First, food is truly a practice of restoration. Nutrition can balance mental health, which you can read more about, here. At Wisdom Within Counseling, my marriage and family therapy practice in Niantic, I offer nutrition support as food issues can be emotional. As a holistic Ayurvedic counselor in East Lyme, you can learn ways to balance your mental and emotional health. And, below you can learn Ayurvedic practices and how to rebalance your mental health and improve your nutrition through food. For holistic Ayurvedic counseling in East Lyme, call or text 860-451-9364.
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In Ayurveda, there are three doshas in the practice of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga. Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are the three doshas. Each dosha has a quality and element. Vata is air and ether, Pitta is fire and some water, and Kapha is earth and some water. So, seasons, conversations, life experiences, environments, smells, and evening times of day have an impact on your energy state. Therefore, these also influence whether you feel balanced mentally. Struggling with balancing food and mood?
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For instance, some people run hot and some people run cold. Others sweat a lot and others don’t sweat much at all. Some people have rounder faces while others have narrower faces. When you come to a therapy session in Niantic, we will have a chance to go over all of this and more in greater detail. This all relates back to a person’s Ayurvedic constitution. Everyone has a different percentage of each dosha. Then, the influences of the external world play a role, so we are constantly working to rebalance ourselves. Here are some examples to help explain the “qualities and elements,” of energy swirling within you.
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Understanding holistic Ayurvedic counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut: The Vata Dosha
First, the vata dosha is lanky, tall, slimmer, prone to insomnia, trouble sleeping, creative, musicians, usually pick to eat fruits and veggies, but often too much can be aggravating/unbalancing. Therefore, the Vata dosha thinks situations over. But, this can lead to worry, anxiety, and bubbly personalities. Also, peopl with a vata energy have a fast metabolism. But, coffee and caffeine aggravates vata as well as rough, raw foods.
Understanding Holistic Ayurvedic Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut: The Pitta Dosha
Overall, the pitta dosha is muscular, medium build when compared to the other doshas. Also, pitta energh is focused, driven, motivated, natural leaders, prone to addiction/alcoholism, adultery, and anger. However, pitta has good digestive fire and metabolism. Likewise, pitta has great inner fire, but too much can lead to addiction and is like a wildfire. Competitive sports aggravate pitta. Marriage therapy and couples counseling in Niantic can have bits and pieces of Ayurveda woven in to give you and your partner a greater understanding of each other. Read more about couples therapy, here.
Understanding Holistic Ayurvedic Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut: The Kapha Dosha
Now, kapha is gentle and relaxed, but prone to depression. Generally, the kapha dosha is compassionate, romantic, loving, nurturing, and grounded. Kapha types tend to be earthy, but are prone to being over weight, and heaviness. Also, kapha is prone to depression. Kapha builds caring, longterm relationships, and is prone to missing others when no longer around. Also, people with a primary kapha dosha have a slow metabolism and raw food tend to be balancing.
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Unbalancing and Aggravating Your Doshas
Eating french fries and buffalo chicken wings while drinking alcohol in the heat of the summer with undoubtedly aggravate Pitta. What does aggravation or unbalanced Pitta look like? They might get impatient, angry more quickly, say something very critical or sharp, look more red, experience a blood pressure increase, and even have heartburn. Do you want ways to balance yourself? Call/text 860-451-9364 for info on Ayurvedic counseling in Niantic, Connecticut.
What would be balancing instead?
Instead, Pitta would benefit from having a cooling refreshing salad with crisp romaine, cool cucumbers, and some fresh, cool fruit. Pitta is balanced by raw, crunchy, and fresh veggies and fruits in summer.
Kapha is prone to the elements of earth and some water, so dairy can be too heavy. If Kapha were to have sugary cereal and whole milk for breakfast and grilled cheese for lunch, they may feel congested with more mucus, feel allergic to pollen/dairy, watery eyes, stuffy nose, trouble breathing, take a nap, and have tiredness. Ayurveda is an ancient self-care practice.
In the Spring months, Kapha is balanced by warming foods such as ginger and cinnamon.
Kapha individuals are do well with dry, stimulating foods such as broccoli, mung beans, and whole grains. Likewise, Kapha is aggravated by sweets too. Also, Ayurveda teaches about intuitive eating, rather than food being good or bad.
Vata runs cold, so if a fan is blowing air directly on their skin such as from an AC, they may feel irritated, frazzled, worried, tense, rigid, chilly, and not hungry. Then, in the colder months, Vata needs warming foods, such as a roasted sweet potato with butter or ghee. Salads that are cold and drying are contraindicated for vata in the winter.
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If any of these tendencies sound like you, I would love to have you come in for therapy at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut. Additionally, if you are across the miles and are interested in therapy, either traditional talk counseling or yoga therapy, I offer distance counseling options of Pen Pal Life Coaching, here. Distance Video Therapy, here, and Email Therapy.
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This article was written by Katie Ziskind, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, 500-hour Registered Yoga Therapist, is the owner and clinical director at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut. Finding a family therapist in Niantic has been very difficult until now. Katie also offers teletherapy and distance counseling. Katie Ziskind LMFT, RYT500 combines her highly effective specialties of art, yoga, music, and animal therapy alongside talk counseling. She is an expert with children, adolescents, teenagers, and the young adults. She offers therapy for teens in Niantic. Parenting sessions and couples therapy for parents challenged by their children, are also part of her practice. As a marriage and family therapist, is affirming and open to the LGBT community. Also, Katie Ziskind specializes in yoga therapy after PTSD or trauma.
