1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,760 Hey everybody and welcome to a new episode of the Awaken Together podcast. 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:10,760 I'm Kat. 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:11,760 I'm Jen. 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:16,600 And in today's episode, we're diving into our experience with the Indian holistic healing 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,960 modality of Ayurveda. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:24,060 We will touch on what it is, share about the three doshas, and how knowledge of this ancient 7 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:27,080 study can help you bring more balance into your life. 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,120 Awesome stuff. 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:35,400 So Ayurveda in Sanskrit, it translates to knowledge of life. 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:41,340 So this is an ancient wisdom designed to harmonize our internal and external worlds. 11 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:47,120 So Ayurveda identifies three basic types of life force energy that is present inside of 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,120 all of us. 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,520 The three types are vada, pitta, and kapha. 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,860 And so the goal of this system is to find balance between all three. 15 00:00:56,860 --> 00:01:00,960 But what we often find is that we are in imbalance. 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,360 So you might have one type that's a little higher. 17 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:08,720 So what we recommend before we dive into all the details that fall under each dosha is 18 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,220 to take a quick quiz. 19 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:12,320 So this is something you can Google. 20 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:18,440 You can search dosha quiz, or if you go on our Awaken Together podcast Facebook page 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,320 or Instagram, we're going to pop a quiz on there so you can take it before you listen 22 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:24,320 to this full episode. 23 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:27,880 It might help it make a little bit more sense. 24 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Definitely highly recommend taking that quiz. 25 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,480 It's a really good one and can bring nothing but awareness to how you show up, how you 26 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:38,700 present. 27 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:42,920 So next we'd love to give you a high level overview of each of the doshas. 28 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:49,800 We'll get into the element that's associated with each, the body type, the characteristics, 29 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:58,400 signs of balance, signs of imbalance, foods to reduce for each dosha, foods to increase, 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,180 and the benefits of doing this. 31 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:03,840 So I'll start us off with vata. 32 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,640 The element associated with this is air. 33 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:13,940 If you're a vata body type, the tendency is to be thin, delicate bone structure, low 34 00:02:13,940 --> 00:02:16,360 body fat, hard to gain weight. 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:22,040 All of these, take that with a grain of salt because the body type isn't necessarily going 36 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,240 to be guaranteed for each dosha. 37 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,320 So just take it with a grain of salt. 38 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:34,760 Characteristics associated with this, sensitive, spiritual, running late, people who can't 39 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:39,280 sit still, even forgetting to eat, which is kind of a funny thing. 40 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:45,080 People who are prone to snacking don't necessarily need a full meal. 41 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,280 Getting of the day feels difficult and overwhelming. 42 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,640 A little bit of flightiness, flakiness, some memory problems. 43 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:58,720 You might be easily confused or experienced some hair thinning or baldness. 44 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,360 Signs of balance for the vata dosha. 45 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:08,960 You're sharp, quick thinking, creative, fast talking, a little bit abstract, creative, 46 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:18,280 artistic, you might like to write, be really gifted with the art of poetry and enjoy music. 47 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,980 Signs of imbalance. 48 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:25,960 You might get gassy or bloated, that air element within the body. 49 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,520 You might feel a little bit unfocused or scatterbrained, spacey. 50 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,000 Your skin might tend to be dry if you're imbalanced. 51 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,940 Same with your hair and your nails. 52 00:03:34,940 --> 00:03:40,840 You might run cold normally or get the chills, get some anxiety, nervousness, have trouble 53 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,800 sleeping and even cavities can be a sign of an imbalanced vata. 54 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,180 So let's talk about foods. 55 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:52,340 Foods to reduce for the vata dosha. 56 00:03:52,340 --> 00:03:57,720 Low fat foods, things that are raw or cold because that's going to amplify the coldness 57 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,440 that's already in your body if you're feeling imbalanced. 58 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,640 Eating vegetarian or vegan diets can help you stay grounded and focused. 59 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,280 Now foods to increase on the other side, it's kind of the flip. 60 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:17,440 So you'll want to add more warming foods, foods that are grounding, heavier foods to 61 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:25,000 kind of calm down and like warm soups that can help to counteract the coldness. 