Spring is in the Air

Have you noticed that the early spring flowers are beginning to pop out of the ground? Don’t they know that it’s still winter? It still feels like winter but at the same time when I go outside and take a deep breathe it feels like spring is ready to show up.  I am so ready for spring weather to arrive. Yesterday, as I walked around my yard, I noticed that the daffodils were popping through the soil.  

For most of these spring plants a few days of warm weather will have them seeking the sun and popping through the soil. (even though it’s a little too early for them- they're fine with it).  What struck me was that just as the plants are confused so are many of you.

“I want to eat healthy but what should I eat?”  I hear this often.  One day you hear low fat, the next day low carb.   ” I heard about this herb to use – should I use it or the pharmaceutical my doc wants me on?”

So what’s the answer for you.  My belief is that there is an eating program for each one of us and what you eat is not necessarily the same diet that I need to eat. With the same idea of doing a spring cleaning on your house to remove the old cobwebs and bring the light back in, our bodies need the same.  

Sometime during the March/April time, giving your body amazing healing foods, herbs, greens and more can help clear these cobwebs and gunk out of your body and allow you to shine just a little more than you are now. Look under the leaves in your garden - check to see if the chickweed is hiding under it.  If so, add some to your salads - great wild food.  Soon the dandelions will show up, take those greens and eat them, raw in your salad or in your saute. You'll begin to infuse your body with wonderful nutrients from the wild foods.

We’re lucky that we’re able to get yummy, organic green foods even in the deep of winter in our local stores, but for the most part these foods are not local.  They’ve traveled from across the country and in some cases they’ve traveled from other countries.  Do they have the same nutrients and anti-oxidants, no, but in my opinion, they are better than not having them at all.

Here in Chappaqua the winter farmers market has vendors that grow much of its vegetables in greenhouses so the food that I’ve been eating this winter has been absolutely delicious and fresh – but….. my body still feels like its ready for some good “weeds”, local food, right from my garden.  Food that will feed not only my liver but it will nourish the rest of my body which  is sluggish from the winter and will feed my soul.

My class this month is on Herbs and Nutrition to Spring Clean Your Body (at Center for Aligned Healing 175 King Street)  and soon after that I’ll begin to do “weed walks’ where I’ll teach you what wild foods you can pick and eat to nourish your body.Find some local chickweed, dandelion greens and violet leaves this spring.  Add them to your salads, sautes or just munch on them as you are harvesting them.  Your body will thank you for it.

Bonnie Rogers is a Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Wellness Practitioner.  Are you suffering from an anxiety or digestive disorder, lack of focus, energy, or other dis-ease that you’d like to let go of?  Bonnie will work with you and help you to make simple shifts that will create powerful changes.   Call today to learn how a program customized directly for you and your issues can change your life. 

Located at the Center for Aligned Healing; she can be contacted at  914-923-4346  or bonnie@bonnierogers.com
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