As we embark on the end of summer and begin our return to the dark half of the year everything in earth will be drawing within, we can use this time to focus on what we wish to nurture and develop in ourselves during the coming months. It is a time for you to ask yourself what you wish to encourage in your life and prepare yourself for the winter ahead.

The changing of the seasons is often a time of renewal — a sort of "out with the old and in with the new" attitude. It's a time when the days get longer and the nights shorter, flowers start to blossom, spring cleaning is added to the agenda and we start to prepare our bodies for the summer.