09/04/2025
🌧️ Varṣā Ritu — Finding Stillness in the Swell
After the blaze of summer, the rains arrive. Storm clouds gather, winds shift, and what was once fire now turns to water’s swell.
In Ayurveda’s Ritu Chakra, this is Varṣā — the rainy season. Here in Florida, we feel it as heavy afternoon rains, swelling rivers, and tropical humidity. Ayurveda describes this as an Ānūpa climate — marshy, lush, fertile — the same type of land that shapes Kerala, South India, where Ayurveda has been preserved in its most authentic lineage, the very one I practice.
The parallels run deep: Kerala, Florida, Costa Rica, the South Pacific — all tropical regions where mango, coconut, turmeric, tulsi, and jackfruit thrive. These plants, rooted in the Ayurvedic pharmacopeia, grow in our own backyards. Our climates carry the same wisdom.
Here, Pitta, which accumulated through summer’s fire, now spreads deeper into the tissues. Vāta rises with the unstable winds, rains, and humidity — weakening digestion and stirring restlessness. The call is to ground, cool, and steady ourselves so that balance returns.
This is why we gather — to align our bodies and minds with the rhythm of nature. ✨ On Friday, Sept 26th, join me and Maicie for Varṣā Ritu: Finding Stillness in the Swell — a 90-minute journey of Ayurveda, Jyotisha, yin yoga, and meditation to meet the rainy season in balance.
📍 Healing Elements Ayurveda | 6–7:30 PM | $35
🌿 Flyer + link coming soon.
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