HARVEST TIME OF GRAINS, GRAPES & FALL PROJECTS
Dr. Shanti Mayberry
Labor Day marks the shift from summer into the transitional extra season—Indian summer, where afternoon bursts of heat are sandwiched between cooler mornings and evenings. The expansive yang energy of summer is slowly contracting into the yin of fall, a new school year and creative projects to manifest.
Chinese medicine considers this time to be the fifth season and to relate to the stomach/spleen and the Earth element. This is the season where the inspirations of summer must return home to be grounded into form and when the grains and grapes of the fields must be harvested and stored before the frosts of late autumn arrive.
Noticing the changes in our natural environment and celebrating seasonal foods keeps us attuned to the Earth’s cycles and generates a sense of harmonious flow and living in the Now. So many blessings for this harvest season of Creativity, Bread & Wine.
