There’s a sense of stillness that accompanies winter. But winter can be harsh to our systems - especially those that are more vata or kapha predominant. By embracing the natural cycles of nature, and learning to live in harmony with these rhythms our wellbeing can be bolstered even as the days grow colder and darker.

As we learn to tune into the ebbs and flows of nature and start living in sync with those rhythms we begin to find joy in all of nature’s seasons.

As we start to bring January to a close (how is that possible already?) and head into February we slowly start shifting toward what āyurveda calls kapha season (more on that next month).

It’s the new year. That time of year when so many of us make resolutions. We resolve to change something about ourselves or our lives………

I love everything about the holiday season. I love the colder weather, the music, the sparkly lights, the food, the family, and most of all the traditions. From the time I was a very little girl my mom created special and meaningful holiday traditions that I carried on and adapted once I had children of my own.

The āyurvedic concept of ojas is often referred to as our “vital sap”. Ojas is the energy reserves that we can draw from when we are depleted and run down. In our modern, Western culture we do not value ojas and ojas supporting practices enough

In āyurveda fall is considered vata season. The air and ether elements combine to produce a cool, dry, mobile quality to the environment. It’s this mobile quality of vata that can result in sleep disturbances as we enter the fall season.