Calming Summer Ayurveda: Five Tips for LGBTQ+ Folx

Feeling the summer heat a little too much? 🌞 In this episode, we return to our Ayurveda roots as I share my top five simple, powerful, and affordable tips to balance out Pitta Dosha and keep your body cool, calm, and nourished in this hot season. We’ll also explore the Capricorn Full Moon energy to help you ground.

In Ayurveda, summer is known as “Pitta time of year” because Pitta Dosha is made up of the elements fire and water. Translating to the “science of life,” Ayurveda is a holistic and preventative approach to healthcare that works with nature to support a higher quality of life. This can greatly support a person's overall health, and complement any Western medical care that they may be receiving.

✨ This episode is all about Ayurveda for summer. As someone who has struggled with health and digestive issues, I can honestly say that Ayurveda has helped me more than anything else. These five tips are gentle, accessible, effective, AND you can do them right at home with just a few affordable ingredients.

The Capricorn Full Moon (7/10) offers us grounding energy and accountability amidst the watery season of Cancer. With Mercury retrograde in Leo (7/17–8/11), this is a time to slow down and keep our inner fire balanced with cooling and nourishing practices.

Ayurveda supports digestion, sleep, vitality, and overall balance. As an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, I love offering practical, sustainable tips that you can easily weave into your daily life. Don't miss out on these 5 simple practices that you can try right now!

✨ Top 5 Summer Ayurveda Tips to Beat the Heat:

1. Abhyanga⁠⁠ (self-oil massage), covered in episode four. With a cooling oil such as coconut, or Banyan’s⁠⁠ Neem Skin and Body Oil, ⁠⁠all over⁠⁠ Beauty Balm,⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Breast Massage Balm⁠⁠.

2. Keep digestion cool with ⁠⁠Joyful Heart Tea⁠⁠ + ⁠⁠Mellow Mind Tea

   (See all my ⁠Banyan Botanicals product recommendations⁠⁠⁠⁠, and use the code SOULALCHEMY15 for 15% off!)

   3. Rose water!

   4. Legs up the wall or on a chair, baby!

5. Watermelon Slushie Recipe – nature’s gatorade! 🍉 Packed with hydration and skin-protecting lycopene.

Links + Offerings:

🌿 Join my email list for updates + free self-care resource guide: youareloved.one/pod

🌙 Book a personal astrology reading: youareloved.one/readings

✨ ⁠Wild Witchy Womxn’s Yoga Retreat Info⁠

🌈 Guatemala Yoga Retreat: Authenticity, Empowerment, and Adventure with Paisley ⁠⁠https://youareloved.one/guatemala⁠

💜 ⁠Online Introduction to Ayurveda Workshop⁠

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Until next time, blessed be and stay cool, my loves!

With all my love,

Lee Devi ✨

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What is up, my witches? Welcome to the Queer Soul Alchemy podcast, a supportive community helping queer folx to embrace their authentic selves by exploring Yoga, Astrology, and Spirituality. I’m your host, Lee Devi.

Queer Soul Alchemy explores Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Sexuality, and Spirituality as tools for healing, self care, and personal transformation. Rooted in queerness and the LGBTQ+ community, this space celebrates queer identity, uplifts transgender voices, and inspires you to embrace your authentic self. A sanctuary for seekers, allies, and the queer community, this is where magic and soul meet.

About Your Host: Lee Devi

When I was growing up, I didn’t have any LGBTQ+ role models, and I didn’t know it was okay to be myself. I’m Lee Devi, a queer and nonbinary teacher, healer, and guide (they/them). Through over a decade of Yoga practice, Ayurvedic study, and living a Yogic lifestyle, I’ve unraveled — and continue to unravel — layers of mental and spiritual conditioning. And somewhere along the way, I became the role model of my own dreams. I believe that every person deserves the space to embrace their authentic self and connect with the divine energy within. Jai Ma!