147 - The Fire Element: Summer, the Heart, and the Cost of Doing Too Much

What if there was ancient wisdom that might be able to help us during the season of summer? In this solo episode, host Elizabeth Mintun explores the fire element from qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine and what it means to tend your inner flame rather than just feed it. She opens by reading her poem, written in a parking lot after dropping her daughter off at camp - and uses that moment of emptiness as an entry point into one of the richest teachings of the season.Fire is the element of summer: the element of the heart, of joy, of outward expression and connection. Fire also has a shadow - scattered energy, overstimulation, the performing of aliveness rather than the feeling of it. Elizabeth unpacks the five element framework for listeners new to qigong and TCM, exploring the heart and small intestine as fire's organ pair, the difference between balanced joy and its anxious shadow, and what it actually feels like in the body when fire is in balance versus burning thin. ResourcesThe Sacred Pause Half-Day Retreat in Clintonville (Columbus, OH): 📅 Saturday July 18th | 9:30 AM –2:30 PM EST 👉 Register for here Free Guided Meditation: https://thecalmingground.com/free-guided-meditationEmail Elizabeth at [email protected] more about 1:1 Coaching with Elizabeth Mintun here Find Elizabeth on Facebook & IG @thecalminggroundSubscribe to The Calming Ground Podcast so you never miss an episode. If you loved this conversation, please share it with a friend