As we slow down into the change of season, as Autumn and Winter bring a time of contraction and introspection, it is the perfect time for healing water therapies. To honor this, we will be offering a limited number of Watsu™ sessions with Marissa two days each month at reduced rates.
Read MoreSamhain, Hallow’s Eve or Halloween, presents the ideal time for an update, which is long overdue. We are still well seated in our principles to create a positive legacy while adapting to all the rapid change, and along with friends, family and colleagues we continue to plan, implement and maintain the most optimistic vision for the future, based on right relationship.
Read MoreGreat Snow began on December 7th, and is the last Seasonal Node before Winter Solstice, and it represents the most Yin time of year. There is a finality to almost everything and a time to turn inward and slow down.
Read MoreSunday November 22nd, starts the Small Snow seasonal node. The three smaller segments of Small Snow allow us the gradual unfolding of the new, Yin, Winter season. In other words we may feel literally divided, as our material body begins to register the damp and cold.
Read MoreDespite the rather drastic differences in temperatures we have experienced in the past week, November 7th is the Classic Seasonal Node - the Beginning of Winter. We in the Western World think of Winter Solstice as the beginning of Winter, however in Asia the seasons are calculated by the balance of Yin and Yang in the natural environment.
Read MoreOctober 8th was the beginning of the Cold Dew Seasonal Node. Here in the Northeastern United States fall is definitely underway. The leaves are slowly starting to change color and the evening temperatures are steadily dropping with significant differences between day and night.
Read MoreAdapting to the seasons, being in harmony with their rhythms is a vital part of how we stay healthy. September 22nd marked the beginning of a two week long seasonal node called the Autumn Equinox. This is a time when the Yin contraction of nature is in preparation for Winter’s Sleep.
Read MoreMonday September 7th, the White Dew Seasonal Node began. Autumn is one of the two Yin seasons (along with Winter), it is associated with Metal, the Lungs, and the direction West. The name White Dew is a direct reference, as white is the Metal Phase’s color.
Read MoreSince we just experienced the hottest July on record for the North Hemisphere, it is wonderful to bring you the seasonal node that starts tomorrow on August 22nd, End of Heat. Autumn is the time of year when Yin grows. Just as this is the time of year for bringing things to harvest, it is also the time for us to start becoming quieter and more introspective and focus on what is really important.
Read MoreWe are in the hottest time of the year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. Right now, here in the Mid-Atlantic States, we are having very hot, humid weather. Yesterday, Wednesday July 22, is the beginning of the last node of Summer known as – Great Heat or Da Shu.
Read MoreThe Minor Heat seasonal node marks an important change in the movement of Qi in the natural world. Summer Solstice began the transition from Yang-expansion to Yin-contraction in the environment. Therefore, Minor Heat is the first seasonal node in the Yin time of the year. However, although we are transitioning into the Yin time of the year, it will still be hot and getting hotter.
Read MoreThis weekend the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer is the most powerful of the year. This potent Solar Eclipse is about new beginnings not just on an individual, but for the entire planet. The New Moon Solar Eclipse bring about the fire within, so in celebration, here is a video featuring Matt Halterman, who among many things, is our resident bonfire builder. In this video, Matt takes us through the process of building a campfire.
Read MoreFriday, June 5th, was the beginning of the Bearded Grain or Mang Zhong, seasonal node, the ninth of the year. Bearded Grain is the last node just before Summer Solstice, the most expansive and Yang time of the year. The name, ‘Bearded Grain,’ is a reference to the crops, and is the beginning of the long harvest. The image of death, transition and renewal is characteristic of the period of the solstice that soon approaches.
Read MoreFebruary 4th marked the Beginning of Spring. The solar beginning of Spring happens every year February 4th or 5th, and this year it started last Tuesday (February 4th). The other beginning of Spring is the lunar, also known as Chun Jie, the Spring Festival. This day is the Chinese Lunar New Year, and it falls on the second new moon following the Winter Solstice.
Read MoreJanuary 20th is the start of the Major Cold Seasonal Node. The days are slowly getting longer, and in the morning the birds are singing more than they were even just a few weeks ago. The bird songs were a reminder that Major Cold is the last node of the traditional Chinese year, and we are now only days away from the Lunar New Year, and about two weeks away from the solar New Year and the Beginning of the Spring seasonal node.
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