YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!! Introducing Seasonal Bloom Kapha!! I think this is my FAVORITE one yet!
If you are unfamiliar, each season I put together a little newsletter/booklet focusing on the dosha (vata, pitta, or kapha) for that season. On this FIRST day of spring (see? I was worried I was late, but timing always works out as it’s supposed to), I’d love to share this newsletter with you.
I also ask that in return for reading, absorbing and hopefully loving the information, that you share this with at least three of your friends or family. We ALL need more Ayurveda in our lives. It’s my passion, it’s my life’s work and I am grateful I can share this with you. Please share with more people so my reach gets larger!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF, SEASONAL BLOOM KAPHA
If you want to catch up on past Seasonal Blooms, you can download Vata Here and Pitta Here.
Namasté all my friends. I hope you enjoy this. XOXOXOXOX, MonicaB
13 responses so far ↓
1 Delphine // Mar 21, 2011 at 6:21 am
Hey Monica!
I love these guides! Thank you!
Any suggestions for things a Vata can do to stay balanced in the spring?
2 Becca // Mar 21, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Hi Monica!
Thanks so much! This made my day! Off to reading now…
~Becca
3 Barbara // Mar 22, 2011 at 7:41 am
Hey Moni!
this is great!! So much fun to read!!
xoxoxo
4 Holly // Mar 22, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Hi Monica,
Thanks for all the great tips, as always! You indicated that you’d like to hear from readers, so I thought I’d suggest that sometime I’d love it if you’d make a guide on All Things Tridoshic. You know, saffron, the color green and sun salutations.
I’m tridoshic but I think that information would be useful for others, too, because there’s often a mix of doshas in each household, all trying to balance themselves out.
5 Kathi // Mar 22, 2011 at 4:33 pm
I think I am a classic Kapha!! Descibes a LOT of me. I am trying the sitting aerobic breathing exercise. Maybe this will M-O-T-I-V-A-TE me!!
6 Meghs // Mar 22, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Hi Monica!!
Thanks for all the lovely effort, I am going to shoot this over to a friend who I think is a classic Kapha!
I have an important question for you – we live in Singapore where the weather is hot/humid all year round with ocassional showers – that to me describes an all -year Pitta season…Does that mean that I need to follow the Pitta season guidelines all through? I am a Pitta-Vata myself so my tummy tends to heat up in this climate!
7 Monica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Yeah Kathi!! Give that breathing a try! Do it for a week – stay motivated!! xoxo
8 Monica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Hi Meghs! Definitely share with your kapha-friend. She will love it! You are correct, so since you are in Singapore you will follow mostly pitta-balancing guidelines. If there are “wet” seasons, you can follow the “drying” guidelines for kapha, but you’ll definitely need to stay cool. If your tummy heats up, stay cool and sweet to balance your pitta!! There is a pitta Seasonal Bloom too if you want to check that out: http://heymonicab.com/2010/07/introducing-seasonal-bloom/
9 yoga instructor // Apr 14, 2011 at 8:21 am
Hi! Thank you so much for these wonderful guides! The tips that you gave are very helpful, especially since I have to stay on track of my dream. Thanks for sharing the breathing technique!
10 Monica // Apr 14, 2011 at 8:32 am
Yay! So glad you like this and find it helpful!! Namaste :)
11 Nancy // May 1, 2011 at 9:38 am
Hello, Monica.
Thank you for putting together all of this wonderful information.
I think I’m a Kapha mind living in a Vata body…
I’ve always been a “slow and steady wins the race” kind of girl-don’t understand why people get mad so easily, yet always understand everyone’s point of view as I am my friends’ and coworkers’ sounding board. My friends call me ,”a cheery, quiet, saint”. I rarely throw anything away because I just might need it next week, month or year :)
My body, however, is a petite frame with about 10 too many lbs, small joints, feet, and hands (my ring size is 4). My skin is always very dry and flaky without lotion. Dry curly frizzy thin hair as well.
My question is (finally)-what would serve me better, the vata or kapha diet-am I eating oil or low fat? Am I doing grounding poses or cardio? Both?
I’m so not used to talking this much-usually on the other side of the conversation:)
Thanks for listening!
12 Monica // May 3, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Hello Nancy with Kapha mind and vata body! :) Awwww…a “cheery, quiet saint”!! That’s a kapha alright :)
The answer to your question is…a bit of both! The common quality that vata and kapha have is cold. So it will always serve you to have warm and well cooked foods especially when the weather is cold. You can have spicy foods which will help kindle your digestive fire (agni) – vata has variable agni and kapha has weak agni – both will benefit from some spice!
You can follow the seasons with the rest of the qualities. In spring, you will probably crave lighter, less oily foods (because it’s kapha season) and in fall/winter, you might crave heavier foods with some warm grounding oils/fats in them (to balance light & windy vata). Best to do is listen to what your body is calling for. You don’t sound like you are imbalanced so listening to your body is going to be your key.
I hope this helps and thank YOU for asking!!! :)
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