Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi Pitta-Kapha Edition

The Week of January 11th: Easing Back In—A Quick Update on the Winter Season

We told you the Winter season would begin today—but life happened, and we're pushing our start to next Sunday, January 18th.

Here's the thing: we could have rushed it. But that's not how we want to show up for you.

And honestly? It's the first full week back from the holidays. You're probably still trying to find your footing. Remembering your routines. Digging out from everything that piled up. Wondering why you're so tired when you just had...

Duration: 00:02:40

The Week of January 4th: Your Energy Fix Starts Now—Winter Season Preview

Something new begins January 11th.

We've been listening to what you've told us—the exhaustion, the frustration, the feeling that your body just isn't responding anymore. I'm exhausted—and nothing that used to work is working anymore. We hear you.

For the first five weeks of Winter, we're going deep on one topic: energy. Not the kind you chase with caffeine. Real, sustainable energy—the kind that comes from understanding how your body actually works. Your circadian rhythm. Your hormones. Your gut...

Duration: 00:02:33

The Week of December 21st: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx —

It started as irritation. Now it's just... heavy.

Your Pitta side collected frustration all fall. But your Kapha side didn't express it—it absorbed it. Stuffed it down. Let it calcify into something dense and stuck.

This week's prescription: A two-part clearing ritual—morning light walk and evening release journaling—that addresses both the weight and the heat underneath.

Listen now to learn:

Why Pitta-Kapha turns frustration into heaviness—and how fall made it worseThe morning light + cold air protocol that gets stuck ener...

Duration: 00:17:47

The Week of December 15th: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx -

Ten weeks of fall. You're feeling it both ways.

Heavy in your body—but tension underneath. Sluggish in the morning, wound up by evening. Shoulders locked. Lower back aching. Too tired to move, too activated to rest.

Cold weather made you heavier. Stress kept you wired. You're carrying both—and your body needs to release them together.

This week's prescription: Legs Up the Wall + Extended Exhale breathing. 10 minutes. Every evening. The pose lifts the heaviness. The breath releases the heat. Both settle at o...

Duration: 00:18:23

The Week of December 7th: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx —

You have the most frustrating combination—heavy AND hot. Food sits for hours, but there's heartburn too. Stools are sticky AND burning. Like carrying a heated bowling ball in your belly.

Cold weather made you heavier. Stress made you hotter. Clogged drain that's also corroding.

This week's prescription: HOT CCF tea with ginger and lime—breaking stagnation while cooling inflammation.

Listen now to learn:

Why you need both stimulation AND coolingThe ginger addition that increases gut motility The 7-day protocol that lifts the hea...

Duration: 00:16:44

The Week of November 23rd: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx —

If you're a Pitta-Kapha type, Thanksgiving week brings a confusing stress response— you feel both irritated and stuck at the same time.

You're worried that when stress hits, you won't know whether to snap at everyone or just withdraw to your room. You'll feel hot with irritation but also heavy and immobilized. You'll be caught between wanting to control everything and wanting to avoid everything. And that internal conflict will make the stress worse.

Because here's what's probably already happening: You're irritated because someone's not doin...

Duration: 00:15:03

The Week of November 16th: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx

If you're a Pitta-Kapha type, Thanksgiving week kicks off the holiday season— and with all the parties, family celebrations, and rich foods ahead, you face a confusing digestive challenge.

You're worried that the heavy holiday meal will make you feel sluggish and stuck, but you also know that if you push too hard to compensate, you'll trigger inflammation and irritability. You oscillate between feeling too heavy (can't digest, everything sits like a rock) and too hot (heartburn, acidity, loose stools).

Because here's what's probably happening al...

Duration: 00:22:46

The Week of November 9th: Pitta-Kapha Health Rx ---

For Pitta-Kapha types, maybe this is what's happening---and it's confusing: When you exercise hard---like really push yourself---you feel inflamed and exhausted afterward. Your joints hurt, they feel hot and swollen. You're irritable. Your body feels heavy and you just want to lie down.

So you think, "Okay, I'll exercise less. I'll take it easier." But then when you don't exercise, or when you do very gentle movement, you feel stuck. Heavy. Stagnant. Like your metabolism completely shut down. Like your energy is trapped under this thick...

Duration: 00:21:20

Week of November 2nd

For Pitta-Kapha types, the time change creates a miserable middle ground. You wake up heavy and foggy, hitting snooze multiple times. Your energy comes online for a few hours, then fades. When 5 p.m. darkness hits, your body wants to completely shut down. But then you feel guilty and frustrated with yourself. "I should be doing more. I'm wasting time."

You're caught between Kapha heaviness and Pitta drive— too heavy to engage but irritated with yourself for being heavy.

In this week's Pitta-Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ay...

Duration: 00:15:38

Week of October 26th:

For Pitta–Kapha types, your nervous system is heavy and sluggish in the morning, then overheats by midday. You start the day feeling foggy and stuck, then push too hard to compensate, creating heat and reactivity. This agitation shows up most in Work & Purpose—you can't focus in the morning, then you're irritable and tense by afternoon, your productivity erratic all day.

In this week's Pitta–Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi go deeper into the Brisk Movement practice from Week 1—teaching...

Duration: 00:27:29

The Week of October 19th

For Pitta–Kapha types, fall brings heavy periods with clotting, sluggish bowels, skin that's both dull and inflamed, and stubborn weight that won't shift. You're caught between Kapha's stagnation and Pitta's heat—and your estrobolome can't clear estrogen when things aren't moving.

In this week's Pitta–Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain exactly why this matters and exactly what to eat to fix it.

This week, wait for true hunger, then eat scrambled eggs with spinach, broccoli, turmer...

Duration: 00:20:15

The Week of October 12th

For Pitta–Kapha types, fall mornings often feel like fog on the outside and fire simmering underneath. You wake slow and heavy, hit snooze, skip water, maybe grab coffee to "get going"—then push into overdrive to catch up. By midday, you're tense, overheated, and running on fumes.

In this week's Pitta–Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why eating too early or too heavy blunts your cortisol rise—and how that fog-and-fire pattern throws estrogen off-balance, leading to sluggish...

Duration: 00:24:57

The Week of October 5th

For Pitta–Kapha types, mornings often feel heavy yet tense—Kapha slows you down while Pitta fire simmers underneath. The result? Fog outside, heat inside.

In this week’s Pitta–Kapha Health Rx, Drs. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Tanmeet Sethi show how this push–pull blunts and overshoots your cortisol awakening response—and how one prescription with light and movement clears heaviness while cooling the fire.

Listen now to learn:

How fall triggers the fog-and-fire pattern in Pitta–Kapha typesWhy the cortisol awakening response is your body’s natural “on” swi...

Duration: 00:13:34

Welcome to the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi—Finally, medicine that fits you.

Hosted by integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, this podcast gives you something most wellness advice misses: prescriptions that are personalized, physician-led, and grounded in both science and Ayurveda.

Each Sunday, you’ll receive a clear, practical weekly dose of guidance designed for your biology—not generic tips that never stick. From your hormones to your gut, your circadian rhythm to your nervous system, you’ll learn how to align your body with the rhythms that tru...

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