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Spring - Wood Element "In Spring people should rise early with the sun, and take brisk walks." — Nei Ching During the spring the Will of the winter is
aroused and given direction, a sense of purpose. The Wood phase
of the Five Element Cycle is supported by the Liver who ensures
a smooth, even flow of Qi and blood throughout the bodymind. Strong,
smoothly flowing Liver energy can be encouraged during the Wood
phase by permitting ourselves to express our anger appropriately
as it arises (shouting in the forest, chopping wood, other suggestions?),
as well as beginning those new projects, nutritionally cleansing,
and spending more time outdoors! COMPASSION, KINDNESS, DECISIVNESS, APPROPRIATE ANGER, WILL TO BECOME, SELF-ASSERTION, MOTIVATION, RESPNSIBILITY, CONFIDENCE, COMMITMENT, DIRECTION. These are all gifts of Wood in balance. Spring is a time of yin growing into yang. Like the Wood element of spring, wood itself in the Spring is wet from the hibernation of Winter’s snow, but drying out day by day with the increasing warmth and light of the sun. As the wood in the forests, so are we drying out, stretching our winter-bound muscles and planting the seeds of new projects that have surfaced from our deep Winter storage.
ORGAN: Liver (yin) 1-3pm Gallbladder (yang) 11pm-1am DIRECTION: East COLOUR: Green SOUND: Shouting EMOTION: Anger/Will to become ODOUR: Rancid TASTE: Sour ORIFICE: Eyes SENSE ORGAN: Eyes FLUID: Tears CLIMATE: Wind PLANET: Jupiter/Uranus QUALITY: Decision making/Planning/Action GOVERNING BODY PART: Muscles/Tendons INDICATING BODY PART: Nails/Hands&feet HIGHEST EXPRESSION: Benevolence SPIRIT: Ethereal Soul (Hun) SPRING FOODSWheat, peaches, fowl, sprouts, fruit & veggie juices, young spring greens, dandelions, nettles, basil, fennel, marjoram, rosemary, dill, bay leaf are all Wood nourishing foods. Begin to eat more raw foods and start to cook food for shorter times. Sprouts and other "light" foods encourage quickness and outward movement of the Wood phase in general. Doing a Liver Cleanse ANY time during the Spring is always a great idea! Our livers are just waiting for the abundance of dandelions blossoming during this time.
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