62 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,320 So that's vata. 63 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,080 Moving on to the pitta dosha. 64 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,280 The element associated with this dosha, there's two. 65 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:37,840 It's fire and water, which is kind of funny because we think of them to be opposites, 66 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:41,160 but both are associated with this dosha. 67 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,680 Body types. 68 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:49,000 Medium body frame, well proportioned, so maybe like hourglass kind of figure, prone more 69 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,060 towards muscularity and easily overheated. 70 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:57,640 So you might run hot. 71 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:05,280 Types of this dosha, oftentimes you have a type A personality, cough, cough, me. 72 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:11,680 You might feel compelled to accomplish things, stay focused, organized, and a characteristic 73 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,720 with the pitta dosha is that you never miss meals. 74 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:21,400 You get cranky if you skip a meal, and this is because you typically have a strong metabolism. 75 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:30,000 You might be a workaholic and hot, humid climates don't really work so well for you. 76 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,560 You also might be sassy. 77 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,800 And on the other side, a little bit of drama might follow you because the pitta dosha, 78 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,600 some characteristics with it are creating problems that don't really exist when you're 79 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,540 feeling too balanced. 80 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:45,800 So kind of always chasing the next thing. 81 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,400 You like activity. 82 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Signs of balance. 83 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,440 A really balanced pitta dosha is productive. 84 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,040 It's your get it done person. 85 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:00,320 It might be really organized and have the capacity to work until you drop, whether that's 86 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,560 healthy or not. 87 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:08,960 You have a lot of energy, you're enthusiastic, you're quick, and you're really sharp. 88 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,520 Now signs of imbalance, the other side of this coin, you get easily agitated under stress. 89 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:23,120 You might be irritable, you might feel overly competitive and other heat associated conditions. 90 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:28,080 You might get some skin rashes, feel a lot of like heat in your eyes, some allergies, 91 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,680 some burning sensations there. 92 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,680 You might get really hungry and sweat. 93 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,200 All of those things are associated with pitta dosha. 94 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,960 Now let's talk about food because that's really important. 95 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Nourishment. 96 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:48,200 Foods to reduce, we're already hot as pitas, so excessive spices and red meat you want 97 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,760 to take down a notch. 98 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:56,720 On the other side, foods to increase, like sweet and bitter foods. 99 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:04,840 Also cooling and more stringent foods, like a cool cucumber, or sweet tasting spices such 100 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:11,860 as cardamom and fennel, dill, and you want to increase your protein too. 101 00:07:11,860 --> 00:07:18,480 This is beneficial also to incorporate peppermint teas, fresh lime, lighter proteins like chicken 102 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:25,000 and fish, dark leafy greens, which are great for everyone, sweet vegetables, and calming 103 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,580 and relaxing physical exercises. 104 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:32,240 You might feel the inclination to need to push yourself with weightlifting, tons of 105 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:38,160 running, but what you might actually need a little bit more of is yoga, pilates, and 106 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,040 some more gentleness there. 107 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:46,560 So we've made it to our third and final dosha, and this is kaffa. 108 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,120 The element associated with the kaffa dosha, there's two. 109 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,440 Again, it's earth and water. 110 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:57,160 So we have a little bit of similarity between pitta and kaffa in that both have the water 111 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,760 element related. 112 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,120 Body type for the kaffa dosha. 113 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:08,200 Larger body types are typically the ones associated with this, but not necessarily overweight. 114 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Well, with kaffa dosha, one thing that's associated is that you can gain weight easily. 115 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,320 You can hold onto fat and water and kind of bloat a little bit, but you tend to be strong, 116 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:26,080 like big boned, powerful athletes when you're in shape. 117 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:33,040 Some characteristics associated with this dosha are being really grounded, stable, solid, 118 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,360 clear about the ways of the world. 