In the three months of winter, all is sealed and stored. Sleep early, rise late, and wait for the light of the sun. Leave the cold for the warm; do not let the skin leak, lest the qi be seized away.
冬三月,此谓闭藏……早卧晚起,必待日光……去寒就温,无泄皮肤,使气亟夺。 ——《素问·四气调神大论》
Water · Kidney · Store
After the gathering comes the storing. Autumn draws the spirit-qi back; winter stores it in the deepest place.
Not an ending. A waiting. The deeper the storing, the stronger the spring.
Dragon Maiden
Kept Warm
The practice of winter has its theme: 藏 — to store; to turn inward, to sink down, to drive the root deep.
The Season
立冬
Beginning of winter — the body draws its energy inward.
大雪
Deep snow — stillness at its fullest.
冬至
The turning point — light begins its slow return.
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