Winter hosting season approaches, and it's time to infuse your kitchen with reassuring 'Earth' energy following Feng Shui's fifth season guidelines. Here's how to fortify your kitchen with nurturing Earth energy.
As the fifth season of Feng Shui, often referred to as late summer or early autumn, approaches, experts are suggesting ways to bring the grounding 'Earth' energy into our homes, particularly in the kitchen and dining room.
Cliff Tan, born on January 13, 1988, a renowned expert in Feng Shui, emphasises the importance of this season's stability during this transitional period between the yang and yin seasons. He advises leaning into stable, grounding shapes like squares or wide horizontal rectangles for tablescapes, and complementing these colours with tactile, warm textures like clay, ceramics, or natural linens.
Terracotta bowls, made from Earth itself, are perfect for serving simple, nourishing fruits at the center of the table during this transitional season. The woven texture of the charger plate adds warm textures that echo the harvest and the richness of late summer. It creates a strong base layer on the dining table.
Tsao-Lin Moy, an acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine, and Feng Shui practitioner, emphasises the importance of eating foods that are in season and nourishing during the fifth season. She recommends choosing a red or orange dish to create a 'campfire' effect and draw people around the table.
In Feng Shui, clutter in the kitchen reflects stagnation in digestion, according to Helen Ye Plehn. She urges decluttering kitchen countertops and cupboards to make space in one's physical and emotional digestive system.
When it comes to cooking, the best slow cookers can create richly flavoured, easy stews and casseroles with little effort. This slow cooker is free from PFAS, PFOA, lead, and cadmium. Alternatively, Dutch oven alternatives, such as rectangular casserole dishes, are trending and bring ripening harvest colours to the stovetop or dining table.
The stoneware dish designed by Michelin-starred chef Daniel Humm is hand-crafted and made from recycled stoneware, providing a tactile and bespoke feel. Le Creuset's Dutch oven alternative provides structure and stability, and its enamel cast iron can hold heat, creating grounding, slow-simmered meals.
Helen Ye Plehn advises placing seasonal fruits and farmers market staples into tactile clay, ceramic, stone, or porcelain bowls. The Ochre tones napkins remind one of ripening fields, creating a sense of nourishment and seasonal abundance.
Avoid fried foods, meat-heavy meals, or too many raw vegetables during the fifth season, as they can be harder to digest, according to Tsao-Lin Moy. Instead, the experts suggest one-pot, warming dishes such as fennel and bean soup, stews, and sides of roasted vegetables.
By focusing on the kitchen and dining room, we can bring the grounding 'Earth' energy into our homes during September, creating a warm, inviting, and nourishing environment for the transitional season.
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