119 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:41,080 These are sensual people, people with strong sexuality naturally. 120 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,560 A steady appetite, but not overly strong like pitta, like you can miss a meal. 121 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:52,480 You have a little bit of a slower metabolism and might feel a resistance to exercise because 122 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:58,040 you generally enjoy moving a bit slower. 123 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,440 I've been told in yoga teacher training, which is the first time where I learned about the 124 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:09,360 dosha and Ayurveda as a whole, that the kaffas, a balanced kaffa is like what we all strive 125 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,480 to be more like. 126 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:17,280 These are the maternal figures, the people you go to when you just want to feel nurtured 127 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:24,160 and loved and just being in their presence feels like a big warm hug. 128 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,720 So that leads me to signs of balance. 129 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:33,480 These people are reliable, dependable, calm, peacemakers, affectionate, and really even 130 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:34,480 tempered. 131 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,120 Oh, love all of those qualities. 132 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,440 And then signs of imbalance on the other side. 133 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,000 You might hold on to emotions. 134 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,480 It's kind of like Eeyore. 135 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,860 That's always what I think of for the kaffa dosha. 136 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:54,100 So you might be a little bit more lethargic, ho hum, sleeping too much. 137 00:09:54,100 --> 00:10:01,400 You might have a tendency to feel a bit more depressed or lack enthusiasm in everyday life, 138 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:06,800 feeling a bit just dull, sluggish, overweight, and even congestion is associated with this 139 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,960 dosha. 140 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:17,560 Now foods to reduce, really high fat foods, the heavy, the fatty proteins, and dairy because 141 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:24,320 this dosha tends to get really mucousy and dairy is associated with making that worth, 142 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,840 kind of like exacerbating that mucous production. 143 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:33,480 You want to also reduce gluten-based grains, red meats, and starchy vegetables. 144 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:41,560 Now foods to increase for kaffa, drying and heating foods, pungent spices for their thermogenic 145 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:49,680 properties, lighter grains, light proteins, and vegetables like kimchi is really good 146 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:55,800 for kaffa dosha that helps balance your gut, really good with probiotics, and those pungent 147 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:02,040 spices are really good for inspiration, kind of getting you out of a funk. 148 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:11,040 Some other beneficial foods are beans, quinoa, spinach, salads, cayenne, and some other things 149 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:16,560 that you could do in your life to benefit you are body image affirmations, cardiovascular 150 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:23,360 exercises, and just loving the body that you have, practicing that act of self-acceptance. 151 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,400 So that was a lot. 152 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,400 I know, Jen, I want to turn it over to you. 153 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,760 I want to hear about your dosha and your experience with them. 154 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:32,760 Yes. 155 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,640 Thank you, Kat, for all of that information. 156 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,900 So I hope you guys can go back and take notes and kind of look at all those awesome facts 157 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:43,620 on how you can work within your own dosha. 158 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:47,900 So we said before, you're wanting a balance between all three, but it's very common to 159 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:50,160 have one that overrides. 160 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:55,680 And a good way to think of it is as well as using the notes that Kat just shared to help 161 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:02,280 with pacifying or, you know, reducing if you were high on one, it's good to look at it 162 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:08,960 either as pacifying whatever one is the highest for you or also increasing the two opposite 163 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:09,960 ones. 164 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,560 So it's really good to get familiar with what qualities fall under each because I often 165 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:20,400 find that what used to be very true for me also has shifted a lot as I've worked on it. 166 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:26,120 I took the quiz recently, actually, Kat, because I shared a lot of this at my virtual retreat 167 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:31,440 and I was so much more balanced than what I remember when I first took the test and 168 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,960 looked into all of this for the first time. 169 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:42,680 So I was also exposed to it in teacher training and I remember getting a quiz and taking it 170 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:46,160 and I was super high Vata. 171 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,680 And I think that's kind of obvious when you hang out with me anyway. 172 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,720 I'm like speedy quick. 173 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,280 I'm very quick in my speech and very quick in the way I move. 174 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,280 I do not sit still. 