by Manish Chandra | Sep 6, 2023 | Ayurveda, basmati rice, blog, congee, cooling, digestion, Digestive Health, kolam, nourishing, nutrients, nutrition, rice, sacred, sattva, sattvic
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Rice is an important and sacred food staple across the world and has many nourishing health benefits. It is a sattvic (pure) food, with clear, light & smooth qualities and a sweet flavor. Rice is a symbol of fertility and prosperity and is...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 15, 2023 | agni, ama, asatmya, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, dairy and fruit, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, food combinations, habits, indigestion
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, there are incompatible food combinations that serve as guidelines to support optimal digestion and nutrition. The combination of these foods can cause bloating and gas, acidity, indigestion, creation of ama (toxins), skin...
by Manish Chandra | May 3, 2023 | agni, agni deepana, ama, ama pachana, assimilation, Ayurveda, blog, digestive fire, Digestive Health, healing, lifestyle, lord agni, nutrition, toxins
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are herbs, foods and practices that are agni deepanas (strengthen digestive fire) and ama pachanas (burn toxins). Agni deepanas stimulate agni through jatharagni (the main digestive fire in the stomach). Ama pachanas increase...
by Manish Chandra | Apr 26, 2023 | agni, assimilation, Ayurveda, blog, blood sugar, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, enzymes, gastric secretions, GI tract, kledaka kapha, nutrition, pachaka pitta, samana vayu, stomach
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Most of us are familiar with the three main doshas of Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Each of these doshas have 5 subdoshas that represent each of the 5 elements. Of these 15 subdoshas, there are three with a correlating fire element that are...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 15, 2023 | ama, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, Cooking, depression, Detoxification, Digestive Health, emotional health, emotionaleating, emotions, Energy, food, healing, Workshops
An event for your Mind, Body and Soul Join us for an interactive & fun community event at Pacific Cultural Center on Saturday, August 21st from 10-2. This meal that heals will show you how food affects your emotions and how you can shift your eating habits to...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 2, 2023 | 10 paramis, addictions, attachments, autonomic nervous system, awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, breathe, buddhism, comforteating, Consciousness, coping, daily routine, depression, Digestive Health, emotional, emotional health, emotions, fear, five kleshas, habits, Health issues, holistic healing, ignorance, imbalance, kleshas, mental health, mindbodysoul, misuse of the senses, nervous system, nutrition, practices, spiritual, tamas
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes It is February 2nd and we have made it halfway through the winter! February 1st-2nd is celebrated as a Celtic holiday called Imbolc that marks the peak of winter and the halfway point between the winter solstice in December and the spring...