Lynn's Spring Tips

Diet

It's time to re-introduce more raw foods to the diet to both cool and cleanse the body. Also, quickly sautee or steam vegetables.

Exercise

Keep the body moving. Receive massage as well as exercise to keep the joints mobilized and the tissues fluid.

Sleep

Get to bed early enough to be asleep by 11 p.m. This is the time when Liver qi, the organ and type of qi most assoicated with the Spring, is most active in its work of "seeing" your future.

Stress Management

The transition from the depth of Winter to the activity and intense growth of Spring can be rough. Irritability, headaches, respiratory problems and other symptoms associated with stress may increase. Movement is essential!

Vision: The Gift of Spring

Vision(physical, mental, and spiritual) is the power or gift of Spring, according the Chinese Five Element system.

Read Lynn's tips from other seasons:

Summer

• Avoid foods that cause sluggishness

  In warm weather, heavy foods with lots of protein and fat can create sluggishness, depression, mental fuzziness.

• Be joyful, active, and social

  Summer is the most yang time of the year, encouraging outward and expansive activity.

• Cook food lightly

  Enjoy more raw food and cook your food lightly.

• Cool off with warming spices

  Spices bring heat to the surface of the body causing us to sweat which creates a cooling effect.

• Cooling foods

  Eat foods which are cooling but avoid iced drinks and frozen foods like ice cream.

Fall

• Breathing

  Pay special attention to keeping your lungs healthy during the fall.

• Clothing

  Add a scarf and more turtlenecks to your wardrobe.

• Diet

  Eating warming foods will support robust health in fall.

Winter

• Diet

  Reduce raw food intake.

• Exercise

  Warm the muscles and avoid over-exertion

• Meditation

  Make time to withdraw from external stimuli.

• Sleep

  Sleep more or add time to rest

• Social Life

  Small gatherings at home