Connecting the Great Central Channel

The Great Central Channel is the meridian that corresponds to the chakras. The touch for holding these points is gentle connection. Pressure is not necessary, but it is important to feel “on” the point.

The Great Central Channel consists of two arcs: The Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel. This qi moves in a circular motion up the back and down the front. This channel is very important for the health of the whole being as it harmonizes and centers the individual. It governs spiritual and emotional issues. It corresponds to the chakras of yoga and when balanced through acupressure, can bring an individual to a greater awareness.

Large vortices that include several acupressure points along the Great Central Channel are chakras. When holding the points associated with chakras, it is not necessary to be exact. In some cases, it may be more comfortable to hold using several fingers or the palm. Acupressure points are normally on the surface. The chakras are centered in the body but can be affected from the surface by the related acupressure point.

This exercise is simple.
• With your right hand hold the very top of your head (GV 20 “One Hundred Meeting”)
• With your left hand hold between the eyebrows (GV 24.5 “Third Eye”)
• Move your left hand and hold the hole at the base of the throat (CV 22 “Heaven Rushing Out”)
• Move your left hand and hold the center of the sternum (CV 17 “Sea of Tranquility”)
• Move your left hand and hold 3 finger widths below the sternum (CV 12 “Center of Power”)
• Move your left hand and hold 3 finger widths below the navel (CV 6 “Sea of Energy”)
• Move your left hand and hold on top of the pubic bone (CV 2 “Curved Bone”)
• Keep your left hand on CV 2 and Move your right hand and hold the tailbone (GV 1 “Long Strength”)

Descriptions of Great Central Channel Points

GV 20 “One Hundred Meeting”

GOVERNS: Higher guidance, knowing that you know without knowing, faith in the higher connection and guidance, bridge between physical and spiritual worlds
IMBALANCES: Lacking faith, inability to follow inner of outer messages, looking to others for guidance

GV 24.5 “Third Eye”

GOVERNS: Seeing both physically and in the imagination and dreams, clarity, clairvoyance, vision in your life visualization, intuition, the seat of the soul in the waking state, the window between the physical and spiritual worlds
IMBALANCES: Confusion, lack of clarity, inability to project into the future, lacking forethought, lack of awareness of consequences

CV 22 “Heaven Rushing Out”

GOVERNS: Communication, expressing who you are and what you want, ability to speak and hear the truth, saying what you want to say and allowing others to do so.
IMBALANCES: Giving and receiving mixed messages, tendency to imitate others, sore throats, neck tension

CV 17 “Sea of Tranquility”

GOVERNS: Love and compassion, self worth, inner emotional warmth, detached giving, where the part meets the whole, where the uncreated becomes the created
IMBALANCES: Poor self image or low self esteem, inability to share, give or receive, inability to be intimate, isolation, sadness, grief

CV 12 “Center of Power”

GOVERNS: Sense of empowerment, sense of direction, sense of potential, confidence

IMBALANCES: Powerlessness, easily angered, frustrated, easily controlled, trying to control or dominate others

CV 6 “Sea of Energy”

GOVERNS: Empathy, storing and distribution of energy, inner strength and vitality, feeling through all senses
IMBALANCES: Energy depletion, taking on too much responsibility for others, reproductive organ problems, low back problems

CV 2 “Curved Bone” and GV 1 “Long Strength” both correspond to the base chakra

GOVERNS: Security, rootedness, present time, groundedness, giving birth, creation in the physical world, survival
IMBALANCES: Spaciness, accident prone, instability in pelvis, hemorrhoids, constipation, sexual unfulfillment

Communication among the points on the Great Central Channel is natural, and clear and open communication is harmonizing and energizing. When doing any acupressure on yourself, do not attempt to move energy, allow the vessel to find its own balance. The Crown Chakra when open, is a good ruler for the others. That is why the Crown Chakra is used as a base through most of this connection exercise.