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Autumn is the season of Metal, of the Colon and Lungs.<\/em><\/p>\n Ultimately, it behooves us to tap into more than just the rhythms of the day, but also the intervals of the weather, the ecology and the soil. This is an age-old concept that we may have lost touch with as we\u2019ve gained the luxury to buy bananas in the midst of the cool, dark and damp days of autumn. But why would you cleanse with season?<\/em> Consuming these foods will enable you to step into sync with the season. P.S. Tend to your best intentions and intestines with this season\u2019s cleanse\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Group Cleanse Dates: November 13 – 19 And get ready for some deep release.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m a big fan of reminding people to tune into the rhythm of the day – the circadian rhythm. I call it “catching the wave”.
\nHippocrates, in teaching the \u201cdoctors\u201d of his day, said:
\n\u201cConsider the seasons of the year and what each of them produces.\u201d<\/em>
\nHistorically, not only healing, but also diagnostics, was approached in keeping with the seasons. This was true in Egypt, in Greece, in China\u2014all over the globe.
\nIn fact, early Chinese physicians developed the Five Elements Theory to help determine how our bodies and minds change and respond during different seasons. For instance the winter may produce feelings of fear, the summer the sensation of joy and fall may trigger feelings of grief.
\nIt\u2019s understanding how these elements live within us<\/strong> that we can further tune into how we\u2019re feeling and more easily turn to the foods of the season that can heal and nourish us.
\nAutumn marks the end of the growing season.
\nAutumn also beckons us to turn inward, to release much of the external energy that calls to us during the warmer months.
\nThe essence of this season supports our letting go of waste,<\/strong> eliminating what we no longer need, and illuminating what\u2019s most important. Just like the trees around us\u2014shedding their leaves and revealing the endurance and capacity of the branches usually hidden from our view\u2014we are brought back to our core.
\nIn keeping with these yearly junctures, each season I invite you to join me to tap into the healing secrets of the season.<\/strong> By doing so, you also harness the healing secrets innately within you.<\/em>
\nEach season I offer you a cleanse that\u2019s in rhythm with the season and as we turn the calendar to November, that means the Autumn Cleanse is just around the corner (we begin next Monday, November 13th).
\nRegistration for the Autumn Cleanse is open now and there\u2019s Special Discount Pricing<\/strong> available through Thursday night that you don\u2019t want to miss (it\u2019s just $67 for this one week program if you enroll by this Thursday!)<\/p>\n
\nI love how the New York Times<\/em> food columnist Molly O\u2019Neill describes autumn like old age; like something that creeps up on you and is suddenly there. She says:
\n\u201cGradually you begin to bend inward, and one day you are surprised to find yourself immersed in yourself.\u201d<\/em>
\nShe also says:
\n\u201cAs the season leans more toward winter and squash changes from summer\u2019s watery sponge to dense gourds, life slows down and so does cooking, gradually. First you think of chowders, then soups, then bisques. In the end, everything is stew\u2026. Lacking the surging juices of summer\u2019s ingredients, fall produce generally benefits from slow, moist cooking. So does the human soul.\u201d<\/em>
\nAnd while the banana might not have a place in your late autumn shopping cart (depending, of course, on where you live), let\u2019s consider the harvest bounty that you can enjoy to catch the wave of the season\u2026<\/p>\n\n
\nFrom there, the seemingly impossible might happen.
\nThe beauty of eating with the elements, eating these very foods at this time of year\u2014as we\u2019ll be doing the Autumn Cleanse \u2013 is that they actually work to heal and repair the organs associated with the season.<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s<\/em> why we cleanse with the season.
\nIn the fall, we turn our attention inward, to your lungs and primarily your colon. Autumn presents the opportunity to harness your internal resolve, self worth, vitality and endurance. It also invites the release of emotional upsets and grudges, as well as anything else we might be holding on to physiologically and psychologically.<\/strong>
\nExhale and release what you don\u2019t need.
\nTurn inward. Turn to the kitchen. Turn to the soup pot.
\nTake a turn for YOU.
\nAnd ponder one last quote by our friend Molly, who reminds us, as we step into the rhythm of the season, to find the buried honey in the bitterness of our food and our lives:
\n\u201cTime is what there is most of in fall. Like spring, autumn is a wrinkle, some days taut and other days loose, between summer and winter. It is a season of waiting and subtle foreboding, hence a season in slow motion rift with yearning. The cook becomes an alchemist. She turns the hard into the yielding, the dry into something unctuously moist, brings the dead back to life, finds the buried honey in the bitterness. All in her own sweet time.\u201d<\/em>
\nWarmly,
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<\/p>\nAutumn Cleanse<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nGet ready to focus on healing your digestion and your elimination (and most particularly your colon) and nourishing your body for the season ahead.
\nThe Special Discount Pricing<\/strong> is available through Thursday night (it\u2019s just $67 for this one week program!)
\nThis is One Week of Easy and Nourishing Foods for Your Mind, Body & Spirit!<\/strong>
\nEnjoy simple soups, steamed veggies, smoothies and tea elixirs.
\nYou\u2019ll have access to all the teachings, instructions, protocols, community and 24\/7 online support, all from your very own home.<\/p>\n
\nNot surprisingly, it’s in the best interest of your health to rise with the sun and sleep when it’s down, to catch that wave of the day, like a skilled surfer. Defying these daily patterns will inevitably take a toll on your well-being.
\nBut what about the seasons?
\nIs there another wave you could be catching to optimize your ability to ward off illness and seize your physiological stamina?
\nWhat do the seasons tell us about our health?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[184,167],"class_list":["post-7467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-lifestyle-support","tag-detoxification","tag-nutrition"],"_yoast_wpseo_sitemap-include":null,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":null,"_yoast_wpseo_redirect":null,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":null,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":null,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":null,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":null,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"eat with the elements | Functional Nutrition Alliance","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"What do the seasons tell us about our health? It behooves us to tap into more than just the rhythms of the day, but also the intervals of the season...","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"nutrition elements","yoast_head":"\n