What we do, what we wear, our daily rhythm, our activities should all be in keeping with the season. This is more difficult to achieve if we work in an environment which does not change in any way with the weather. In an air conditioned office with fixed working hours, constant demand and after work with schedules of leisure and entertainment the seasons often become only something to remark upon between appointments. In an oriental view of the cosmos, everything , including the seasons are governed by five elements. These are water, fire , earth, wood and metal.
Spring is said to be governed by wood.
In spring, therefore, a large part of our yoga will be based on expressing the wood element. The wood element is concerned with rising energy, the new growth from seed to tree after the dormancy of winter, new direction and rejuvenation. We try to capture this pervasive feeling of new beginnings within the yoga class. In its healthy expression wood or tree energy allows the funneling or controlling of energy in its upward or expansive movement. Each element also governs certain organ systems within the body.