Winter - Vata Season

Autumn /Winter are seasons where Vata dosha needs a little taking care of.

During this season the same qualities that characterize Vata: cold, dry, light, clear, and movement, are all present.

As long as these qualities are in balance, a person whose dosha is predominantly Vata will be healthy, creative, and exuberant. But when too much Vata accumulates in the body and mind, the imbalance may manifest as physical or emotional disorders, including insomnia, dry skin, arthritis, constipation, high blood pressure, anxiety, and depression.

Tips in staying balance-

- have frequent small meals.
- take plenty of hot soups
- Eat foods that are warming, fresh, and well cooked; avoid dry or uncooked foods (especially salads and raw fruits and vegetables).
- Drink lots of warming liquids such as hot water and herbal teas to prevent dehydration.
- Drink herbal tea eg ginger and tulsi.
- Eat more of the sweet, sour, and salty tastes and less of the bitter, astringent, and pungent ones. Avocados, bananas, mangoes, peaches, lemons, pumpkins, carrots, beets, asparagus, quinoa, rice, mung beans, almonds, sesame seeds, and ghee are a few excellent Vata-pacifying foods.
- Don’t worry if your appetite seems stronger than usual as this is a natural tendency in winter and helps pacify Vata.

Give yourself gentle self-massage in the morning or before bed. Use a nourishing, warming oil such as organic black sesame seed oil . You may also want to gently rub a drop of sesame oil inside your nasal passages, which tend to become dry during winter.
And lastly getting enough sleep is vital for vata, who tend to push themselves to the point of physical or mental exhaustion.

Perfect fruits for your body type-dosha

VATAS need sweet and juicy fruit (bananas, berries, grapes, kiwis, mangoes, melons, oranges, pineapples) and are best avoiding dry or crunchy fruits (raw apples, cranberries, pears, dried fruit and raisins).

PITTAS need sweet, dry fruits (apples, apricots, cherries, dates, figs, melons, prunes, raisins) and should avoid sour, juicy or astringent fruit (bananas, sour berries, grapefruit, lemons, peaches, rhubarb, tamarind, strawberries).
 
KAPHAS do best with dry, sour fruits (apples, apricots, cranberries, grapes, lemons, peaches, pears, prunes, raisins) and should avoid sweet, heavy fruits (bananas, coconut, dates, kiwis, mangoes, melons, oranges, pineapple).

Aloe Vera: The Ayurvedic Miracle Plant

Aloe Vera, or Ghrit Kumari in Sanskrit, is a member of the lily family and is very cactus-like in its characteristics. The leaves contain the clear healing gel that is 96% water. The other four percent contains 75 known substances including Vitamins A, B, C, E, calcium, amino acids for protein building, and enzymes used in the digestive system.
When taken in liquid form it works on weak digestion, low immunity, fatigue, joint pains, vitamin deficiency and dull skin. As a  natural anti-oxidant and blood purifier, Aloe Vera strengthens the immune system and improves digestion. It is a great skin tonic and anti-aeging agent.
It balances all three doshas : it is soothing for vata, cooling for pitta and clearing for kapha. 

Six Senses Spa Recipe to sooth tender and reddish skin. This formula reduces skin temperature and helps repair sun damaged skin.
Ingredients
3 medium blades of Aloe Vera, mashed which will equal to 2 tbsp of fresh aloe gel.
1 tbsp of lavender water
5 drops of essential lavender oil.
1/2 cup of milk
2 pieces of gauze
Directions
Mix the fresh, mashed aloe vera and lavender water together..set aside. Add lavender essential oil to milk and soak the gauze in this, then place in fridge to cool for about 15 minutes. Using gentle  pressure, put one piece of the gauze over the reddish  or sunburned area. Gently pat on the aloe mixture, cover with the remaining gauze and leave for  15 minutes.  After  removing the gauze, use a moisturizing lotion or leave the skin bare.  Repeat once a day until the redness disappears.
If this sounds all to hard ,you can always visit me At Jajute Wellness ..opening soon..lol

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8 Steps to Ageing Gracefully

Recommendations for enhancing spiritual health and wellbeing.

. Pay attention to your breath. Many cultures identify breath with spirit, seeing the breath cycle as the movement of spirit in the physical body.
. Connect with nature. You can do this by walking or sitting in a natural setting. Allow yourself to slow down, drop your usual routines, and just absorbs the influence of the place.
. Make a list of people in your life in whose company you feel more alive, happy, and optimistic. Our spiritual selves resonates with others, and that connection is a healing.
. Bring flowers into your home and enjoy their beauty.
. Listen to music that you find uplifting.
. Admire a work of art that raises your spirits.
. Practice forgiveness
. Do some sort of service work. Give some of your time and energy to help others.
From "Healthy Aging" by Andrew Weil.

Indian Mango Pickle

Mango
Pickle:

Ingredients:
25 large raw mangoes; 

250 grams of garlic, 

250 grams of ginger, 

250 grams pure red chilly powder, 

500 grams of Salt, 

750 grams of Til oil, (sesame)

2 T spoons mustard seeds, 

1 T spoons methi seeds, 

½ T spoon asafetida.



Method:

Cut mangoes , into 10 piece each. Wipe
the mango pieces dry. Peel garlic and ginger. Grind them
separately into fine paste. Mix the chilly powder and salt
in a bowl. Add garlic and ginger pastes and mix well. Make
a well in the center. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, methi
seeds and asafetida. Pour this into the well in the chilly
powder mixture. Let it cool. Put a handful of mangoes into
the masala. Mix them in it, lift out and pack into pickle
jar. Continue doing this till all the pieces are covered
with masala and packed. Make the jar airtight and store.
This pickle lasts for one year.

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