by Manish Chandra | Oct 31, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, blog, disease, gunas, healing, Prakruti
Excerpt from Chapter 3: “Consider how inherently and intriguingly different we each are in so many fundamental ways. Each of us will react differently to any particular situation whether diet, weather, emotional stresses, aging, or disease and medicine. Both...
by Manish Chandra | Oct 25, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, Consciousness, Energy, five elements, liberation, life, mind and body, mindbodysoul
This week, we are sharing some content from our upcoming book that our resident doctor Manish Chandra is coauthoring. Enjoy! Excerpt from Chapter 3: The Knowledge of How to Live Spiritually “In Ayurveda the whole of life’s journey is considered to be...
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 | Oct 11, 2023 | autumn, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, blog, Digestive Health, eat locally, eat seasonally, fall, GI tract, grounding, nourishing, pumpkin, winter squash
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes This is the season when bright orange pumpkins start appearing everywhere, calling to our eyes that fall is upon us. It’s the lovely beginnings of winter squash season! These edible gourds may have us thinking of carving pumpkins, pumpkin pie,...
by Manish Chandra | Sep 22, 2023 | autumn, Ayurveda, blog, detox, emotional health, equinox, fall, fallguidelines, falltips, intuitive eating, mabon, nourishing, rest, Seasonal, seasonal diet, vata, vata season
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Today, September 22nd is the autumn/fall equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere. We are transitioning from summertime pitta season to the vata season of fall. Vata season is characterized by colder weather, dry and windy conditions. The sun...
by Manish Chandra | Sep 13, 2023 | adaptogen, Ayurveda, balance, blog, calming, Lakshmi, lungs, mental health, sattva, sattvic, stress, tulsi, uplifting
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Tulsi or Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum) is a precious plant in the Mint family that is revered in Ayurveda. It grows in India, as well as parts of California, Oregon and more. It is common for people in India to have a tulsi plant in their homes...
