Spring Time Beginnings

Hello, sun in my face.

Hello, you who made the morning

and spread it over the fields

and into the faces of the tulips

and the nodding morning glories,

and into the windows of, even, the

miserable and the crotchety –

best preacher that ever was,

dear star, that just happens

to be where you are in the universe

to keep us from ever-darkness,

to ease us with warm touching,

to hold us in the great hands of light –

good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day

in happiness, in kindness.

~ Mary Oliver ~

 (Why I Wake Early, 2004)

Welcome to the Padma Center Blog! Spring is here with all its beauty and energy of new life. We at Padma have this new offering of our ‘Health in Balance’ blog to invite you to enjoy and follow. We hope that through our writing you will come to know the work of Padma practitioners much more deeply. There are twelve of us sharing the beautiful treatment spaces at Padma and we will be taking turns offering reflective and inspirational pieces as well as the occasional longer article. You can sign up to follow the blog or visit us here as you wish.

Coming soon will be Janet Wylde’s writing on the wood element according to Chinese medicine. Janet has created a beautiful alter in honor of the wood element at Padma. Here is a little preview of Janet’s writing.

"Wood is the energy of spring, of new beginnings, progressive movement, and reaching toward the future, as well as the qualities of fiber and suppleness that give an organism the ability to maintain growth and transformation."

Happy Spring!