175 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,880 I forget to eat all the time if I am not aware of it. 176 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,840 Yeah, that happens all the time. 177 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:12,800 I've also blamed my ADHD and my heavy Gemini in my birth chart, but it's all there. 178 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:13,800 It's all connected. 179 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,840 And yeah, I was very high Vata on my quiz. 180 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:25,120 So I went home and I started researching more things that Vata's eat. 181 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,760 And she had mentioned there's foods for each of them. 182 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,080 And I read a list of common foods that increase Vata. 183 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,920 So the foods that you would also be eating if you are high Vata. 184 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,900 And I eat the entire checklist. 185 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:41,040 So I love cold foods. 186 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,440 I love crunchy foods. 187 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,500 And I would literally eat raw peppers like an apple. 188 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:51,760 People used to comment on that all the time like, Jennifer, what in the hell are you doing? 189 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:57,160 I'm just eating a pepper because it's quick and it's fast and it's crunchy and it was 190 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,440 so satisfying and it didn't like I didn't have to prep it and which was faster. 191 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,400 And I love that. 192 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,480 And I would eat all my foods cold. 193 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,640 Like if I had leftovers, I'd so much rather than be cold than heated up. 194 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,120 And I just loved all that stuff. 195 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:19,100 So I said, OK, well, clearly I have an imbalance and I think heavy air probably is a reason 196 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:22,820 I have so much anxiety and is unsettled. 197 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:28,080 So I started working really hard on my first step to balance myself was to start eating 198 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,180 warmer foods and more spiced foods. 199 00:14:31,180 --> 00:14:33,480 And I worked really hard for it for about a month. 200 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:39,940 I also started I love chewing ice and I love really cold drinks. 201 00:14:39,940 --> 00:14:45,040 So I also started warming all my drinks and avoiding ice altogether. 202 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:50,460 And what I found after a month of doing that was that, first of all, I felt internally 203 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:59,400 much calmer, but I also had oil in my hair, which my hair had always been so dry and dandruffy. 204 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,740 And I lived in Florida and there's so much humidity. 205 00:15:02,740 --> 00:15:04,080 So it was always really rare. 206 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,920 Like I could not wash my hair for days and you would not be able to see like any any 207 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:13,600 type of oil from not showering because my hair would just be so dry. 208 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:18,460 And then when I also moved to Colorado, I remember my hair like the dry of Colorado 209 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:21,680 on top of Jen's already baseline dry. 210 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,200 I was dying. 211 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,520 So it was amazing, though, because when I when I did focus on this system, I started 212 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:34,800 becoming very convinced because I noticed a change in even the quality of my hair, which 213 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:40,480 hair digestion, how your bowels work, all of this falls into our data. 214 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:46,200 So you can really see a shift in how your gut is digesting stuff, how your skin is presenting, 215 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,280 how your hair is presenting. 216 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:53,800 So it's a really cool system to look at the physical manifestations of energetic changes 217 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,440 that occur. 218 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:01,160 So Miss Pitta, you want to tell us how that looks like for you? 219 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,640 Yeah, yeah, definitely. 220 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:09,240 I remember it was just last year in yoga teacher training that I learned about all of the doshas. 221 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:16,680 And we did this activity where one of my teachers, Katie, she she said, you know, I'm going to 222 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,860 go around the room and see if I can guess your doshas. 223 00:16:20,860 --> 00:16:24,560 And this was after we had already all taken the quizzes ourselves. 224 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,460 So we had a sense of what our bodies at least were. 225 00:16:28,460 --> 00:16:30,120 And she didn't know our personalities. 226 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:35,240 So she could she could use that to as evidence to try to figure us out. 227 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,560 And she looked at me and she just goes, you're a Pitta, right? 228 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,960 And I was like, yeah, how did you know? 229 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:48,240 And she and I was sitting at the time, kind of sitting on the ground with my knees hugged 230 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,840 into my chest and I was wrapping my arms around my shins, you know, like holding on to my 231 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,280 opposite elbows with my hands. 