LUNG 2, STYLE & FUNCTIONS

Here it is. The first featured acupressure point for the season: Lung 2. It may not get as much press as Lung 1, but I rather like it – I like all quiet achievers.
It is a great point for all sorts of breathing difficulties as well as tension / pain / stiffness in the shoulders. In tandem with Lung 1, it disperses excess heat and fullness in the Lung & chest generally. It also encourages the positive Lung KI / energy to descend.

CLOUD GATE

Otherwise known as the CLOUD GATE, LU 2 sits between Heaven (head and neck) and Earth (lower body).

The Lung meridian is known as “The Official” who receives the pure KI / energy from the Heavens so that it can be taken and stored by the Kidney. Lung 1, just below Lung 2, is the gathering point and center of our divine inspiration & spirit. This, of course, brings us to the gate – which may or may not allow that inspiration to spread further, or the energy to go deeper into the system so that the Kidney can gather it up.

Should the Gate be obstructive,
we may well find ourselves left “under a cloud”.

MAKING FRIENDS WITH LUNG 2

Finding this acu-point is very easy.
Just put your hand on your hip then roll your shoulder – and thence elbow – forward. This action creates a hollowed out area sometimes referred to as the “shoulder pit”. With the first finger (or two) of the other hand, feel your way into this area, right up below the collar bone and just inside the bones of the shoulder itself.
There you are, in the CLOUD GATE: Lung 2.

Once you have found it,
feel free to tap, press, hold & massage into good old Lung 2
LET YOUR ENERGY AND SPIRIT FLOW.