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In this series, we explore people’s experiences on the path of spirituality. Whether it’s personal development, insights or learning about how to love more deeply, it’s all about you and your journey. Our first selection comes from Dr. Harrison Graves, an MD who has been volunteering at the center for the past several months, informing […]
On the Path: Why I Volunteer with Seva Read More »
In this blog we are heating things up with pungent, the hottest of Ayurveda’s six tastes. Think spicy. Pungent spices like chili peppers and wasabi titillate the taste buds while heating up the body—and the mind. The pungent taste is found in the following, Peppers (green and red, habaneros, jalapenos) Wasabi Pungent Spices (tumeric, cayenne,
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Taste is assigned a much deeper significance in Ayurveda than we are accustomed to in the West. Taste, or rasa, is considered critically important in determining the effect that various foods, spices and therapeutic herbs will have on our state of balance – body, mind, and spirit. Ayurveda recognizes six tastes. Each of the six
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In this week’s blog, we are going salty. Typical foods in the salty taste category include rock salt, sea salt, vegetables, soy sauce, tamari, black olives, hard cheeses, sea foods and many processed foods. Salt improves the taste of many foods and makes the other five tastes (rasas) more delicious. A great example is the yummy
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Ayurveda, the holistic medicine from India, has given us the ultimate way to cleanse the body-mind: Panchakarma. Panchakarma means the “five actions,” or five therapies. A Panchakarma retreat uses these time-tested therapies to release physical toxins from the body and deep rooted stress from the mind. It also helps restore the body’s own ability to heal. Panchakarma
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Did you know that art and music have a lot in common with yoga and meditation? Art has a similar power to elevate the consciousness, the awareness. Creating art, or sometimes just looking at art, can promote positive emotions like gratitude, happiness and joy. In this blog we’ll find out how — as we dive
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In Ayurveda, there are six seasons instead of four: spring, early summer, late summer, fall, early winter, and late winter. The later summer season is called varsha ritu or “rainy season.” August and September mark this transition from summer to fall, from heat to coolness, from spring vegetables to late summer harvest. Seasons change and
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Like many young women, I grew up idolizing images of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and the Spice Girls, all of whom graced magazine covers with size 2 bodies and gave off the impression to five year old girls that it was normal to wear belly shirts everyday. Mixed Messages and Me Now, I have never
How Ayurveda Helped Me Love My Body Read More »
Ayurveda, the holistic medicine from India, has given us the ultimate way to detoxify the body-mind: Panchakarma. Panchakarma, or the “five actions,” is a time-tested cleansing process that releases stored toxins and restores the body’s innate healing ability. It is a series of therapies that helps remove deep rooted stress while balancing the body-mind
Ayurvedic Detox (Part 3): Panchakarma Read More »
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tells us that “the first step in yoga is to let go, to relax.” A relaxed body will lead to a relaxed mind. Letting go doesn’t have to be difficult, however. It can even be blissful. One of Ayurveda’s favorite ways to relax and let go is Shirodhara, perhaps the most
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