232 00:16:55,280 --> 00:17:00,640 And she just looked at my shoulders and she said, have your shoulders are always been 233 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,360 muscular like that? 234 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,760 And I said, well, yeah, I guess so. 235 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,640 I tend to hold my weight in my lower body when I gain it. 236 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,760 And my shoulders and my arms have always been pretty like muscular. 237 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,560 And she goes, that's a very big quality of Pitta's. 238 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:22,920 Like all you have to do is look at a Pitta's shoulder line, their shoulder muscle, and 239 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,360 you can tell like if they have a Pitta body. 240 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:28,080 So that was really interesting to me. 241 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:35,440 And later on that day, when we were all going to lunch, we kind of decided, you know, who 242 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:40,480 wants what and three of us went to get bagel sandwiches. 243 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,200 We were all the Pitta's. 244 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:49,800 We needed like a heavy meal and all of the vatas, which was everyone else in class. 245 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,140 There were, I think, four vatas. 246 00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:53,140 They all got salads. 247 00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:54,140 Yep, crunch. 248 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:55,140 So satisfying. 249 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:56,140 Fresh, light, cold. 250 00:17:56,140 --> 00:17:57,140 And we were like, we need food, sustenance, warmth, carbs. 251 00:17:57,140 --> 00:18:12,360 It's so funny just to think about like what we go to naturally, because I would, you'd 252 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:16,480 never catch me dead eating a pepper like an apple. 253 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,480 Yeah, I love it. 254 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,480 I love how you said that, Jen. 255 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,480 Go ahead, Kat. 256 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,480 Go ahead. 257 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:32,880 Okay, so even like when I do eat an apple, which I have to kind of force myself to, I'll 258 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,880 cut it into pieces and put cinnamon on it to like warm it up in any way. 259 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,880 Oh no, not definitely not me. 260 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:41,880 So funny. 261 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:42,880 That's so good. 262 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:51,320 And yeah, it's I think so often as a society, we treat all this stuff differently. 263 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:56,720 Like if our skin is producing a ton of oil, we go to skin products, or if our guts messed 264 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,460 up, we take different medicines to soothe it. 265 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:05,360 We don't tend to look at all of these things as being an energetic temperament. 266 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:09,800 So I think it's a really awesome thing to add into your life because a lot more of this 267 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,880 stuff could be connected than what we think. 268 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,840 And I obviously, I'm super into energy and I just love the concept that we have these 269 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,640 three energies trying to work together within us. 270 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,240 And another thing to point out is the season. 271 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:32,640 So Vada season is fall to early winter and then Kaffa is late winter to early spring 272 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,240 and then Pitta is in the later spring and through the summer. 273 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:43,960 And so it's really cool to actually rank like what order you would put the seasons because 274 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,560 for me, I have always had the lowest energy in the summer. 275 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:52,240 And I have all these people around me going, finally, it's summer. 276 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,240 I can come out of the house and I feel alive. 277 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,560 And I'm like going into my seasonal depression in the summer. 278 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,920 I do not function well in that environment. 279 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:10,280 And then when fall comes, my Vada season, I feel I've been reborn and I'm alive and 280 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,800 I feel so good through the winter. 281 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,480 And so I find it really fascinating to look at that too. 282 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,560 I asked the girls in my virtual retreat to rank their season preference and see if there 283 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,560 is any correlation. 284 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:28,120 And it was kind of, it was a little bit more accurate for most people, but a little opposite 285 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,560 for some. 286 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,800 But it's a cool way to look at it too. 287 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,560 When do you receive the most energy? 288 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:39,560 And that could be really hinting at how you respond to these energetic changes and these 289 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,280 season changes. 290 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,760 So we are in Vada season right now. 291 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:50,840 And I think a really cool thing to look at is we're getting into cooler air. 292 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,240 We're into that quality that comes with fall. 293 00:20:55,240 --> 00:21:03,000 And nature produces the exact foods we need to pacify the energetic change that comes 294 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,240 with the season. 