The Dance of Rhythm - Autumn and the Colon/Lung/Metal Element relationships

In my health business/practice, we offer four cleanses a year - one in each season.  There are many reasons for this.  In Nature, and in our bodies (of which is a part of an unseen reality that is connected to and integrated with "nature."), there is a time of day, and time of year where each bodily system is more "active" and others less. This is called The Circadian Rhythm.

In the Fall, the metal element in some Eastern traditions it is named, has as its two main organ systems the Lung and Large Intestine (colon).  By offering focused foods, herbs, and supplements to both detox, nourish, and balance/harmonize, we have more leverage and our money/efforts go further than if we choose a time and place that is "willy nilly."

In some views, this metal element is viewed as the rhythm maker, the timing maker, the in and out health of our being.  In other words, this system helps determine healthy versus unhealthy balance between taking in - via breath, via food, via sight, any sense, and letting go in the same areas.  So we ask in my life these questions about balance of in and out:

• In-breath versus out-breath. 
• Food going in and waste going out.  
• Ability to listen, or take in something in our lives
• The ability to let go with fluidity and grace versus hanging on when it is unskillful to do so.

In Nature we can observe plants doing this in the Fall:

• dropping their fruits/seeds for next year
• dying back if an annual plant
• Perennial plants draw in their life force deep inside (watch a tree's leaves this time of year) which is seen as yellowing and browning of the leaves, it appears dead.

In the human, this is the season of adaption to the change of weather from summer to winter, from heat and dryness and light to darkness wetness, and cold.  Our internal systems adjust, and our blood quality changes.  We call this "cold and flu season."  But not in my practice.  We say those who get sick is not just from exposure - which puts us in a disempowered position.  Through 20 years in practice, I see those who are well nourished, have a solid self-care, and are aware and awake to their internal shadows, do NOT get sick as much or at all.  These folks are willing to take complete responsibility for their health, not just blame "some bug out there."

By joining the group, or forging ahead alone in cleansing and balancing these systems, then we become more of partcipant in our health.  This is empowered health.