[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/tree-shake\/#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/tree-shake\/","headline":"So frustrated you want to scream? Go ahead, it’s good for you!","name":"So frustrated you want to scream? Go ahead, it’s good for you!","description":"Print PDF eBook Facebook Twitter Gmail LinkedIn Pinterest The anthropologist in me has a long term fascination with ancient cross-cultural concepts of health and healing. And it turns out these concepts include screaming. That\u2019s according to Qi Gong master, Dr. Nan Lu, whose retreat on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TMC) I attended recently. Table of Contents […]","datePublished":"2013-03-13","dateModified":"2026-04-04","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/author\/brownbetterbonesgmail-com\/#Person","name":"Dr. Susan E. 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Called the \"tree shake,\" the movement requires using movement, voice, and the release of emotions to stimulate the liver's energy. Smooth and strong flow of liver energy is essential for good health, according to traditional Chinese medicine. PMS, migraines, indigestion, excess weight, vision problems, and a host of other health conditions are all signs of poor liver energy function. This is one of a set of movements in the TCM World Foundation's Spring Liver Cleanse workshop. Give your liver a spring cleaning! Visit www.tcmworld.org for more info.","thumbnailUrl":["https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OakgNXU7QSA\/default.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OakgNXU7QSA\/mqdefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OakgNXU7QSA\/hqdefault.jpg"],"uploadDate":"2011-03-14T15:19:27+00:00","duration":"PT57S","embedUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OakgNXU7QSA","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBSNrX12DDIE4jEb0mMyp_Q#Organization","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBSNrX12DDIE4jEb0mMyp_Q","name":"GrandMasterNanLu","description":"I believe modern-day life is complicated and many people are searching for ways to make changes. Some people focus on the body looking for different diets or exercise routines. Some struggle to shift their thinking, shift their beliefs hoping to find emotional balance; while others look to touch the Spiritual realm and understand life's purpose. No matter what, we still need the physical body to take us through the different stages of life. But once a physical issue appears, all strength disappears and the mind takes over. Fears sets in. We don't trust the body's wisdom to heal. For thousands of years, Chinese medicine has understood the connection and need for balance in the body, mind, spirit relationship. We can use these teachings still today. We have to work on simple ways to begin making shifts in our reality. 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And it turns out these concepts include screaming. That\u2019s according to Qi Gong master, Dr. Nan Lu, whose retreat on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TMC) I attended recently.Table of ContentsToggleHow is screaming good for you?More help for liver energy: Try the simple, cleansing Tree ShakeHow is screaming good for you?TCM focuses on the energy and rhythms of specific areas \u2014 and organs \u2014 of our physical body. In TCM, there are five seasons and Master Lu explained to us that springtime is the season of the liver.Liver energy likes to flow, but the energy that feeds the liver\u2019s well-being can be obstructed by frustration. This is significant because Master Lu contends that most contemporary health problems in this country are related to the liver.He recommends we turn springtime into a new start by learning to \u201cgo with the flow.\u201d If we take the first step and recognize when we\u2019re frustrated we can discharge it through movement and, yes, screaming. Of course, you shouldn\u2019t start screaming at other people when you feel frustrated, but vocalizing loudly when you\u2019re at home can release lots of tension very quickly.More help for liver energy: Try the simple, cleansing Tree ShakeHere\u2019s a movement exercise that can free up your liver energy. Stand tree-like, nice and tall and then swoop your body down toward the floor and come up shaking like a tree in the wind. Shake around like a tree that knows how to go with the flow because it can sway in the wind without resisting and becoming rigid. And then as your outstretched fingertips reach toward the sky like the tree\u2019s highest branches, gather up all your frustration and release it with a whopping scream.Just by using the Tree Shake, I\u2019ve learned to recognize and free myself from frustration with a powerful, therapeutic verbal release. My liver energy is all better for it and I am reminded that all is well. Oh yes, I do warn my staff and household members not to worry about the screams. It\u2019s just my healthy way of saying goodbye to frustration.Now go ahead and try it! Here’s a one minute video of Dr. Lu demonstrating the Tree Shake for Liver Cleansing. "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Emotions And Bone","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"So frustrated you want to scream? Go ahead, it’s good for you!","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/tree-shake\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]