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This PORTAL resource review teaches you about congruence to enhance your understanding of harmony with seasons and Qi flow.

Seasons are seasonal, change is a constant, after all.

No matter how chill one may be, we humans can find change challenging. Seasonal attunement is a thing and late summer, the 5th season, is a time for reflection, rest and some prep work.

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Harmony includes aligning with the environment around us, and one source of knowing harmony is congruence. Carl Rogers, developer of person-centred therapy defines the term congruence as alignment between the real self and the ideal self.

Congruence is a state we can cultivate awareness of and manifest, if we so decide. When our head, heart and actions are in sync, personal power is phenomenal. The body is where we get confirmation of the yes or no that is congruence.

'Yes, I share' or 'no, I contain' are examples of congruence in response to another's ask of "do you want to talk about it?"

This is easier said than done!

For 4 years (Sept 2020 to March 2024) I was in a leadership program in which Rogers' work was at the foundation of our learning. Working with the 4 skills required to relate across difference (Congruence, Empathic listening, Empathy and Unconditional Positive Regard) I learned, practiced and led. I also grew tremendously. Since I completed this program I have been integrating and applying what I know into all aspects of my Life and relationships.

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Leadership and advocacy for Life is what I do, treatments are where I do it. You are who I do this with, and we create the world.

The work being done in Acupuncture, Shiatsu, food consults and coaching is directly influencing non-profits, movements for a Free Palestine, community well beings and So. Much. More.

All along the way Yin Yang theory applies.

Balancing the Yin and Yang of all life is a practice of congruence.

I've completed something akin to a master's in leadership, human development and relating, though my training wasn't through a formal institution. I have 22 years of practice and advocacy in a TEAM context. I am also a Taurus Sun (stubborn), Cancer rising (caring) and a Sagittarius Moon (adventure, let's go!). I offer a well being revolution to you, communities, the web of all you touch and all Life.

Quality healthcare is a life right, from easing headaches with needles to treating a bone that isn't fusing with acupuncture, education and advocacy.

With this awareness, I present the August Resource review...

Tips, practices and reflections to support congruence and experience sovereignty. Rooted in Self & place, inseparable, and somehow still individual, from all Life.

We individuals, are connected.

PORTAL RESOURCE REVIEW

Eat

Drink so much H20, eat watermelon, steam veggies, chomp fruits

Drink even more water to lift you up.
Eat watermelon and mint for internal air conditioning.
Veggies and fruits give us water, plus nutrients. Check out kale, radish, spinach, apples, cucumber, carrots, celery and berries. Raw or lightly cooked are the way to go for high heat.

Move

Activate flow in all three burners of your body.

The San Jiao represents an organ with function but no form. Encompassing the lower, middle and upper areas of the torso, this System is closely linked to the immune system and to regulating temperature. When we help the body to move Qi in the Fire organs, everyone benefits.

What insights bubbled up to touch your consciousness, if any?

Pursue

Awareness is heightened when you rest amidst activity.

Heat can make for fuzzy thinking. To get clear try having 2 glasses of room temperature water and an hour of stillness while you take in ATTUNE and learn about mental balance and the 5 Spirits.

Connect with your Heart's desires and make Fall/Winter a resource for harvest and deep reflection.

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Community Connections

The Eight Branches of Chinese Medicine includes our environment. Community is a factor of health. This section boosts humans and groups I heal and evolve with.

Aatash Intuitive Astrology

"If there is one thing I will repeat over and over again as an astrologer is this:

The energies don’t do anything to us or make anything happen. They only mirror to us who we are and what we’re doing to bring us into alignment."

- Shadi of Aatash

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See you next month with the September edition of The PORTAL.

with care,