✍️Wᴇɴᴅʏ Bʀᴏᴡɴ 文婷中医
Winter Solstice · Dong Zhi · 冬至 · Qi Node begins on December 21st – 22nd
This is the point in the year where the extreme of Yin energy is upon us, and hence, in the Universal balancing of Yin-Yang, Yang begins its return. In so, we enjoy the increasing presence of light. Warmth, rest, and reflection puts us in harmony with the contractive Yin nature of Winter. Keep Yang Qi strong by avoiding prolonged exposure to cold. Eat warming, nourishing foods. Sleep, but not too long as too much sleep produces too much Yin. Move, but in a gentle manner, as with T’ai Chi Chuan and Gentle, Yin, Restorative yogas. Mindfully preserve Kidney Essence and keep a conservative perspective with regard to bedroom activity. Introspection is called for. Contemplate your forthcoming life, reveling in the austere beauty of this moment and season.
Heaven engenders water to make Earth fertile.
Water dwells in the North, is the season of Winter, and among viscera pertains to Kidney.
Water represents the elemental trigram of Kǎn☵ in the iChing Book of Changes.
Water flows onward, uninterrupted, reaching its destination.
“Being sincere, one has purity and thus meets with success.”
Well-Wishes, Health and Light to All.
