I learned something new.
I was talking with my classic Chinese medicine lady this weekend as she was doing a 5 element balance on me.
She said my pulse was telling her I was really tired and asked me about my life. I told her how crazy it had been and that I’ve been trying to take some time the last couple of weeks to recharge.
She said this is the absolute worst time of year to do that. I did not know this.
She went on to explain that our bodies gather up and store energy from the earth and the sun in spring and summer. Earth energy is extremely high in the spring when everything is fresh and growing.
We take that energy and store it in our bodies to get through fall and winter. At this time of year our reserves are very low, and trying to push through life right now means we will start using and depleting our own energy, and it’s very hard to replenish.
The best time to start or launch something new is in the spring.
The best types of activities for us right now is dreaming, and reading, and internal work.
Great advice for me, which is about 5 months too late for this year, but next year I will know better, and I will try to do better.