Despite the fact that Springtime tends to be a wild ride between cold and warm weather, blustery winds, downpours and perfect blue skies, it is a time of expansion, growth and such sweetness.
After Winter, we are so ready to get outside again that those days (sometimes hours) of perfect weather feel like the most delicious gift. The ancient Chinese medical texts talk about the energy of Spring as the time to “pace in the courtyard with great strides, hair loose, body relaxed, exerting the will for life.”
We see this “will for life” all around us. Baby animals are being born, little shoots of green are working their way out of dark soil, tight buds are transforming into explosions of color. I don’t know about you, but I feel such tenderness seeing all this happen around me. Spring offers a sense of “live and let live.” Everything has worked so hard to make it through the Winter, you just want to cheer it on.
There is a particular emotion connected to the Spring energy, and this is Benevolence. Benevolence is defined as the “disposition to do good.” Nature calls us at this time of year to be especially kind, flexible and generous. This goes not only for the delicate new growth in nature, but the hope for our own expansion.
So now is the time to be kind to yourself, to nurse your dreams and personal growth, and to be generous to those around you who also hope to grow and change.
See you in the treatment room.
