We are part of our environment. Allowing the environment to have an effect on our behavior and way of life will create less resistance and struggle for us. If we do not act in accordance with our surroundings this straggle may manifest as mental and physical illness. Being in touch with the rhythms of nature is perhaps more possible in summer when we are able to spend more time outdoors. In an oriental view of the cosmos, everything, including the seasons are governed or described by the five elements.
Theses are fire, water, earth , wood and metal.
Summer is governed by the fire element, the nature of which is expansion. This is the time of fruition. Trees are green and at their fullest and most expressive stage. Fruit is plentiful. We look at this stage and attempt to replicate it in our yoga by using softer postures, the voice and the breathing.