Minerals Before Momentum

Over the past couple of weeks I have been noticing small but consistent changes in my body, the kind that are easy to overlook or dismiss, yet feel meaningful when you pause long enough to pay attention. Digestion feels slower and heavier, especially with fats. I wake during the night with stiffness and aching through my neck and shoulders. My skin feels drier than usual, particularly at my heels and around the edges of my nailbeds. There is a lower level of physical vitality, paired with a subtle internal restlessness, and I notice more puffiness and swelling in my tissues than I typically experience.

Years ago I would have automatically interpreted these kinds of symptoms as a sign that something was wrong or that I needed to fix something quickly. At this point in my life and in my work, I recognize this pattern as something very different. To me, this feels like preparation.

February has always felt like a transition month. Winter is still present, yet the body is already beginning to orient toward spring. In Traditional Chinese Medicine this is the doorway into the Wood element and the Liver–Gallbladder system, a time when the body starts reorganizing quietly, even though outward change has not shown itself yet. The Liver–Gallbladder system is responsible for flow, direction, and the smooth movement of energy, blood, bile, and fluids. When it begins to come back online after the deep inward focus of winter, many people notice heaviness, slower digestion, tissue congestion, skin changes, emotional sensitivity, and a general sense that things want to move even if they are not ready to move fast.

I also notice this same rhythm showing up in my work. Long seasons of research, studying, observing, and creating content are naturally giving way to more clarity, more discernment, and a desire to simplify. What no longer feels aligned is becoming easier to recognize. What wants to take shape feels quieter, steadier, and more embodied. There is a sense of new direction and transformation ahead, held with curiosity and patience rather than urgency.

This is why the phrase minerals before momentum keeps repeating itself for me.

The body tends to restore mineral communication first, then nourish and buffer tissues so detox pathways can run more smoothly, and only after that does true rebuilding begin once the cellular environment feels safe and resourced. When people jump straight into aggressive detox or heavy protocols during this time of year, they often end up feeling worse, most often it happens because the groundwork was never supported in the right order.

Cell salts fit beautifully into this seasonal window because they work at the level of cellular signaling and mineral transport. They work quietly with the body rather than trying to push it or override its intelligence. This is the kind of support that respects timing, sequence, and individual constitution.

From my studies and apprenticeship in cell salts, I have come to understand that many tissue salts correlate with the Liver and Gallbladder systems, which speaks to how layered and complex this terrain truly is. Some of the salts associated with these systems include Potassium sulphate, Magnesium phosphate, Chromium, Gold, Arsenic iodide, Calcium carbonate, Copper arsenite, Potassium iodide, Potassium arsenite, Calcium sulphate, and Sodium sulphate.

My primary focus with clients is guided by facial signs and muscle testing. That is how I determine which layers are asking for support on an individual level. For educational purposes, I am sharing the tissue salts I find most relevant for the February threshold and Wood element transition.

One additional salt I like to include in February, even though it is not classically categorized as a Liver or Gallbladder salt, is Selenium. I view Selenium as a transition-buffer salt that supports cellular antioxidant buffering, thyroid–liver communication, and overall resilience as metabolic activity begins to increase.

Potassium sulphate is closely tied to cellular oxygenation and the movement of metabolic waste and is often involved when people feel sluggish, foggy, or backed up at a cellular level.

Magnesium phosphate commonly shows up with redness of the ears, cold extremities, tension and spasm patterns, jaw or neck tightness, restless sleep, and liver congestion, and it is one of the salts I associate with helping the body relax so it can drain and move inflammatory congestion.

Arsenic iodide is one I associate with primary lymphatic stagnation patterns, deeper residue layers, and long-standing toxicity patterns, when the body seems to have difficulty clearing old material and needs deeper drainage support.

Sodium sulphate is classically connected to bile flow, fat metabolism, and fluid movement, and I also associate it with the body’s natural ability to detoxify and drain the Liver–Gallbladder system, especially when heaviness after fats, bloating, or tissue puffiness are present.

Calcium carbonate tends to show up more in the digestive and bile conversation than directly in the liver itself, and I often associate it with buffering, steadiness, and the anxiety edge that can accompany seasonal transitions.

Calcium sulphate is one I associate with bile support and deeper clearing layers, and it is sometimes part of the conversation when methylation-style patterns or stubborn detox layers are present.

If you are navigating an autoimmune condition, I recommend being cautious with any cell salts that are known to stimulate immune activity, including Manganese sulphate, Copper arsenite, Zinc, and Gold. I also muscle test with Selenium and Boron rather than assuming they are universally appropriate. This is where facial analysis and muscle testing become essential, because autoimmune terrain requires a much more individualized approach.

I do not view these salts as isolated fixes. I view them as part of a larger conversation that helps point toward which layer of the Liver–Gallbladder system is asking for support first.

This is also why supplementing a tissue salt in isolation does not automatically equal resolution. Very often it simply means a layer is being supported, while the broader hierarchy still needs to be addressed.

I share all of this because I know many of you are noticing changes in your own bodies right now and wondering what they mean. If you feel heavier, slower, more sensitive, more inward, or a little unsettled, that does not mean you are doing anything wrong. It often means your body is moving through a seasonal recalibration.

This is the lens I bring into my work with clients. We look at patterns, history, symptoms, oral health, mineral status, and organ system relationships together, and then we build a path that makes sense for your body rather than forcing your body into someone else’s protocol.

If you feel seen in any part of this, I would be honored to support you.

Where you are makes sense, your body is communicating, and you are in a very real season of recalibration.