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We’ve had several months of pitta accumulating over these hot summer months. So, how do you balance pitta again after it’s accumulated? Well, it’s about decreasing intensity, activity, and heat in all areas of your life–diet, work, relationships, exercise, or routine. You’ll also want to focus on increasing cooling, calming, …
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Stage of life: VATA
The Vri-dha (old) awastha (stage): This stage of life is marked by Vata and is divided into sub stages – two ashrams Vanprastha and Sanyaas. In the first stage there is a gradual depletion of Pitta and a gradual increase of Vata. In the second stage very little Pitta remains …
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The Yauvan (Youth) – avastha – This stage of life is dominated by PITTA. In olden days, this was the time when one would start earning out of the knowledge gathered through education, get married and start family life. From the Ayurvedic viewpoint, the person entering this stage of life …
Read More »Subtle aspects of DOSHAS
We don’t necessarily need to know all the subtle qualities of each Dosha in order to stay in balance. However, having this knowledge can help us when we need to address specific conditions. It also helps us to understand more about how nature works, and how it expresses through our …
Read More »Exercises for Pitta Body Type
Pitta Personalities are warriors with a strong sense of competition and a desire to excel. So obviously they love to have activities that require competitive interaction with others. They are happy competing with themselves also by building on their intensity and endurance. They love to use the stop watch and …
Read More »AYURVEDA: Four States of Agni
It is essential that we understand the digestive fire or ‘Agni’ in AYURVEDA. After the Doshas, you’ll hear Agni referred to most often in the Ayurvedic Texts. Many ayurvedic doctors say that the treatment of diseases of the body is in fact the treatment of AGNI. This Agni is responsible …
Read More »How to care for your Skin Type
1. Vata Skin Type: For vata skin abhyanga, or massaging the skin all over the body daily with sesame or olive oil for 20 minutes and then taking a bath with luke warm water helps to reduce dryness & flaking. As per season, apply raw milk (in summers) or luke warm …
Read More »10 Ingredients to Cool Pitta
We’ve chosen ten ingredients we like that cool Pitta Dosha. If we’ve missed one of your favorites, please let us know in the comment section below. These ingredients constitute a Pitta dosha diet that pacifies an aggravated pitta. 1. Coconut There are so many ways to use coconut and so …
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