Image: Black Crescent Moon
Season: Winter
Sound: Choo (pronounced "choo") Regulate and nourish the kidneys and promote vitality and longevity, eases fear, and restores deep reserves.
Deep sighing
Negative Emotion: Fear
Positive Emotion: Courage and Faith
Agriculture: Dormancy
Environmental Factor: Cold
Direction: West
Virtue: Wisdom
Animal: Monkey – Free Will
Sense Organ: Ears
Taste: Salty
Organ Yin: Kidneys
Time: 5-7pm – Store nutrients, build bone marrow, suppertime
Organ Yang: Bladder
Time: 3-5pm – Energy restored, liquid waste released, work and study
Body Tissue: Bone
Body System: Reproductive / urinary
Finger: Ring
Energy Pattern: Flowing
Winter is a time of self-reflection and deep emotional states.
Autumn is the time for letting go, leaves fall from the trees, snakes shed skin our skin dries and flakes. We allow the Debris to dissolve into earth mother as her nourishment, we are preparing the soil for another of our own spring blossoming.
Winter arrives the weather cools and we begin to retreat. We are left a little raw after the shedding of autumn and begin to look inside. Reflecting on our year of events what we need to let go of and other parts of us that we need to build stronger.
We begin to feel on a deeper emotional level, as we reflect, we create ripples in our waters. We see what has been and then dream up what can or will be. Allowing our waters to flow with the current of our intentions and with earthly and universal guidance. Lifting out of fear and move into excitement as we dream up our change.
Winter is time to use the cold winter months, the cool contractions pull you inward giving time to self-reflect and feel deep into your bones. Then create a plan to genetically modify our seed. Allow yourself to flow in the current of your intentions with emotion and self-belief, listening to earthly and universal guidance.
The kidneys and bladder are working hardest in this season keeping our fluids clean and our emotions cool. If these organs are depleted, we may experience fear, which has the ability to set off many other emotions such as anger and anxiety. Once we give these organs a boost, we will begin to feel excitement, easily modifying our seed (creating the unknown outcome of change) we use courage to plant the seed in spring allowing ourselves new growth.
Earth, we prepared for change, air we nourished the earth with all we let go of that would prevent change, water we self-reflect and make clearer decisions on what we want and modify our seed, spring that seed is planted and the warmth of the sun bursts the seed open. Fire we give intensity and allow that blossom to fruit. We focus now on protecting our boundaries so the worms don’t get (we don’t allow sabotage).
"Winter is our deepest, most emotional time, we move deep into our bones, revealing our hidden treasures". It is our time of dreaming; day and night.
Dream clearly and specifically, feel it and believe in it and see it. This is how we genetically modify in alchemy. Daydreams are just as or more important as night dreams, we are visualising pictures in our mind and visualisation is our most powerful tool.
Herbs:
Corn silk tea or a little juniper berry is great to cleanse the kidneys and the entire urinary system so why not try this for a week or so. Juniper berry is quite harsh but a strong alkaliser, it is excellent if you have toxic kidneys. Chew about five berries just a little to crush them and put in enzymes from your saliva, spit them into your cup, pour boiling water over them and place a cover such as a saucer over the cup to trap the steam, which carry the most volatile oils. Once you can hold the cup comfortably for the count of ten without burning your hands, the tea is ready to drink. You should only drink juniper for approximately five days.
Always check with your practitioner before taking herbs.
Food:
Eat grounding, winter root vegetables such as sweet potato, pumpkin, potato.
Adzuki beans are great to help balance the hormones of the kidneys; cook beans in water with kelp and add sweet potato.
Exercise
Ear Tapping and ear rubbing and I mean rubbing are of great benefit as the ears are strongly related to the kidneys. The ears are an indicator of your kidney function; tinnitus is a sign that your kidneys may need help as well as mid back pain (between the top line of hips and lower ribs). Golden, smelly urine is often a good sign that you are dehydrated.
Bhujangasana, dhanurasana, chakrasana, all back arching poses help to cleanse and strengthen the kidneys.
Remember to counter pose with child pose, it is great for opening and cleansing the kidneys, you will feel an improvement to those sore backs as you create space for the discs between the vertebrae.
Another lovely yet simple exercise is to rub upward on the kidneys at the mid back to filter and give them warmth; give them a gentle pummel too.
The kidneys and bladder deserve a little treat for their hard efforts, your fluids will be clear and you will hold extra prana (life force), which is what we are mostly made up of. Clear, clean fluids and plentiful supply of prana creates perfect health and a courageous mind.
Pranayama
Bhastrika - rapid panting breath. Inhale and gently force the abdomen to expand, exhale gently force the abdomen back toward the spine; ensure you are working below and above the navel. Begin slowly progress into a rapid breath. Practice as long as comfortable. Only breathe slowly with heart disease, high blood pressure or peptic ulcers.
This breath will oxygenate the blood, creates heat and flushes waste and toxins. It tones the digestive organs, cleanses the frontal lobe of the brain. Balances and strengthens the nervous system, inducing peace and tranquillity.
