582: How Understanding The Ayurvedic Body Clock can Help You Calm Anxiety

In this week’s Anxiety Slayer podcast, we’re exploring the Ayurvedic body clock and how it can help us create a supportive routine to calm anxiety.


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Points covered in this episode

The Doshas and the times of day

  • Knowing what helps and when

  • How anxiety is fueled by change and routine helps

  • Using the different times of the day for actions that help our body and mind



Early morning is Vata time

The vata energy governs 2-6am

This is the time when our sleep becomes lighter as we prepare to wake up and start the day.

The quiet hours before 6 am are the perfect time for journaling, meditating, and planning or visualizing our day ahead.

6-10 am is Kapha time

This is a good time to stretch and move their bodies, have breakfast and move into the day.

Ayurveda recommends that we wake before 6 am because once the energy shifts to Kapha it's harder to get up and get going. Waking early gives us a head start and time for reflection before the world gets up and moving.


10am-2pm is Pitta time

This is the most dynamic energy period of the day. It's a good time for taking action, planning, meetings etc. This is the best time for focus.

Our digestion peaks at noon, this is when our metabolism is at its highest, so it's considered the ideal time to take your main meal of the day so there's plenty of time to use that nutrition and digest your meal fully before the evening.


2pm-6pm is Vata time

This is a good period for communication with others, meetings, socializing and it's a good time to have some light movement to help digest lunch and not feel too spaced out or sluggish in the afternoon.

Ayurveda recommends we have our last meal no later than 6pm.


6pm-10pm is Kapha time

At dusk we move back into Kapha time.

This is the time for slowing down, family time, reading, and preparing for sleep. It's a good time to take a warm bath or enjoy a warm drink of almond milk and nutmeg. Keep away from screens and practice some relaxation.

Going to sleep by 10 pm as often as we are able helps us catch that Kapha energy which is conducive to good sleep and restoration.


10pm-2am is Pitta time

This is the time when our body goes into deep rest and assimilation. It's a time when we may be actively dreaming.

People of a pitta nature who stay up past 10pm often find they get a second wind at this time. They may feel a desire to achieve something but often feel frustrated and irritable they stay up too late.

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