AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

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Blog articles covering all things Ayurveda!

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Doshas and Their Ways of Love

Spring is in the air! And when the weather begins to warm up, instead of a cold chill,  it’s love that’s in the air! While vata lovers are social butterflies—charming, witty, and breezy—pitta lovers are passionate, organized, and like to lead(if that is your thing). Kapha people are the love bears we need on a particularly […]

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Ayurvedic Foot Care

Did you know according to the Ashtang Hridaya, one of the most authoritative texts on the science of Ayurveda, your feet have four nerves that are related to your eyes? Who would have thought that a nice soothing foot massage can actually help you see better? The science of Ayurveda treats the human body like

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Spring into Kapha

Ayurveda classifies six seasons (ritus)-spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, pre-winter, and winter. Here, in the West, we are predominantly concerned with four of those six seasons-spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Vasant is the Sanskrit word given for spring. Spring is a time of year when it tends to rain more and the winter snow melts. The

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Morning Power Hour

How we spend the first hour of the morning can have a profound effect on how the rest of our day goes. If you typically start your days frazzled and frantic, try adopting a “power hour” morning routine for more calm, energy, and a great day ahead. Put your phone away! Do you find yourself

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Lemon Coriander Soup

Winter weather challenges our immune system, making us prone to colds and flu. We may also experience symptoms of dryness like constipation or insomnia. Intuitively, we are drawn to worth and comfort in an effort to counter the cold and dryness. We enjoy sitting in front of crackling fires, warm drinks, and soups or warm

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A Matter of Taste

“You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream and that’s kind of the same thing.” “That left a bad taste in my mouth.” These quotes give us a feel for how food and its varied tastes can influence us.  Ayurveda teaches us that we should strive for a balance of  six tastes—sweet, sour,

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Design for the Doshas

Ayurveda is all about living a harmonious and holistic life in alignment with nature. All the treatments, healing modalities, spiritual practices, herbs, and cleanses recommended in Ayurveda work toward bringing this balance in our body and mind by essentially balancing the three doshas. Doshas are three fundamental bio energies—kapha, vata, and pitta–constituted from the five

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