by Manish Chandra | Jun 21, 2023 | Ayurveda, blog, cooling, fire, Herbs, litha, midsummer, offerings, pitta, Pitta Season, ritual, solstice, st johns day, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Today, June 21st is the Summer Solstice! We have reached the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and this marks the beginning of summer. We can look back on the shortest day of the year at Winter Solstice in...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 15, 2023 | agni, ama, asatmya, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, dairy and fruit, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, food combinations, habits, indigestion
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, there are incompatible food combinations that serve as guidelines to support optimal digestion and nutrition. The combination of these foods can cause bloating and gas, acidity, indigestion, creation of ama (toxins), skin...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 7, 2023 | alochaka pitta, Ayurveda, blog, brahmari, crying, crystals of emotion, eye health, eyesight, netra basti, reality, rest, rosewater, screens, shirodhara, sleep, tears, Third Eye Chakra, tratak, vision
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Ālochaka pitta is a subdosha within pitta dosha that is responsible for optical perception, color and light vision, 3-D vision, functioning of rods and cones, eyeball temperature, translucence and more. Our visual health has to do with how we...
by Manish Chandra | 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 Manish Chandra | May 10, 2023 | Ayurveda, blog, blood, bodhaka kapha, circulation, detox, digestion, enzymes, five elements, lymph, panchamahabhutas, ranjaka pitta, saliva, subdoshas, vyana vayu, water
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Each of the three main doshas, Vata, Pitta & Kapha, have 5 subdoshas each that are represented though the 5 elements (ether, air, fire, water, earth). The subdoshas that are connected with the water elements are vyāna vayu, rañjaka pitta...
by Manish Chandra | May 3, 2023 | agni, agni deepana, ama, ama pachana, assimilation, Ayurveda, blog, digestive fire, Digestive Health, healing, lifestyle, lord agni, nutrition, toxins
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are herbs, foods and practices that are agni deepanas (strengthen digestive fire) and ama pachanas (burn toxins). Agni deepanas stimulate agni through jatharagni (the main digestive fire in the stomach). Ama pachanas increase...