner fire and harmonize Qi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ritual of Release and Renewal\u003c\/b\u003e - a water-based forgiveness ceremony that restores emotional flow and reconnects the spirit to nature's rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryday Remedies for Living with Flow\u003c\/b\u003e - daily habits, foods, scents, and gestures that protect the Liver and prevent emotional buildup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Healing Story\u003c\/b\u003e - a parable of transformation through forgiveness and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 21-Day Healing Practice\u003c\/b\u003e - a simple, structured discipline to retrain the body toward calm strength and responsive clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntegration and Benediction\u003c\/b\u003e - a closing meditation on gratitude, featuring a visualization of the inner deity of the Liver - the spirit of renewal, seated in green light beneath the ribs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in gentle, poetic prose, this book is both guide and companion. It blends the tone of ancient wisdom with modern accessibility, offering a medicine for the soul as much as for the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will learn not to suppress their fire, but to guide it - to turn reactivity into responsiveness, resentment into renewal, and emotion into motion.\u003cbr\u003eBy the final page, anger is no longer a burden but a teacher - a spark that, when understood, becomes compassion in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You'll Find Inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimple breath and movement practices that release emotional tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafe, grounded rituals that reconnect body and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross-tradition insights from Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Ayurveda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA practical, compassionate voice that never shames emotion but transforms it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentle guidance for those healing from stress, trauma, or chronic illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Healing Handbooks\u003c\/b\u003e is a series of concise, soul-centered guides for modern readers seeking authentic spiritual medicine. Each volume explores an organ, an emotion, and a path to peace - restoring the ancient unity of body, breath, and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laing Z. Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997624621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997624622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Laing Z. 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