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Spring’s arrival
​stirs a sense of ‘waking up’
as the energy moves
upwards and outwards...

With everything flourishing around us, there is a renewed feeling of positivity and celebration as we prepare for spring. Ayurveda refers to seasonal routine as ‘Ritucharya’ - ritu means ‘season’ and ‘charya' means to move with or to follow.
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Adjusting our lifestyle and diet is recommended to keep us in flow with nature, adapting to the external and internal changes that are taking place at the junction point between the old and new.

​As the sunnier days start to melt away the colder conditions, the same is happening within us. Kapha liquifies and begins to dry whilst outside the flowers start to open and release their pollen. You may experience increased mucus, spring colds and allergies which often appear with this clearing out of fluid. What we observe outside in nature is also mirrored within. This is the time to shed the accumulated ‘earth and water’ qualities of Kapha - damp, wet and heavy which tend to build during winter.

What you can do to stay in tune with spring:

Favour a diet that is lighter, drier and less oily. Avoid too much heavy and cold food such as ice cream and cheese. Reduce sweet, salty and sour tastes as they aggravate Kapha dosha

Choose warm foods and drinks with a focus on pungent, bitter and astringent tastes which stimulate the taste buds and help to improve digestion

Include lots of dark leafy greens to support the liver and kidneys along with radishes, asparagus and sprouts including sprouted beans - a wonderful and nutritious addition to soups, salads and wraps

Garlic and onions also help to eliminate the damp remnants of winter

Drinking ginger tea with lemon is uplifting and warming helping to expel mucus and soothe colds.

Herbs that are useful in spring include ginger, black pepper, turmeric and cumin.

Ease into your morning with a simple yoga routine. Sleeping in aggravates Kapha dosha resulting in feeling sluggish throughout the day. Awake with the dawn instead to increase your sense of vitality.

Take a few minutes to inhale and exhale mindfully with your focus on your breath.

Write in your journal to clear your thoughts, making space for new ideas to flourish.

Sort through a cupboard, recycle and re-organise, you’ll feel so much lighter!

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