295 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:09,480 So to balance high levels of Vada, you want those warmer foods. 296 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:15,840 So if you look at butternut squash and pumpkin and sweet potatoes that you can deeply cook, 297 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,600 nature harvests and creates all this stuff that we need to pacify it. 298 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,520 And I think that is a really cool way to look at it too, that there's already, nature's 299 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:26,940 already doing its thing. 300 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:31,600 We just get really pulled away from this like cyclical nature within ourselves. 301 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:36,920 So if you have this awareness of these types, you also can prep like, okay, I know what 302 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,720 season we're going into. 303 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,720 Like we have Kaffa coming after this current Vada season. 304 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:48,120 I know that I'm going to be slowing down because there's going to be more cold days. 305 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:52,640 I'm probably not going to move as much, which is some of the qualities of Kaffa is moving 306 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,040 slower. 307 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,220 You probably aren't going to need nearly as much sleep going into Kaffa season because 308 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:01,200 you're not moving nearly as much. 309 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,660 You're not going outside on really long bike rides in the cold. 310 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:11,160 So you can start to prep and balance for the seasons that are coming up. 311 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:19,560 And so just to go over a few Kaffa things, you want once again, leafy cooked vegetables, 312 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,780 ginger tea can be really nice. 313 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:29,760 Looking at different spices and foods like black pepper, cayenne, turmeric, these are 314 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,800 all the things that can help with that balance. 315 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,360 Also Kaffa doesn't need to eat nearly as much. 316 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:41,000 You want to look and eat when you are more hungry because if you think about it in winter, 317 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,520 we're hanging around a lot more. 318 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:47,800 So we're not getting as much of that digestion from movement and being as busy. 319 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:55,440 But here's the interesting part is we've set society up where you eat tons of food in the 320 00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:00,600 holiday months and it's always the exact food that is not on the list. 321 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:07,720 If you want to live through this kind of Ayurvedic lifestyle, you get all these sweets and cookies 322 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:13,440 and candy and that is so not the temperament you need for a body that's already going to 323 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,360 be slowing down. 324 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:22,480 So I told my retreat girls that I would really look at the little things you can change. 325 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:28,800 Of course, that's the way we set up our holidays often is we tend to eat a lot more food, but 326 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,440 think about that quality of warming up your food a little bit more. 327 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,320 Think about having warmer beverages, maybe adding in like a golden tea. 328 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,480 I love golden tea in the winter months. 329 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,160 Yeah, think of at least what you can do. 330 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,880 Maybe you start off with beverages or you notice the way you move. 331 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,800 Maybe in Kaffa season, you realize like I'm going to need to build some internal heat 332 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,560 because my environment around me is not going to be giving me a lot of heat. 333 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:02,440 So let me find ways that I can move some heat through me, maybe a little bit more of a power 334 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:08,760 yoga or a yoga that burns a little bit more energy instead of sticking with more of the 335 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,120 lethargic movement as we move into winter. 336 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:21,320 And one other thing is really fun to look at is we often get really bad allergies and 337 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:26,160 seasonal issues with our sinuses as we move into fall and winter. 338 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:31,800 And so a lot of these things are not only to help your digestion and your skin and hair, 339 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,680 but it's looking at your immune system too and how that is functioning. 340 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:41,240 And one of the things that's highly recommended to bring in as a regimen is the neti pot. 341 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,440 And I think some people are so scared of that neti pot. 342 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,720 Kat said she's a little afraid of it. 343 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,920 A little intimidated. 344 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,760 I promise though, like it's the best thing. 345 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,760 I started doing it and I used to get sinus infections every year. 346 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:01,600 And when I started the second, I start to get a little bit of a stuffy nose in the fall 347 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,600 months. 