Expressing the Spirit of Springing and Sprouting

About this episode

The episode explores themes of renewal and joy in the context of spring, focusing on food and nature as sources of comfort and beauty.

Welcome to this first episode of our new Season Five on “Expressing the Spirit of Springing and Sprouting”! While we haven’t settled on a formal name for this season yet, we want to focus on renewal, play, joy, and paying attention, as a counterweight to the heaviness, suffering, and fiery chaos that is affecting so many of us these days, directly or indirectly! How can we uplift our spirits while also showing up to the best of our ability in these dark times? What is the appropriate place for joy in the midst of suffering, and how and where can we find it? What’s your own source of joy and wonder and magic? Where do you find pleasure, share love, provide comfort, create beauty, and elicit smiles in your circles of family and friends? For Leo and myself, food and connecting to nature are two easy places to start, so that is what we are focusing on in today’s conversation. In particular, we are playing with the Chinese theme for the spring season, namely “sprouting.” Leo shares some deeeelicious suggestions for northern and southern East Asian bean sprout dishes, while I am busy picking and chopping and processing my beloved nettles, to go into noodles, soups, pickles, and my…

People in this episode

Host: Sabine Wilms

Guest: Leo

Topics covered

• renewal
• joy
• nature
• food
• Chinese medicine
• spring rejuvenation

Keywords

• spring
• joy
• renewal
• Chinese medicine
• food
• nature
• bean sprouts
• nettles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Expressing the Spirit of Springing and Sprouting

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