Autumn, 45–55: The Perimenopause Years — Your Second Spring

Somewhere in your late forties, the rhythm you have known for decades changes tempo — periods arrive early, then late, then not at all; sleep lightens; warmth shows up uninvited. Chinese tradition sometimes calls this passage a “second spring.” In this lesson you will meet that hopeful framing the TCM way: what may be happening with Yin, which foods and movements work with a thinner reserve, and which signs should never be waved away as “just the season.”