Liver Exercise: Third Healing Sound

1. Become aware of the liver, and feel the connection between the eyes and the liver. Place your arms at your sides, palms out. Take a deep breath as you slowly swing the arms up and over the head. Follow with the eyes.

2. Exhale with the sound, “Shhhhhhh”, sub-vocally. Envision and feel that a sac encloses the liver and is compressing and expelling the excess heat and feelings of anger.

3. When you have exhaled completely, unlock the fingers, and pressing out with the heels of the palms, breathe into the liver slowly; imagine a bright green color quality of kindness entering the liver. Gently bring the arms back to the side by lowering the shoulders. Place your hands on your lap, palms up, and rest.

4. Close the eyes, breathe normally, smile down to the liver and imagine you’re still making the sound. Be aware of sensations. Sense the energy exchange.

5. Do this 3 to 6 times. For anger, red and watery eyes, or a sour or bitter taste, and for detoxifying the liver, repeat 9 to 36 times. A Taoist axiom about controlling anger says: If you’ve done the Liver Sound 30 times and you are still angry at someone, you have the right to slap that person.