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The metereological Spring season starts on March 21st. So why is it that we already get this spring feeling? Why do we suddenly have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning? Why do we seem to be more sensitive to stress. Why do we feel the need to detox? We can find the answer in the Traditional Chinese Philosophy of the five phases or five 'elements'.  Around the time of the Chinese New Year in early february, there's a shift in energy that we can all feel.  The Winter which is YIN in nature (dark, silent, cold, stagnant) dissolves because of a sudden burst of YANG energy (light, movement, heat, new life). This is what we call the start of the WOOD season or the Energetic Spring.  It's this energy that stirrs in the ground and wakes up the forest to start growing new buds.  We hear the bird's song in the morning and there's likely some sunny winter days ahead.  We're still a while of before the green season returns, but inside every living