Late Summer EARTH Qigong
By incorporating earth Qigong practices into our daily routine during late summer, we can align ourselves with the energy of the season.
The Qigong practices change during the year
Late Summer - The Beginning of Autumn
In Chinese medicine, this change of season marks the transition from summer to the beginning of autumn. Late summer is a short period associated with the Earth Element - just before the cold sets in and autumn begins. Time seems to slow down, and in late summer, everything turns golden. Enjoy every moment.
The end of the heat is the first sign of Late Summer.
Temperatures cool down. At the same time, the earth offers its bountiful gifts, such as ripening pumpkins, earthy flavors, and heavy seeds.
The element of Earth is associated with Late Summer
In Late Summer, nourish your spleen and stomach, and enhance your connection to the earth element within and around us.
Just as the earth provides a stable foundation for all life to grow and thrive, our earth Qigong practice can help us establish a strong foundation for our health and well-being. Through mindful movement, breath work, and meditation, we can cultivate a deeper sense of balance, centeredness, and trust in the natural rhythms of life.
The "Healing Sound" of Late Summer is a guttural sound (out of the throat) “GRHOOH” and the healing colour is yellow, like the rich yellow of the blooming sunflower this time of year.
The Earth element helps us to digest and absorb our life experience, and is associated with transforming, nourishing, and change
The spleen is associated with worry, overthinking, obsession, and self-worth issues. These emotional imbalances can manifest as physical symptoms, impacting our energy levels and mental clarity.
Recognizing these emotions and states held in the spleen is the first step towards restoring balance and harmony within ourselves.
In contrast, the balancing and natural energies of the spleen encompass qualities such as trust, openness, resolution, centeredness and balance.
Late Summer is the time for grounding and re-balancing. So, this is a perfect opportunity for you to come back to your center
Earth energy gives strong muscles. Muscles that are out of balance become weak and vitality is depleted.
The"opening", the sense of the spleen in Qigong and Chinese Medicine, are mouth and lips (taste.)
The daily warm up exercises for Late Summer which are aimed at balancing the body by stretching the muscles, loosen the joints and release physical tensions.
Qigong practices for Late Summer: Tao Motion Healing Tai Chi; Embracing the Tree; The Golden Phoenix washes it's feathers a.m.
