by Manish Chandra | Oct 19, 2023 | Air, alochaka pitta, autumn, avalambaka kapha, Ayurveda, blog, breathe, breathing, emotional health, ether, eye health, eyesight, grounding, lungs, subdoshas, udana vayu, vata, vata season
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes As we descend more into Vata season, we can feel the effects of the air and ether elements more strongly. Within the three main doshas (Vata, Pitta & Kapha) there are five subdoshas each, representing the five elements. The five subdoshas...
by Manish Chandra | Nov 30, 2022 | Air, Ayurveda, blog, body constitution, Consciousness, earth, ether, fire, water
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes The Pancha Mahabhūtas (5 Elements) exist within the entire universe, the Earth and within our bodies. Also referred to as the mahabhūtas, these 5 elements consist of ether, air, fire, water and earth. They manifest in our physical makeup,...
by Manish Chandra | Nov 22, 2022 | Air, autumn, Ayurveda, ayurvedic herbs, blog, body constitution, breath, Chakras, fall, prana, pranayama, vata, vata dosha
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes This week we are talking all about Vata! It is Vata season, which means it is mostly cold, dry and mobile (wind) in the weather patterns. It is important to keep this dosha in balance and in its proper seat to avoid production and...
by Manish Chandra | Sep 21, 2022 | abhyanga, Air, autonomic nervous system, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, breath, breathe, breathing, cold, doshas, falltips, healing, Health issues, healthy lifestyle, healthy options, holistic health, Wellness
Are you familiar with nasal-irrigation, also known in Ayurveda as neti, and its sister practice of nasal-oiling known as, nasya? These are great home-practices to have on hand as we move from the hot pitta season into the more cold and dry vata season. These practices...
by Manish Chandra | Aug 4, 2022 | Air, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, blog, body constitution, doshas, Gut Health, kapha, mind and body, pitta, scienceoflife, vata
In Ayurveda humans have three mind- body “types”. We refer to this as your “individual constitution” because it not only is your physical body, but also your mental and emotional tendencies and illnesses. In Ayurveda these individual constitutions are what...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 2, 2022 | Air, anxiety, autonomic nervous system, Ayurveda, blog, breath, breathing, doshas, Gut Health, holistic healing, inflammation, kapha, lifeforce, meditation, microbiome, nadi shodhana, nervous system, pitta, prana, pranayama, scienceoflife, vagus nerve, vata
Feeling like your body’s stress response is firing at high speeds these days? You may need to spend time engaging your vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is directly connected to the stress response and plays a major role into how we face stress, reduce...