Spring is a time of growth, ascendancy and new potential. The fresh leaves unfurl and dormant seeds germinate. Spring is a time of increased warmth and wetness from a thawing of the congealed damp of winter. Because of the high amount of cold and wet qualities of winter and the heavier diet that we take, kapha has also accumulated by this time.

This morning potion was originally described in the Charak Samhita, the classic text of Ayurveda, as a way of reducing the wages of sin, specifically for overeating and overdrinking, and to prevent diseases resulting from the same, such as diabetes, heart disease, parasites, and hemorrhoids. It is also an excellent way to enhance agni and stimulate memory and intellect. It tastes much better than we imagined when we first read about it!

Disease begins when we forget our true nature as Spirit. In loosing this awareness, we understand ourselves only as body and mind and become wrapped up in the nature of the physical world and all of its stories and dramas. This results in disturbances within the mind. These disturbances or “vrittis” disturbs the mental tranquility and cause challenging emotions to bubble up onto our awareness. These emotions upset the biological energies, which control the body, and the result is physical disease. Forgetting our true nature as Spirit is the primordial cause of all disease.