24/06/2026
This week we will cool and calm down in our Online Yoga Classes because its hot hot hot here in the UK
I am sure we will include some variation of legs-up-the-wall or in the air or resting the lower legs on a sofa/char/bed.
Definitely Shavasana and relaxation pose. Tonight this will include yoga nidra.
Some kind of seated practice like Sheetali pranayama (Cooling Breath) or meditation.
🥵 Heat is Pitta, it is Agni and the Fire element. In ayurveda we say ‘like increases like’ so anything that is heating or pitta-increasing will make us feel hotter. Additionally, it is also midsummer and the time when the Sun (literally a fireball) is most intense. And in summer, Pitta will naturally increase in the outer environment as well as in us.
Excess pitta might manifest immediately (sweating, hot flushes, diarrhoea, frustration, inflammation, anger, heartburn, irritability...) but it can also build up over time. So in the summer we always want to decrease excess heat - especially in a heatwave.
So first things first: don’t do anything that increases heat such as: Hot yoga, heating exercises, or anything strenuous or frustrating (where it can be avoided).
How to cool down or decrease heat and excess pitta:
Enjoy cooling and calming activities such as restful and restorative yoga and pranayama
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