Well –the summer just goes on …sunny days and starry nights make me just want to hold on to the lingering days of summer.

The purple, red, russet, orange and yellow flowers which fill the garden are at their best while apples pears and berries ripen on the trees and hedgerows.

Nature is providing us with all our nutritional requirements to boost our immunity for the coming winter.

Enjoy all the wonderful squashes and root vegetables to make soups and stews – excellent for your digestion and for keeping you warm as the temperatures drop.

As I’ve walked along country footpaths, I’ve seen the yellow harvest change to the rich brown newly ploughed earth which fills the air with sweet earthy scent. In TCM the late summer is associated with the Earth element and the colour yellow – maybe it’s because I see myself as belonging to the earth element that I love this time of year.

Those freshly ploughed fields are about sowing new seeds and making a new start and I feel this is so relevant to our lives.

As a naturopath, I understand the physical & mental benefits of cleansing & detoxifying the body. When we live in accordance with Nature it is easy to understand that early Autumn is a beneficial time to detox. There are so many seasonal fruits & vegetables abundant for juicing and to provide all those essential nutrients for detoxification and energising. This gives us the mental and emotional energy to let go of the past and move on to fulfil our dreams.