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.

• Autumn arrives as the trees lose their leaves and the climate becomes cooler and dryer.
• The process of contraction begins in the environment and within our own body. – Often we are more susceptible to colds/flues as a result
• Autumn is when we shed the abundance of summer and we can let go of grief and “old baggage.”
• Yoga for cultivating vitality and optimism using your breath (lungs) and for efficient elimination – balanced judgement and decision making (large intestines)

COOKING TIPS:

Wholegrain, nuts and seeds, white vegetables (cauliflower, daikon, cabbage, onions) Pickling and preserving is most beneficial to the bowels.