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Healthy Eating: The Five Element Way—Phone Seminar-invitation
As your body’s energy becomes balanced, you become more aware of what’s healthy for you, and what’s not.
In this third of four 30-minute sessions on Healthy Eating—The Five Element Way, Kitty Bradshaw will explain what ‘balance’ is, why it’s essential for improving and maintaining health, and how to achieve it through food choices.
And to nurture this new knowledge, Kitty will give you a simple, age-old recipe that will help you experience what balance is.
WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH—1:00-1:30 PM (PACIFIC TIME)
WHERE: Call in on your telephone
HOW: Conference Dial-in: 1-218-862-1300 / Conference Code: 527149
For more information: info[at]biom.net | (206) 842-6936
Benefits From Healthy Eating—The Five Element Way
✔ Improve digestion.
✔ Have more energy.
✔ Sleep better.
✔ Think more clearly.
✔ Generally feel better.
Balance Is Vital
Knowing how to keep your body’s energy balanced has been part of the cultural wisdom of the East for thousands of years.
This information is especially VITAL today for people living in stressful times and needing more balanced energy.
Healthy Eating—The Five Element Way leads you in the right direction.
A Healthy Liver: Eating the Five Element Way
In our online food class: Healthy Eating—The Five Element Way you can learn how to create a healthy, balanced body by balancing what you eat—based on the Five Tastes of Food.
Here’s a class discussion we had recently about how balancing the tastes of food in a meal can affect health.
Stillness ... then the bat
Flying among
the willows
Black against green sky
— Basho
Question
Since I have found I enjoy the addition of a sour component to several foods I often eat, does that indicate my liver may be out of balance? I would not describe the situation as being a craving as such. It seems like it is more of a flavor enhancement kind of thing.
Answer
Yes, your choice of adding the sour taste to your food is an indication that your Liver could use some rebalancing—and enhancing the flavor of your meal with a bit more of the sour taste may be just what your Liver needs.
On the other hand, to make the point: If one were craving sour food, that would indicate a more significant imbalance with the Liver energy, which might require a more vigorous technique like acupuncture or Chinese medicinal herbs to get the Liver rebalanced.
Keep an eye on your consumption of sour tasting foods and see how much of them you’re choosing; perhaps make some notes in your food journal.
There are also Chi Kung exercises you can do to keep your Liver balanced; (we’re planning to show some in a future course).
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
How To Protect and Strengthen Your Lungs In Autumn
Dancing gold
The forest rustles
Alive with surrendering leaves
— Lao Xian
Fall has begun. This is the time of year when the Lungs and immune system are working hard to help your body adapt to the changing weather.
Working together, your body’s organs are a networked system that receives, transforms and transmits energy. A balanced system is a healthy system, and in Autumn, you want to make sure that your Lungs get tuned-up.
Lungs Are Most Sensitive In Autumn
The Lungs are the focal point of your body’s energy network in Autumn. Now is the time to do some very simple things that will protect your Lungs from the forces that cause cold and flu, and prepare them to deal with the dampness and cold that comes with Autumn and Winter.
Five Ways To PROTECT Your Lungs
- Use a scarf or collar to cover the front and back of your neck when you go outside.
- Avoid drafts and wind.
- Wear a dust mask, or other cover, when working around dust, spores or other airborne contaminants.
- Use Chinese medical herb formulas, or other internal protection, to guard against colds, flu and other contagious illnesses.
- Be mindful of any intuitive insights you may have regarding your health.
Five Ways To STRENGTHEN Your Lungs
- Eat foods that nourish the Lungs. These include: daikon radish, lotus root, maiitake mushrooms, and Chinese herb formulas.
- Get enough sleep.
- Reduce and keep stress low. (Easier said than done ... but doable.)
- Pace yourself. Make sure to save some of your energy).
- Begin developing—or maintain—an inner practice like meditation or deep breathing to help your body relax and rejuvenate.
So, as the days continue to shorten and the nights get longer, remember to slow down to match the deepening of the seasonal energy.
Conserve and enjoy!