Five Element Theory

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CURRENT SEASON

Summer = Fire

Cooking tips:
Roasting, steaming and quicker and lighter cooking styles that incorporate raw and sprouted foods. Dandelion, alfalfa, lettuce and leafy greens, walnuts and corn

Sotai Therapies adopts the incredible meridian-based healing arts of Japan and China along with the Five Element theory - Elements relating to the seasons and then corresponding to the relevant organs.

• There is a transitional time between Summer and Autumn known as late or Indian Summer.
• This element is the centre of the 5 elements, it harmonises the energy between each season.
• Late Summer is a celebration of abundance from a plentiful harvest and the sweetness of life!
• Yoga to support the function and health of our stomach (cycles eg eating) and our spleen (nourished blood for greater desire for life and less worry/anxiety).

COOKING TIPS:

No food will nourish you properly when this element is out of balance. Chew your food really well to absorb and assimilate the sweetness/goodness of your meals to aid digestive strength and regulate blood sugar levels. Use sweet, rounded earth coloured root vegetables such as:

pumpkin, carrots and sweet potatoes. Include adzuki beans and millet.