Dr. Renee Mehrra talks to Dr. Tanuja Nesari on Ritucharya, Ayurveda regimen for different seasons

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[Music] hello everyone i'm dr renee mera and welcome to our series on ayurveda for good health and healthy living ayurveda is a science of longevity and it is a traditional asian system of medicine from india and in this special series we are sharing some important ayurvedic principles so that we can stay healthy and connected to our circadian rhythm and we have harmony with ourselves in harmony with nature so joining me is my guest from new delhi india dr tanuja naishri namaste dr naishri thank you for joining us on a different time zone and dr naishri is the director of the orlando institute of ayurveda in new delhi she has a phd in ayurvedic pharmacology she's the chair for the health sector sub-skill council for ayush under the ministry of ayush and ayush is promoting and preserving the ancient traditional systems of medicine including ayurveda yoga siddha yunnani homeopathy naturopathy he's also the member of the advisory board of the american association of ayurvedic professionals thank you very much dr naishri today we're going to be talking to dr naisri about the six different seasons that ayurveda talks about and uh it's called ritucharya so regimen for different seasons you know that's how we are rejuvenated and stay healthy and according to our veda dr daishi we know that there are six different seasons there's a shishi raritu which is winter season then there's vasantha ritu which is the spring season then there's a grishmaritu which is the summer season then we have the varsa ritu which is the rainy season which of course we know in india there's a lot of monsoon and then we have the sharda ritu which is the autumn and then heymandrithu which is the early winter late autumn so like the fall time and uh so share with us so that we can continue on our journey of healing and rejuvenation yeah thank you dr rini at the said it's really my great pleasure and to share uh with the seasonal regime that's the ruducharya and i'm really i'll be happy to share how we empower ourselves and with the help of the diet and other uh regimen how we empower ourselves and balance our doshas and the system so i take this opportunity to share the presentation uh i would like to take you to journey of different seasons uh and different seasons how we empower ourselves uh with the healing power of ayurveda and how invite are the cosmic energy and the seasonal uh changes and how we become ourselves within ourselves with the strength outside so this is the arya as mentioned by ayurveda yum and as we say that the objective of the ayurveda is to maintain health of the healthy and cure the elements if at all uh the imbalance is just imbalance in the dosha in the system in because of the imbalance and we see it doshas are aggregate imbalance and that state is um this is away from the east how we make ease of balancing the doshas and that's by happening um but that's by bringing the doshas together and how do we adhere to the diet lifestyle um in different season and as it is mentioned so the as wh also says that the um health is a perfect state of um physical mental spiritual and social being being and not merely an absence of disease and this holistic well-being happens only if we follow uh to the um happenings what happens in the nature and that's the circadian rhythm and that's exactly ayurveda also says as the daily regimen and the daily rhythm how we balance if the in the day time in the night time and during this entire process uh within the biological clock there are certain changes happening to our um energies those chic panels and if we adjust and if we adjust our diet and the lifestyle according to the changes happening in our doshas and around within the environment i think that's the way of um maintaining the equilibrium and the homeostasis and during day time and during nighting and in between what is happening is the circadian rhythm and that's what we do it from morning to evening what how do we behave how do we follow our lifestyle is called daily regimen what happens in different season is this clock has to be adjusted balanced should be um balanced and adjusted and that setting is to be done when the outside changes happens into the solar and lunar energies and that universal clock needs to be set in and that same is to be adjusted with our biological clock the dosha clock and that exactly is called as seasonal regimen and as you mentioned reni exactly there are six seasons according to ayurveda and the one starts from the winter that's the late winter the as we are the calendar is from january december so if we say that the late january the 1st is the winter early winter beginning of the winter that's the late fall is the hemanth and then it is the early winter is the shishi two and each rotu each season is for the two months and after two months is the spring that's vasantha flowering season spring is everywhere across the globe because of the winter all flowers and there is a fall and nothing comes out blossoms out but when we by little bit of the energy and the sunlight everything blossoms and that's the wasan and then is this summer season so these three seasons we call it as us sun is shifting towards moving towards the northern hemisphere and we call it as a uttara in sanskrit is a north so it is a uttarayan but if you look at the movement of the sun then it is the the strength is slowly gradually decreasing and that's why we call it as a we have to understand the strength of our agni digestive capacity also gradually decreases and that's why we say that starting from late winter to the spring you just take roasting because your because everything is secretions are there whatever is the just frozen like it is in the uh it is in