Transition Into Spring

The last days of February feel different in my body.

Not too dramatic. Just a shift that I recognize now, because it returns each year. My sleep changes slightly, my neck and shoulders carry more tension, my digestion feels less predictable, and my teeth feel more coated for a stretch of days. Nothing is really wrong. It is simply not the same as mid-winter.

Today there was another layer. Emotions sitting extremely close to the surface, yet not ready to be managed. I could feel how easily they might spill, and at the same time a clear sense that it was not time. That strange combination of pressure and restraint, together, like frenemies.

I have come to recognize this as seasonal rather than personal.

Early March clearly sits between physiological states. Winter’s conserving pattern has begun to loosen a bit, however spring’s outward movement has not fully taken hold. Direction changes before expression follows. In plants this is the point when the sap begins to rise while branches still appear dormant. In the body, it often feels like containment or a pressure-cooker.

This year the timing is sharper. The upcoming full moon and lunar eclipse fall directly into this interval, with the retrograde of Mercury and the equinox close ahead. When several cycles pivot together, sensation becomes amplified. Sleep lightens, muscles hold more tone, and emotion rises faster than it can be placed. What is already shifting becomes more noticeable.

Physiologically, this period marks the gradual change from winter storage toward spring movement. Kidney and bladder systems that regulate fluids and reserves are still dominant, while liver and gallbladder systems that govern flow and direction begin to increase. When those phases overlap, tension and holding are extremely common.

The liver system is expressed strongly in connective tissues. The neck, the shoulders, and the jaw. I have felt that clearly these past days, the familiar ache that comes with this time of year. Digestion follows the same pattern. Bloating, irregularity, then settling again once direction completes. The body moving resources that were held through winter.

There are mineral relationships here that mirror the same shift. Natrum muriaticum and fluid distribution. Kali phosphoricum and nervous containment. Calcarea phosphorica and connective tissue remodeling. Magnesia phosphorica and muscular tone. These are not forced additions so much as supports for processes already underway.

Teeth participate as well. They are not static mineral. They exchange constantly with the rest of the body. As connective tissues remodel and mineral use shifts, dentinal fluid changes. Each year around this time teeth can feel more coated or slightly altered in texture. Oral biofilm responds to saliva and mineral dynamics, both of which are changing now. It passes as the transition settles.

This seasonal awareness has also been guiding the toothpaste recipe I have been developing, the Remembrance Paste. The base is microbiome supportive, with gentle additions adjusted through the year for connective tissue tone, fluid balance, and mineral support as physiology shifts. Early spring requires different support than winter or summer. Oral terrain moves through phases just as the rest of the body does and those phases deserve to be supported.

What feels most present to me at this edge of March is not motion yet, but gathering. Sensitivity without release. Awareness without action. I can feel how much is moving and also how necessary it is to hold steady while direction completes.

In these days, stability matters more than intervention. Hydration. Minerals. Rest. Continuity. The body finds its own forward path once the turn is finished.

While noticing these same changes in people each year, I have also been seeing the same preparation happening in nature, in my garden with soil and plants. Moisture patterns shift. Biology changes. Structure reorganizes beneath the surface before visible growth appears. The parallels with human terrain are striking when watched closely.

Next week I will share how this perspective is shaping what I am adding in my garden this season and why I am approaching soil the same way I approach human physiology.

Spring is already moving beneath what still looks like winter.
This is how a new season first becomes known in the body.