Water element – The Water element correlates with winter season. Perfect really, because water is the most nourishing and essential of all substances, we literally cannot live without it. This is not a transition season like fall or spring. The Water represents the heart of winters bitter cold. Here in […]
Four Pillar Wellness
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Metal element – The metal element correlates with the fall season. Aptly named, as we watch leaves fade from their vibrant summer green and eventually fall to the ground. The autumn season is a transition from yang to yin as we move towards the stillness of winter season, the […]
Earth Element is the one element that does not correlate to a season per say. Rather, it is the conceptual transition from one season to the next. The period of time when we return to center before moving into the next season. Earth element is our home, our center or […]
Summer solstice recently passed, officially tipping us into the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine – the most YANG time of year. Out here in Colorado (and much of the world) the name seems appropriately named for this time of year, as we pray for rain and no flying sparks in […]
Spring has sprung! Technically commencing in March but this year along the front range we really haven’t had those spring vibes until recently with the precipitation. Now, finally, the grass is greening up, flowers are in bloom and we continue to get tastes of warm summer days ahead. In Chinese […]