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11 tips for a healthy winter – make your winter whimsical, not woeful


Does winter leave you feeling congested or cosy? Sick or strong? Does the cold crisp air leave you


devitalised, or invigorated? Grab a hot mug of golden milk, rug up and read on to discover how to get through this season flushed with health.


by Casey Conroy S


tillness. Silence. What emotions do these words conjure up in you? These words describe the energy of winter.


For most modern-day folk, these are uncomfortable concepts. “Oh yeah, I should meditate, but I’m just so busy!” Addicts to any kind of doing, many


of us have been conditioned to think that if we aren’t moving, achieving, or acquiring, then we are wasting time. We value ourselves only if we are doing something, and we may think that people who don’t do much are less valid members of society. We are


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orientated toward productivity and the accumulation of wealth and possessions, rather than toward the accumulation of wisdom, self-knowledge and spiritual strength. We live in such an extroverted society


that it is hard for us to imagine how we would actually manage to find some time to be in silence – but be (somewhat) still and quiet we must, because this is winter, folks! If we don’t take heed and follow the withdrawing energy of this time of year, our bodies will force us to rest with some form of illness – a cold perhaps, or aching joints that groan at


the thought of that annual ski trip you meticulously planned. Now obviously, it would unbalance us


in the other direction if we all laid down and decided to just ‘be’ for the next three months, but perhaps we could use a little more stillness in our lives, and I don’t mean sitting in front of the telly, watching people kill each other and cheat on their spouses. I’m thinking more of sitting in front of a campfire, or a lake, or a tree, and just being. According to traditional Chinese


medicine, winter is ruled by the water element. It is the time to take heed of the


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