Fall Food Tips

Some fall food pointers for you. What are your go-tos this season?

Reminder!

Ayurveda teaches the more complicated the disorder is, the more simple the cure. You will find this to be true in so many aspects of life! The reminder is: remember to keep it simple.

So often it’s one small change that brings about wellness.

Digestion

The importance of good digestion means so much! Excellence of nutrition rules how you feel, look, and act in life. I go deep into this in my book, Everyday Ayurveda for Women’s Health, and here is one of a handful of non-negotiable routines we explore in the Fall Community cleanse to this aim- find the link here and add it to your calendar now!

Pro tip: try not to eat until the previous meal has been digested. This is often a few hours, and will ensure a healthy nutritive fluid is produced from your food, thanks to making space for complete digestion of that meal.

Self-Care

It is coming upon the magical time when seasons shift and self-care routines offer exponential benefits!

I received SO MANY emails about how the information in this workshop helped people feel better when I first offered it. Vata-Pitta types especially!

Link here.

when i feel…

Simple, and common sense, but sometimes we need to take that moment to sit and eat, yes?

Please, next time you are on the run, think of me, and sit down for some food!

Love, your gut.

Hot Tip

This hot tip has been coming to you for thousands of years!
Keep your cool friends.
Have a swim!
A cucumber cocktail!
A walk in the moonlight.

Perimenopause

Perimenopause often looks like irregular periods, changes in sleep, in body temperature, and even in what feels good, what you want, and where you want to go in life.

The simple stuff like going to bed, waking, and eating at similar times most days go a loooong way to regulating a time of change in the body and mind.

I’ve got a 90-minute workshop on peri-menopause and menopause with Ayurveda!

Using the Ancient Wisdom of Ayurveda for Modern Self-Care

Ayurveda makes the person stronger than the disease by supporting the innate healing potential of the body.

This is key! Healing from within with Ayurveda is cutting-edge ancient! Join me in this revolution by jumping into one of my courses, joining community membership, or getting on the waitlist for a 1:1.

We got this.

Thanks to Tatiana Robertson for inciting this fabulous convo on her pod Happyish Ever After. Get a whole lot more of this at my NEW pod Everyday Ayurveda.

Rhythm and Routine for the Win

Experiencing irregularities in body heat, mood, menstrual cycle, or sleep can be a part of perimenopause, but establishing a stable flow of energy over a monthly cycle yokes the irregularity to nature’s flow. Bodies love this; they seek stability. 

Perimenopause is an opportunity for developing a deeper sense of self and purpose, harnessed by allowing ample space to accept, digest, and absorb changes that can affect your body and mind, as well as your sense of purpose. There’s no need to crash headlong into battle with one of life’s biggest rites of passage. Instead, turn to nourishing foods and healthy rhythms during this time to fortify a strong, resilient vessel that can weather the changes well.

The Role of Stress in Perimenopause Symptoms

The enemy of inner strength is stress. It’s easy to allow stress to eclipse self-care during the active stage of life. The effects of this compromise are not easily undone when one approaches the mid to late forties. 

The body in this case has learned to prioritize stress hormones, and as sex hormones naturally reduce in this stage of life, stress hormones do not have the same buffer of their cooler counterpart, estrogen. Grounding qualities in the physical body, which work to support a sound body-mind, start to wane as we age. 

Life’s stress levels may be the same, but the nervous system’s ability to manage them is changing. This process may cause feelings of irritability, anxiousness, sadness, and other mental fluctuations. According to Ayurveda, the mind permeates the entire body and colors our experience. The body’s changing ability to cope with stress underlies many of the mental fluctuations women experience in perimenopause. 

At this point, we have the opportunity to see the interconnection between hormones, mind, and stress instead of compartmentalizing the mind. The great news is that one can see improvements in body and mind with simple Ayurvedic practices. For example, mental fluctuations may be soothed by an oil massage, which soothes the nerves, or by eating ghee, which also has an affinity for the nerve tissues.

Doing less reduces mental pressure, increases mental space, and opens the flow of the channel of the mind. Give yourself permission to ease up.