11/26/2025
Nourish your digestion by consuming warm, oily, well cooked, and easily digestible foods such as nourishing broths, soups and the beloved one pot meal. This is instant pot season in our household. Enjoy some kitchari, barley, rice, oats, and cheese. As always look at the vegetables in the garden that are full of prana and growing now. I encourage you to build a relationship with local farmers at the farmers markets. Eat foods with more sweet, sour, and salty tastes. Avoid fasting and cold raw foods during this time. What you put in your body is what fuels you and all of the ways you show up in the world, so eat well, simple, and savor the dish. According to Dr. Vasant Lad, a vata-soothing diet compromises of 50% grains, 20% proteins, and 30% veggies.
Sipping warm herbal water throughout the day will help to keep you hydrated. CCF (cumin, coriander and fennel) tea is good for vata time.
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Warming and grounding physical exercises such as walking, hiking and yoga asana practices. Calm, slow and steady sun salutations, with deep long slow even breaths will go a long way to calm the nervous system and warm the body nicely. For extra grounding add a cobra pose, locust pose and bow pose. Postures that allow the lungs to open and the navel ground. When practicing standing poses feel your feet securely planted on the earth.
