It’s happening. We are FINALLY (slowly) beginning the transition out of winter and into late-winter/spring!
(All my Australia girls, y’all gotta do the opposite of what I’m about say in this email, you’re gonna wanna check out this podcast episode instead!)
Here’s the thing. People tend to think that winter and spring are really different seasons. But in reality, late-fall and early-winter are more alike than winter and late-winter!
Basically, late winter is sorta like a whole other season than winter!
In late winter we start to get a much more watery experience than vata-dominant winter.
All of that firm holding, coldness and dryness of winter starts to release. Which means that Kapha season can bring with it feelings of heaviness and sluggishness, we can see more congestion and mucous-y conditions, and colds and the flu are on the rise.
When out of balance, too much Kapha can make us feel a bit lazy and cause us to give in to our less-aligned desires, like over-eating and spending too much time Netflix-and-chilling.
We want to honor and celebrate the life-affirming aspects of the season (like fluidity) but mitigate the dosha, the imbalances that arrive during this season.
How do we do that? Don’t worry I gotchu 😉 Here’s my master list of Kapha-balancing lifestyle tips.
- Outdoor walks. Being outside is a great idea. Walking, especially if you have a lot of Kapha in your system or are the kapha body/mind type helps to get things moving.
- Spring cleaning. Start with one room in your house! Think about clearing out or redecorating! This is a great time to start a renovation, too.
- Making plan for the spring. This is a great time to plan a wedding, plan your business year ahead. The spring is really way more the “new year” than January, so get your plan on.
- Watch the tendency to pull out your spring lighter clothing! It’s important to still bundle up especially, in the beginning of spring. End of winter/early spring is when the damp quality builds up so we’re a little ripe for cold/mucous stuff.
- Get moving! The late winter/early spring (and continuing into spring) is such a good time to really party and let your energy move with a little more rigorous exercise! Jump rope, go on walks, mellow jogs, have fun with it! Winter is when we tend to put on a little bit more substance and that’s totally fine! Animals do this! And then in the wild, the greens start to shoot forth and they start to lose some of those hibernating fats.
If you've been feeling like you're waking up from winter hibernation... this is your Ayurvedic roadmap back to clarity, lightness and vitality. 🌿