Agni and the Perimenopause Portal: Tending Your Inner Fire (part 2 of a 3 part series)

Update: 2025-12-11

Description

In this second episode of my perimenopause series, we explore Agni — your digestive and metabolic fire — and why it plays such a central role in the perimenopause transition.

Ayurveda teaches that perimenopause isn’t just a hormonal shift. It’s a metabolic one.

A deep recalibration in how the body digests food, processes experience, regulates energy, and maintains balance.

Today, I walk through how Agni changes during this time, the three ways Agni can become imbalanced (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha styles), and how these patterns show up physically, mentally, and emotionally.

We talk about the connection between digestion, estrogen metabolism, the nervous system, and why supporting your inner fire can bring more steadiness and clarity into this phase of life.

This episode is both validating and deeply practical — a gentle guide to understanding your body through the lens of rhythm, nourishment, and internal wisdom.

In this episode, I cover:
• Why Ayurveda views perimenopause as a metabolic transition
• How fluctuating estrogen affects Agni, digestion, heat regulation, and mood
• The three main Agni patterns that show up during perimenopause
— Vata/ Vishama Agni: irregular, sensitive, unpredictable
— Pitta/ Tikshna Agni: hot, sharp, overactive
— Kapha/ Manda Agni: slow, heavy, dull
• Physical + emotional signs for each pattern
• The role of fat tissue, the adrenals, and peripheral estrogen production
• How Agni influences Rasa (hydration, lubrication, nourishment)
• Why this time is a sacred window for tending your nervous system
• Lifestyle, food, and pacing practices to support each type of Agni
• The deeper spiritual meaning of tending your “sacred fire” during this transition
• How metabolic steadiness supports hormones, sleep, immunity, and overall vitality
• Why this transition is refinement — not decline