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 | Oct 30, 2020 | ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, blog
Have you ever stopped to think about how or why food tastes the way that it does? I remember watching someone eat a carrot soup puree (which was only boiled carrots, water, onion, and olive oil) and say “this tastes nothing like carrots,” and being shocked at the idea...
by Manish Chandra | Oct 30, 2020 | Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedic massage, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, blog
What do you think of when you hear the word bitter? Usually, there’s a negative connotation: “that person is so bitter,” “I feel bitter about this situation.” What I find so interesting about bitter, though, is that it can be incredibly healing if we let. Whenever...
