Embrace Winter: 3 Ways to Savor this Season, Part I

by | Jan 26, 2017 | breakfast, gut health, Mindfulness, Muscles, Nutrition, Stress, stress management, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yoga

When it is cold and barren outside during the winter months we are presented with a beautiful opportunity to turn inwards. We seek the physical warmth of dwelling within warm homes. We are also required to seek the energetic warmth within our own spirits. This is a time to look deeper into the hidden energies reflected in the natural world around us.

This winter, consider embracing the season for what it is, honoring our natural tendency to seek external warmth and rest during these darker days. When many creatures in the animal kingdom are hibernating, what are ways we can also slow down and learn from this time, rather than resist and try to go on with full yang energy?