Vata · wind
Light, quick, dry
Cold hands. Irregular hunger. A mind that jumps. Warmth, oil, and a clock help.
How you tend
Three currents — vata (wind), pitta (fire), kapha (earth). Most of us carry a mix. Eight questions, one at a time. A sketch of how you tend, not a verdict.
Pitta · fire
Sharp, warm, hungry
Heat in the belly and the temper. Strong appetite. Cooler food, less chili, shade.
Kapha · earth
Steady, cool, heavy
Slow to start, strong once moving. Lighter plates, more spice, a morning walk.
How you eat
Food is practice. Match the plate to the current that is loud today — and to the weather outside.
If vata is loud
Warm, cooked, on time
Soups, kitchari, oats with ghee, sweet fruit cooked. Regular meals. Skip cold smoothies and long gaps.
If pitta is loud
Cool, simple, not too hot
Cucumber, mint, rice, milk, sweet fruit. Ease off chili, vinegar, and noon sun on an empty stomach.
If kapha is loud
Light, spiced, moving
Greens, beans, ginger, mustard seed. Smaller dinner. Skip leftover heavy, dairy at night, and sleeping in.
Season
Eat with the weather
Summer wants cooler, lighter plates. Fall and winter want warmth and oil. Spring wants bitter greens and less sweet.
Agni
Keep the hearth
The meal should feel like a fire you can tend — not a flood, not a spark. Sit after you eat. That is still yoga.
Kitchen
Ghee, grain, spice
A few pans do the whole house: kitchari, tea, greens, a jar of ghee. Cook once. Eat warm.
Recipes
Kitchen recipes. Tap a card — ingredients to the right, method underneath.
The shape of a day
Dinacharya is just a day with a spine. Keep it kind.
Dawn
Warm water. Light movement or breath. Don’t skip breakfast if you run cold and dry.
Noon
The biggest meal when the sun is high. Sit. Then go back to the day.
Dusk
A lighter plate. Walk if kapha is heavy. Dim the house.
Night
Sleep on a clock. Rest after the meal is still practice.
The kitchen and the mat
A short film of the day. Tap a clip — it opens in the center. Pictures, no strange soundtrack.
Sister
Two rooms. One house. The mat leans by the stove.
Food
The kitchen is a practice. Warm. Simple. Steam rising.
Season
The year arrives in the body. Eat with the weather.
Constitution
Three tendencies, one table. Wind, fire, earth — weather in the body.
Rhythm
The day has a shape. Dawn, meal, dusk. Then you sit.
Fire
Agni — the hearth of the meal. Warmth you tend.
Rest
After the meal, sit. This is still yoga.