the refrigerator if we keep everything outside and in the some heat is given then everything just all evolved it just starts expanding and uh just diluting so the same happens in the body and we call it as a kapha all secretions mucous secretions and you can see here the sneezing and the rhinitis the allergic rhinitis the skin disorder so all this is in this spring season and that's why we keep everything which is roasting so should not we should stop secreting that's what this principle is and then comes this summer it is a more scorching hit it is in the like may and june and now again if you can see from this red zone uh the sun again it goes to the monsoon where it is a rainy season and then from southern hemisphere sun again starts moving uh northern hemisphere sun starts moving to the southern hemisphere and here from monsoon then comes the autumn and then hemon so this is again the whatever the depleted strength here in the monsoon season it is completely your agni appetite goes down so the overall strength of your body mind and soul everything goes down so everything depends on your digestive capacity then again it gradually starts regaining and it is gradually increasing and that is the early winter we can say and the late autumn and early winter is the most healthy season and so now fortunately this is what we are discussing is in the most healthy and pleasant season because the winter is set in but it is not too much dry and your agni is really high your appetite is good and that's why in the region in the ritual also if you can see we exchange the sweets and even even christmas also will be in the same season and then we start distributing the sweets christmas cake diwali sweets and we can digest it because they are ugly and the strength is really good so if we really look into andy um just observe and honor and respect the nature's call nature signal and the environmental change and if we set our biological clock and as per the changes outside if the same changes happens into your digestive system and your dosing balances and if we observe this that exactly is called and most important i would like to share here from winter that's fishy when we are transiting to the summer and in between there is a one transit season that's the spring and in this it is neither hot neither cold nor hot and everything is start secreting and in this season all the viruses external that this is the the season which is very conducive to the virus bacterias and fluidism all those transit systems are called as fluidism influenza and even if you look at the kovid time also the maximum peaks happen in these two season in february march and in november to this uh autumn season so because here it in these two seasons we have to really at most take care of our digestive system appetite we need to detox during this season yes yes correct because more secretions more toxins as it is outside more um extra toxins are there pollutants and um the dust is there viruses that the same is within our side side so we have to really do the detox so this season spring season we do detox because of more kapha more secretions from the respiratory so this is a mss that is vamana you can see you just just see in the picture there is a sneezing there is a cup there is a cold so all secretions mucus is more so you do more forced a messes or should be from up or upside upward movement is more so you even in the yogic also you can do neti noli vamana shudi detox process uh mss also it's very good for all kapha this or those who have allergic bronchitis chronic bronchitis allergic disorders respiratory disorders especially in this pose kobe time this is very very important to have detox in the spring season and then the next is the again same if you look at the autumn that is the early fall um that is a november it is again you detox and it is a corrugation because more and more acids are secreted because of this summer there is a again agni goes down because of the monsoon your appetite and this is more and more acids are secreted so the more irritation is there so you have to do the purgation purges and if you do the variation detox yourself and then you take rejuvenating her so hemantha that is early winter is a rejuvenating reviving refreshing and strength gaining season so this is exactly you have to do detox in two seasons one is a emesis in spring and then in autumn that is and prior to that varsha that is monsoon you do the busting so with busty you control your vata down regulate your vata all neurological nervous system you control your metabolic system down regulate your metabolic system with the um and all your respirations and heart and the lung and everything with the help of vamana but now what if uh countries that don't really have monsoon season do they still do this regimen that you're talking about yes because they should do that should follow uh the same regimen mira there are many countries and the regions they're not six season but actually four seasons that is the autumn spring winter and this summer so uh and the monsoon is in between so what we have to do when there is a more monsoon more rainy season you have to adhere and follow to having more light food more uh stimulating and the water always should be boiled so this is a mixed season uh there are two seasons are not exactly the one like a hemantha it is uh this is a like fall early for and late fall we can say so this this is the one season in many um region and the countries and the worship monsoon is also not there but even then we have to follow the principle the practices may be the different but the principle is the same this is all in nutshell how to how do we balance our energies doshas in different season hope you like this video please don't forget to share and until next time i'm dr renee mara stay healthy stay positive [Music] you