Gratitude Practice Day 16: The Magic and Miracles of Health & Evening 20250419

Now, let's watch the video.
It seems to be a practice for improving health and a sense of well-being.

1. Recall past health. The health I had received

2. Be grateful for current health. The health I am receiving now

3. Visualize future health. The magical health I want to receive

Now, let's do it.

Health I had received
Childhood
I am grateful for the flexibility that allowed me to be reckless without consequence. Even though I have developmental coordination disorder, I analyzed my own movements and realized on my own that if I moved them piece by piece using theory, they would move, so I kept working at it and became able to perform various movements. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Adolescence
I am grateful for my core. My legs and arms were injured countless times, but my core never budged; I still think it's amazing that I was unscathed even when hit by a car. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Adulthood
My body could work without sleeping for two or three days and then go out to play right after. It was because my limiter was broken, but thanks to that, I was able to give my all during the most fun time of my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Health I am receiving now
I am grateful for my fingers.
Thank you for moving exactly as I want when I perform acupuncture and moxibustion. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I am grateful for my ears.
I am grateful for my ears that perceive so much without me having to look.
Core: Thanks to its enduring strength, my legs and arms move stably. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Calves
Even though I am missing several ligaments in my ankles, thanks to other muscles compensating for them, I am able to run a little. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thighs
I believe the reason I can step firmly despite having a torn collateral ligament in my left knee is because my vastus medialis muscles are working hard in coordination. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Magical health I want to receive
A supple body that can react to everything
I am very grateful that my body feels no pain, numbness, or fatigue while I play tennis, work, paint, or go about my daily life. I move agilely, can apply force exactly as I intend, and handle art materials with delicate finger movements.
A body that moves as I intend gives me pleasure. Thank you, thank you, thank you for my wonderfully supple and responsive body.

Because of my profession, I think about the body a lot, so looking back at how my body has been until now is useful. I think about these things regularly, but I hadn't put them into writing, so it's surprisingly interesting.

20250419 Evening Practice
The best thing that happened today was having various conversations with a patient while at work.
My clinic is by appointment only and I run it by myself.
Because I can treat patients one-on-one, I can adjust appointments to have thorough conversations with each person.
What left an impression on me today was treating someone who had a stomachache due to stress and a stiff body.
I was able to put into words that working on the supraclavicular fossa and the anterior chest area to move the rib cage reduces the burden on the stomach. I don't think in language, so I use other people's brains during conversations to think in language; the more I explain, the more I feel like things are falling into place in my mind.
I'm glad I was able to verbalize that lowering stress in the supraclavicular fossa helps today.
I was also happy that I came up with the words, 'I think it's important for communication to have something that resonates with the person at that moment.' Another good day, thank you, thank you, thank you.