by Manish Chandra | May 5, 2021 | agni, Air, ama, anti-inflammation, Ayurveda, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, blog, blood sugar, body constitution, Cooking, daily routine, detoxify, Digestive Health, doshas, earth, emotionaleating, ether, fire, food, Gut Health, habits, heal your relationship to food, health, holistic healing, imbalances, kapha, lifestyle, microbiome, Mindful Eating, pitta, vata
When making the shift to healthier eating, many people may experience cravings, especially when you are removing sugar and empty carbs from your diet. Sugar and simple carbs create signals in your brain and become addictive, so that when you remove them,...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 3, 2021 | agni, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, blog
ÊThe Five Fires of Pitta “The five fires, or agnis, of Pitta are pachaka, ranjaka, sadhaka, alochaka, and bhrajaka.The first fire of pachaka, which is in the stomach, duodenum, and small intestine, has a digestive and dissolvent action. After digestion, pachaka...
by Manish Chandra | Jan 29, 2021 | 8 fold path, abhyanga, acne, addictions, agni, allergies, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, Ayurvedic massage, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, blog, blood sugar, blood sugar levels, body constitution, bowel movements, breathe, breathing, buddhism, caffeine, carbohydrates, chitra, coffee, daily routine, dairy, dairy and fruit, dehydration, dental hygeine, detox, dosha, doshas, duiet, elimination, emotional, emotionaleating, gastro-intestinal tract, GI tract, grains
We’ve had a lot of people stop by the office recently (wearing masks, of course) asking, “What is Ayurveda anyway?” Ayurveda is an ancient system of Medicine that originated in India over 5,000 plus years ago. Back then, people didn’t have iPhones or Google; they had...
by Manish Chandra | Jan 20, 2021 | autonomic nervous system, autumn, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedic massage, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, bata-pacifying diet, bloating, blog
Transitioning between seasons can be awkward and uncomfortable. Right now as we begin to transition from winter to spring, we can find ourselves taking off our warmer coats, and then two days later putting them back on. We can find ourselves feeling sleepy, like we...
by Manish Chandra | Jan 15, 2021 | amavasya, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedic massage, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, body consitution, body constitution, bowel movements, cortisol, cost-saving, crimesagainstwisdom, daily routine, dairy, dairy and fruit, diets, digestion, Digestive Health, dinner
The Vedic teachings (Ayurveda is a branch of the Vedic teachings) remind us to cultivate presence—the kind of awareness needed to live a full, whole, intelligent life. When you hear the word ‘presence’ what do you feel? Does it trigger memories of when you felt...
by Manish Chandra | Dec 2, 2020 | abhyanga, addictions, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, assimilation, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, bloating, blog, body consitution, body constitution, bowel movements, breathe, breathing, daily routine, detox, Detoxification, detoxify, diets, digestion, Digestive Health, disease, dosha, doshas, elimination, emotional, emotionaleating, emotions
Anxiety is basically what happens when we experience worry, doubt, dread, or fear regarding the future, and it can manifest in various ways. We’ve all probably felt at least a little anxiety before, so we won’t go into too many specifics about what it feels like in...
