More than just a seasonal shift, the Equinox acts as a mirror, reflecting the rhythms of our own becoming. It invites us to soften into presence, to notice what is happening within, and to embrace the delicate balance between stillness and movement, receptivity and action.

The Equinox is a reminder that balance is not a fixed state, but a process—one that asks us to return to alignment again and again. Spring’s mirror reflects a relative balance between light and dark, not only in the world around us but also within us. It is a time to pause and feel the harmony between rest and activity, the Yin and Yang of life. Our inner landscape, like the Earth, is ready to shift.

Movement as medicine, cleansing as rebirth, and flow as liberation: these are the sacred gifts of Spring. February holds the delicate threshold between stillness and movement, between the deep Yin of winter and the rising Yang of Spring. Can you feel it? The shift in the air, the faint call to stretch, to grow, to shed? How is this transition echoing within your body? What whispers of change is it sharing with you as the seasons turn?

As we step out of the bold and dynamic Yang Wood Dragon Year, we are invited into the more mature yet equally potent realm of the Yin Wood Snake. The Dragon's energy pushed us to expand outward and rise to new heights with courage and determination. Now, the Snake asks us to coil inward, tap into our intuition, and integrate the lessons of transformation into something sustainable and meaningful.

Chinese Medicine offers us an anchor point to return to over and over again in order to help us transition with a bit more ease. Within the 5 Element/Phase Theory 五行 Wǔxíng, we have Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. In many traditions, the Earth element is placed in the center as this serves as a resource for the other elements to transition into one another.

Each element, representing a major season, dips into the Earth element in order to help bring us forward into the next season. Earth represents the Late Summer season but also all of the in-between times between the major seasons.