AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

Health & Wellness

Health and wellness news, stories, and tips that inspire healthy diets, relationships and lives, and encourage making positive behavior choices.

spices digestion

Spices that Aid Digestion

Now that the trees have shed their leaves and winter coats and snow boots have made a comeback, the binging season has officially arrived. The good news is that during winters the digestive fire naturally peaks, according to Ayurveda. So the body is able to digest heavier foods better vis-à-vis in the other seasons. But

Spices that Aid Digestion Read More »

yoga nidra 131

Yoga for Pain Management

The language of yoga is Sanskrit and the Sanskrit word for pain is duhkha. Duhkha can be translated as pain, suffering, unhappiness, or discomfort. The word yoga is classically defined by its root “yuj” which is to yoke; to unite or join, as in the union that forms the body/mind/spirit connection. Because yoga addresses the

Yoga for Pain Management Read More »

pulse diagnosis

Ayurveda 101: Pulse Diagnosis

What if there was a system that could tell you about diseases and imbalances that you are predisposed to even before they have manifested in your body? As surprising as that sounds, there exists such a profound tool of assessment encoded in the science of Ayurveda—pulse diagnosis (nadi pariksha)! This assessment can give you what

Ayurveda 101: Pulse Diagnosis Read More »

variety apples

All About Apples

Tis’ the season of apples! Do you remember walking around, picking apples, or enjoying breakfast picnics in the orchards in the fall months as children, with your family? As you happily carried home the bushels, you knew it was the time of the year when apple sauces, pies, jams, crisps, and cobblers would dominate the

All About Apples Read More »

vegetarian sidedishes

Have Your Best Thanksgiving Ever: Diet Tips from an Ayurveda Expert

Here’s how to have a healthy and nourishing Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrating togetherness and appreciating the blessings of the harvest and abundance in our lives. How can Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of health and wellness, support you to have a good holiday experience? Thanksgiving for Every Dosha What does this holiday mean

Have Your Best Thanksgiving Ever: Diet Tips from an Ayurveda Expert Read More »

happy men2

Mental Health and Machismo: How to Help the Men You Love

Research indicates that more women than men suffer from mental health issues, but perhaps much of the difference scientists find when evaluating the prevalence of certain disorders has to do with societal expectations on gender and mental health. Men and women share the same neurotransmitters affecting mood, but hormonal differences result in displaying certain disorders

Mental Health and Machismo: How to Help the Men You Love Read More »