(November-February)

  

Follow these tips for a nourishing, strengthening and healthy Winter season!

  

 To Stay Warm, Relaxed and Healthy:

• Add ghee, avocado, sesame oil or olive oil to your grains and soups. 
• Start your day with warm lemon water to cleanse your lymph.
• To prevent colds and flu, each morning take 2 capsules each of Ashwagandha and Turmeric.  Children can take 1 of each.
• Vitamin D3 is extremely important to improve energy, immunity, maintain healthy weight, prevent cancer and boost moods during the winter.  Get your levels checked with a blood test. 
  
• Follow a regular rhythm of sleep, exercise, mealtimes and rest.
• Sleep with a warm mist humidifier to keep your sinuses clear.
• To keep your ears lubricated and thus prevent infections, place a few drops of warm Lymphatic Massage Oil in each ear and leave a cotton ball in for 15 minutes.  Perform weekly, particularly for children.  For more information on applying oil in the ears click here.

Daily Routines (Dinacharya) for Winter:

• Self-massage with warm  raw sesame oil. Click here to learn how to do daily self-massage to balance your nervous system and detox your lymphatic system.

• For 8 minutes each morning and evening, breathe slowly and quietly in and out through your nose to calm your mind.
• Exercise in the morning to increase circulation, mood and immunity.
• Perform Neti by irrigating your nasal passage with warm salt water.  Always follow with Nasya.
• Perform Nasya (click link to learn how to do this) by applying a few drops of Nasya Oil into each nostril and inhaling deeply.
• Signs of Excess Vata During Winter:
  Insomnia, stress, worry, constipation, colds and flus, joint pain.
  
  

Winter Foods

 

Hot:such as soups, stews, steamed veggies, warm herbal teas.