What’s Your Dosha? Part Three ~ Pitta

When we enter the summer season, we enter the season of Pitta. The two of the five elements that come together to form the Pitta force is water and fire. The qualities of this dosha are described as hot, light, sharp, fluid, soft and clear.  Pitta governs the quality of transformation.  If we have too much Pitta, this can cause hormonal imbalance, ulcers, anger, and irritated skin conditions. If we have too little Pitta, our metabolism can become sluggish, we can experience indigestion and a cluttered,... 

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What’s Your Dosha? Part Two ~ Kapha

When we enter the cold, cloudy, heavy season of Winter, we enter the Kapha dosha season. Qualities of this dosha are slow, heavy, cold, damp, soft, smooth and viscous, just like the qualities of winter. The two of the five elements that represent the Kapha dosha are water and earth. Those who have predominantly Kapha qualities have strong muscles and large, heavy bones. They have a hard time losing weight and can put weight on very easily. The digestion of a Kapha individual is slow and so is... 

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What’s Your Dosha? Part One ~ Vata

Are you fiery Pitta?  A thin-boned anxious Vata? or a hard-to-get-moving-in-the-morning Kapha? Aromatherapy and essential oils can help to keep our doshas more balanced, but before we learn that, let’s take a look at what the heck a dosha is! These three doshas, Vata, Pitta, Kapha, are the categories, or body types in Ayurveda.  Much like the three body types we have in the west, the ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph, the three doshas each have their own, very unique characteristcs.  According... 

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What Is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is the ancient medicine system of India. It is said to be the world’s oldest recorded system of healing.  Ayur means ‘life’ and veda means ‘knowledge or science’ so put the two together and you have the ‘Science of Life’. I have been intrigued by Ayurveda for the past few years and have purchased numerous books on this subject as well as taken a Foundation course in it at Starseed Yoga Center.  What draws me to this science is that Ayurveda treats... 

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