Chia Seeds (black & white) ***************************** | naturally grown | direct from farmer | chemical free | Chia is an excellent food that helps to improve hydration at all tissue levels. From an Ayurvedic perspective, chia reduces vata (the air and space element), optimizes pitta (the fire element) and nourishes kapha (the water and earth elements). Chia seeds are also sattvic, or pure, in nature. According to Ayurveda, sattvic foods are ones that cultivate and promote clarity and equanimity of the mind, while also benefits the body. Cultivating deep hydration using sattvic foods and herbs also helps to encourage the building of ojas, which is your core vitality, endurance, sustainability, and the foundation of your immunity. Therefore, you can use chia seeds, or other Omega-3 sources as sattvic dietary sources to cultivate ojas.