Fall 🍂Newsletter

Fall 🍂 The Metal Element
When I think metal, I think of a sword. Strong enough to fulfill it’s purpose, but not so rigid it snaps. The Metal Element and time of year naturally prescribes structure and routine. Getting back to basics (or business). Some of us may describe Fall as a reset. Kind of like the New Year. Fall also calls upon us a certain flexibility and ease to be able to let go of our metaphorical leaves.
Metal, Fall Season relates to our Lungs and Large Intestine. A very fundamental Yin and Yang, In and Out, with our breath and with our food. A process of receiving and eliminating. Breathing in…breathing out.
Have you ever tried explaining Taoism ☯️ to your 16 yr old teenager? Living in harmony with the seasons? I think I lost him somewhere around asking him to go ” with” nature. His inertia (lazyness) was getting the best of him this morning. Getting up in the morning can feel a little heavy in the Fall compared to warm and bright Summer mornings 🌄 I think I was resisting Fall myself, as I love the warm summers and lake swims.
Here are some sweet Fall affirmations that may help you get out of bed in the morning 😉

Breathing In, I Soften
Breathing Out, I Soften

I Breath In Clarity
I Breath Out Resistance

As I Let Go
I Find Peace

I Embrace The Beauty of Fall
As I Am Reminded of My Own Beauty

I Am Grounded On This Earth
As I Watch Nature’s Transformation

Here’s to flowing with the seasons and feeling good! I’m in clinic Monday, Wednesday, Friday, if any of you want to feel a bit more ease and harmony. Acupuncture and body work can be a great way to let go! I’ll see you soon.
Happy Fall 🍁🌾🍂Gigi

The Tao of Montessori Continues…Teaching Through The Seasons

The Tao of Montessori

Last Friday, I was given the honor of speaking to and working with over 60 Montessorians from the Vancouver Island Montessori Association(VIMA). https://www.facebook.com/VancouverIslandMontessoriAssociation/ I was invited to be the key-note speaker for their Professional Development Day. I was very excited to set up my “clinic setting” in the beautiful Omega High School classroom at Maria Montessori Academy. (https://mariamontessoriacademy.net/)

“Preparing the environment” in the classroom is a key component to the Montessori philosophy. We explored the idea of “preparing the environment” within oneself. For the past 20 years, I have been exploring within myself this idea of Living / Healing Through The Seasons, the emotions and the physical patterns that evolve with Mother Nature. Just like a teacher that lives and breathes through the seasons with their students. We discovered together that we are doing the same thing! How beautiful!

Wow!
60 Lovely Montessorians!

It’s Monday today and I’m still feeling the awe and the honor that was bestowed upon me and upon us all. Thank you

Gigi Vincentine

I recently came upon this wonderful documentary on the Life of Maria Montessori. Please enjoy!

BBC English Documentary 48 mins

And we can’t forget Lao Zi, the Father of Taoism

5 min video on Taoism

The Tao of Montessori

Maria Montessori Academy and VIMA-Vancouver Island Montessori Association hosted an International Montessori Conference over the weekend. What a beautiful school and a beautiful group of people.

There were over 250 Montessorians there to share their enthusiasm and love for what they do.

I presented a topic that has been percolating in me for many years: The Tao of Montessori.  I was given the opportunity to share and explore this topic with a group of passionate Montessori teachers. I was very touched by how open and generous they were with me. Wow! Lucky me!

 

Gratitude and Blessings

Gigi