We may begin to experience stiffness, tightness and joint pain (esp. When we push ourselves beyond our own limits to the point of total exhaustion by overworking, over committing, over analyzing, consuming too many chemical stimulants- we begin to deplete our essence (vitality) and disturb the Kidneys and Water element. It is our bones and joints that are nourished and lubricated by the Water element. The power of water gives us the flexibility and fluidity for movement. Water is a shape shifter and is able to adapt to the hardness of what lies in its path by yielding. It our will, courage and instincts that help determine our life’s purpose. Just as the buried seed which contains the potential for life in the winter, sprouts spontaneously from the darkness in springtime, forges and pushes ahead against all obstacles in its path upward toward the sky where it becomes what it is meant to be, it is this will for life that has brought us all here to this very moment. The Water element is about our courage and will. Their virtue is wisdom and the emotion associated is fear. They imbue us with the desire to grow, flourish and age gracefully. They store our essence (called Jing in TCM) which our parents gifted us at the moment of conception and contain the seat of our vitality. The Kidneys are a very important organ because they are the root of both the yin and yang energies of the body. Winter is associated with the Kidneys (and Urinary Bladder) and with the Water element, according to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Like the trees that have shed their leaves and stand bare against the horizon, it is in this deep, dark mysterious place where we let go of the things that need to die, in order to hold and contain the potential for new life to surge forward in the spring. In this abounding darkness, the ultimate yin, we travel into the world of the water element. We begin to dive deeper into the abyss of the cold and wintery months ahead as the winter solstice approaches. In the coming growing season, resolve to stay connected to this inner light and then everything you do will be illuminated and guided by your inner wisdom.This month we leave the Metal element of Fall behind and continue our journey forward. Bring your awareness back to it whenever you feel alone, troubled, confused, or are at a crossroads and uncertain about which path to take. The world, let your actions be guided by this divine lamplight. Following the Solstice, as you spiral back out into On a spiritual level we create a sacred space at the Solstice, by pausing and taking time to reflect on, and connect with, the light within, enabling us to radiate warmth and sunshine out into the dark days of winter. The time for action is approaching, but it is not here yet. The light will continue to expand up until the Summer Solstice in June, when having reached its fullness it will once again begin to wane. The new solar year has begun the light is expanding, and the days will gradually lengthen again. However, although it is not apparent to us yet, the Earth’s energy has shifted from: darkness to light moon to sun yin to yang water to fire inner to outer and from contemplation to action. Winter stretches outīefore us the sun is low in the sky and casts long shadows and summer still seems a far-off dream. The Sun, reborn at the Winter Solstice is like a new moon for the first few days of the moon’s waxing cycle the new moon is not yet visible in the sky in the same way at the Winter Solstice it is not immediately evident that the light has returned.
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