HEALTH & WELLNESS
The Happy Body: Fall Edition 3 AYURVEDIC EATING TIPS FOR A CALMER AND HAPPIER YOU! By Kendra Irvine Thanks to Zahrin Lukman for sharing their work on Unsplash.
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ow that the summer party is over, the camper has been winterized from a few months of flirting with the mountains, the pool floaties have been shrunken from laying on the water with ice-cold, minty mojitos, and the firewood has been stacked in the shed from those starry nights of sitting by the fire pondering the weird and wonderful world we all share, it’s time for fragrant and colourful fall! Speaking of winterizing, it’s what our bodies do, too. Did you know that as the seasons change, so does your body? It ebbs and flows with the winter, spring, summer, and now, autumn. As we move into fall, it shows us its true colours indeed.
Introducing Ayurveda Now is a good time to introduce you to Ayurveda! According to Ayurveda - the world’s original health system and sister science to yoga - eating the | 22
right foods for your body type and for the season is as essential to your health as changing your summer tires to winter tires is for your car. The qualities of fall are light, dry, and mobile. To balance out those qualities, we naturally search for foods that are opposite those qualities. Heavy, moist, and stable foods are what you need to keep an eye out for.
Dial In Mother nature is speaking - let’s slow down and listen to her quiet and gentle voice. When we do this, we dial in. When we dial in, we are listening to ourselves. When we listen to ourselves better, we find out what we really need to become fully realized, powerful, and sharp women. One way we can do this is through our food. Let’s dive into the main course, shall we?
Here are 3 things you can do to shift your eating as this season changes: 1. Switch up your greens for roots. As frostier weather is among us, it’s nature’s cue telling us to move closer to the ground for our veggies. Root vegetables are heavier and more grounding for our systems thereby bringing more calm and comfort to our souls. We no longer need the cool and light qualities that our summer salads
