The seasonal letter

Ayurveda's oldest practical instruction is that the year is not uniform. Six ritus, each with a dosha quietly gathering and another about to break — and a body that wants something different in the monsoon than it wants in late autumn. This letter follows that calendar: twenty-four issues, one per fortnight, and none of them a repeat of the last.

What arrives

Each issue names the ritu you are in and the dosha it provokes, then gets specific: a handful of things to do, a handful to ease off, the foods that suit the fortnight and the ones that don't, a practice or two, and a short note for each constitution — because the same season asks something different of a vata person and a kapha one.

Every issue also lives on this site as a page, so nothing is locked behind the mailing list. The letter simply arrives when the season turns instead of waiting for you to remember.

What is current

Issue 16, Varsha (monsoon)Damp, and what it does to joints

The most common seasonal complaint there is, explained in the tradition's own terms, with the fortnight's practical response — and the point at which it stops being a seasonal ache.

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The terms, in plain words

Confirmed opt-in: nothing is sent to an address until somebody clicks the link in the confirmation mail, so you cannot be signed up by anyone but yourself. Every issue carries a one-click unsubscribe that works without a login and without a form. The list is never sold, rented or shared. And the whole thing is educational writing about a traditional system — it is not medical advice, and it does not know about your prescriptions.

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