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ROOTED IN THE SEASONS BLOG

The Rooted in the Seasons Blog is your weekly dose of Ayurveda, Yoga, and seasonal wisdom to help you move from overwhelm and feeling out of rhythm into balance and confidence. Here, you’ll discover which foods and spices to favour each season, how to adapt your yoga practice throughout the year, and gentle ways to reduce stress by tuning into nature’s cycles.

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Start here: Ayurvedic tools for winter immunity, digestion, and clarity

Here’s a small, seasonal selection to help you begin to steady your mind, support digestion, and strengthen your immunity.

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A Winter Breath Guide: Creating Space, Calm, and Steadiness in the Season of Vata

Winter can affect how we breathe, digest, and sleep — often without us realising. This gentle winter breath guide explores how Vata influences the nervous system and why creating space for the breath matters before technique. A seasonal approach to breathing that supports steadiness, warmth, and calm.

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Finding Ease: The Yoga Sutra That Changed How I See Stress

Stress is part of life — but suffering doesn’t have to be.
In this post, we explore Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra 2.16 — “Future suffering can be avoided.”
You’ll learn how awareness, gentle redirection of thought, and steady practice (abhyāsa) can prevent stress before it takes hold.
It’s not about forced positivity — it’s about retraining the mind to move toward calm, one breath and one choice at a time.

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Discover How Seasonal Eating Reduces Stress Naturally

Autumn is Vata season — light, dry, and mobile. Eating seasonally with grounding tastes like sweet, sour, and salty supports circadian balance, calms the nervous system, and nourishes gut bacteria, helping you feel less stressed and more resilient.

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