It’s great to revel in the times when what is good for our bodies and minds is also what we feel like doing. Springtime is often such a season, as people, plants and animals generally get a surge of energy. You might find yourself thinking more about all those little tasks that have built up over the winter. You'll also probably have noticed your neighbours out painting their houses, digging their gardens, planting veggies and so forth. Even the birds seem to be coaxing us out of bed just a bit earlier, with their inviting spring songs.

Go with those urges to rise early and get active. Spring is a time when the body needs to let go of whatever it has accumulated over the winter—whether a bit of extra weight, or just stored up energy that didn’t get fully used during the short days and cold evenings.

As it gets hotter and drier, you'd be smart to ease up again, modifying activities to preserve some of the juicy moist energy of spring. So go for it now, and don’t wait 'til mid-summer when all you’ll want to do in the afternoon is take a siesta.

Here are our top Spring tips:

• Ramp up the activity and work up a good sweat in the cooler mornings and evenings.
• You'll probably find your body feels best when you fuel it with slightly drier, lighter food and lots of fresh fruit and veges. Stodgy hot meals are more suitable for winter, so ease of the heavy, fatty foods.
• Watch out for those UV rays—they don’t feel very hot now, but they’re there and they can bite! Stick with mainly indoor pursuits during the hours between 11am and 4pm.