Staying Balanced in January

by | Jan 5, 2024 | blog, daily routine, earth, exercise, five elements, fruits, heal, heal your relationship to food, healthy options, Heart Chakra, individuality, sattvic, Solar Plexus, summer, Taste, urges, vagus nerve, Wellness, winter, winter seasonal diet, winter solstice, winter squash

The longest night of the year, marked by winter solstice, is also a turning point toward warmth; every day to come is longer. Yet as our days slowly get longer, it is still winter: dry, cold, and stormy! This is the season to eat hearty foods such as bananas,...
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...