vital substances
creation and control cycles
principles
Yin and yang
Cycle of tides
100

This vital substance is your life force energy.

What is qi

100

The creation cycle is also known as the _______/child cycle.

What is parent?

100

This is the number one principle of shiatsu.

What is love.

100

Steam over rice

What is Qi?
100

And then we start again, at…

What is 3AM?

200

Ring ring, this organ houses Jing.

What is kidney

200

This element creates Fire.

What is Wood

200

“It is in giving that we receive” describes this shiatsu principle.

What is reciprocity

200
The ideogram for Yin is the _______ side of the mountain.

What is Shady

200

This organ is most active between 1-3am.

What is the liver

300

This vital substance is considered to be created in the heart.

What is blood

300

Alternate names for the control cycle include the destruction cycle, grandparent/child cycle and…

What is the Ko or Ke cycle

300

In shiatsu, this is part of self care for the giver.

What is body tools

300

These meridians flow along the back of the body.

What is Yang

300

The spleen is most active at this time.

What is 9-11am

400

Synovial fluid is an example of this vital substance.

What is body fluids?

400

This element is created by earth.

What is metal

400

We use this principle to move qi in both ourselves and the receiver.

What is breathing

400

These meridians run from the hands to the face and the face to the feet.

What is Yang?

400

The time for lovers is associated with this organ.

What is the pericardium?

500

This vital substance is the most yang.

What is shen

500

“roots control soil erosion” is descriptive of this relationship.

What is wood controls earth?

500

This kind of contact is essential for flow.

What is continuous contact 

500

Associations with this concept are:

Nourishing

Solid

Transformation

What is Yin
500

An alternate name for the cycle of tides is the circadian cycle or…

What is Hooray