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For awhile now, I’ve talked about how the five elements are a fractal. In short, this means that the flow of energy of the five elements applies to everything. Lets see how it applies to new year’s resolutions and how this knowledge can help us overcome potential pitfalls. As a reminder, here’s how the five elements flow: Water: All ideas are born from water just like all life is born from water. We grow in the water that is our mother’s amniotic fluid, yes? The water element represents the truth and thus it is confronting this truth that we get our new year’s resolutions. Example – Stay Fit and Healthy (note: I got this example by googling “most common new year’s resolution”) A person would decide on this new year’s resolution by facing reality. This might happen by looking in the mirror and deciding they were overweight, or by putting […]

  5 Element Acupuncture – Metal Constitutions (CFs) That first chill of the fall hits me like a breath of fresh air.  The first sign that the mugginess of summer is going to break into the crisp cleanliness of autumn.  The leaves started falling early this year but that was mostly due to dryness, still important for this newsletter.  Metal elements can be tough to define sometimes and even harder to spot, but like the air that fills the lung (a metal organ), they can be aloof and tough to wrangle.   Summary of Metal CF attributes: Feeling connected to all things Self-worth issues and needing constant affirmation Seeing inspiration and need to feel inspired Completion Making sure actions are noted and made aware of appreciation Loving structure Can feel fragile Over-analysis and perfection The metal time of life starts when the kids grow up, move out and start their […]

5 Element Acupuncture – Earth Constitutions (CFs) Did you feel sometime in the middle of July when the heat waves started breaking into the rain?  Then it just got MUUUUUUUGGGGYYYYY.  The late-summer is not a season classically recognized by Americans, but we appreciate it in Acupuncture.  I know late summer has arrived when all of the late flowers start blooming (mallows, thistles, etc), cicadas come out, and the humidity gets brutal. Summary of Earth CF attributes:   Can have issues with getting needs met Need to be comfortable Can confuse their own lives with others.  Their life becomes all about another. Can crave sweets and attention.  Can become needy. Prone to over-eating or never eating.  Prone to being overweight Lives to eat. All about community and doing things together Can be the best mothers and want to mother everything   The Earth time of life for people typically starts around […]