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The Missing 5th Season and Its Incredible Importance In Your Life How To Be Engaged With The Natural World Around You
Did you know there are 5 seasons, not 4?
According to Chinese medicine, each of the 5 elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, and water — have a corresponding season.
Pretty cool, right?
5 element theory is based on the natural world and it shows us how humans are connected to it and influenced by it, as well as being an inseparable part of it.
We are a living, breathing, embodiment of nature and the world around us, so we are intimately tied to the seasons and their influences.
So what is this mystery 5th season?
And why is it so important?
5 Minute Chocolate Coconut Paleo Low Allergy Pudding Your Sweet and Easy Chocolatey Fix That’s Good for You
CHOCOLATE PUDDING.
Is your inner child squealing with glee?
I know mine is.
I dreamed up this recipe about a month ago and it’s fast become an easy treat or snack that my husband and I enjoy regularly.
I think I need more ramekins to keep up with demand!
This pudding is perfect for someone like me who can’t handle her dairy (as much as she wants to!), but still wants something creamy and thick and a little sweet after dinner.
DIY Salt Scrub Recipe For Healthier, More Vital Skin Treat Yourself to Softer, Smoother Skin with Salt
I am head over heels for anything SALT.
Salt baths, salt water, salt from the sea or the mountains, salt flats, salt lamps, and yes, salt scrubs.
Salt is incredibly nourishing.
It’s chock full of tons of minerals (also known as electrolytes), as well as trace minerals, or compounds we need in tiny amounts but that are still vital to a properly functioning system.
Salt has been unrightfully demonized, and as a result we’ve missed out on its immense healing benefits for awhile now.
Let’s stop the crazy eschewing of a phenomenal resource we have everywhere and embrace salt!
Can You Go With The Flow? Find Out Your Ability to Adapt Based on the 5 Elements
I’m sure we’ve all heard the saying “go with the flow.”
Personally, I never really grasped what people meant by that until I started studying Chinese medicine.
I am not someone who easily “goes with the flow” and I know that about myself. There are certain people, it seems, who are much more able to let go, be free, and at times throw caution to the wind.
“How do they do that?” I wonder to myself. “Why am I sitting over here calculating risk versus reward, or the expense, or the practicality, when others can just leap?"
The "Spa" Isn't a Dirty Word Embrace It and Be More Effective and Present in Your Life Than Ever
Spa time is essential to our wellbeing and accomplishing all that we want from life.
You heard me right! Read me right? Whichever it is, you get the point!
I know you’re thinking, “How can indulging in such frivolity possibly make me more productive?” I also know you definitely used the word “frivolity” in your internal monologue. I’m that good.
Taking some spa time for yourself can and will make you more effective and present in your life.
In fact, it’s a necessary step for you to achieve your next goal. It’s probably what’s been holding you back.
And it’s crucial to improving and maintaining your health.
6 Steps To Making You A Priority In Your Own Life How Self-Care is Crucial to Our Health and Happiness
Imagine with me for a second that a good friend of yours — let’s call them Pat — says, “Oh, I’ve got to get going. I’m headed to my weekly spa appointment."
What are your initial reactions?
Be honest. It’s just you and a computer screen.
Envy? Anger? Criticism around his or her use of time and money?
Some of you might respond internally with a “Great! Good for you, Pat!”, and not dwell a moment longer.
But I think the majority of us would feel twinges of those aforementioned emotions.
Now you’re just confused and frustrated for feeling that way.
Wait for it….and now the guilt is setting in. A double whammy!
Why can’t we be happily unattached regarding our theoretical friend Pat?
Try This Easy Shower Hack to Boost Your Energy and Immune System Get More Out of Your Morning and Feel Invigorated
Mornings are rough. The alarm clock goes off (always too early) and we sleepily roll out of bed toward the bathroom to start our day.
We brush our teeth, hop in the shower, clean up, towel off, and lethargically go about the rest of our morning. Many times we're still waking up as we sit in our car ready to go to work, coffee in hand.
What if I told you there was an easily accessible, invigorating way to help wake you up that's already a part of your morning routine?
Finding Beauty in the Breakdown of Fall What the Seasons Can Tell Us About Our Lives
Ah, fall. A time of beauty, and a time of loss.
The last flares of summer shoot out in brilliant burnt oranges and vivid, translucent yellows and are collected by the ground to turn them to earth.
We see this transition happen right before our eyes each year, but we still deny it.
“Maybe summer will last a little longer,” we say to ourselves, as the warmth fades from the air and a dry coolness settles in.
Others love and anticipate fall.
They can’t wait for the days to settle into a calm rhythm, leaving the high energy of summer behind.
Why do people have these preferences?
A lot of it has to do with your 5 element personality type, or constitution in Chinese medicine.
Each element is associated with a season, and oftentimes the element you are corresponds to your favorite season.