Season: Winter
Sound: Choo (pronounced "choo") Regulate and nourish the kidneys and promote vitality and longevity, eases fear, and restores deep reserves.
Deep sighing
Negative Emotion: Fear
Positive Emotion: Courage and Faith
Agriculture: Dormancy
Environmental Factor: Cold
Direction: West
Virtue: Wisdom
Animal: Monkey – Free Will
Sense Organ: Ears
Taste: Salty
Organ Yin: Kidneys
Time: 5-7pm – Store nutrients, build bone marrow, suppertime
Organ Yang: Bladder
Time: 3-5pm – Energy restored, liquid waste released, work and study
Body Tissue: Bone
Body System: Reproductive / urinary
Finger: Ring
Energy Pattern: Flowing
Winter is a time of self-reflection and deep emotional states.
Autumn is the time for letting go, leaves fall from the trees, snakes shed skin our skin dries and flakes. We allow the Debris to dissolve into earth mother as her nourishment, we are preparing the soil for another of our own spring blossoming.
Winter arrives the weather cools and we begin to retreat. We are left a little raw after the shedding of autumn and begin to look inside. Reflecting on our year of events what we need to let go of and other parts of us that we need to build stronger.
We begin to feel on a deeper emotional level, as we reflect, we create ripples in our waters. We see what has been and then dream up what can or will be. Allowing our waters to flow with the current of our intentions and with earthly and universal guidance. Lifting out of fear and move into excitement as we dream up our change.
Winter is time to use the cold winter months, the cool contractions pull you inward giving time to self-reflect and feel deep into your bones. Then create a plan to genetically modify our seed. Allow yourself to flow in the current of your intentions with emotion and self-belief, listening to earthly and universal guidance.
The kidneys and bladder are working hardest in this season keeping our fluids clean and our emotions cool. If these organs are depleted, we may experience fear, which has the ability to set off many other emotions such as anger and anxiety. Once we give these organs a boost, we will begin to feel excitement, easily modifying our seed (creating the unknown outcome of change) we use courage to plant the seed in spring allowing ourselves new growth.
Earth, we prepared for change, air we nourished the earth with all we let go of that would prevent change, water we self-reflect and make clearer decisions on what we want and modify our seed, spring that seed is planted and the warmth of the sun bursts the seed open. Fire we give intensity and allow that blossom to fruit. We focus now on protecting our boundaries so the worms don’t get (we don’t allow sabotage).
"Winter is our deepest, most emotional time, we move deep into our bones, revealing our hidden treasures". It is our time of dreaming; day and night.
Dream clearly and specifically, feel it and believe in it and see it. This is how we genetically modify in alchemy. Daydreams are just as or more important as night dreams, we are visualising pictures in our mind and visualisation is our most powerful tool.
Herbs:
Corn silk tea or a little juniper berry is great to cleanse the kidneys and the entire urinary system so why not try this for a week or so. Juniper berry is quite harsh but a strong alkaliser, it is excellent if you have toxic kidneys. Chew about five berries just a little to crush them and put in enzymes from your saliva, spit them into your cup, pour boiling water over them and place a cover such as a saucer over the cup to trap the steam, which carry the most volatile oils. Once you can hold the cup comfortably for the count of ten without burning your hands, the tea is ready to drink. You should only drink juniper for approximately five days.
Always check with your practitioner before taking herbs.
Food:
Eat grounding, winter root vegetables such as sweet potato, pumpkin, potato.
Adzuki beans are great to help balance the hormones of the kidneys; cook beans in water with kelp and add sweet potato.
Exercise
Ear Tapping and ear rubbing and I mean rubbing are of great benefit as the ears are strongly related to the kidneys. The ears are an indicator of your kidney function; tinnitus is a sign that your kidneys may need help as well as mid back pain (between the top line of hips and lower ribs). Golden, smelly urine is often a good sign that you are dehydrated.
Bhujangasana, dhanurasana, chakrasana, all back arching poses help to cleanse and strengthen the kidneys.
Remember to counter pose with child pose, it is great for opening and cleansing the kidneys, you will feel an improvement to those sore backs as you create space for the discs between the vertebrae.
Another lovely yet simple exercise is to rub upward on the kidneys at the mid back to filter and give them warmth; give them a gentle pummel too.
The kidneys and bladder deserve a little treat for their hard efforts, your fluids will be clear and you will hold extra prana (life force), which is what we are mostly made up of. Clear, clean fluids and plentiful supply of prana creates perfect health and a courageous mind.
Pranayama
Bhastrika - rapid panting breath. Inhale and gently force the abdomen to expand, exhale gently force the abdomen back toward the spine; ensure you are working below and above the navel. Begin slowly progress into a rapid breath. Practice as long as comfortable. Only breathe slowly with heart disease, high blood pressure or peptic ulcers.
This breath will oxygenate the blood, creates heat and flushes waste and toxins. It tones the digestive organs, cleanses the frontal lobe of the brain. Balances and strengthens the nervous system, inducing peace and tranquillity.
