{"id":173,"date":"2018-04-12T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2018-04-12T21:35:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:35:42","slug":"winter-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Winter Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"one-column\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"post-7\" class=\"post-7 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Happy New\u00a0Year!!!\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0hope everyone had a wonderful and stress-free holiday season.\u00a0\u00a0January is a time for resolutions and change.\u00a0 This can be a difficult yet beautiful transition for people.\u00a0 Understanding the laws of nature according to Chinese Medicine\u2019s Five Element Theory can help you to make\u00a0change easier and\u00a0longer lasting.<\/p>\n<p>Winter is related to the water element and is a time of quiet stillness and deep reflection.\u00a0\u00a0It is a great time to practice yoga, qigong, tai chi, or meditation.\u00a0\u00a0Warm comfort foods like soups and stews made with nourishing broths and seasonal veggies should be eaten.\u00a0 Cold and raw foods should be limited or avoided.<\/p>\n<p>A few signs or symptoms that your water element may be out of balance are low back\/knee pain, fatigue, incontinence, anxiety\/excessive fear, or inflexibility\/resistance to change.\u00a0 Balancing your water element can help eliminate these related issues, as well as increase your will-power to help you keep your New Year\u2019s resolution.\u00a0 I hope this year is one of great progress and is filled with love, joy,\u00a0and happiness for you!<\/p>\n<p>With Gratitude- Angela Mentink LAc<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"edit-link\"><a class=\"post-edit-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=7&amp;action=edit\">Edit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comments\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New\u00a0Year!!!\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0hope everyone had a wonderful and stress-free holiday season.\u00a0\u00a0January is a time for resolutions and change.\u00a0 This can be a difficult yet beautiful transition for people.\u00a0 Understanding the laws of nature according to Chinese Medicine\u2019s Five Element Theory can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/?p=173\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angelamentink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}