Energetic Summer is characterized by the element of Fire, the color red, the emotionality of joy in balance, light, warmth, and flowering according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM is a deliberate and very holistic health science and system proven over thousands of years. The data the ancients gathered was meticulously compiled as a result of keen observation of both humans and their cosmic environment. The system offers a very elegant prescription for living in harmony with the five seasons to achieve the highest degree possible for you of vitality and health. In this article, we focus on one way to live in harmony with energetic Summer using the element of Fire.
Summer is an expansive, outgoing, social kind of season of increased light and warmth. Celebrating certain of Summer’s attributes can take on a whole new meaning when you approach it mindfully.
Outdoor barbecues and picnics allow us to take in the light of the powerful sun of Summer. Just be sure to balance your intake of midday sunlight with sunrise or sunset sunlight. There’s a health reason for this. Visit our blog, The Positive Benefits of Negative Ions for Skin and All Around Vitality to learn why you should balance the two. It’s really very important.
In addition to modulating the way in which you take in the Summer sun, you can applying a number of feng shui principles to your home, property or party site this Summer. All these support you in your quest to live in harmony with energetic Summer according to TCM.
Brighten the path to your party or front door with solar powered lights, torch lights or luminaria.
Host an evening bonfire for friends. In addition to enjoying the raging fire, with the palms of your hands direct the light from the fire into your aura–the electromagnetic field that surrounds the body. Let the light feed your aura which also is light.
Throw open your curtains and let the sunshine cleanse your home of mold spores and bacteria. These can’t grow in a naturally brightly lit environment. Moreover, the sunlight will actually draw good energy into your home.
Light a lamp with a red lamp shade inside your home. Enjoy its warm red glow in the evenings.
Enjoy the evening on your porch, patio or doorstep with an oil lamp lit nearby. You may even want to burn an oil lamp with a red globe.
Be a kid again and stick some pinwheels in the ground; the petals are sharp and pointy (the symbolic shape for energetic Summer according to TCM) and make sure they're bright in color as in red, orange and yellow. This is not to mention that pinwheels are very apropos for Summer since they resemble sunbursts.
Grow some sunflowers and bring them into the home to brighten up your spaces. Bring any colorful summertime flowers into your home or office for that matter. This is definitely the season for it.
Keep your environment bright by day and lit by night to celebrate well the Fire element's blazing movement and joy.
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This article was originally published on May 12, 2016 but has been updated on May 28, 2021 for freshness and comprehensiveness.