This post is a brief reminder on the importance of the Fall Seasonal transition. I want to thank author and Nutritionist Paul Pitchford from his seminal text Healing with Whole Foods (3rd edition, North Atlantic Books) for the inspiration and much of the information in this post. From Pitchford: “Late Summer, a short and relatively...
Not only is it the beginning of Fall in the Western calendar, it is a special period of two weeks called Pitṛ Pakṣa or the ‘Ancestral Fortnite’ in the Indian calendar. I recently engaged in an ancestral ritual according to Indian tradition. It was simple, accessible, and felt deeply meaningful. I learned about the practice...
Image: NATIVE FAMILY, Joseph Lycett, c.1819, watercolor. National Library of Australia. In Chinese Medicine, the fire element greatly influences a great many functions of our body and mind, most notably the digestive and metabolic processes. Due to it’s complexity, this is more of a poem: O, Fire! Outside you are the radiant sun, self-sustaining combustion...