Discovering the JOE CHRISTIE Technique

There exists a fascinating technique known as JOE CHRISTIE, pioneered and popularised by my friend and mentor Donna Eden (The Eden Method). One of the things I love about Donna is that she encourages students to take her work and expand it and that is exactly what one of her students did - expanding the Crown Pull all the way down the back of the body - that student's name?

Yep! Joe Christie.

Start with the traditional

CROWN PULL

Releases mental congestion and returns clarity to your thinking, refreshing the mind and opening the crown chakra to higher inspiration.

Whenever you have a headache, feel you can’t take in more information, before an energy treatment such as chakra clearing – this is an invaluable technique – it literally CLEARS THE COBWEBS from your head!

Place thumbs at the side of your head, curl fingers and rest fingertips on the forehead, just above the centre of the eyebrows, little fingers in line with eyebrows.

• Slowly and with pressure, pull fingers apart and stretch the skin

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• Release

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• Move up half and inch and repeat

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• Repeat this process, firmly pulling out from the centre line, all the way and over the head, right down to the base of the neck.

  
  

Normally we'd then come off the 'necklace line but ....

..... with the Joe Christie you simply continue down the back PULLING OUT from the centre line, moving firmly and slowly down the entire spine to the coccyx. You then proceed down the back of both legs, one at a time, imagine a 50's pair of seamed silk stockings and pull out from that centre line.

Come off the side of feet and little toes.

Coming up slowly weaving a Figure 8 patterning

Continue 8'ing until arms open above the head.

Stretch out the arms and raise up to the heavens.

Scoop that Yang energy down and into the heart area.

Smile

Deep breath

Thank you.

WHAT JOE CHRISTIE DELIVERS

Revitalising the entire back of the body by creating space

for energy to move.

Stirring up the great Yang reservoir that supplies

all the Yang meridians.

Stimulates the torso chakras back flow

Awakens the Governing vessel, providing the courage

to move forward in life.

Moves out over the Bladder meridians and Shu points influencing the central nervous system.

Bladder sits in Water and on the emotional side influences fear, something that can consciously or unconsciously impact each of us. When Water is in balance, hope abounds.

On a physical level, creating space for energy to move, reducing energetic congestion, can reduce pain in the back. Excellent for tight hamstrings and calves.