FIRE
Symbol: Red Triangle
Season: Summer
Sound: Ha (pronounced "haw") – Cools excess heat in the heart, bring joy into balance, ease agitation
Negative Emotion: Hate, Haste, Impatience, Over-excitement
Positive Emotion: Love, Joy, Peace, Openness, allowing
Taste: Bitter
Organ Yin: Heart
Time: 11am-1pm
Organ Yang: Small Intestine
Time: 1-3pm
Body Tissue: Blood Vessels
Body System: Cardiovascular and Brain
The Fire Element - Summer
Spring is the time of new beginnings, a time of birth and flowers blossom, summer allows that birthing to come to full fruit.
After the blossom forms the fruit grows, we just need to keep the worms out.
As the weather heats so do our bodies, with that the expansion of the blood vessels, the blood pumps more efficiently through the body, giving nourishment to our organs and glands. In summer it’s important to keep the heart at a regular beat and the blood at a comfortable temperature.
After cleansing in spring, in summer we need to nourish, rejuvenation is an important factor to remember..
The fire element is placed as the biggest element, due to the heart being the pump that keeps the body alive; it sends blood and energy/qi/prana out to all of the organs via the meridians, arteries and veins. It removes unwanted waste products and carbon dioxide and is the driver of the entire circulatory system.
The small intestines absorb the nutrients from the food we eat and send it back into the blood via the liver. The liver washes the soul imprint from the food we eat so that we can shape it into our soul.
Be kind to your heart, smile and feel happy, even when you're not! Fake it til you make it. When going to sleep at night and waking in the morning put a smile on your face and release with the sound ‘ha’ three times. This will give your blood a beautiful texture, increase the blood flow to the brain and back through your body. Then when hate and frustration arrive at your doorstep you will deal with it differently by creating this autonomic programming.
Becoming over excited places too much heat into the small intestines, it increases our blood pressure and heart rate. Stay calm, keep your cool to ensure efficient absorption of nutrition from the intestines into the blood and lymph without creating acid. The best way to do this is with sheetali pranayama.
It is important that we practice non-verbal art, allowing emotions from the heart to be expressed without the head getting in the way. Art helps get the heart into a warm and comfortable rhythm, it is another way of “getting your rocks off”, we feed energy to the heart and soul to release build up, tension and discontentment, leading into a life of joy and fulfilment.
Keep the heart at a regular beat and the blood at a comfortable temperature, to avoid the feelings of Hate, frustration, feeling lost or vulnerable as it takes away our creative drive and internal peace.
Postures to open the heart are cobra, plank-all, exercises and stretches using the arms (the arms lead to the heart and fire meridian runs along from little finger up inside of arm) and Chakrasana-Full back arch.
Most importantly yoga nidra to slow the heart rate down and bring your rhythms into balance
Throughout the day remember to keep your shoulders down and back and slightly lift the top of your chest.
All forward bends aid the small intestines along with uddiyana bandha. Salute to the sun creates efficient circulation and regulates your fire channel.
Enjoy your lovely warm summer filled with love, peace and happiness!
Foods:
All food grown locally in the season –
Summer is the time to nourish after our “spring” clean.
Eat summer foods, mostly the red ones. Stone fruits help to cleanse the blood especially yummy plums, cherries and berries they keep the system alkalized. Beetroot a great blood cleanser, try this with yoghurt and dill.
The heart loves deep greens such as parsley, spinach and soybeans.
Basil stimulates the muscles around the heart.
Oats soothe and clean the small intestines and nourish the nerves.
Good oils such as avocado, salmon, olive oil, flaxseed and nuts to nourish intestines and blood.
Herbs:
Garlic and Echinacea will clean the red and white blood cells; it is a natural anti biotic.
Slippery elm will suck the old mucosa lining from the small intestines and pull a new one through; it helps to rid parasites, which strongly affect our behaviour and health. You may also notice this is a great aid for arthritis; take one heaped teaspoon in a glass of water stir well, drink first thing in the morning before eating or on your oats or yoghurt, do this for 6 weeks to get it through the entire digestive tract (if you miss more than two mornings begin from start). Be sure to drink plenty of water through the day, as it tends to thicken and bind.
A good strong strand of pro biotic after this will give you a healthy gut flora aiding the immune and brain health.
Always check with your health practitioner before taking herbs, especially if taking medication.
Exercises:
Chest openers, arm stretches, forward bends, shoulder pose-setubandhasana and twists. Hugging yourself stretches the back of the heart.
Arms lead to the heart and all the fire meridians run along the arms from the fingers.
Chest openers open the heart and stimulate the muscle of the heart and twists push blood and qi/energy into all of the organs. Forward bends massage the intestines and shoulder pose opens the intestines and encourages blood to move from thighs into abdomen.
Pranayama:
Look with eyes to heart and rock - left right 9x, then spiral hands around heart whilst rocking 9x, feel heart cleaning out and deleting negative emotion.
Interlace fingers, inhale raise arms over head, look up, exhale “haw”.
Lower hands, look down to earth mother; forgive, forget, let go of hatred impatience, hastiness.
Open heart, send Love Joy Happiness and appreciation, activate the heart send peace, love and joy
It is believed to help regulate the heart and promote calmness and emotional balance.
Sheetali Pranayama: make a tunnel with your tongue (if this is impossible bring your teeth to just touching) inhale through the mouth into the belly, hold breath for 3 seconds
allowing the belly to cool. Exhale the heat through the nostrils as if you are a dragon exhaling fire, do this 3-4 times to keep cool and calm.
