taoist late summer - supporting earth element

As the days become shorter and nights cooler, we can feel that the summer has already passed its peak intensity.
Late summer season starts, and it is goverened by the Earth element.

Among many gifts of Earth we find:

• stability
• caring
• nourishment
• connection
• contentment
• sharing
• understanding.

It is a good time to have a self reflection on how these gifts are manifesting within us.

• Is there enough stability in our lives? Are we reliable?
• What is our relationship with eating? Do we eat when we are hungry or we tend to 'eat our emotions'?
• Can we give and receive in a healthy way, without sacrificing our own needs or feeling entitled?
• Are we satisfied with our lives as such, or there is always something missing?
• Do we connect with others easily or tend to feel isolated?
• Why do we feel like that? What stands in our way to feel better?

If we feel our Earth needs support, we can stengthen it by:

• adding yellow elements to our homes and outfits
• eating yellow fruits and vegetables
• going on Earth walking meditation
• adding Earth / grounding poses to our yoga practice.

Earth walking meditation:
Go to the place where you can feel contact with nature. Take off your shoes if possible. Start walking at a slow but steady pace (without stopping or changing tempo). Feel heavy, like if you were made of mud. Breathe slowly, steadily and deeply -  below your navel.

Grounding restorative yoga poses:

• wide angle forward fold
• bound angle forward fold
• child's pose
• prone deer leg twist
• prone half frog
• prone tree pose
• prone bound angle pose with elevated feet

Earth yin (taoist) poses:

• bear
• earth posture
• cow
• toad
• tortoise
• komodo dragon
• ape

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