Balancing Yin & Yang to Improve Your Relationships
By Shannon Turner, with Ellen Eatough
The archetypes of yin and yang are an important foundation for Taoist sexual practices, Chinese medicine and Feng Shui. On “Inside Sex with Extatica” on Tuesday evening, January 11th, Shannon Turner will be sharing her sophisticated understanding of these archetypes, and how you can adjust them in your life and home to improve the quality of your relationships. Shannon, what do the archetypes of yin and yang represent on a spiritual level? “Yin is the energy and substance of life itself. Like fertile soil, it is seemingly still, and yet always writhing with the potential for new life. People whose spirits are rich with yin are like cauldrons of magical transformation. Everything that comes into contact with them begins to heal, change, awaken and evolve simply through experiencing and engaging with their energy. Well-developed yin is completely free of personal agendas; and thus available to receive life as it naturally unfolds. What we call "the power of love" is essentially the power of yin energy, as the nature of yin is to tenderly enfold that which currently exists, and by offering complete acceptance, to spontaneously create healing. “Yin that is not fully developed is said to be "magnetic" without being truly "magical"; that is, it has a tendency to attract things to it, but then cannot lovingly receive and transform them in a profound way. In its immature stage, yin will tend to reject and resist, rather than yielding to the flow of life and accepting what exists in the present moment. “Yang energy is the more intangible of the two archetypes. Essentially it represents consciousness. People with superior yang chi take action in the world with clarity and purposefulness, offering their gifts to the world in a spirit of faith, generosity and good humor. Highly developed yang chi takes "giving" and "doing" very seriously, and always strives to act out of awareness, sensitivity and commitment to the highest good of all. This involves taking the time to carefully assess what a situation or other person truly requires and is currently able to absorb. From a place of true presence, it is possible to give and do just the right thing, in the right amount, in the right way, and at the right time to achieve the maximum result.
