17/06/2022
Some very useful tips for us suffering the heat wave here in France. But applies so well to all of us making it successfully through the summer with joy and the best possible wellbeing 🙂
Ayurveda, India’s ancient system of traditional medicine, teaches us that every season has its own group of qualities. Living the life of Ayurveda (knowledge of life) means being in relationship with yourself and nature. The changing of the seasons gives us an ongoing opportunity to be in relationship to our environment and to cultivate awareness of how our body reacts to the elements around us.
The summer season is ruled by the PITTA DOSHA. Composed of the elements fire and water, pitta is oily, hot, light, spreading, and liquid: think heat and humidity. This time of year can express in the body as agitation, low digestive fire, sour stomach, skin irritations and bad quality of sleep.
Here are some simple tips to help you live well in the pitta season.
• Avoid heating foods such as coffee, alcohol, meats, and fried food. Favour fresh, local vegetables, cooked grains.
• Drink cool (not iced) water with lemons, limes, and mint. Watermelon, cucumbers, and yogurt lassi with mint are also excellent drinks in hot weather.
• Coconut water and oil are great cooling foods. You can drink coconut water and cook with the oil. If you practice self-massage, switch out the sesame oil for coconut oil.
• A little black pepper or a dash of cayenne on your food helps with digestion without overheating.
• Try a restorative or yin yoga practice, both great for cooling the system.
• Go swimming! Swimming increases digestive strength without overheating.
• Have a cooling ayurvedic massage – with cooling coconut oil and mint / lemon essential oils.
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