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Winter Balancing of Your Constitution Helps you to Stay Healthy. The Ayurvedic science of living recognizes that the change of seasons affects the health of all living beings. Certain changes in diet, behaviour and medicines are prescribed as a “seasonal ayurvedic routine” to counter the bad effects of the season and capitalize on the good effects so we stay healthy. As fall and early winter ends vata peaks with resulting dryness and nervous disorders as we then enter the coldest part of the winter where everything slows down and produces dormancy in plants. This is the season of Kapha and the dosha most affected by winter, peaking in July or August. Winter often brings kapha aggravations like allergies, colds, and congestion. You are being asked to balance your diet and lifestyle now if this is you. Read on to find your magical curative powers.

Lessons from Australia, I experience the power to let go as we magically create the trip we want to the center of Australia and Tasmania. We experience the magic and creativity of revitalizing culture find ourselves renewed and influenced by nature and life around us. In reality we all have the opportunity to live life trusting it brings great insights and experiences in all situations. In Native American traditions and many cultures around the world, they experience the numinous in everyday situations as well as a specially prepared Vision Quest. This was my understanding of the phenomenal year we have completed. Read on to find your magical creative powers.

True to your Dosha is the key to harmony, immunity, and health. In this third part of our three part article on your body type we look at how our unique body type or dosha guides us to health , part one, and how to achieve harmonious balance through herbs and lifestyle choices, part 2, and finally by wisely choosing our food or diet which we will now examine. In this article we examine the vital link between Agni (digestive power), food/sensory choices and spices to produce health and wellness. Read on to learn how to balance your life for harmony , longevity and happiness.

The Ayurvedic science of living recognizes that the change of seasons affects the health of all living beings; and recommends a seasonal routine of diet, behaviour and medicines to counter the bad effects of the season and capitalize on the good effects so we stay healthy. Vata tends to dominate the fall or autumn season, reigning from mid-April through June. Vata combines the elements of air and ether; and it enables movement and activity. An excess of this dosha can produce coldness, overactivity, poor digestion, overactive mind and insomnia. Read how to balance your Vata with a autumn ayurvedic routine.