Fall is a critical time for self-care, as the way you nurture yourself in fall will determine how you fare in flu season and throughout the winter. The older you are, the more important a good fall self-care plan is.

From an Ayurvedic viewpoint, change disturbs vata. And so in the change of seasons, a cold or mild flu-like illness is quite a natural occurrence.

September is a month of transition, hanging as it does between summer and fall. The abundant harvest of late summer and early fall invites us to enjoy local, seasonal produce just as people did in the time the Ayurvedic texts were written.

It's summer and hot, yet if you're vata-pitta dual constitution, can you live on salads? If you're pitta-kapha, can you enjoy some ice-cream?

During late spring Kapha has accumulated and is liquefied by the increasing heat, which can disturb the digestive system. Kapha can become provoked during precipitation, snowy days and cloudy rainy days