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Part II: The Wood Element Within the Body/Mind/Spirit A healthy Wood Element gives us: • a sense of hope and vision for the future • a sense of purpose and direction in life • the flexibility, adaptability and vigor to carry out plans What happens if Wood is out of balance? Someone who lacks vision and purpose might feel like
Part I: The Essence of Wood Energy There’s a special, sensual delight when the first signs of Spring appear. Light returns and life awakens. The darkness and dormancy of Winter departs. Trees bud out. Seeds burst from their pods. Birds return. Young creatures are born. The transition from Winter to Spring – from Water to Wood – is perhaps the
Seasonal crossroads are times of transformation in the inner and outer worlds. Adams Community Garden is an oasis of quiet tucked back from Cornell Road, a busy commuter thoroughfare between the City of Portland and its western suburbs. The Garden lies in the embrace of Forest Park, a miles-long wooded area within the City limits. In this peaceful, sylvan setting,
Persephone, Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld “Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And Spring comes green again to trees and grasses.” In the poem, A Spring View, cited in the earlier blog post, A Spring View, Du Fu evokes the feeling of new growth and hope emerging after a time of war. We might
Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And Spring comes green again to trees and grasses Where petals have been shed like tears And lonely birds have sung their grief. — Du Fu (ca. 750 C.E.), from A Spring View, trans. Witter Brynner Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu lived through many years of devastating warfare in his homeland
“The lotus blooms in muddy water.” (a traditional Buddhist saying) I make my home in Cascadia, the damp and forested bioregion of the Pacific Northwest which extends westward from the crest of the Cascades, through river valleys, old coastal mountains, and to the rugged beaches of the Pacific. Spring in Cascadia is a long, wet and messy affair. With mild
