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Agni & Your Digestion 

Listen to Kaya's 30 minute Ayurvedic Agni Class
  • Learn more about the God Agni + his symbolism and purpose
  • Learn about the 4 types of digestive fire and how they relate to the doshas
  • Learn how to self-diagnose your individual agni imbalance
  • Learn tips and tricks for balancing each of the digestive imbalances including diet, lifestyle and key herbal remedies
  • How dharma, and attuning to natural rhythms relate to agni
A few Key Terms for the Agni Lesson
  • Vishamāgni ~ Variable, Vāta type of Digestive Fire
  • Tishnāgni ~ Hot, Pitta type of of Digestive Fire
  • Mandāgni ~ Slow, Kapha type of Digestive Fire Imbalance
  • Samāgni ~ balanced agni
  • Vāta Dosha ~ Air + Space Qualities of Body and Mind, relates to Movement and Change primarily
  • Pitta Dosha ~ Fire + Water Qualities of Body and Mind, relates to Metabolism and Heat primarily
  • Kapha ~ Water + Earth Qualities of Body and Mind, relates to Structure and Stability primarily

Herbs Recommended
  • Hingwashtaka {for Vishamāgni}
  • Cooling digestive {for Tikshnāgni} 
  • Trikatu {for Mandāgni}

Soma Foods To Nourish and Replenish!

Listen to Kaya's class on Soma foods ~ called rasāyana foods in Āyurveda. 
  • Learn about what the main rejuvenation {soma} foods are
  • Learn when these foods are ideal, and when they should be avoided

Continue the Practices & Take the whole course again if you want!

​Thank you for joining me on this journey!

Wow everyone, that flew... it was such a joy and pleasure to share the teachings and practices of Agni & Soma... so dear to my heart... how did we cover so much yet feel like we scratched the surface? That is how it is with this timeless tradition... I could hear these teachings again and again and again, couldn't you? I truly savored those live classes with you, and the questions coming in via email, facebook and on the calls... thank you so much. 

This week takes the Ayurvedic perspective on Agni and Soma in terms of digestion {agni} and food {soma}. Of course, agni and soma, as always, go hand in hand. The knowledge you have gained so far about Agni and Soma can inform your understanding of food and digestion, and the information about food and digestion, I hope, will deepen your understanding of the underlying principles of Agni & Soma. 

In addition, you can continue the practices of poses and pranayama that were covered in this class and do the program again and again, as much as you want... plus dive into the handouts. 
Kaya is the founder of SRY™ which is based in the full spectrum of the Vedic yoga tradition. She has been teaching therapeutic restorative yoga therapy since 2001. Kaya's work is healing, transformative, deeply rejuvenating and empowers her student and clients with wisdom and inner experience. Her trained in the full spectrum of the Vedic Tradition includes Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Prenatal Yoga, Ayurveda, Women's Health, Eastern Anatomy, Sanskrit, Vedic Astrology and Vedanta Philosophy. She collaborates with her husband Michael Manzella, a Vedic Astrologer, to serve yoga students and teachers who are inclined toward depth of inner experience and knowledge.  MORE ON KAYA