Spring Equinox is a powerful seasonal time that has been celebrated by ancient peoples throughout human history, and can be meaningful to us, here and now. This is a great time to pause and to celebrate the moment of this potent shift around this time.
Here are 12 Ways to Celebrate:
Watch the Sunrise. Listen to the bird’s dawn chorus through an open window.
Spring is associated with dawn and new beginnings: what is new for you right now? What would you like to see bloom in your life right now?
Go outdoors for a walk – and like an egg hunt – look for signs of Spring, they are all around.
Choose one plant, bush or tree to observe throughout this Spring to observe the wonders of its transformation.
Walk barefoot for as long (as you can stand it) to tune into the rhythms of the Earth in Spring.
Open a Window: listen to the sounds of Spring and breathe the air.
Get out your windchimes and face towards each of the four directions to give thanks, and perhaps to ask for Spring direction.
Build a nest! Indoors: perhaps in a bowl with yarns or a favorite scarf and fill it with stones, crystals and flowers and other outdoor findings. Outdoors: with what you find from nature’s bounty.
Eat a special egg dish or bake bread with whole eggs in it as decoration.
Create a Spring altar with things sacred to you this Spring. Light a candle.
Organize your seeds for planting and imagine where you’ll plant a new tree, shrub or plant this Spring.
Send gratitude and thanks to the rhythm of the upward inspiring energy of Spring in your life
Your Immune System is a complex web of cells, tissues, organs and systems. With some loving Self-Care it’s possible to strengthen and balance from the inside out with these easy practices to help you to stave off viruses, infections, bacterias, allergies and auto-immune illnesses:
1. Practice living a Balanced Lifestyle as best you can:
Eat fresh, unprocessed, well-cooked foods. This strengthens the digestion and the Spleen, one of the main immune players in the body. Aim for five cups of fruits and veggies daily. And reduce energy depleting foods which can weaken the immune system: sweet, sugary, alcohol and caffeine.
Drink plenty of water. This is great for they Lymph system, Mucus membranes and the Lungs – all important in the immune health...
“A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new eyes.
We are all connected ???? like a web of underground knowing, feeling and nourishing each other. And we can become aware of this support and community by being quiet, by spending time in nature, by being with other beings, and other reflective ways.
Amazingly, Canadian scientist and curious seeker Suzanne Simard found that underground in the forests, trees talk to each other! Forests are communities of language and support. I love her groundbreaking work. Because her proof of unity within forests, she’s offered us a lense into how we are all connected: with each other, with all beings and all nature – helping each other and caring for each other as community and cooperaters.
This is significant and reflects how each one of us is so important to the Whole – we affect each other, most times without knowing it. You have the power and potency to lift someone, to help someone heal, to help someone feel loved. Your thoughts and feelings underground are sending messages???? just like in the forest.
