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 doing things efficiently, plans keep changing, people aren't helping the way you need them to. That's your Pitta side heating up. But simultaneously, you feel stuck. Heavy. Like you can't quite access the energy to deal with it. You want to withdraw or shut down— that's your Kapha side. Your jaw is clenched, your shoulders are tight and heavy. You feel hot with irritation but also stagnant, like you can't quite get yourself moving.

And November's erratic, chaotic, disorganized energy is irritating your Pitta side that needs order and control. But the cold, heavy quality of the season is also amplifying your Kapha tendency to shut down and hibernate. So Vata season is simultaneously making you more irritable AND more likely to withdraw. You're dealing with Pitta fire trying to ignite while Kapha heaviness is trying to smother it.

In this week's Pitta-Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why Pitta-Kapha types get stuck between heat and shutdown, and why you need both movement and cooling.

This week, you'll get a specific 3-4 minute practice that combines a cooling environment with a brisk walk— cooling irritation and discharging stuck energy at the same time.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta-Kapha types feel both irritated and immobilized when triggered, and why this internal conflict is exhausting
• The movement practice that breaks up stagnation while cooling inflammation
• How movement discharges Kapha heaviness while cool air calms Pitta heat simultaneously
• Why you need purposeful, brisk walking (not gentle strolling) to break through the stuck feeling

Hormonal changes affect your nervous system, and the right support makes all the difference. Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi have curated the Hormonal Health Prescription Toolkit with physician-selected products and protocols specifically designed to support your stress hormones and metabolism through perimenopause and menopause. Learn more at myarvasi.com.

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 already: When you eat light and move consistently, your digestion works well. But when you overeat or get inactive, everything slows down. You feel heavy, bloated, like food just sits there. So you try to activate— maybe exercise harder or eat less— but then you overheat. You get heartburn, inflammation, irritability. You can't find the middle ground between sluggish and inflamed.

And November's cold weather is making your Kapha side want to slow down and hibernate, while your Pitta side is building heat from holiday stress. Your system is caught between stagnation and inflammation. If you don't find the right balance now, Thanksgiving will either shut you down completely or trigger days of inflammatory symptoms.

In this week's Pitta-Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why Pitta-Kapha digestion needs both activation and cooling protection, and why you need a different strategy than other doshas.

This week, you'll get a specific digestive protocol that includes a balancing morning tea, a heating digestive pickle before big meals to activate your sluggish system, and brisk movement after eating to prevent stagnation.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta-Kapha digestion gets stuck between sluggish and inflamed and how to activate without overheating
• The exact tea blend to drink every morning that supports your metabolism without creating excess heat
• What to take 10-15 minutes before Thanksgiving dinner to activate your digestive fire and prevent the heavy, stuck feeling
• Why brisk (not gentle) walking after meals is critical for preventing Kapha stagnation while managing Pitta inflammation

Hormonal changes affect your digestion, and the right support makes all the difference. Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi have curated the Hormonal Health Prescription Toolkit with physician-selected products and protocols specifically designed to support your gut, hormones, and metabolism through perimenopause and menopause. Learn more at myarvasi.com.

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 blanket of inertia.

You're oscillating between two bad options: push too hard and feel inflamed and depleted, or don't push enough and feel stuck and heavy. Neither feels good. Neither feels sustainable.

You thought you just needed to find the right intensity. But you're caught between inflammation and stagnation.

In this week's Pitta-Kapha Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why you need movement that activates without inflaming---the Goldilocks approach that's not too hot, not too heavy.

This week, you'll get a steady, moderate activation prescription that unlocks your natural stamina.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta-Kapha types get stuck between inflammation and stagnation---and why you need the Goldilocks approach to exercise
• The type of movement that works for your body: consistent, moderate-intensity exercise that stimulates without overheating
• Why consistency matters MORE than intensity for your metabolism

Your Turn: Try the steady, moderate activation practice this week and notice what happens to your energy, your inflammation, your sense of engagement. Tag @myarvasi on Instagram and share what shifted.

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 Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why the time change blunts your morning cortisol while your Pitta drive creates frustration— and give you an Evening Activation Practice to stay engaged.

Your prescription this week is to do your 20-Minute Evening Activation Practice between 4:30-6:30 p.m. daily— because activating your sluggish system is what helps break the cycle of heaviness and guilt.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta-Kapha types get stuck between wanting to engage and wanting to collapse after the time change
• How circadian misalignment blunts your morning cortisol rise, making you heavy and unmotivated
• The Evening Activation Practice that prevents the 5 p.m. shutdown and keeps you engaged

Your Turn: Do your Evening Activation Practice every evening this week---no skipping. Notice what happens to your energy, motivation, and sense of purpose. Tag @myarvasi on Instagram and share what shifted.

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 you the nuances that make it even more powerful at calming both the sluggish fog and the reactive heat.

This week, move briskly for 5-10 minutes WITH your morning light—walking fast enough to feel your heart rate increase and body warm up, but not so intensely that you overheat— because waking up your sluggish system without creating more heat is what finally clears the fog, prevents the irritability, and protects your Work & Purpose.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta–Kapha's nervous system alternates between sluggish agitation and hot agitation—and how this destroys your productivity
• How to refine your Brisk Movement practice so it actually calms your agitated cortisol loop
• The common mistakes that keep Pitta–Kapha types either too foggy or too reactive all day
• Why this practice WITH light changes everything for your Work & Purpose

Your Turn: Try the refined Brisk Movement practice this week and notice—does the morning fog clear? Does your energy stay steady without overheating? Tag @myarvasi on Instagram and share what shifted.

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, turmeric, and black pepper—because the right breakfast finally clears the heavy periods, sluggish digestion, and stubborn weight you've been carrying.

Listen now to learn:

• Your Pitta–Kapha breakfast formula: light protein + vegetable fiber + stimulating spices + minimal grain (wait for true hunger)
• Why your slow, inflamed gut sends estrogen back into circulation—fueling heavy cycles and congestion
• Why heavy grains create more stagnation—and what to eat instead
• How this one meal restores your Cellular Health & Vitality

Your Turn: Make this week's breakfast, share a photo, and tag @myarvasi on Instagram.

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 digestion, inflamed skin, and energy that never quite stabilizes.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta–Kapha digestion needs to wake up before you eat—or cortisol stays flat and energy drags
• How delaying your first meal until true hunger clears the fog and cools the fire
• Why coffee 90 minutes after waking (not before) sustains energy instead of crashing it
• A 3-step prescription to restore your Vitality & Cellular Health

Your Turn: Try this week's practice and notice—does the morning heaviness lift? Do you feel energized instead of inflamed? Tag @myarvasi on Instagram to share what you experienced.

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 types
• Why the cortisol awakening response is your body’s natural “on” switch each morning
• A 3-step protocol to energize, cool, and stabilize your day

Your Turn: Clear the fog, calm the fire. Try this week’s practice, then tag @myarvasi on Instagram so we can cheer you on.

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

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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 truly matter.

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