by Sheyna Holmes | May 24, 2023 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, digestion, habits, intuition, liberation, lifestyle, manas, mental health, mind, mind and body, mindbodysoul, sattva, Self-Care
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, the mind is considered a srota (channel) that effects the wellbeing and function of the body. The root of the mind resides in the heart and connects to all of the sensory pathways and organs, as well as the energy points called...
by Sheyna Holmes | Apr 20, 2023 | assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, Chakra, Chakras, Consciousness, Crown Chakra, crying, crystals of emotion, dhatus, emotional health, endocrine glands, Heart Chakra, koshas, majjā, nadi shodhana, Nadis, nervous system, Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, solar plexus chakra, tears, Third Eye Chakra, Throat Chakra
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes We all have heard about the chakras, yet it may be unclear what they really are. The chakras are energy centers along the spine that are also referred to as wheels of light. Their seat is in the astral and energy body and cannot be seen or...
by Sheyna Holmes | Apr 12, 2023 | allergies, balance, blog, healing, herbal remedies, herbal tea, jala neti, kapha, mucus, mucus membranes, nadi shodhana, nasya, neti, pollen, stress
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes We had such a big rain year, leading to a grand blossoming and blooming of so many plants and trees. It is the starting point of kapha season and the onset of allergy season. The kapha elements of earth and water are alive with the ground...
by Sheyna Holmes | Apr 5, 2023 | Ahamkara, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, breathe, Buddhi, Chakras, Consciousness, emotional health, Energy, five elements, Gayatri mantra, healing, liberation, Mahad, manas, Mantra, meditation, mental health, mindbodysoul, panchamahabhutas, Prakruti, Purusha, rajas, samkhya, samkyha philosophy, sattva, shad darshan, tamas
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, there are six philosophies that attempt to explain life and creation. Samkhya (Sānkya) Philosophy explains how all of life came to be and is the most popular philosophy. This was founded by Kāpila as the truth of life and...
by Sheyna Holmes | Mar 29, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedic massage, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, blog, Consciousness, daily routine, dhatus, doshas, elimination, emotions, exercise, five elements, flow, healing, holistic health, immunity, prana, srotamsi, srotas
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Srotāmsi or the srotas are the channels by which doshas move throughout the body. The srotāmsi are physical and energetic channels that are countless, running through all the cells, capillaries and beyond. Vedic texts state that there are...
by Sheyna Holmes | Mar 22, 2023 | allergies, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, ayurvediccooking, balance, blog, body constitution, cleanse, cold, colds, diets, digestion, dosha, earth, elimination, holistic healing, immunity, kapha, kitchari, ostara, rejuvenation, ritusandhi, seasonal diet, spring, spring cleaning, spring cleansing, spring detoxification, spring diet, spring equinox, spring nutrition, springdetox, water, weight loss
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes On Monday March 20th, we called in the Spring Equinox! This equinox is a day of equal daytime and nighttime that marks the beginning of spring. This day is also the pagan holiday of Ostara, celebrating the arrival of spring and the fertility...
