WHOLE HEALING AYURVEDA
  • Home
  • What is Ayurveda?
  • Services
  • Forms
  • FAQ
  • Dictionary
  • Blog
  • Bio

Kapha

5/21/2013

1 Comment

 
Kapha dosha is water and earth. It has the qualities of heavy, slow, cold, damp, soft. It is the season of spring. 

In spring the elements of water and earth are increased. We can feel these qualities of heavy, cool, oily, moist in nature and in our bodies. All around us the snow is melting, the rivers are running, ponds are forming, color on the trees and grasses is emerging. Mother Earth is waking up in the form of growth and upward energy. We all feel this in the air and within us. The presence of these qualities in the environment can influence the same qualities in our bodies - especially for people who have more earth and water elements in their bodies. This is known as the constitution of kapha. Due to this emergence of warm air and melting snow there is also a predominance of kapha in nature. You may be noticing an accumulated or stagnated kapha in our constitution in the form of liquids running out of the body. Maybe you have a spring cold, sinus congestion, allergies, or hay fever.


What can you do to avoid these seasonal imbalances? Avoid foods that are heavy and oily and minimize sweet, sour and salty. Anything that can cause mucous should be avoided. Instead, consume more pungent, bitter, astringent foods & herbs to dry up the mucous. There is an abundance of food that nature provides us this time of year.


Along with certain foods also be aware of how much you are eating, when you are eating, temperature of food and drinks so digestion is stimulated and not weakened or slowed down.
1 Comment

    Whole Healing Ayurveda

    The teachings of Ayurveda are as pertinent today as they were thousands of years ago.

    Archives

    January 2023
    March 2021
    March 2020
    February 2017
    September 2016
    April 2015
    February 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013
    May 2013
    February 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011

    Categories

    All
    Agni
    Ama
    Asafoetida
    Balance
    Bloating
    Cleanse
    Cold
    Constitution
    Copper
    Curry
    Damp
    Digestion
    Dosha
    Dry
    Enzymes
    Fall
    Food Combining
    Gas
    Ghee
    Heavy
    Hing
    Holidays
    Homeostasis
    Intuition
    Juice Plus
    Kapha
    Khavaigunya
    Light
    Love
    Mobile
    Nasya
    Neti
    Oil
    Oil Pulling
    Pranayama
    Recipe
    Slow
    Snehana
    Soft
    Special
    Spring
    Toxins
    Vata
    Water
    White Coating
    Winter
    Yoga

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • What is Ayurveda?
  • Services
  • Forms
  • FAQ
  • Dictionary
  • Blog
  • Bio