01/28/2025
🌿🐍 Happy New Year(Chinese/East Asian/Luna-Solar)!! 🐍🌿
This year, we step into the Year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Each year in Chinese Astrology corresponds with one of the 12 zodiacal animal, an element and either yin or yang.
This year, the Yin Wood Snake we’re reminded of flexibility, balance, growth, and transformation. The Snake embodies wisdom, intuition, and renewal, while the Wood element encourages new beginnings and nourishing vitality. Here's how we can align our health practices with these energies for a harmonious year ahead:
🌿 Let this year be a time of renewal and health—just like the snake shedding its skin.
Snakes have long been associated with health and medicine. The ability of the fangs to pierce the skin is reminiscent of surgery, injections or acupuncture. The intertwined snakes of the caduceus has become a universal symbol of medicine. 2025 is a perfect year to focus on cultivating your inner wellness!!
🧘♂️ Cultivate Wisdom and Inner Peace
Patiently waiting and seeking dark cool corners in the earth, the snake has long been a symbol of hidden, inner knowledge. Practice mindfulness, meditation, and deep breathing to let go of mental clutter. Cultivate serenity to allow your body and mind to thrive.
🌳 Embrace Transformation
Just like a snake sheds it's skin, a plant must change from a tiny seed into a giant tree. Change isn't always easy, but it's the only constant in life. Whether it’s committing to a new workout routine or adjusting your diet, transformation is the key to growth. Small, consistent changes will lead to lasting improvements.
🌱Nourish Your Body Like Wood
Just as trees grow strong and steady, fuel your body with fresh, plant-based foods. Prioritize greens, fruits, and whole grains to support vitality and internal growth. Focus on nourishing your liver (the organ associated with Wood), which governs the smooth flow of energy. Do whatever makes you feel the most vital and healthy!
🍃 Flow with the Seasons
The snake and wood energy is all about growth and movement. A cold blooded animal, a snake must always be ready to move to a new place to adjust it's temperature. A plant must grow toward the sun adapting to the weather, other plants, animals eating it and more. Through flexibility and wisdom we can follow our own path, yet remain cautious of dangerous territory to not get bitten. Be sure to stay active—walk, stretch, and embrace the rhythm of the year.
🌿 Let this year be a time of renewal and health—just like the snake shedding its skin, we can shed old habits and rise stronger, healthier, and more aligned with nature’s rhythm! 🌿