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Autumn energies

I wrote in mylast postabout autumn being a time for shedding things that no longer serve us (on both a physical and spiritual level).
 
Both my kids approached me separately last night saying that they had a lot of things in their rooms that they don't really use any more, so they thought we should have a clear out! I'm glad they're feeling that energy of this time of the year.
 
There is another natural rhythm we feel, that of storage and preparation for the coming winter months, like squirrels store nuts!

Autumn

I'm really feeling the turn of the seasons this year. As the trees transform, lose their leaves anddraw their energy inward, we're also susceptible to the same changes in energy - for us as well as for the trees, autumn is a time to let go and release things that are not serving us.
It is a time of detoxing and elimination. Lumbars can ache due to the work that the kidneys are doing in this elimination process, and also (along with hips) due to the extremes of temperature and pressure that can happen at this time of year, from freezing at night to a bright sunny afternoon.