Ayurveda

Ayurveda gave me a language for patterns I had already noticed in myself. You could think of it as an ancient form of personalized medicine: the idea that what works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another, and that understanding your constitution can help you make better choices around food, sleep, exercise, and daily rhythm.

Rather than treating it as a rigid system or a set of rules, I approach Ayurveda as a framework for self-observation — one that invites curiosity about energy, appetite, temperament, and rhythm.

The Dosha Lens

Learning about the doshas helped me make sense of tendencies that once felt contradictory. The dosha system (Vata, Pitta, Kapha) is a typology — not unlike personality frameworks in psychology, but focused on physical and mental tendencies.

Seeing myself through this lens helped clarify things that had previously felt inconsistent: why I thrive on routine but resist it, why certain foods or environments drain me while others settle me. It offered a gentler way of responding to my own patterns, rather than trying to override them.

Skepticism & Usefulness

I find the framework useful even while remaining skeptical of some of its metaphysical claims. Many of the practical recommendations — eat warming foods if you run cold, avoid overstimulation if you’re already wired — often align with what modern research supports.

Rather than treating Ayurveda as dogma, I approach it as a tool for self-observation: a way to increase self-awareness, reduce unnecessary self-judgment, and support more aligned daily choices. I write and think about it in conversation with modern life, not in opposition to it.