kitchari fasting and nursing

[Guest guest]

Dear Krishna;

Remember your vata signs, easily aggravated with a fast with your

high nutritional and energetic demands of nursing even on the

nourishing kitchari and vegetables . Low thyroid, cooler dryer and

windy weather, irregular routines with your work/digestion and

lightness are all signs which can increase/aggavate the vata. With

your stress load in addition, be careful about this fasting. In your

situation, it may be better not take a vow about it but rather lean

in this (1 month purification) desired direction while listening in

with your ayurvedic ears and kitchen "medicine" culinary herbs. If

nothing else, you could a) add high iodine seaweeds frequently for

both the alklizing and the thyroid support and b) use some

ashwaghanda with brahmi and a digestive; we can refine a formula on

the phone.

Martha