{"id":1847,"date":"2016-08-07T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2016-08-05T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:14:30","slug":"seasonal-support-for-late-summer-chinese-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Support for Late Summer- Chinese Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/late-summer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1853\" src=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/late-summer-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Hello to you all,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A cheer for our full summer of August weather as I hope you are too enjoying. \u00a0August marks the spirit of summer in full as I find everything comes to be under the sun with the same intensity of which it shines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To be in alignment with the late summer weather we do ourselves well to take inventory of this intensity and see how it can feed our spirit of health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Chinese Medicine the <strong>late-summer (Earth element) is a transitional season<\/strong> taking us from heat, active Yang slowly into the cooling Yin, energy of the fall. The intensity of the heat acts as a catalyst of movement of energy through the body at rapid pace while our \u00a0is in its prime we do ourselves well to consider how it can be affecting our body internally and what we can do to support it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<strong>Earth Element organs<\/strong> <strong>stomach and spleen<\/strong> are most active in late-summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The stomach secretes acids and enzymes for churning the food. The spleen the largest organ in the lymphatic is balancing fluids and filtering the blood as it passes through supporting the immune system. So support for our digestive and lymphatic systems is key.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Here are some tips:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong> Food-<\/strong> Naturally our desires for foods that cool along with our sweet tooth&#8217;s come together during this season which can overtire our digestive system and leave us lethargic. So to address this look to eating foods that cool, bring moisture and have lightly sweet tastes watermelon or cantaloupe for fruits and veggies like beets, zucchini and cucumbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Exercis<\/strong><strong>e<\/strong>&#8211; Get moving- of course this is always something we should do but anything that supports blood flow is great and good stretches to extend and elongate our spleen energy-muscles that can become tight and rigid. An early morning workout will target spleen active period. A lymphatic massage afterwards can be a nice treat. Along with this before you hit the shower do a full body skin brush or skin rub to remove toxins and increase blood flow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Meditations-<\/strong> Give yourself a chance to be still. \u00a0Observe the nature of heat on the body and be mindful of \u00a0your mood, energy and level of attention as it fluctuates through your day as you engage in the heat bearing activities of your day. \u00a0Give your mind a cool down from the worries \u00a0relax from the days events as you would your body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enjoy your August light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In health,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Safara<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello to you all, A cheer for our full summer of August weather as I hope you are too enjoying. 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