April 8, 2026

The 6-Stage Map

Āyurveda doesn't wait for disease symptoms to appear. It reads the whispers long before they become a shout.

*Day 5 of my rtu sandhi cleanse at the start of spring with Kitchari - shared with my doula training group*

Hello beautiful human,

Rutu Sandhi - the 14-day seasonal threshold between winter and spring has just passed. If you moved through it consciously, beautiful. If life happened and you didn't and said yes to those Oreos and ice cream instead, that's okay too. Spring is not about rushing you.

We are not yet in summer's heat. There is still time to shed what winter left behind.

But the body doesn't just flip a switch between seasons. It must transition its metabolic functioning.

We go from anabolism to catabolism - these are the two opposing, essential components of metabolism.

🌕Anabolism: In the winter, builds up small molecules into larger ones (e.g., amino acids into muscle protein).
☀️Catabolism: In the summer, breaks down large molecules (e.g., proteins to amino acids, digestion).

HELLO SPRING (in the northern hemisphere).

During this period, what has been accumulating all winter heaviness, congestion, sluggishness, must move.

If we meet it consciously, this transition becomes medicine and it can be empowering.

If we ignore it, we may hand that built-up energy over to something harder to undo.

What I want to share today is the map Āyurveda uses to understand how imbalance moves through the body when we are vulnerable, (like during seasonal change), because knowing where you are on that map is one of the most quietly powerful things you can do for yourself.

The 6 Stages | How Imbalance Becomes Disease

Āyurveda maps the journey from "feeling a little off" to full disease through Shat Kriya Kala - six stages that modern medicine is only beginning to recognize.

Shat Kriya Kala — सत् क्रिया काल

Sanchaya — Accumulation ~ You feel a little off. Heavy, dull, slightly congested. Easy to dismiss.
Prakopa — Aggravation ~ Fatigue, irritability, cravings get louder. The body is asking for help.
Prasara — Overflow ~ It starts spreading beyond its origin place into other areas and systems.
Sthan Samshraya — Localization ~ It finds a weak spot (from past injuries, disease, genetics, etc.) and settles in
Vyakti — Manifestation ~ Symptoms become visible and diagnosable. This is where modern medicine typically catches it.
Bheda — Complications ~ The hardest to reverse. Chronic, deep, structural.

Right now, in spring, most of us are sitting somewhere between stage 1 and 2, without even knowing it. Great news! This is exactly where a simple shift in food, movement, or routine is enough to turn the tide.

Spring is Kapha season - the body wants to move what winter built up. LFG.

Spring Invitations

🌿 Introduce bitter and pungent tastes ~ arugula, radishes, ginger, turmeric. Lightly cooked spring greens scrape Kapha down and out now.

🌊 Move daily ~ even a 20-minute walk helps Kapha lift. The body wants to shed so get your sweat on (and shower)

🫙 Try nasya oil ~ 2–3 warm drops in each nostril each morning. Clears accumulated Kapha from the head, sharpens clarity, and protects your immune gateway. 60 seconds. Spit out any drip in the throat.

🪞 Ask honestly: what accumulated this winter - physically, emotionally, mentally - that hasn't been digested yet? You don't have to fix it. Just name it.

🌸Remember: seasons don't just change what we eat or what we wear. They give us the chance to let that sh** go!

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Body During Seasonal Transitions

In this video, I walk through exactly what happens in the body as we move between seasons and how to use the Shat Kriya Kala framework to catch imbalance early.

I recommend pausing throughout so you can take stock of where you are right now, and shift from heavy to light this season.

We touched on this in our winter newsletter on navigating sugar, stress, and Kapha, if you missed it, the video builds on that foundation.

It's the kind of conversation that feels exactly right to carry in these times with the transmutation this sun-drenched and community-centered moment brings.

Next I'm sharing the signs to watch for at the start of dis-ease and a warming tea recipe that's been en mi famila for generations. Stay tuned 🍵

xxo,

Veronica

spring is also time to prioritize loved ones (it's even written in classical āyurvedic texts)

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