348 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,440 I immediately start the neti routine and I do it usually daily, sometimes every other 349 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,720 day and you have to lean over enough that you can breathe through your mouth so you 350 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:11,720 don't drown yourself. 351 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,040 Got to preface that because a lot of people don't have the lean. 352 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:22,160 And as I was talking this out, I had a thought one time that I made up a song for it. 353 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:27,520 So I would tell my husband, I was to watch me whip and watch me neti and I'd whip my 354 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:31,320 head to the side and then put the neti pot out and then have all the snot coming out 355 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,120 and then keep going with the song. 356 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,920 And he just stared at me like, oh my gosh, I love my wife. 357 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,120 That's what I know you're thinking. 358 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:42,080 What a, what a lovely wife I have. 359 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,640 I love it so much. 360 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:44,640 The visual of that. 361 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,640 It needs to be recorded. 362 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,240 And yeah, so you just whip your head to the side. 363 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,840 You bring that neti pot right up and you just let magic happen. 364 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,640 And honestly, it's so, are you Vedic approved? 365 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,320 Yes, it sure is. 366 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,600 I think it actually, the neti pot, it came from ancient India. 367 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,160 So they're wise beyond their years. 368 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,800 So, so true. 369 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:13,800 And the only other thing I kind of add in and like to preface is dry brushing, which 370 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,120 is just taking a dry brush. 371 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:22,520 There's tons of videos up on the technique to do it, but it's creating outside stimulation 372 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,880 or outside heat because we're missing a lot of that on the inside. 373 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:31,360 So that's another awesome practice to add in as we go into the more winter and late 374 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,680 fall months as well. 375 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:39,080 All about that self care, taking care of yourself and what better time when you can't really 376 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,960 go outside as much anymore because it's cooling down and just focus on that self love and 377 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:49,200 that body image appreciation, which is so important for Kapha. 378 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:55,880 And one last thing to keep in mind is, I know we kind of, I explained the doshas as three 379 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:03,360 separate entities, but we have each of them in us and how important it is to, if you're 380 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:11,100 feeling like you have an in-bounds pitta, for example, me, when I feel really fiery, 381 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:18,160 when I feel just like really in my masculine to tie it in to the energetics of that as 382 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:24,960 well, to amplify either Vata or Kapha, depending on how I'm feeling. 383 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:32,080 So looking at them holistically, when I feel out of balance, I either feel like very, very 384 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:39,560 competitive with myself, comparative, or really anxious and flighty and spirally. 385 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:44,320 So Vata is where I go typically in imbalance. 386 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,640 And when I feel really balanced, I feel even more in the Kapha. 387 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:53,440 That's where I'm able to show up for others and myself and be my most grounded, nurturing 388 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,320 version of me. 389 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,560 So consider that for yourself. 390 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:03,760 And we have one more tip for you if you are interested in diving a little bit deeper into 391 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,080 this study of Ayurveda. 392 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,120 And it's a book. 393 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:12,240 So it's called The Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda, and it's by Sahara Rose. 394 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,920 This is one of her, I think this was actually her first book. 395 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,920 She's a wonderful spiritual teacher, and she uses this practice of Ayurveda to bring balance, 396 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,280 explain the ins and outs of the system so that you can make it really tangible and bring 397 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,000 it into your life. 398 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,400 Good stuff. 399 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:29,400 Yeah. 400 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,920 So we thank you guys. 401 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,600 Let us know what type you are. 402 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:39,640 Once again, our pages is Awaken Together podcast, and we will share some resources with you 403 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,680 on there as well. 404 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,240 But Kat, thanks for another great talk. 405 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,200 Oh, thank you, Jen. 406 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,200 Just love you. 407 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,200 I love you. 408 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,200 See you later. 409 00:28:49,200 --> 00:29:04,840 Bye, friends.