Tag Archives: Earth Element

Earth: Eat mindfully

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Can eating just one raisin change your mind? photo by wimuwi73 This exercise introduces the concept of mindfulness in a tangible way. It helps improve our relationship with food and reduce emotional or impulsive eating. Mindful eating: A raisin Take one raisin and keep it in your hand. Hold the raisin in the palm of your hand. Feel the weight of it. Look at this raisin. Notice any unique features of your raisin. Let your eyes explore every part; examine the highlights where light shines, its darker crevasses, its folds and ridges. Hold the raisin between your fingers and turn … Continue reading →

Earth: Develop an environment of deep trust

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  Earth:     Lǎo shànrén kàn wǒ xìn shí. Wǒ xìn shí. 老善人看我信实。我信实。 Cleansing doubt & blame. Affirming信实xìn shí, the virtue of deep trust, integrity & trustworthiness. ~Confucian Chant, 500BCE Trust (n) As early as 1200AD the word traust appears likely originating in the Old Norse referring to help, confidence, support, reliance from sound qualities; religious faith (v) have faith, to rely, make safe and strong *source The emotional spectrum of the Earth element is worry to faith. The organs associated with the Earth element are the spleen, stomach and pancreas. Worry can manifest as blame and doubt, while faith express … Continue reading →

Earth: Peace & Plenty

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Today I peeled pears.  Bushels a plenty grace the hardwood floor of my Mom’s cabin. From my earliest memories she has been a forager, a gatherer. She preserves abundance. She, like her grandmother and her grandmother before her, pass down peace though preservation. Pears are good fall medicine. They are eaten in season to support the lung during the transition to cooler, dryer weather. In Chinese medicine they are revered for clearing heat and reducing phlegm from the lung, while generating necessary moisture. Pears are used for dry coughs and dry sore throats. They are also used to treat dry … Continue reading →

Soup Cleanse

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Soup Cleanse…….aka a winter reset    The number one question I get in January is “What do you think about this detox kit or that cleanse program or this product? My general answer is Winter is NOT the most harmonious time of the year to detoxify – save it for spring and fall.  And always, always prepare your body for a detox by opening the 5 avenues (emunctories) of elimination  ~ more on that later. Winter is for resting, restoring, dreaming, merging – hibernating in essence. I do understand the desire, even the need to reset after the overindulgence of … Continue reading →

Holy mother

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Holy Mother The Earth seasons invites us all to connect with our divine feminine. On this Christmas Eve, may the spirit of Mary Mother of Jesus, fill our hearts each and every one. Her embodiment of courage, strength of character, conviction and purity are ageless and timeless and awe inspring. Look lovingly toward yourself and acknowledge your divine attributes. Are you kind? loyal? loving? forgiving? Shine on……Goddess…..Burn bright you blazing star. Garden Altar credit:  Olivia Jamin

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Earth/transition Dirt Immune function June 2

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Traditional Chinese Medicine is divided into 5 seasons, Spring/Wood, Summer/Fire, Fall/Metal, Winter/Water, and Earth/Transition. Earth is a season of changes that reoccurs on the 18 days in between each of the other seasons. To celebrate the start of Earth season let’s get down to the nitty, gritty and talk DIRT!   If you grew up in the south it is likely you have heard the old adage “God made dirt, and dirt don’t hurt,” but is there something really to that?  You many have seen a tv show about individuals with a drive to eat non-food items also known as … Continue reading →

Return to Earth

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Clicking the grey ‘follow’ envelope above will deliver weekly health and wellness tips to your inbox via our weekly cultivating wellness blog. We are dynamic beings.  We change.  We change under influences such as the seasons, life situation, and our current physical, mental, emotional and spiritual states and even the aging process.  Typically we have main constitution element and a secondary constitutional  (which may be the same or different as the main element). As we become more and more self aware and heal our imbalances, we will manifest and move more freely from one elemental state to the next during the natural generative … Continue reading →

FIRE CREATES EARTH

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Love Heals. Period. In Memoriam In a recent post about Fire pericardium, I introducted you to Dr. Rachel Eppinga, ND, LAc.  Rachel passed from this world into the light on the autumn equinox. Her body was diseased with cancer. I’ve included the last message she sent out to her community/tribe below. Rachel was a wayshower of how to reflect and transmute beauty in any situation; she was a beacon of light, a gatherer of women to heal together. I was recently gifted a very special Love Qigong from my dear colleague Rachel Eppinga, ND, LAc, when we gathered in Hara Mara, … Continue reading →

Return to Earth Autumn Equinox

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RETURN TO EARTH ELEMENT Autumn days come quickly, like the running of a hound on the moor. –Irish proverb Autumn is right around the corner for all of us in the Northern Hemisphere, while the folks in the Southern Hemisphere are preparing for warmer, spring weather.  In 2019, the Autumnal Equinox arrives on Monday, September 23, at 3:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time. The autumn equinox happens at the same moment worldwide marking the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. After the autumnal equinox, nights begin to grow longer than the days until the winter solstice in December, when the days start to … Continue reading →

F4: Separator of the Pure from the Impure

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SMALL INTESTINES THE SEPARATOR OF PURE FROM IMPURE             As most of the planet is enduring and even setting heat records during the peak of the fiery summer season, in the Southern U.S., we are experiencing an unseasonably cool period this week.  Here we continue with our seasonal theme of the fire element and the elemental organ system. The element of fire embodies the bright, light, energetic essence of yang. However, fire without the grounding influence of Earth easily flares out of control.  The 2nd century dictionary Shuowen jiezi defines the heart as an Earth element, predating the concept of Heart … Continue reading →