Practice flexibility and plant a garden this spring.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Spring is the season associated with the element wood. Wood represents flexibility and stability simultaneously. Think of a bamboo stalk, it is as sturdy as bone, yet flexible enough to bend with the wind in the strongest storms. A wooden flute turns the human breath into song. Like the Liver and Gallbladder organs, wood cleanses. The gallbladder meridian runs through the temples, side of the neck, ribs, hips, IT-Band, outer calf and the 5th toe. The liver meridian runs from the liver, down the inside of the legs, and through the inside if the Great Toe. We need flexibility in our temples, thorax, ribs, and legs in order for our liver and spleen to digest fats and detoxify our blood.
Visualize your anger and frustration transforming into a fresh sprout in your gut that will grow into a sweet song this summer. The sun is now overtaking the darkness in the Northern Hemispheres and in our bodies. Cleanse your body with lemon water and eat your greens to align with the season's energy.