Spring

Spring Reflections

General Qualities

• Spring brings increasing sunlight and warmth, and new growth.
• It is associated with “bursting forth,” “breaking open,” renewal, new life.
• Students may have “spring fever,” be engaged in purging, cleansing or other physical pursuits, or starting creative projects.

BIRTHING A NEW VERSION OF OURSELVES

Increasing sunlight and warmth from longer days restores our ability to clearly see the dark corners of our lives that are ready for change. Nature is on our side now and guarantees us an opportunity to birth a new version of ourselves. Will you seize it? – Kristi Zimmer, LMP 

LONGING TO BURST OPEN

Spring is a time to burst forth, to come out, to spring into action, to manifest outwardly what has been simmering underneath. The sap is rising in the trees and the buds are swelling, yearning to break open. Is there some way you are longing to burst open? Maybe transform your work or your health? Do something creative? Have a child? Try something new? Or maybe change has been thrust upon you and you are struggling to integrate it. – Amanda Coleman, LMP 

VITALITY & GETTING JUICY

Spring is the season of renewal, new life, new growth, and vitality both for the planet and for each of us. Vitality is one of the meanings of the word “juicy” and best expresses Maria Mendola’s recommendation for spring: “Get Juicy Now!” The idea being that being vital and getting juicy is about embodying health, radiance, contentment, and so much more. Juicy joints, juicy thoughts, juicy moves! – Yoga for Healthy Aging, Getting Juicy! Advice from Maria Mendola 

THE SPRING CAME SUDDENLY

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

IF SPRING CAME BUT ONCE A CENTURY

If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all the hearts to behold the miraculous change. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

NO WINTER LASTS FOREVER

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland