WINTER LIVING WITH AYURVEDA

AYURVEDA BY THE SEASONS..AYURVEDIC LIVING

According to the ancient ayurvedic text, Charaka Samhita,

"All diseases begin at the junctions of the seasons."

Insulate Your Well-Being This Winter

In Ayurveda, the three doshas govern specific seasons. 

Pitta governs: Summer
Vata governs: Fall thru Early Winter
Kapha governs: Late Winter thru Spring

This is a time to rest, reflect, hold space, vision, hibernate, withdraw some of your outwardly-focused energy and redirect it inward. Unfortunately, the calm, peaceful nature of the winter can also seem a bit oppressive at times, and can leave us feeling weighed down, stagnant, or uninspired. And actually, every season can either bolster or encumber your sense of well-being.

Winter is actually the season when the digestive fire is strongest. The body requires more fuel to stay warm and healthy in the winter months, and the cold weather forces the fire principle deep into the core of the body—igniting the digestive capacity. A supportive winter diet will be aimed at pacifying kapha without increasing vata or visa versa and, for many, appropriate winter dietary habits actually come quite naturally.

Maintaining a predictable routine will help keep vata in balance this winter and kapha will benefit from keeping things fresh and a bit unpredictable, so do your best to strike an appropriate balance for yourself in this Winter.

Winter is characterized by cold weather, a sense of heaviness, increased moisture, cloud-covered days ( as you see today), and the grounded. These are all qualities shared by kapha dosha, which is why winter is considered to be—primarily—a kapha season. However, if your climate is exceptionally cold and dry, or if you tend to feel more isolated during the winter months, vata will also be a strong component of your winter season, and you will want to actively keep vata placated as well.

"Vata" is an Ayurvedic term referring to the aggravation of the "wind element," what in astrology is called the air element; but it generally involves a mixture of the air and ether elements.

Coldness is the second major attribute of vata derangement. People with coldness usually have poor circulation because theair element is not propelling the blood smoothly through the arteries.

An appropriate winter season diet and lifestyle may look quite different from one person to the next, but each of us has a great deal to gain from honoring and aligning ourselves with the rhythms of nature. Adopting a personalized seasonal routine is an invaluable gift you can give yourself this winter—a long-term investment in your own health and vitality. This season, adopt a routine that will help you to fully receive the offerings that the winter season so generously showers upon us. You may find that doing so allows you to relish, rather than resent, the darkness and the quiet.

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Each humor has its respective site in the body. "Vata (air) is located in the colon, thighs, hips, ears, bones and organ of touch. Its primary site is in the colon. "Pitta (fire) is located in the small intestine, stomach, sweat, sebaceous glands, blood, lymph and the organ of vision. Its primary site is in the small intestine. "Kapha (water) is located in the chest, throat,head, pancreas, sides, stomach, lymph, fat, nose and tongue. Its primary site is the stomach." {Ashtanga Hridaya XII. 1-3.)