Autumn is one of nature’s quickest-changing seasons. The light fades faster, the winds rise, and the plant world lets go. What feels golden and abundant at the start of the season becomes bare and skeletal by the end.

Ayurveda calls this Vata season — with its dry, cool, mobile qualities. Vata energy can leave us feeling scattered, anxious, restless or depleted. The antidote is to gently bring ourselves back to earth: warmth, nourishment, rhythm, and rest.

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