About Autumns: Ayurvedic Autumn Wellness

Autumn, also known as harvest, signifies the shift from summer’s yang energy to winter’s yin nature. Governed by the airy, mobile Vata dosha, this season embodies qualities such as dryness, anxiety, and irregularity in sleep, digestion, or menstruation. As the energy transitions from growth and renewal to introspection and return, autumn beckons us to let go, prepare, and embrace structure and routine. Much like adulthood and maturity, autumn epitomizes a period of transition and new opportunities for Ayurvedic autumn wellness.

Diet adjustments

• Warming soups, nourishing pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, kale, pears, okra and other seasonable vegetables,
• Reduce raw and dry foods and
• Prefer warm, homemade fruit (apples, cranberries, figs, grapes, limes) compote with spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla. 
• Incorporate sunflower seeds, almonds, hazelnuts, citrus fruit, bell peppers, meat beans, seafoods.
• Avoid anything that is increasing Vata (for example, caffe). 
• Regular drinking of warm water is now extremely important.
  

Lifestyle adjustments

• Establish a daily routine raising time no later than 7 am, relaxed eating, moderate exercise and consistent bedtime (not later than 10 pm)
• Self-massage with warm sesame oil 
• Meditation 
• Yoga, grounding movement
• Dress for the season
• Use warming aromas.

Fall digestive tea

• 2 cups water
• 1 cm fresh ginger roots
• ½ tbs fennel seeds
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp licorice root powder
• Or 2 tbs chopped licorice root

Instructions:

1. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan.
2. Peel and chop the ginger root, then add it to the boiling water along with fennel seeds, cinnamon, and licorice root.
3. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 10-15 minutes.
4. Strain the tea into mugs using a small tea strainer and enjoy with or after meals.

Discover the essence of Ayurvedic Autumn Wellness as you navigate this season with balance and vitality. Embrace the profound wisdom of Ayurvedic nutrition and lifestyle adjustments to harmonise your well-being during this transformative autumnal season.