Spring is the season of activity and movement. Just as flowers start to bloom, shrubs and trees start budding, it is the start for all things to loosen up, begin to sprout, and move up and out. Spring is the time to fortify and nurture the yang energy. Our bodies shift from trying to store and conserve more energy with the colder months to a time of new growth and birth. There is an old Chinese proverb: chun wu qiu dong （春捂秋凍）which means to “bundle up in spring and autumn fre