Be Healthy thru the Seasons - It's Spring!

Warm and sunny one minute, cloudy and windy the next, a little rain and then it's sunny again! This is spring. Tumultuous and variable while slowly, yet persistently, awakening us out of our winter slumber and eventually delivering us into the fiery hands of summer.

The downward energy which began in autumn and brought us deeper into ourselves, our dreams, and the quiet of winter, is now replaced with a surging burst upward and outward. Parks are filled with people and pets. Trees are full of buds, blossoms, and emerging leaves. It gets lighter earlier and the evenings linger on. Life is expanding all around us.

Spring is the time of execution, time to bring those simmering ideas and dreams out of hibernation to greet the world. If you were able to rest and replenish your chi this winter, you are probably ready to spring forward in a creative, focused way.

Spring corresponds to the Wood Element. Wood is ruled by the Liver and Gall Bladder, the color is green, the sound is shout, and the taste is bitter..

According to the Chinese Clock, the high time of day for the Gall Bladder is 11 pm – 1 am and 1 am – 3 am for the Liver. Since the Gall Bladder is coined the ‘decision maker’ being asleep by 11 pm can help ease tough choices and help you spring awake with more clarity in the morning.

The associated emotion is anger. Stifled vision and creativity results in frustration, agitation and chi constraint. Chi constraint is undesirable because it brings every thing to a screeching halt (think about hitting a traffic jam), preventing the free flow of energy which feeds not only the organs, but the mind and spirit. When the chi is able to be expressed without blocks, a smooth flow of energy will bring ease to thoughts, feelings and emotions freeing up that pent up feeling.

Ask yourself: What ideas and dreams am I ready to unleash? Then, focus and allow them to come to fruition!

Feeling stuck? Why suffer? Contact Katonah Acupuncture today for your free 30-minute no obligation consultation that includes a fee mini acupuncture treatment! katonahacupuncture@gmail.com or call 917-494-7339.