Health Tips for Moving to a New Town - Ayurveda Routine 8 of 18

From past experience, it takes me about 12 years to set roots down in a new town, and during that period, your life can be a little unstable. Hi, my name is John Immel, and today we're gonna talk about Ayurveda and moving to a new town. So why does it take so long to set down roots, to settle down into a new place? Well, you've got to get to know the local culture so that you can understand how to navigate the complex social system where you live. It can take you a number of years to find the right place where you really wanna live, the right neighborhood. It can take you some time to find the right job, or even a stable situation for everyone in your family. You know, the new group of friends that your kids are spending time with, or extracurriculars, all that takes time, takes time to set up a new home. Takes time to find a good doctor, a good dentist, and a good mechanic. Takes time to find the grocery store that has the highest quality produce. Takes time to know the best swimming holes, the best getaways, and the best baker. You know, you may find that when you move to a new town that you find a group of people that are really open to you and really an exciting group, but then you get to know those people a little bit, and you're like, you know, I think my tribe is these folks over here instead, or I think the group of, now that I've gotten to know everybody, you know, I think that the kinds of friends I want, you know, maybe, or that are best for me or for my family are gonna be, you know, over there instead of over here. It can take some time as you're going through the, you know, cycling through the community and finding the group of people that you really connect with or finding a group of people that really connect with you. So some people may even also be maybe a little bit more shy. No, not necessarily shy, but just protective, and it could take them some time to open up to you too. So that all takes time. Establishing and building those long-term friendships can take, it does take years, you know, to establish that history. When I moved from Boston to New Mexico, the climate was very different. I was there for about two years, and it took me that whole two-year period to find a daily routine that worked to pacify my vata. The intense dryness there was really aggravating to my constitution, and I had to make many, many small lifestyle changes in order to completely pacify my vata, and that took me some time to figure out. Even your biome in your gut has to adapt to local bacteria. Have you ever moved and tried to take a sourdough starter with you? If you move more than a few miles, your sourdough starter is likely to die because the strains of bacteria are just slightly different in each microclimate, and so your whole gut biome is gonna change, and that's gonna change a lot of your personality, you know, it has an effect on your personality too. So working out all those changes takes time. The highest grade for meat at Whole Foods is an animal that spent its entire life on a single farm. Now, I find that interesting, and I wonder if this says anything about the health of humans who live their entire life in their hometown. Now, that can seem unthinkable to people in the United States, to live in the town you grew up in, but in many parts of the world, in Europe, for example, people are far more likely to settle down in the town they grew up in and to still hang out with the kids they grew up with. So that's a question that I'm gonna pose to you, is how long does it take you to settle into a new place? While you're settling in, you wanna keep your life reasonably simple. You know, you don't wanna overcomplicate things. As you, after a move, become a regular somewhere. You know, take a class on a topic you like. You'll meet some folks. Find a place of worship. People tend to have very long-term stable communities at their place of worship. And so you'll find people that are rooted to your area. Volunteer with a local organization. Introduce yourself to your neighbors. Bring over a meal of your favorite recipe or some flowers. Bake them a loaf of bread. And keep in touch with old friends and family. The next talk, we'll talk about morning routine.