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The five seasons provide a blueprint for our lifestyle, food choices and self-care practices to maintain balance and health throughout the year. We are invited to eat, move and live differently by each season to create harmony in our world and balance in our bodies.
Explore articles by their most appropriate season below, or see my most recent ones:
Summer
Summer energy is reflected in circulation, temperature regulation and cellular metabolism. We thrive on our connections to each other and the joy that comes from them.
Late-Summer
Late-Summer, considered its own season, is characterized by the harvest, when our earth gives us food and our digestive organs and ability to nurture ourselves and others comes into focus.
Fall
In fall, energy starts to contract back into the body as the plants also shed and retreat. The metal element allows us to grieve, set boundaries and let go of what is no longer in service.
Winter
Winter is defined by stillness and quiet, a time to connect with our deep inner knowing, the collective subconscious and the seeds we plant that come to fruition in the spring and summer.
Spring
In spring the upward energy is abundant, motivating us to move forward with our lives, engage in healthy resistance and creativity and vision new possibilities.
Recent Articles from Gillian Rose, MAcOM, LAc.
Thriving through Seasonal Transition: Summer to Fall
The nights have become colder and if one is caught after dark without a coat, the chilly wind prevails. Collars are lifted, sweaters are wrapped tight. The cough drops are sold out at the local health food store. Thicker blankets are hauled out of the closet. The heat...
