March brings the movement of Water into Wood, Winter into Spring. For our bodies, we experience the power of Water nourishing and infusing Wood. The energy that Water gives to Wood allows for sprouts to emerge fresh and new from branches, and for new leaves to emerge from the inner growth and energetic storage that occurs during Winter.
The organs associated with spring are liver and gall bladder. The color is green.
The liver is associated with the eyes – for example if you have jaundice which is the liver not doing its job properly; you see the yellow in the eyes. Vision – or seeing and imagining what you want to create. This is the spring energy.
Emotionally, spring connects us to the spirit of birth, renewal, growth, expansion, and all that is creative. It is a time for the warrior within to emerge and it is a good time of year to cultivate this energy by strengthening our daily disciplines, creating new goals and creative projects, transforming dietary habits, and cleansing our bodies, and our homes. It is a time of hope, possibility, and inspiration. It is a time to stretch oneself as the new sapling that allows itself to bend in the spring wind.
It’s time to continue a yoga practice as you stretch and tone the body. As soon as possible, get outside to exercise and just to enjoy and see spring happen. Our diets need more green living foods: Fresh sweet immature greens like sprouts. Leafy greens, and things like asparagus and spinach. These help tone and clean the liver.
