Autumn Dinacharyā

Autumn is Vāta season: dry, cool and windy, and our skin feels it as tightness, flaking and dullness. In Ayurveda we meet it with its opposites: warmth, moisture and oil.

Every morning

four steps

Step 1

Cleanse

Mix a little Anunda with a few drops of water into a cream. Massage over face and neck, then rinse with lukewarm water, never hot.

Anunda

Step 2

Mist

Mist Chanda onto damp skin. On the driest days, layer 2 or 3 mists.

Chanda

Step 3

Oil + serum

Mix one pump each of Immortal Oil and Immortal Serum in your palm and press into still-damp skin.

Immortal Oil · Immortal Serum

Step 4

Seal

Warm a pea-size bit of Haima between your fingertips and pat it in.

Haima

Every evening

oil cleanse, then the morning steps

Step 1

Oil cleanse

Massage a few pumps of White Pine Oil or Surya over dry skin. Lay a warm, damp cloth over your face for a breath or two, then wipe away.

White Pine Oil · Surya

Steps 2–4: then mist, oil + serum and seal, just as in the morning.

Once a week

a deeper drink

Weekly

Deep drink mask

Blend Soma with a few mists of Chanda and a pump each of Immortal Oil and Serum. Leave on 10–30 minutes, or overnight.

Soma

Every day, for the body + lips

from head to toe

Daily

Warm oil massage

Abhyanga is Ayurveda's great medicine for Vāta. Warm Shishira in your hands and massage it in before or after bathing.

Shishira

Daily

Lips

Keep Sarala close as the wind picks up.

Sarala