{"id":9319,"date":"2025-10-21T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:01:13","slug":"taking-care-of-ourselves-in-autumn-autumn-ritucharya-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/taking-care-of-ourselves-in-autumn-autumn-ritucharya-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Care of Ourselves in Autumn: Autumn Ritucharya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayurveda advises that we all follow a seasonal routine (Ritucharya<\/em>). This routine is known throughout nature: in autumn, trees lose their leaves, and many animal species fold in on themselves.<\/p>\n

Mid-autumn and winter is the season when the Vata dosha<\/em> (cold and dry) tends to increase.<\/p>\n

To maintain balance\u2014especially in people in whom Vata predominates\u2014Ayurveda recommends:<\/p>\n

-Order.<\/strong> The key to balancing Vata is order and regularity. Vata is an irregular dosha, easy prey to excessive stimulation. Vata’s worsening turns enthusiasm into exhaustion.<\/p>\n

– Plenty of rest.<\/strong> Rest is very important for any Vata imbalance.<\/p>\n

-Heat.<\/strong> Because it is a cold dosha, it is good for heat. Vata is also dry, so it is advisable to make sure that the air in the rooms has enough humidity.<\/p>\n

– Hot food and beverages.<\/strong> Avoid dry or uncooked foods (a soup or stew is better than a salad).<\/p>\n

– Predominance of sweet, sour and salty flavors.<\/strong> These flavors help stabilize and nourish Vata.<\/p>\n

– Massage and self-massage.<\/strong> Getting massages, or self-massaging the body with warm oils, is one of the best ways to balance Vata. The massage calms the nervous system, nourishes the tissues and restores a feeling of inner stability.<\/p>\n

A simple and profoundly effective gesture is to massage your feet every night<\/strong>: it relieves excess Vata, improves sleep and helps to release tension accumulated during the day. You can do it with the Kansa Vakti Bowl<\/strong>, a traditional bowl that balances energy through metal, and with Vata Oil<\/strong> or Nirama Oil<\/strong>, a detoxifying, regenerating and gently warming oil, ideal for this season.<\/p>\n

– Daily moist heat.<\/strong> Taking a hot bath or a long, hot shower in the morning is very beneficial. Moist heat relaxes and stabilizes Vata’s nervous system.<\/p>\n

– After bathing, apply Vata Body Cream to the skin all over the body<\/strong>: its formulation with hot and moisturizing plants protects the skin and the pranic field against cold and dryness.<\/p>\n

– Vata Ashwagandha Tea Infusion.<\/strong> Take a warm infusion of Vata Ashwagandha Tea<\/strong> daily, which helps calm the mind, strengthen the nervous system and maintain energy balance during the cold months.<\/p>\n

In general, the season in which we should be most alert is the one that corresponds to our predominant dosha: summer<\/strong> for\u00a0 the Pitta<\/em>, autumn-winter<\/strong> for\u00a0 the Vata<\/em>, and spring<\/strong> for\u00a0 the Kapha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Whatever your predominant dosha is, enjoy the immense beauty of these coming months, when nature invites us, all of us, to collect, nourish and rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ayurveda advises that we all follow a seasonal routine (Ritucharya). This routine is known throughout nature: in autumn, trees lose their leaves, and many animal species fold in on themselves. Mid-autumn and winter is the season when the Vata dosha (cold and dry) tends to increase. To maintain balance\u2014especially in people in whom Vata predominates\u2014Ayurveda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-face","category-health"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vata-tea-libro-1-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vata-tea-libro-1-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vata-tea-libro-1-283x300.jpg",283,300,true],"full":["https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vata-tea-libro-1-scaled.jpg",2416,2560,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9320,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions\/9320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeevan-ayurveda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}