04/03/2026
Let’s transition gently 🌿
Spring nervous system reset | Yoga, TCM & Art Therapy
I thought I would pop on here show my face a little and say hello to you all. I’m feeling the shift are you?
Here in Stockholm we can feel it now.
The light is changing.
The body always senses the season before the mind does.
Spring isn’t a command to reinvent yourself.
It’s a biological and energetic shift.
In yoga, mindfulness and Traditional Chinese Medicine, this season relates to the Wood element ~ vision, direction, growth, and the Liver meridian.
When Wood energy is supported, we feel clarity and momentum.
When it’s stuck, we feel frustration, overwhelm, or restlessness.
Instead of forcing change, here are 3 gentle ways to support your transition:
🩰 Side Body Stretching (Wood Element Support)
The Liver meridian runs along the inner legs and opens through the side body.
Slow yin shapes, gentle twists, or simply reaching one arm overhead and breathing into your ribs can:
• Support emotional flow
• Release stored tension
• Help frustration transform into movement
Spring is about circulation, not pressure.
I love to spiral myself and there’s a lot of tea cup movements flowing through my body right now no matter where I am I find a moment to spiral and stretch.
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🌿 Art Therapy Practice: Create a “Vision Branch”
Draw a branch on paper.
Let small ideas grow from it ~ no goals, no timelines.
This activates creative cognition instead of stress-based planning.
You can place it on your wall and keep adding to it over the next few weeks.
Growth doesn’t happen in one decision 🌾 it happens in layers.
Vision is Wood energy in motion.
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🪬Clear One Drawer
Not your whole house.
Just one drawer.
Small acts of physical organisation reduce cognitive load and improve executive functioning. When we create order externally, the brain experiences micro-completion signals.
Less visual chaos = less nervous system activation.
Spring isn’t about productivity.
It’s about creating space for direction.
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You don’t need a full life reset.
Just one small movement forward.
Which one will you try?