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Quotes about water abound, and rightly so given the magnitude of impact and influence it has on our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. “To understand water is to understand the cosmos, the marvels of nature and life itself.” —Dr. Masara Emoto We grow in the womb surrounded by amniotic fluid, much of which is composed …
Summer is here! You may enjoy hot summer days, or literally wilt and groan in the sun! According to Ayurveda, this is partly because of your constitution (prakriti) or imbalance (vikrati). Summer is Pitta Season (the principle of fire and water) and normally a time to go on vacation, swim, barbeque, play outdoors, sip cool …
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When water stagnates, it begins to stink, and so does the life force within us. The quality of our Prana, or the fundamental life force flowing through us, also called the Chi, can indicate the state of our physical and mental health. When our prana is high and flows through energy channels or nadis without …
Chutney is a spicy Indian condiment which made of ingredients including fruits and vegetables, sugar and spices, herbs, coconut, vinegar, salt, pepper, and more. Ingredients can be altered or added to make the chutney suitable to your dosha or personal taste. It’s a great way to incorporate all six tastes—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and …
John Cordle, a highly experienced captain in the American Navy was commanding a routine training exercise in the Baltic Sea, helming USS Oscar Austin, a guided-missile destroyer, with three other destroyers behind this one. Cordle had run without sleep for 36 hours. As the ship settled into its passage, Cordle tottered, trying to stay awake. …
Why do we need conscious eating in our lives when we can get around our day by eating mindlessly? Why wouldn’t we rather spend our time being ‘productive’ while we’re ‘grabbing’ our meals? Believe it or not, conscious eating can have long-lasting benefits for your mental and physical health including helping you lose weight, control …
From using ketones as a source of energy, to eating like the hunter people from the Paleolithic era, to giving up milk and dairy in your diet, to consuming exclusively raw foods—we are on a hamster wheel of diet regimes. Paleo, Keto, vegan, raw diets—there is a constant churn of diet fads to fulfill people’s …
While sensitive kids might be introverts or extroverts, they are sponges. In a world with gun violence, war, dying glaciers and oceans, entire species facing extinction, and refugees living desperate lives, the news of the world can be intensely overwhelming to young people who notice and process everything deeply.
“Biological aging is not tied absolutely to chronological aging and it may be possible to slow biological aging and even reduce the possibility of suffering from age-related diseases such as dementia,” writes Ruth Peters from Care of the Elderly, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London. As we age our brain shrinks and cognition, as well …
Our hearts need tending, particularly after what we have been through in the last year. Did you know heart disease kills 1 person every 36 seconds in the United States? According to CDC, 1 in every 4 deaths is due to cardiac disorders. About 805,000 Americans have a heart attack each year and 1 in …
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