General concepts

Here are four simple diagrams showing some basic concepts. They are just one way of looking at each type of cycle and it must always be remembered that the cycle is not five stops along the way but one continuous journey and so the change from one phase to another is not simple to see. When considering the archetypes, remember that we all have aspects of all of them and so it is the action of one archetype with another that is of interest.

Water through the year

I thought it would be interesting to look at the different qualities of the elements through the year. It makes me wonder if this is helpful to look at whether we are in harmony with the element at various times through the day, year and our lives.

Five Elements are fun

We had great fun on the Shiatsu foundation course this week exploring the feeding and control cycles of the five elements. Not sure the pictures do it justice, perhaps you had to be there.