by Luisa Rounds | Jan 5, 2024 | blog, daily routine, earth, exercise, five elements, fruits, heal, heal your relationship to food, healthy options, Heart Chakra, individuality, sattvic, Solar Plexus, summer, Taste, urges, vagus nerve, Wellness, winter, winter seasonal diet, winter solstice, winter squash
The longest night of the year, marked by winter solstice, is also a turning point toward warmth; every day to come is longer. Yet as our days slowly get longer, it is still winter: dry, cold, and stormy! This is the season to eat hearty foods such as bananas,...
by Manish Chandra | Jul 27, 2023 | agni, Ayurveda, blog, cooling, heat, pitta, Pitta Season, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet, summer lifestyle, water
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes We are just over one month into summer since the Summer Solstice on June 21st. We have two months to go until the Autumn Equinox at the end of September. We have been experiencing very warm weather and are in the center of pitta season. When...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 21, 2023 | Ayurveda, blog, cooling, fire, Herbs, litha, midsummer, offerings, pitta, Pitta Season, ritual, solstice, st johns day, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Today, June 21st is the Summer Solstice! We have reached the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and this marks the beginning of summer. We can look back on the shortest day of the year at Winter Solstice in...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 2, 2022 | Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, carbohydrates, Digestive Health, doshas, fire, Gut Health, kapha, pitta, seasonal and daily routines, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet, vata
Summer is classified in Ayurveda as Pitta season, with the main elements of fire and water at play. The heat, the long days with bright sun, and the sharp intensity define the Pitta season. Pitta is understood as the digestive fire or metabolism, as it is...
by Manish Chandra | May 25, 2022 | Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, daily routine, Digestive Health, doshas, Gut Health, kapha, pitta, scienceoflife, summer, summer diet, summer lifestyle, vata
Summer is the season of pitta. Pitta’s qualities are hot, light, mobile, sharp, and oily. It governs the heat in the body and it is primarily responsible for digestion, perception, and intelligence. Because pitta shares many of the same qualities as...
by Manish Chandra | Jul 28, 2021 | agni, Air, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, blog, body constitution, Consciousness, Digestive Health, doshas, earth, farmers market, fire, Gut Health, guthealingprotocol, healthy lifetsyle, holistic health, inflammation, intuitive eating, kapha, lifeforce, microbiome, mind and body, nature, nutrients, pitta, prana, scienceoflife, seasonal and daily routines, seasonal diet, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet, summer diet, summer lifestyle, vata, vegetables, water, Wellness
At the basis of Ayurveda are the four elements; water, air, earth, and fire. These elements hold numerous different qualities. Air is quick moving and tends to be cold but is also necessary to move oxygen through our bodies. Water is moist, clear, and...