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.

• In Winter time life is consolidating. The colder, shorter days push us to seek time indoors for the warmth, rest and regeneration.
• The Water element represents the power of water in its effortless flow (eg rivers/seas) which eventually becomes still (eg ice/ponds/pools)
• Yoga for kidneys (improve motivation and sexual energy) and bladder to support your spine (increase self confidence) – reduce backache, headaches and hormonal imbalances.

COOKING TIPS:

Use good quality sea salts, slower and longer cooking styles that help develop mineral content.
Include more water, beans, miso, all root vegetables and seaweeds.