• Rise early – and get enough sleep: Get the most out of daylight. Summer in Maine is beautiful, but all too short – so make the most of it. Don’t stay up too late playing and exhaust yourself – remember the heart fi re needs rest to balance.
• Drink lots of water and seek the shade: Cool down and hydrate to prevent heat exhaustion and dehydration. Avoid direct sun in the middle of the day – moderate and protect yourself.
• Remember sun screen and good quality sun glasses.
• Eat a variety of fresh foods: Browse the farm stands, pick from your garden, and indulge in the abundance and variety of fresh foods. Summer diet allows for more raw and cold-natured foods. Cooling foods are lettuce, leafy greens, cucumbers, water melon and citrus fruits.
• Beware of over-indulgence: Be moderate with that cool beer, and beware of iced coffee drinks and ice cream – it’s easy to take in too much sweet and fatty food in the disguise of a cooling treat. The best way to cool down is to drink water.
• Eat bitter fl avors: the bitter fl avor strengthens the heart and bal- ances its fi re: lettuces, chicory, endive, watercress, cilantro, parsley, and a little dark, bitter chocolate and black tea or coffee in moderation.
• Play, be silly, and let your inner child out. • Hug more: Reach out from your heart, give and receive hugs.
• Pause to smell the roses: Taste the fl avors of summer. Awaken your senses. Slow down consciously.
• Appreciate life and fi nd joy in the little things. • Find your heart’s desire and live from your heart.
Meret Bainbridge,
L.Ac. has been a licensed acupuncturist in Maine since 1997, and a registered Jin Shin Do® acupressurist since 1992. She studied Jin Shin Do with senior teachers Gail Hubatch in New Mexico and Kamala Quale in Oregon. Meret’s German background as clinical psychologist attracted her to the bodymind approach of Jin Shin Do, which in turn led her to study acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She offers Jin Shin Do as self-standing therapy, and frequently incorporates it into her acupuncture treatments. Meret teaches introductory acupressure for self-care, and has fall classes scheduled through Windham-Raymond Adult Ed,
http://windham.maineadulted.org/. Meret Bainbridge prac- tices at Acupuncture by Meret, 222 St. John St., Suite 137, Portland, ME.
www.AcupunctureByMeret.com, phone 207.878.3300, e-mail: meret@
acupuncturebymeret.com. See ad on page 5.
Pick up Essential Living Maine at these great locations:
New Morning Natural Foods HB Provisions Rosemont Market Fresh Approach Micucci’s Grocery Lois’ Natural Foods The Farm Stand
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