Once you understand your dominant dosha and your digestive type, you are ready to use the food lists. 1. If you have a current digestive disturbance, eat for that dosha. 2. If your digestion is balanced, eat for your dosha whose season it is. 3. Always eat seasonally, and local as much as possible. 4. Try to eat 30 different plants in a week (fruit, veg, bean, legume, grain, nut, seed, spice)

Which tastes are most balancing for you?

YES, definitely possible to be a blend of types. We'll be talking about the 6 tastes this week. Bitter is a very important taste to balance pitta, and its interesting that is has cut through the sweet craving. Awesome. Baked apple slices with a dab of ghee and some cinnamon is a really nice sweet treat. You can add a small handful of raisins part way through. I bake at 375 for around 30 minutes or until the apples are very soft. I add the raisins part way through.

Download this pdf and diagnose your agni. Make a post on the forum and tell us what diagnosis you gave yourself.

Here's the Satva, Rajas, Tamas Doc and the Manas Prakruti test.

Here is a 20 minute reclining meditation to help you "get into your body" in a deeper way. 10 Points Meditation by Yoga and Ayurveda,https://soundcloud.com/shannonmccall/10-points-meditation/s-CQAbixp9859?si=accba81b36e84c57a207ee0339be4040&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Here is a 20 minute guided Shikantaza meditation. "Just Sitting. shikantaza by Yoga and Ayurveda,https://soundcloud.com/shannonmccall/shikantaza/s-nLQWI?si=d9ed036ca5304b6fa4d1b71754167661&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing "

Please watch this Abhyanga Video. Leave your questions in the forum.

What Charak, the "father of Ayurveda, relayer of Charaka Samita (the first of the Brhat Trayi--the "great three" original texts on Ayurveda) says about Abhyanga.

Indications and contraindications for Abhyanga: self massage with oil.

Watch this video: Sense organ meditation begins at 5:08. followed by sense organ care for each organ.

Slides from our session on 1/11/23

For the Weeks of Nov 14th and Nov 21st Reading/Reflection 1. Catch up with any reading, worksheets, podcasts on the forum. 2. Schedule time with your accountability partner, your journal, or your art materials to reflect on how your dinacharya is supporting your body, mind/heart and spirit: energy, sleep, ideal weight, ease of being, contentment….Consider where you were 3 months ago, and where you are now (or look back 6 mos, or 9 mos…) 3. Let us know how you're doing or post something related to our study on the forum Here’s whats coming in the next few weeks: Wed, Nov 16 12:00 pm Coaching/Talking Circle Sun, Nov, 20 10:00 am Ayurvedic Cooking I’ll send it out to you early next week in preparation for the cooking class. Mon, Nov 21 7 am Dynamic Yoga Wed, Nov 22 12:00pm Closing Session for Fall We’ll be on break from Nov 29 - Dec 21 while Shannon is in India.