by Sheyna Holmes | Jan 26, 2023 | agni, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, body constitution, bowel movements, colon, dhatus, digestion, Digestive Health, elimination, gastro-intestinal tract, GI tract, Mindful Eating, nutrients, nutrition, shad rasa, six tastes
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are six stages of digestion from initial food consumption to cellular nourishment. The five elements (ether, air, earth, water, fire) and the six tastes (sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, astringent) work together to...
by Sheyna Holmes | Jan 18, 2023 | agni, asatmya, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, bloating, blog, dairy and fruit, dhatus, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, fire, food, food combinations, GI tract, Gut Health, healthy lifestyle, incompatible food combinations, indigestion, intuitive eating, microbiome, Mindful Eating, minerals, nutrients, nutrition, nyayas, satmya
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are three laws that govern nutrition and they are called the nyāyas. Everything we consume must be digested, broken down, assimilated and absorbed at a cellular level in order for proper nourishment to take place. Different...
by Sheyna Holmes | Nov 2, 2022 | agni, ama, assimilation, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, bloating, blog, cleanse, constipation, Detoxification, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, disease, elimination, flatulence, food, gas, GI tract, Gut Health, indigestion, liver, microbiome, microflora, Mindful Eating, triphala, Wellness
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, our state of health depends mostly on the condition of our Agni (digestive fire). Looking at the state of our Agni is usually the first thing to address in our healing and will be the most important thing in our longevity. Good...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 4, 2022 | abhyanga, assimilation, Ayurveda, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, blog, body constitution, dhatus, doshas, fat, herbal remedies, holistic healing, imbalances, kapha, mental health, mindbodysoul, pitta, scienceoflife, spices, vata
Why does the food you eat hold qualities of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha and how does it assimilate into the body and affect how it functions. In Ayurveda, your body functions from its tissue system, or Dhatus. The 7 Dhatus are the essential...
by Manish Chandra | May 12, 2021 | agni, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, bloating, blog, body constitution, daily routine, dairy and fruit, diet culture, Digestive Health, disease, doshas, food combinations, food combining, gas, Gut Health, habits, health, healthy lifestyle, holistic healing, holistic health, imbalances, incompatible food combinations, indigestion, inflammation, intuitive eating, kapha, microbiome, mind and body, Mindful Eating, nutrients, nutrition, organic, pitta, processedfoods, routine, scienceoflife, seasonal and daily routines, second brain, spices, vata, vegetables, Wellness
Diets do not work. The world is full of misinformation regarding fad diets that simply are not kind to the human body. They all are based in some kind of evidence or theory, but the fact of the matter is that every person is biologically made different;...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 26, 2021 | abhyanga, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, assimilation, Ayurveda, blog, blood sugar, blood sugar levels, body consitution, bowel movements, breath
Getting enough sleep is essential to our health. Countless legends tell us of ancient healers whose first response to being asked, “how can I heal?” went something like this: “sleep for three days and then come back to see me.” And for good reason: sleep helps the...
