equanimity – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:04:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/favicon-36x36.png equanimity – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com 32 32 Earth: Develop equanimity https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/earth-develop-equanimity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-develop-equanimity Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:17:39 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4181 Continue reading →]]> Develop equanimity. 
 
Even mindedness. 
 
Earth season is about walking the middle path.

Walk barefoot on the Earth
 
Even mindedness is the capacity to accept whatever comes with the wisdom that everything is impermanent.
 
We can encourage this disposition by coming back to the present moment when we have gone astray. 
 
The present may be comfortable or uncomfortable. We often time travel backward or forward because of uncomfortable feelings in our body. These sensations are experiences locked in our body.
 
Ease is rooted in acceptance. Accepting things exactly as they are. Our minds become agitated when we wish things were different that they actually are. This creates dis-ease and suffering.
 
We are the only ones that can cure this affliction. The affliction of resistance. 
 
Committing to live in alignment with our core values is a powerful cusp wisdom from the metal of autumn to the transition of earth. 
 
If we are clear about our core values, centering comes much easier.
 
Living from our center is a skill learned through reflection and strengthened by correct action.
 
In which core values do you want to rest?

 
Affirmation: 
 
In this moment, I choose integrity. 
 
Today, I rest in deep trust. 
 
Right now, I am.

 
Therapy:
Walk barefoot on the earth.


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Mink Creek at Alberta Orchard Wellness

Winter, according to the wisdom of the elements, is about dreaming, resting, relaxing, restoring, recharging and germinating seeds which will break through the thawing frozen ground of winter come spring when energy naturally moves upward and outward.  Plans made and action taken in harmony with the greater cycles of the cosmos, are much more likely to come to fruition. Over the last few years, I have been observing, studying and syncing myself with the elemental cycles as practiced by the ancients. I often call it ‘re-wilding’ myself. I started with Seasonal Wellness classes in 2015. In 2019 I printed 5 seasonal Element Wisdom Decks – 73 cards for each season totaling 365 days of clinical pearls, lifestyle tips, jedi mind tricks and some deeper dives into traditional medicine, physchology and spirit.

Nourish the water element during the winter season:

  •  Go to sleep early and rise with or just before the sun rises. I use an alarm clock only when I have an important appointment.  Natural light awakens me if my internal clock has not.  I am learning to trust this more and more each season.

 

  • Unplug: allow yourself to disconnect from all technology when the sun sets.  Yes, you read that right: read a book, light a fire, make a cup of tea, color, paint, play board games, take a long bath, make music, make love.  Do nothing. Need convincing? Check the research:

 

  • Watch every sunrise and sunset possible. Everything has a beginning, middle and end.  Watching the sun rising and setting reminds us as does observing our breath:  the beginning of the inhale, the middle of the inhale, the end of the inhale, a gap or turning, the beginning of the exhale, the middle of the exhale, the end of the exhale, a gap or turning and so it goes.  The most blissful moments as well as the most awkward or difficult days have a beginning, middle and end.  Our breath is like the incoming and outgoing tide of our life’s ocean. Following these cycles develops equanimity; equanimity undoes suffering.

 

  • Be with water as often as possible:  the ocean, rivers, creeks, waterfalls, springs water sound machines, aquariums, you tube water videos. Last winter, I planted 90 ferns in the creek that runs under the screened porch of my off grid tiny house (check back for that blog post).

 

  • Observe how water moves and flows around obstacles. How can we be more like water in our movement in our inner and outer worlds?

 

  • Replace one of your bathroom lights with a red light, so as not to wake your adrenals into a cortisol rise if you need to get up during the night.

 

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