Spring 2022: date and tips for taking care of your health this season

Spring 2022 starts on September 22 at 10:03 pm, along with the entry of Sun into Libra. At first, spring is considered a cheerful, happy, contagious season, especially for those who live in places where the winter is long, cold and dark.

The season brings with it longer days, with more sun and more activities. For plants it is time to be reborn, to bloom, to germinate.

However, for some people, these spring months can also bring irritability, moments of greater anxiety, sinusitis, allergic crises and even colds.

How to Enjoy Spring 2022

Spring is a time of expansive movement and growth, of creativity and planning. In oriental medicine, spring is linked to the wood elementwhich governs the liver, gallbladder and tendons, i.e. responsible for the smooth flow of energy and blood throughout the body.

Being a more active person and spending more time outside can be great ways to strengthen your liver and gallbladder energies during Spring 2022.

One of the guidelines for this season is to imitate the trees and flowers that sprout and emerge. That is, allow yourself to germinate, grow, blossom and achieve bigger and better goals during the spring.

The importance of the wood element

The wood element is soft, persistent and full of creative potential. That is, super important in our life. This is because it holds the power to be and to become, to be true to its own nature and to become more and more yourself, expressing its needs and desires more clearly.

This element gently penetrates the earth to capture water, the source of all life. From our roots, we find the energy to move forward with strength and firmness of purpose. And in that way, we remain flexible and true to our nature.

Emotions and feelings associated with the element of wood

angerfrustrationirritabilityreactivity

When in balance, anger can be a healthy emotion as it can make you move, it is a natural reaction to stress, frustration or injustice.

By expressing anger in balance, this emotion can act like a storm that will clear the air. Thus, it will dissipate tension and restore balance.

Wood element out of balance in life

In imbalance, wood often results in excess or depletion. When it is disabled, it presents itself as difficulty in dealing with anger and, in this way, the person can end up:

swallowing their emotions feeling anxious and irritable constantly guilty having common frustrations constantly complaining repeatedly quitting

Some problems associated with wood element imbalances can be seen as, for example, muscle tension, tendon and ligament injuries, sciatica, headaches, migraines, irritability and outbursts of anger.

In addition, the person may also have visual disturbances, menstrual irregularities and fibroids. There are also sometimes digestive disorders, including heartburn, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcers, high blood pressure, insomnia, and mental confusion.

How to Activate the Wood Element in Spring

In our daily lives, the wood element is in green and brown. That is, in the representations of trees! So, try to get in touch with these colors, whether on a walk or in meditation. You can also use these colors on your clothes or accessories and even on your plants at home.

In addition to making the wood element more present in your life with the colors green and brown, you can use it in your daily life by drinking water or teas, such as basil, boldo and dandelion, for example.

By drinking water, we make the wood element fed and nourished. Thus, he helps us to have less movements of irritability, reactivity and frustration. Water helps us manage our emotions.

How to Stay Healthy and Cheerful During Spring

Move yourself

The liver needs movement and so do you, so go outside safely and take long walks, in nature if possible, observe the changes happening around you and invite changes to come in. Challenge yourself and start exercise or yoga.

Accept the beauty of chaos

Organize your home, work, office, home office and get rid of the things you don’t need, those you couldn’t get or separated in the winter. Donate and create the space for the new to enter. Allow new things to enter your life.

Eliminate toxins and purify

Spring is a great time to start a healthier diet and flush out toxins so your wood element can do its job more effectively. Start by eliminating foods that stress your liver and gallbladder.

Don’t overeat. Try eating more slowly, savoring the flavors. Enjoy the abundance of fresh, green food.

Flow with your resentments and start over

Grudges, angers, frustrations and resentments are indigestible and can damage the liver’s energy. Practice forgiveness through integrative practices and meditations.

Take a breath and courage, time to try something new

Think about what you would like to try, even if it seems silly or scary. The tiny, delicate bud would never know its potential if it stayed safe within its seed. Start sprouting, let yourself bloom.

take care of your body

Drink water daily. Use filtered water, at room temperature, if possible non-carbonated. In addition, you can add some lemon juice, mint leaves, and other liver-nourishing herbs.

The taste of Spring is acidic. Therefore, excess or lack of acidic foods, such as citrus fruits, can unbalance the energy of the liver. So, use them sparingly.

Sprouts, small leafy greens like parsley, cilantro, chives, basil and oregano are great in spring. Leeks, vegetables, onions, celery, bread with wholemeal flour and spinach, for example, are very good during this period.

In addition, dandelion and boldo teas are also recommended. You can also try salads dressed with fresh lime and miso soup.

Some integrative therapeutic practices such as, for example, Pranic Healing, Acupuncture, Reiki and flower essences are wonderful instruments in this process of preparing for Spring. Also, breaths and meditations (such as the twin hearts) to help us adapt to the changing seasons.