summer 2009 - highlights from the newsletterSummertime! The season of vitality, energy, movement - as well as intuition and nonverbal intelligence. In Chinese medicine, each season has many associations: with the environment, our emotions, our bodies.organs: heart, small intestineemotion: joy/sorrow color: redtaste: bitter sound: laughclimate: heatdirection: southelement: firequality: ripeingsense: speech smell: scorchedfluid: sweattissue: blood vesselsheartSummer is the season of the heart and its paired organ, the small intestine. Associated with the fire element, these organs heat, energize and  and circulate. Now is the best time to strengthen their functions with regular sweat producing exercise. Getting moving now sets a foundation for easier warming and circulating in the colder seasons.A heart imbalance can manifest as cold hands and feet, high blood pressure, overeating, feeling afraid to go out, insomnia, "over joy" (joy/fear that keeps you from sleeping or being able to focus), prolonged sorrow.

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