Hubacher selected white wax to represent «purity, wholeness, and completeness,» with the rough, matte exterior contrasting with the smooth, polished interior to evoke complementary yin -
yang forces and the balance of the material and immaterial worlds.
Raven faces the embodiments of the world's yin -
yang forces: the exuberant Lumino looks to have stumbled out of Asura's Wrath, while the dyspeptic Tenebria is a gloomer version of Morrigan from Darkstalkers (or Slan from Berserk, if you must).
To put it simply, the increase in cortisol output is somewhat analogous to an increase in
yang forces.
A state of cortisol depletion then sets in.From the TCM perspective, yin force excessiveness becomes the dominant backdrop as the body becomes depleted of the once dominant
yang force.
The closest equivalent would be to view
the yang force as excitatory, driven by anabolic hormones such as testosterone and estrogen, along with stimulatory neurotransmitters including adrenaline and norepinephrine mediated by the sympathetic nervous system.
Not exact matches
His little essay «An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate» begins cosmologically with the generation of
yang and yin from the Great Ultimate; from
yang and yin come the Five Agents or material
forces: water, fire, wood, metal, and earth; and from these all things are made.
Three of the foundational concepts are the concept of chi (loosely translated to life -
force energy), the complementary opposites of yin and
yang, and the five elements of the universe: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
If it does, keep going — regardless of that little voice in your head causing you to question yourself — this is simply the necessary yin and
yang creating balance in your life,
forcing the self - assuredness that at times wavers.
Yin and
yang are two
forces underlying everything in the universe.
Acupuncture derives from the concept in traditional Chinese medicine that disease results from a disruption in the flow of chi — the body's circulating life energy — and imbalances in the
forces of yin and
yang.
Looking from the TCM perspective, the kidney's normal balance between
yang and yin
force becomes biased towards a state of
yang - dominance in the early stages of AFS.
TCM asserts that a balance of the opposing
forces of yin and
yang is necessary for a healthy life and disease arises when they are not.
As mentioned before the key is therefore to re-balance the two opposing but complementary energy
forces: yin and
yang.
Our bodies are in a rhythm that mirrors Nature and during summer our vital
force or Qi has been expansive, this
yang energy moving outward and upward has been dominant.
In this training participants will explore both the yin and
yang aspects of yoga postures that are inspired by the movements of animals and that activate the elemental
forces contained within our energetic field.
Opposing
forces in taoist thought, the terms yin and
yang can describe any phenomenon.
You need a balance between the two
forces, yin and
yang to stay healthy and in harmony in your body and mind and the Macrobiotic diet therefore needs to be tailored to the needs of the individual by a macrobiotic nutritionist.
In Chinese philosophy, the seemingly opposite
forces of yin and
yang are intertwined and each person must seek to find a balance between them both.
A soft butch, or stem (stud - fem), is a woman who exhibits some stereotypical butch and lesbian traits without fitting the masculine stereotype associated Redefining Butch — Femme Relationships We are yin and
yang — seemingly oppositional
forces that are actually complementary and interconnected.
It's Korine's most entertaining and watchable film to date, containing a tour de
force turn from James Franco and gorgeous work from Korine's two yin /
yang composers, Skrillex and Cliff Martinez, who articulate his candy - colored vision to perfection: it's the sweet spot where the vile and the beautiful merge to make something divine.
Like the yin and
yang, stocks and bonds are not opposing
forces, but «complementary opposites.»
The background of the menu screens looks very colourful and vibrant such as the main menu that contains a Mahjong logo slowly moving up and down with the O in Mahjong replaced with a rotating yin
yang symbol that rather appropriately reflects the Chinese philosophy of opposite
forces being able to attract, while a pair of Mahjong tiles spin around next to each other on top of a scroll containing decorative patterns and artwork.
Bitterness and sweetness coexist like a yin and
yang diagram of opposing
forces in nature, and like a Möbius strip, they support one another inseparably.