Harness the energies of the Autumn Equinox

It's just 6 days until the 2nd biggest shift of the year and everyone I'm bumping into has either got a cold or is feeling low energy and under the weather.
Is this you?
I succumbed to a horrible migraine last weekend, one of the symptoms I’ve been getting with the menopause transition and now I’m sneezing a little! This is not unusual as our body reveals more readily, the load it’s carrying during these major transitions. Menopause being another of these major transitions but of course, much more prolonged than the effects of an equinox which is usually about 3 weeks.

Our Lymph

Amazingly, the direction in which our lymph flows dramatically switches from up the front of the body and down the back to up the back and down the front. It’s why lots of fluids and healthy eating is so essential to keep our lymph thin and moving with ease rather than thick and sticky (think of phlegm and earwax, both of which are lymph). Do you feel like you have a lump in your throat or do you over-produce earwax? These are signs of thickened lymph. Naturally in Winter our lymph thickens which is why it’s crucial to keep drinking your water, hot or warm and to eat well, exercise and get a good nights sleep too for proper cleansing (lymphatic flow). Any kind of exercise especially rebounding (like a small trampoline) helps lymph as it doesn’t have a pump like the heart. Hot and cold therapies are also fabulous for healthy lymph because it follows the circulation as the change in temperature creates movement. With cold, it follows the circulation deeper into the body and with hot it comes closer to the skins surface.


So what does the Autumn Equinox represent?

  • It’s a powerful energetic shift

  • It signifies the changeover from Summer to Autumn
    Just so you know, it's much stronger than the effect of a Full Moon and if you doubt the effect of that, you only have to see its effects on the oceans tides. We are nearly 80% fluid, 98% by molecular count so you can imagine what happens to the fluid inside and outside our cells. If we’re dehydrated, the effect of the full moon will concentrate that situation even more creating acidity which can show up as any kind of inflammation on the skin, in the joints, anywhere..

  • It has a massive detoxifying and cleansing effect on the body

  • If we work with it, we can look forward to a healthy Autumn and Winter free of chest infections, colds, aches and pains and feeling low


    If you're hanging onto stress and physical toxicity - it's going to be uncomfortable. Maybe your constipation is worse or you've got severe bloating or maybe you feel more anxious and fearful.

    If we harness these universal rhythms and work in harmony with them, we can use them as an opportunity to clear and prepare our vehicles, and do a complete 360.

    SO HERE ARE MY TOP TEN TIPS

    Follow them and you'll feel stronger, brighter and clearer than ever.

    1. Juicing (not blending sorry smoothie lovers unless you can make it like a vegetable juice then it's ok). If you're not keen, try my favourite combo of carrot, kale and celery. It's nice and sweet!

    2. Plenty of short grain brown rice. It bulks the bowel and provides plenty of moisture. Supporting our most important route of elimination to get those toxins out!! ( It soaks up toxins too which is useful)

    3. Go dairy-free. Dairy is super mucus forming and once past toddler age, we actually don't have the digestive enzymes to break it down so it often causes an immune reaction which is inflammatory.

    4. Go gluten-free. Most of us are dehydrated. It's impossible not to be with our modern environment and stress levels through the roof. Gluten really aggravates this dryness which upsets the bowel which upsets the liver and toxin levels rise ⬆️.

    5. Drink pints of warm water throughout the day, never more than 2 pints in 1 hr and not more than 6 pints in a day.

    6. Skin-brushing which stimulates the lymphatics helping with the cleansing process.

    7. Hot and cold showering or sea-swimming, saunas etc. also benefit the movement of toxins.

    8. Time outdoors in Nature, barefoot on the ground is even better even if it's just for a few minutes.

    9. Plenty of veggies- steamed or in the form of soups and stews to help alkalise and detoxify.

    10. Movement- exercise of any kind which helps the shift.

  • 11. Sea-moss gel or soaked linseeds are mucilaginous which helps moisten the body, remove mucus (old lymph) and improve bowel function

    I hope these tips help you make the most of the Equinox but please seek mine or other professional advice if you wish to try any of these suggestions. I cannot be held responsible for any decision to try these without having you as a client and knowing your full history. This is general advice only.


We do need to build consistent habits though so if you want to continue working on them together AND get a complete emotional balancing, dietary and lifestyle plan, I'd love to share my knowledge, wisdom and support with you in my 121 sessions.


If you're feeling unmotivated and fed up, stuck in a cycle of low energy, headaches and anxiety or just unsure where or how to begin, schedule a call or book in here. Single sessions are available also, just send me an email here.

Sophie Shand