Loving and tending to the feet is like watering and refreshing the roots of my being.
You won’t find me cold plunging (full disclosure: my vata dosha can’t handle that!), but you can find me barefoot in the snow for a quick cold therapy.
When I wake up to snow falling, it’s an invitation to purify outdoors during my dinacharya ~ the ayurvedic morning rituals to start the day. Dina means day in Sanskrit, and charya refers to activities
Snowflakes are little miracles, like thousands of little cleansing crystals.
Pine is also cleansing and clearing, and the long needles make perfect little fans for sweeping away the old. It can be a local and more sustainable option than white sage, especially when it’s harvested from fallen branches on the ground.
Watch the pine ritual in my reel on Instagram &rauo;