The foundation of Iota, my friend or I are Vedic wisdom is the five elements of nature which are air ether, which can translate to like space or spirit, fire, water and earth to have these five elements and their characteristics come together to form a dosha or Energy of which there are three Vata dosha is composed of air and ether elements. And its characteristics include, but are not limited to light, mobile and cold light as in the feeling of lightness, not necessarily like like sunlight. Pitta dosha, is composed of fire and water elements and is character and its characteristics include hot, sharp and light, and Kapha. dosha is composed of water and earth elements, and its characteristics include heavy, slow and cool now The elements, their characteristics and the doshas are present all around us. And within us, they govern each season in nature as well as different chapters in the times of day, in terms of our human being, we each have one or two doshas that are dominant within us, excuse me, and the third one is less dominant, but still present and the doshas, these energies govern our physiology, our physical characteristics, our personality traits, as well as our mental costume constitution. So, friend, I say this all so, that, you know that you remember, there is an elemental reason you are so beautifully the way you are, and why besides nurture, because obviously, we are beings that are nurtured and environment, you are, you know, so, but this elemental reason is also explaining why you are different from others, including blood relatives, because your dosha dominance, if you have siblings may be different, and it may be different than your parents. And even if you have the same dosha dominance, the way it's expressed in you might be different from the way it's expressed in a sibling or a cousin or or someone else. Now, I are Veta science, my friend is so rich, and I'm just scratching the surface here. And that's deliberate, because we could go way down the rabbit hole, not that that's not important to do, right, it's important to learn as much as possible. But I need to be careful with going down the rabbit hole, because it's one of my favorite things to do is go down the rabbit hole, any rabbit hole, really. And I need to keep myself in check. So this is about me, not you. And so for now, I'm going to end this one on one portion of our Convo by saying I cannot say enough about knowing your dosha dominance, and aligning your self care practices accordingly, as well as being able to identify when imbalances arise, or when you are living in a current state of imbalance. So that you can meet yourself there with practices and that balance, whatever it is imbalanced. And also honor how the seasons energy lands within you. Because the reality is, the ease you seek, honestly, is in this knowledge. And if all of this sounds complicated, it's not you it might be at first, because most likely, you're not used to living this way, especially if you were brought up deeply immersed in American culture. And remember, I say this, because I'm not sure about other Western countries in the northern hemisphere, because I've only lived and worked in the US. And it's because that this may sound complicated. And it's because that this is not the American way of life. Why my work as a coach is so needed because I moved there to help you uncover all of the information that you need to like deeply know yourself in this way. As well as uncovering all the bullshit Western culture has fed you because it's fed it to me to like, I need you to understand this is not me coming from a shame place. This is me coming from like, Fuck, this happened to all of us. And then I'll work with you to figure out more aligned way forward that's 100% sustainable for you, and adjustable based on your life circumstances. So I'd love for you to join me if you want, right if you're up for it, if this is the time, and the holistic self care collective and work together and creating your personalized self care plan, because my friend who having a clear or clear way forward is really, really, really important along with like support going up all along the way so that you don't feel alone. I've got a radical thought for you. Are you ready for it? As I've mentioned, at least like once each season this year, probably more than that. Instead of pushing full speed ahead, starting January 1 for 52, straight weeks, as capital capitalism would have us do or maybe 51 If your advantage to slow down or take time off from work without suffering hardship. What if we started looking at our year cycle in terms of nature seasons, right, which with three, four months of time for each season, and we adjusted our intentions, our practices, our speed in life accordingly, even maybe in your work? Now, obviously, if you work for an organization that might be more difficult than if you're a business owner, where you have more autonomy over the shit you do. But maybe there is a way if you do work for an organization that is not your own. Maybe there is a more subtle way you could start to do this. We often think like we've if we're talking about shift or doing things differently, there has to be big, sweeping things, very obvious things but it doesn't have to be it could be very subtle things. And so in terms of nature cycle, right winter is kind of that time period where To dormant and we plan for the upcoming year and upcoming seasons. Spring then is tending the soil for all that planning that you did an initial planting of those plans, then that brings us to summer where we begin to reap, from the plans and the planting and the nourishing and the nurturing that we did. And then we plant more, right. And then the fall is the final reaping of what was planted in spring and summer. There's a cleanup of the soil and a winding down to prepare us for winter. And the cycle begins all over again. So I'm curious, like, what if you began to look at your life that way, your personal life, your work life? What if, and you may say stuff, that's not possible. And again, maybe in a big way, it's not. But what about a subtle way? It's worth considering. Because we do want to align as much as we can with nature. I mean, honestly, dominant culture here in the US has gotten so far away from it. And we know it's not working. So why not consider a different way seems to be working for nature, if we would stop mucking around with it, you know. And as as, as I've said before, like a broken record for the better part of this year. Like we cannot sustain running at max speed, and maximum effort, the entire year, relying on vacation sick days, again, if you're advantaged in to have them in order to get us through. So many people are deep into burnout, a change or dare I say an overhaul is needed. Now. And friends, as I say, in every episode, this will not change oppression right now, it will not change the systems right now. But if we do this, if we begin to stand up to burn out if we can, if we actually stand up to our own care the way we know we need it, if we do this, especially those of us with identities that are marginalized in this world if we do this. And for those of you with identities that are advantage, if you do the hard work to uplift and amplify those with marginalized identities, as you do this, it will be a direct interruption of what the system's want us to do. And it will force a change that will support the dismantling of the larger issue and resource as as we do it. So this is a must. In last week's episode, I dropped at least 20 reflection questions on you. So that you could consider how you experienced spring. And if that wasn't alignment with how you wanted to feel that season, as well as with your son couple for the year if you created one. And I would say I'm sorry for the amount of questions I have bombarded you with but I'm actually not. Because when honestly, like when it comes to a transitional period, it is really important to be clear on how you're experiencing life, how you want to experience life and if those two things are the same, because if it's not, and it's not because of some sort of short phase like life circumstance, then adjustments need to be made as soon as possible or it will completely fuck up your vibe or keep you feeling unwell and or burned out. And understanding the relationship between where you are and where you want to be is also really important that's so that you can prepare for shifts you need to make based on how the upcoming phase will affect you ie summer. My friend you've got to remember and I'm here to do the reminding. self care is something we live something we compact come back to constantly and consistently checking in and rechecking in, adjusting accordingly just as you would to something or something that needs deep care like a baby or baby animal and elderly being or a being that simply needs more personalized care you need that you deserve that.