Cooling cucumber coconut bowl

Pitta dosha is a fiery dosha! If you know or suspect your dominant dosha is pitta, this recipe will help you cool down.

Find out more about Ayurveda and the three doshas

About Pitta dosha

People with lots of pitta in them can have freckles, red hair, or a skin with impurities such as pimples. Inflammation in the body is also a pitta thing. They often feel warm or sweaty and tend to cross their own and others boundaries. They can be competitive and crave a strong vinyasa practice, although this usually just turns up the heat even more. If that happens, pittas can be aggressive, easily irritated and dominant.
People with pitta as their main dosha also love structure and making lists. Because of all this fire, they are the best planners, organizers and leaders.

Pitta dosha on the yoga mat

To bring balance to pitta dosha, a cooling yoga practice is best. Also, it’s best to eat a diet that helps to lower pitta:

Recommended diet for Pitta dosha

Don’t eat hot, spicy and salty foods. Do eat cooling, dry and a few heavy foods. No oily foods, that can aggravate this dosha.
Grapes, blueberries, broccoli, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, pak choi, grains, beans, basil, oregano, turmeric, coriander & mint are great for this dosha.

So this lovely pitta reducing dish is for you!