Agni: Metabolic-Mind Fire

Agni: Metabolic-Mind Fire

by | Apr 10, 2024 | agni, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, blog, diet, disease, emotional, emotional health, emotionaleating, emotions, fats, groceries, gut, Gut Health, guthealingprotocol, indigestion, lifeforce, lifestyle, liver, liverhealth, lord agni, Love, mental, mental health, microbes, microbiome, microflora, mind, mind and body, Mindful Eating, Mood and Food, movement, probiotics and the gut, processedfoods, stomach, trust, truth, yoga, yogi

Photo by Benjamin DeYoung Please enjoy this awesome excerpt from our upcoming book, coauthored by in-house Ayurvedic Doctor Manish Chandra. It’s about Agni, or metabolic fire, a crucial Ayurvedic term for understanding how to harness the healing power of...
Food Qualities and Healing from the Inside Out

Food Qualities and Healing from the Inside Out

by | Apr 3, 2024 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, blood sugar, circulation, cleanse, Cooking, diet, diet foods, diets, digestion, digestive fire, Digestive Health, digestive issues, dinner

Please enjoy the following excerpt from the upcoming book coauthored by our in-house Ayurvedic doctor, Manish Chandra. There are foods that you like and those that you don’t like. Your likes and dislikes differ from others; they differ in you from time to time....
Love is in the Air: The Medicinal History of Roses

Love is in the Air: The Medicinal History of Roses

by | Feb 8, 2024 | 8 fold path, Achara Rasayana, agni, alcohol, alcoholism, allergies, aloe, ama, ama pachana, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedic massage, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, blood sugar, buddhism, constipation, Cooking, coriander, detoxify, digestive fire, Digestive Health, digestive issues, eat seasonally, emotional health, five elements, Gut Health, Health issues, healthy lifestyle, holistic health, kapha, liverhealth, massage, nadi shodhana, nervous system, Panchakarma, Recipes, rejuvination, Rose, second brain, yoga

With Valentine’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to appreciate roses. The rose plant has a long history of medicinal uses in ancient and modern practices alike. Pieces, Places, and Properties Every part of the rose plant – petals, fruit, stem and roots are...
The Nature of Individuality, structure of life in health and disease

The Nature of Individuality, structure of life in health and disease

by | Dec 29, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, blog, blood sugar, body consitution, body constitution, body intelligence, cold, dehydration, Digestive Health, digestive issues, dinner, dosha, doshas, Energy, five elements, Gut Health, habits, heal, holistic health, holistichealth, imbalance, imbalances, individuality, intuition, kapha, life, lifeforce, meditation, mental, Nadis, nature, Recipes, sattva, sattvic, self-empowerment, self-realization

Each of us is a unique individual. Just consider how inherently and intriguingly different we are in so many fundamental ways. Each of us will react differently to a given stimulus whether diet, medicine, weather, emotional stresses, aging, or disease. The stream of...
The Energetics of Thanksgiving Foods

The Energetics of Thanksgiving Foods

by | Nov 14, 2023 | autumn, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, blog, celebration, comforteating, comfortfood, Cooking, digestion, eat seasonally, Energy, fall, fallguidelines, food, food combining, groceries, guidelinesforfall, healthy lifestyle, healthy lifetsyle, healthy options, holidays, Mindful Eating, pumpkin, Recipes, Seasonal, seasonal diet, seasonaldiet, seasonalroutine, seasons, tips, vata season

In Ayurveda, every food has an energetic effect on the body. Understanding these principles allows one to use food as a tool for healing. To begin, one must have awareness of their present state. Do you generally feel warm or cold? Does your digestion seam fast or...