All I remember is thinking it would be really funny if there was a council that, like, could vibe check someone, like, if they told them, “That’s not a vibe. To be honest with you, I do remember the day that I came up with it, but I’m not entirely sure how I did. How did you come up with the idea for doing these Vibe Checks? Spencer, currently sheltering in place in his off-campus apartment in Provo, Utah, spoke to Variety via Skype about how he developed the Vibe Check videos, and how TikTok helped him find an audience for his sense of humor. Suffice it to say, this is exactly the kind of ineffably delightful and original content TikTok was made for. And remember, each day brings us closer to spring.HANG ON THIS IS AN ONGOING BIT? I. Winter, in the Taoist text of the Tao Te Ching, is the season of ‘returning to the root’, so perhaps it’s time to embrace that vibe. Magnesium helps the brain produce neurotransmitters that induce sleep and reduce stress.” Add a magnesium mineral compound to charge up a bowl of warm water.
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In herbal foot baths, the skin absorbs elements and these travel through energy channels to target points. “The slightly raised body temperature unblocks energy channels. Winter is about conserving energy.” Try dynamic meditation forms, such as qigong or yoga, and gentle walks to warm the core and encourage the flow of Qi.įall in love with a foot bath: “A washing–up bowl will do.” Chinese medicine believes that soaking the feet is a detoxifer, says Katie. Katie says: “Avoid sweating excessively as the contrast between having the heating up high then going out into the freezing cold leads to imbalance. The adrenal glands can replenish without intense daily aerobic exercise but, simplistically, qi (of which there are four types in the body) is activated by exercise. Change your paceĪdjust your exercise choice to fit with the winter pace. I go to bed early and deliberately luxuriate in the indulgence of it.” At Hayo’u, she moved the staff Christmas party to Chinese New Year, “where the energy has shifted towards the expansion of spring”. “I go out a lot in the summer, but socialise perhaps once a week in the winter, ideally for Sunday lunch. This results in much less illness at work, because we are in balance and supporting our immunity.” “We start work a bit later in the winter to align with the advice of rising later and going to bed earlier. “Up until the winter solstice (around 21 December) is the yin part of the year cycle, so this is when you should be in your quietest contemplative state, nurturing yourself with a slow pace, early nights and nourishing warm foods,” says Katie Brindle at Hayo’u. Qi in traditional Chinese medicine i s the ‘life force’ flowing through the body’s channels or meridians and is thought to be the ultimate measure of one’s vitality. Winter is when I get my head down and I’ve been busy recording a new season of The Wintering Sessions.” Take care of the qi I’m also burrowing deep into work, another thing that comes in winter for me. I go to bed early, and wake, like clockwork, at 1.30am, padding downstairs to read. “I’m already deep into my winter habits,” says Katherine. Clutter clearing, especially in the rooms at the rear of your home, is especially beneficial in winter. The twinkling holiday lights many people put up in winter are actually feng shui to keep energy in balance, as are lighting candles and having a fire in the fireplace.
To re-set your space to suit your winter mindset, Jean suggests: “Add warm colours, even in little ways, such as a red pillow on the sofa or a yellow duvet cover. We can use this positively and do some inner work to release old stuck emotions, pain or stress from our past, and any baggage that we’re still carrying.” “In winter, the world’s energy naturally goes inward, and so does our own.
Traditionally, the Chinese favour a deep house clean before Chinese New Year in February. “While away long cold evenings with energy clearing sessions,” says Jean Haner, author of Clear Home, Clear Heart. It’s one of the most important choices you’ll ever make.” - Katherine May
If you don’t, then that skin will harden around you. If you do, you’ll expose all those painful nerve endings and feel so raw that you’ll need to take care of yourself for a while. “This is a crossroads we all know, a moment when you need to shed a skin. Doing these deeply unfashionable things - slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting - is a radical act now, but it’s essential. It’s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order. “Once we stop wishing it were summer, winter can be a glorious season in which the world takes on a sparse beauty and even the pavements sparkle. Inside and out, it’s all about the energy.
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