Seasonal Guides
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Summer is ideal for balancing pitta with a supportive diet, herbs, and lifestyle choices. Visit this guide to learn Ayurveda's general summer recommendations.Read Article - The fall brings with it a predominance of air element and prana, the vital breath, the subtle essence of life, is abundant in the atmosphere.Read Article
- Winter is a time to balance kapha and vata doshas with a supportive diet, herbs, and lifestyle choices. Visit this guide to learn general recommendations for winter.Read Article
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If you experience seasonal irritants, it’s a good idea to build up your body’s resilience ahead of time. These six herbal allies will help you prep for a healthy spring.
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When kapha is well tended, it offers an abundance of gifts. These practical ways will help you harness the gifts of kapha for increased strength, health, and resiliency.
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Edible from the root to the tips of the long, jagged leaves, the dandelion is a powerful healer, pleasantly bitter in taste and wonderful for reducing kapha.
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Vibrant immunity requires a robust digestive fire, or “agni.” When you give your agni wholesome food, the nourishment passes from the digestive tract to your entire body by way of the seven tissues.
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This simple sattvic soup blends spring’s vibrant asparagus, bright bitter greens, and hints of warming spices to leave you feeling light, clean, and energized.
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Late winter and spring are the season of kapha dosha. Learn about kapha's home base in the stomach and how to stay balanced and vibrant this spring.
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In this tasty springtime recipe, red dal combines with vibrant, seasonal produce and carefully selected herbal allies to bring new life to your table.
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When we bite into something bitter, our first reaction may not be to have more, but despite many of us having an aversion to bitter foods, this taste has plenty of benefits.
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Light enough for kapha but still deeply nourishing to soothe and sustain pitta, this brothy farro kale soup recipe is the perfect follow up to your spring cleanse.
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Kapha has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, we fixate on its negative attributes. Find out more about the beauty of balanced kapha and why we would do well to embrace the kapha within us.
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When we think of spring cleaning, we think of our homes. But what about cleaning the accumulated toxins in our minds and bodies? Click here to get started on your spring cleanse journey.
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It’s hard to know if there were dietary trends at the time of Ayurveda’s origin over 5,000 years ago, but it’s safe to say that the traditional Ayurvedic kitchari cleanse has stood the test of time.
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Ayurveda suggests we do a seasonal cleanse every spring. This spring, take your cleanse beyond your physical body and clean out your mental closet too.
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Perfectionism can get in the way of healthy cleansing. Learn why the "no pain, no gain" mentality is just one more thing to eliminate as you start your cleanse.
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These two simple and fun recipes are a tasty way to stay balanced during spring, also known as kapha season, when the elements of water and earth are at their highest.
