Ying Yu Jade/Calm Spirit February 2010 Newsletter

Winter, according to Chinese tradition, is ending and Spring beginning in February. Chinese New Year traditionally is called Spring Festival, and welcomes the warming of Spring. This year February 14 begins the Year of the White (Metal) Yang Tiger.

However, if you live in northern US or Canada, it's still really winter in February. When I lived in Ohio, February was cold, dark, snowy and slushy wet, and seemed like it would never end. So you if you live in a cold area, you can still use the winter Chinese medicine wellness tips from January. Here in Florida, it is really still winter, also, as the night temperatures can dip to freezing and the daytime temperatures are often cool enough to "bundle up". Winter is an important season and if we follow the Dao, living in harmony with nature, we can use winter to improve our body, mind and spirit. In the solace and depth of winter we find our strength, our renewal, and our rejeuvenation. The winter provides an undeniable suggestion from the earth itself to move inwards, rest, restore, to accept darkness and hibernate within ourselves. To honor this natural cycle is to recharge the battery pack that generates energy, fire, and stamina for the year to come; for the body and soul. As we embrace the depth and solitude of the season and of ourselves, we also cultivate the energy to burst forth in the spring to come. In the dormant seed of darkness lies the promise of spring, new growth, and the outward expression of re-birth that awaits us at the end of the long winter.

Keep your immune system strong by rubbing your Da Zhui(DU14) acupuncture point, the bony protrusion at the base of the neck. If you get a cold or the flu, try Yinchiao for cold and flu and Watermelon Frost for sore throat. Both are natural Chinese remedies.

What's New

Chinese New Year of the Tiger begins February 14. You can read about the Tiger, and what the year means for your sign, click here. There are Tiger jade pendants in Chinese jade and Burmese jadeite. And the three color "fu lu shou" jade bangles are wonderful. The color pattern refers to the god of luck and fortune, health and longevity, and happiness. It's auspicious to purchase fu lu shou jade for Chinese New Year and wear it all year for luck, protection, health and happiness.

If you can't get enough jade bangles, check out our sister web sites http://jadebanglebracelets.com It's only jade bangle bracelets! Our customers want to see more bangles but there's only a limited space on the YYJ web site, so we have expanded to offer more jade for you.

New items continue to arrive so check back often and see "what's new". You can always see what's new by looking at the automated section of Ying Yu Jade, click here and book mark. However, the catalog for the web pages is here. So check out both. The big photos on are on web pages.

If you are purchasing a special, we offer several Chinese gift bags and pouches, organza, silk and sweet little "fortune cookies" for your small items.

If you purchase a pendant and want it made into a unique necklace,check out the pendants options. The Ming Dynasty pottery shard pendants really look fabulous made into a necklace with beads and metals.

And read the blog for updates and more information.

Ying Yu Jade is NOT a discount web site. The prices are below retail and there are prices and jade pieces for every budget. They are not artificially marked up, and you won't see a discount "sale" every month on every item. So a Ying Yu Jade sale is a REAL sale.

Thanks for your interest in Ying Yu Jade, and please contact me at yingyujade @ yingyujade.com if you have any questions or requests


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