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Ayurveda is a healing science with a focus on awareness and balance. As in \u2013 if you are imbalanced in one area of life, it carries over to all areas of your life. Aches and pains, disease, anxiety, depression, and even simply \u201cfeeling off\u201d often signal an imbalance.<\/strong><\/p>\n How do we use Ayurveda to heal ourselves?<\/p>\n Balance<\/em> is the key word here. By keeping our systems in check \u2013 physically, emotionally, and mentally\u2014we maintain equilibrium. This equilibrium protects us from ailments, discomfort, emotional disruption, mental disease, premature aging, and physical disease.<\/p>\n While Ayurveda reaches far and wide, the simplest way to manifest balance is by what you eat. Diet is the quickest and easiest way to cause a change for the better or worse.<\/p>\n Last week we talked about determining your primary dosha<\/a>. Certain foods support certain doshas, while others aggravate them. Remember, like increases like. So a cold dry salad will increase cold windy vata. One salad = no biggie. One or more salads every day will probably lead to vata type imbalances, like anxiety, joint problems, and gas.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at another one. Pitta is hot and dry. Spicy foods are not pitta friendly and regular consumption will lead to anger, jealousy, tummy troubles and inflamed skin conditions.<\/p>\n Now for kapha. Since this dosha is moist and cool too many cold or sticky foods will usually result in weight gain, lethargy, sinus problems, and maybe depression.<\/p>\n Monica Bloom covers indepth which foods are great for each dosha. Check out her guides on Vata<\/a>, Pitta<\/a>, and Kapha<\/a>. Again, I also like the app Food for Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n This is not to say that one day of eating the wrong foods will throw you into imbalance. But you probably have noticed that sluggish feeling or headache associated with overindulging in the wrong foods or drink. \u00a0So if you go for the second piece of chocolate cake or third glass of wine on Saturday, eat clean and appropriate for your constitution on Sunday.<\/p>\n