AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

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Ayurveda 101: The Aim of Ayurveda

The goal of Ayurvedic medicine is summed up in the Sanskrit word, “swastya.” Swastya means health. A healthy person is in a state of balance – physically balanced, mentally balanced, emotionally balanced. This holistic perspective is one of Ayurveda’s basic principles.  The Meaning of Swastya On a concrete level, the expression of health is dynamic

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Managing Diabetes with Yoga

Diabetes is endemic and spreading, as much as we hate to say it, for perfectly preventable and manageable reasons. According to the 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Report, more than 100 million Americans are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. One in four American adults do not know they are Diabetic or predisposed to it.

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What is Chronic Stress?

According to the American Psychological Association (APA), stress may be defined as any uncomfortable “emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes.” Stress can produce and contribute to negative health and quality-of-life outcomes. Prolonged or chronic stress can be particularly detrimental and has been linked to serious illness and disease. The Mayo Clinic has

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Natural and Holistic Treatments for Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Stress

Almost all of us know someone who struggles with some form of mental illness, be it anxiety, depression, or chronic stress. In fact, 46.6 million people in the United States suffer from some kind of mental health issue. Unfortunately, despite how widespread such conditions are, modern treatments fail to help 40% of people recover from

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Ayurveda: An Overview of One of the World’s Most Ancient Healing Systems

Together with the high costs of conventional medicine, this oversight is increasingly driving people towards alternative health care. One such practice is Ayurvedic medicine, a complete healthcare system that originated in ancient India. In general, rather than focusing on curing an illness, like Western medicine, Ayurveda takes a preventative approach, prescribing diets and activities that

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What Causes Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Stress? An Ayurvedic Explanation

Ayurveda, India’s ancient system of health care, has been addressing many of the diseases that we still deal with today for thousands of years, including diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis. However, Ayurvedic medicine doesn’t only deal with issues of the body, but also the mind and spirit. For that reason, it has an excellent perspective to

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