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Hello Everyone,
Lately, I have found myself reflecting a lot on endings and beginnings. Every ending is the start of something, and every beginning is also an end. For a new phase of life to occur we have to be willing to let go of the past phase, to allow something to die, and for me this time of year brings this theme into greater focus.
The spring time is a time of new beginnings, new life. But it is also a time that encourages a kind of release. According to classical Chinese medicine theory certain times of year act as important pivots that allow us to purge latent pathogenic energies from our system, and this is one of them. It is interesting how the beginning of the year is also a time when we can, sometimes with the greatest force, let what needs to end in our lives finally end. The winter is a time of stillness, of consolidation, or quiet. The energies of winter time do not support either strong endings or new beginnings. But the spring does, mirroring its opposing energy embodied by autumn on the other side of the yearly cycle.
I find that, in my own life, I often feel most alive when I am acutely aware that I am at the end of something. Reflecting on years past, I can see that it is always when I am about to leave a place, a relationship, or a role, that I tend to appreciate it the most. My favorite year of high school was my final year; same with college, and same with grad school. There is something extremely freeing to knowing that you will soon be released from your current state, to die and be reborn into something new.
I have also found this working with clients. Whenever I have had to move on from a clinic, I find that clients open up with me the most. It is often only when I am about to leave that people share with me the most about how our work together has touched their life. I am often struck by the fact that, if I never left, I may never have found out just what our time together meant to them.
As many of you know, I am preparing to set up a new practice in Wilmington, Vermont next month, as well as revamping my online work with clients. In preparation for setting up the practice I am hoping to get as many positive reviews as possible for my google business page. If you have benefitted from working with me in the past, I would greatly appreciate your support in ushering in a new beginning for me, to help the community I am a part of here know what I do and how I can be of service.
The link for reviews is here: https://g.page/r/CfFlifELJMP3EAI/review
Sending warmth,
Aidan
PS - Soon I will also be starting to teach an online meditation class weekly that you can sign up for here.
Aidan Keeva, DACM, L. Ac.,
Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine