Yoga for Vata Season

During Vata season it’s essential to focus on balancing the air and ether elements in your body. Vata dosha is naturally more elevated during this time, leading to feelings of anxiety, restlessness, and dryness. Focus on grounding, stabilizing, and nourishing aspects in your practice to counterbalance Vata’s light, mobile, and dry nature.

Slow yin, slow Hatha, calming pranayamas are great, focus on controlled movements and deep, slow breathing in Asana practice to calm the nervous system.

Strengthen and stabilize with slow vinyasa or traditional hatha. Engage core muscles and emphasize strength-building poses to anchor Vata’s tendency towards instability.

Tree Pose (Vrksasana): Grounding and balancing, emphasizing ankle and core strength.

Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana): Stabilizing and strengthening, engaging core and legs.

Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana): Nourishing and warming, stretching the entire back side of the body.

Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana): Grounding and releasing, targeting the hips and lower back.

Child’s Pose (Balasana): Restorative and calming, providing a sense of safety and grounding.

Legs Up The Wall Pose (Viparita Karani): Inverting and calming, gentle and nourishing for the lower back and hips.

Sphinx Pose (Salamba Bhujangasana): Warming and opening, gentle and controlled movement for the chest and shoulders.

Seated Twist (Bharadvajasana): Nourishing and releasing, targeting the spine and hips.

Savasana (Corpse Pose): Restorative and calming, allowing the body to fully relax and integrate the balancing effects of the practice.

Additional Tips:

Practice yoga during the early morning hours (before sunrise) or late afternoon/early evening, when Vata is naturally more prominent.

Use props, such as blocks, straps, and blankets, to support and stabilize your practice.

Use gentle, controlled movements, avoiding rapid or jerky transitions.

Incorporate pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation to calm the nervous system and balance Vata.

By incorporating these yoga tips and poses into your practice, you’ll be better equipped to balance and harmonize your Vata dosha during the Autumn/Fall and early Winter seasons.

If you have a Vata condition then get in touch to make an appointment. We can provide you with the unique set of yoga and Ayurveda techniques to overcome the issue. We can do online or in clinic appointments, at our Plymouth location. Great if you live locally within Devon or Cornwall.