Spring Rituals to Support Your Lymph
Spring Equinox is the balance of light and dark. The time of the year when the number of hours of sunlight equals the number of hours of darkness! Magic! Flowers like crocus will start to poke up through the snow on the prairies in about a week or more! Can’t wait!
The return of the sun ignites the fire of growth in this season. I find it so joyful to welcome back the longer days and get a dose of more sunshine each day! I get more lymph movement outside with walks, skipping, and I do more errands on my bike or on foot. How about you?
I encourage you to embrace the sunlight energy happening in nature around us as well as the lightness in the air. My kids seem to pick up on the extra sun energy and are still often wide awake near their usual bedtime. If you notice your kids are more awake this time of year, know that they might be tuned into the solar energy a bit more than us adults and they need a little extra help winding down. Foot massages with tallow balms can do wonders! It's a tried and true ritual in our house this time of year., along with sleeping masks, closing the curtains in their bedrooms, and sometimes a cup of chamomile tea.
As a lymphie, what changes do you experience in the spring time? Do you notice a difference in your skin, swelling, pain, or moods?
Spring can awaken energy within us to cleanse and try new things! I think as a lymphie, it’s a great time to tune up our self-care strategies to get us into good habits before the summer heat comes and we want to just hide or find the nearest pool to cool off! Swimming can be your best friend in the summer. It’s mine.
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Spring Rituals:
Feel the sunshine and embrace the daylight. Take in a nature walk in the daylight hours for 20 min. Touch some trees with your barehands and feel their grounded energy and invite it into your body to ground with the trees.
Plant some seeds - figuratively and/or physically. We've included a small batch of Calendula seeds in our Spring Wellness boxes. If you have children or grand-children, planting seeds with them can be a wonderful ritual to do together and give them lifelong memories and skills. See a cute infographic below from an email list I’m on by Meagan Rose Wilson, another seasonally-minded enthusiast that I follow.
Spring clean our homes and physical vessels like - rooms, drawers, clothes closet, purses, lymphie cabinets or drawers, and phone.
Spring clean our bodies on the inside - by tending to our inner river system - our lymphatics, liver, kidneys, lymph vessels, and spleen energetics. Potions we have that can help with that are the Rooted Tincture made with Burdock, Dandelion, Cleavers, and Poplar Buds, and a new rooted tea blend called: Herbal Cafe Mocha, or inviting in new cleansing rituals like Tongue Scraping, or try out an Ayurvedic detox online or in person. All 3 of these items are in the Spring Wellness Boxes!
Spring cleaning our bodies on the outside - with dry brushing 3X a week or go for a Lymphatic Drainage Massage. This type of massage is gentle and really effective. It is something I have gone for frequently in the past for my Lymphedema. I would recommend my Massage Therapist Lee, who is a Certified Lymphatic Therapist with the Vodder School. His business is in the community of Riverdale in Edmonton, Alberta and is called Shape & Flow.
Herbal Foraging of Springtime months:
Spruce Resin & Poplar Buds (right now is a good time),
Willow bark (early spring)
Dandelion Greens and Dandelion Roots April-May,
Lilacs in May,
Spruce Tips in May-June
Plantain in May-June
Nettle in May-June
These herbs can be very helpful for lymphies addressing our unique skin, and immunity challenges, as well as supporting our detoxification pathways with bitters like dandelion root and leaves, as well as nourishing and salty herbs like plantain and nettle.