Bhramari Pranayama: Cover ears, lips just touching, teeth slightly touching and hum, making a bee buzzing sound, this will help to regulate heart and clear the mind, slowing down heart rate and blood pressure
Symbol: Red Triangle
Season: Summer
Sound: Ha (pronounced "haw") – Cools excess heat in the heart, bring joy into balance, ease agitation
Negative Emotion: Hate, Haste, Impatience, Over-excitement
Positive Emotion: Love, Joy, Peace, Openness, allowing
Taste: Bitter
Organ Yin: Heart
Time: 11am-1pm
Organ Yang: Small Intestine
Time: 1-3pm
Body Tissue: Blood Vessels
Body System: Cardiovascular and Brain
The Fire Element - Summer
Spring is the time of new beginnings, a time of birth and flowers blossom, summer allows that birthing to come to full fruit.
After the blossom forms the fruit grows, we just need to keep the worms out.
As the weather heats so do our bodies, with that the expansion of the blood vessels, the blood pumps more efficiently through the body, giving nourishment to our organs and glands. In summer it’s important to keep the heart at a regular beat and the blood at a comfortable temperature.
After cleansing in spring, in summer we need to nourish, rejuvenation is an important factor to remember..
The fire element is placed as the biggest element, due to the heart being the pump that keeps the body alive; it sends blood and energy/qi/prana out to all of the organs via the meridians, arteries and veins. It removes unwanted waste products and carbon dioxide and is the driver of the entire circulatory system.
The small intestines absorb the nutrients from the food we eat and send it back into the blood via the liver. The liver washes the soul imprint from the food we eat so that we can shape it into our soul.
Be kind to your heart, smile and feel happy, even when you're not! Fake it til you make it. When going to sleep at night and waking in the morning put a smile on your face and release with the sound ‘ha’ three times. This will give your blood a beautiful texture, increase the blood flow to the brain and back through your body. Then when hate and frustration arrive at your doorstep you will deal with it differently by creating this autonomic programming.
Becoming over excited places too much heat into the small intestines, it increases our blood pressure and heart rate. Stay calm, keep your cool to ensure efficient absorption of nutrition from the intestines into the blood and lymph without creating acid. The best way to do this is with sheetali pranayama.
It is important that we practice non-verbal art, allowing emotions from the heart to be expressed without the head getting in the way. Art helps get the heart into a warm and comfortable rhythm, it is another way of “getting your rocks off”, we feed energy to the heart and soul to release build up, tension and discontentment, leading into a life of joy and fulfilment.
Keep the heart at a regular beat and the blood at a comfortable temperature, to avoid the feelings of Hate, frustration, feeling lost or vulnerable as it takes away our creative drive and internal peace.
Postures to open the heart are cobra, plank-all, exercises and stretches using the arms (the arms lead to the heart and fire meridian runs along from little finger up inside of arm) and Chakrasana-Full back arch.
Most importantly yoga nidra to slow the heart rate down and bring your rhythms into balance
Throughout the day remember to keep your shoulders down and back and slightly lift the top of your chest.
All forward bends aid the small intestines along with uddiyana bandha. Salute to the sun creates efficient circulation and regulates your fire channel.
Enjoy your lovely warm summer filled with love, peace and happiness!
Foods:
All food grown locally in the season –
Summer is the time to nourish after our “spring” clean.
Eat summer foods, mostly the red ones. Stone fruits help to cleanse the blood especially yummy plums, cherries and berries they keep the system alkalized. Beetroot a great blood cleanser, try this with yoghurt and dill.
The heart loves deep greens such as parsley, spinach and soybeans.
Basil stimulates the muscles around the heart.
Oats soothe and clean the small intestines and nourish the nerves.
Good oils such as avocado, salmon, olive oil, flaxseed and nuts to nourish intestines and blood.
Herbs:
Garlic and Echinacea will clean the red and white blood cells; it is a natural anti biotic.
Slippery elm will suck the old mucosa lining from the small intestines and pull a new one through; it helps to rid parasites, which strongly affect our behaviour and health. You may also notice this is a great aid for arthritis; take one heaped teaspoon in a glass of water stir well, drink first thing in the morning before eating or on your oats or yoghurt, do this for 6 weeks to get it through the entire digestive tract (if you miss more than two mornings begin from start). Be sure to drink plenty of water through the day, as it tends to thicken and bind.
A good strong strand of pro biotic after this will give you a healthy gut flora aiding the immune and brain health.
Always check with your health practitioner before taking herbs, especially if taking medication.
Exercises:
Chest openers, arm stretches, forward bends, shoulder pose-setubandhasana and twists. Hugging yourself stretches the back of the heart.
Arms lead to the heart and all the fire meridians run along the arms from the fingers.
Chest openers open the heart and stimulate the muscle of the heart and twists push blood and qi/energy into all of the organs. Forward bends massage the intestines and shoulder pose opens the intestines and encourages blood to move from thighs into abdomen.
Pranayama:
Look with eyes to heart and rock - left right 9x, then spiral hands around heart whilst rocking 9x, feel heart cleaning out and deleting negative emotion.
Interlace fingers, inhale raise arms over head, look up, exhale “haw”.
Lower hands, look down to earth mother; forgive, forget, let go of hatred impatience, hastiness.
Open heart, send Love Joy Happiness and appreciation, activate the heart send peace, love and joy
It is believed to help regulate the heart and promote calmness and emotional balance.
Sheetali Pranayama: make a tunnel with your tongue (if this is impossible bring your teeth to just touching) inhale through the mouth into the belly, hold breath for 3 seconds
allowing the belly to cool. Exhale the heat through the nostrils as if you are a dragon exhaling fire, do this 3-4 times to keep cool and calm.
Bhramari Pranayama: Cover ears, lips just touching, teeth slightly touching and hum, making a bee buzzing sound, this will help to regulate heart and clear the mind, slowing down heart rate and blood pressure
