by Sheyna Holmes | Nov 22, 2022 | Air, autumn, Ayurveda, ayurvedic herbs, blog, body constitution, breath, Chakras, fall, prana, pranayama, vata, vata dosha
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes This week we are talking all about Vata! It is Vata season, which means it is mostly cold, dry and mobile (wind) in the weather patterns. It is important to keep this dosha in balance and in its proper seat to avoid production and...
by Manish Chandra | Sep 21, 2022 | abhyanga, Air, autonomic nervous system, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, breath, breathe, breathing, cold, doshas, falltips, healing, Health issues, healthy lifestyle, healthy options, holistic health, Wellness
Are you familiar with nasal-irrigation, also known in Ayurveda as neti, and its sister practice of nasal-oiling known as, nasya? These are great home-practices to have on hand as we move from the hot pitta season into the more cold and dry vata season. These practices...
by Manish Chandra | Sep 7, 2022 | abhyanga, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, blog, breath, breathe, breathing, carbohydrates, cold, Cooking, daily routine, dehydration, Digestive Health, dosha, doshas, Energy, exercise, farmers market, fats, fruits, gastro-intestinal tract, Gut Health, heal your relationship to food, healthy lifestyle, Herbs, holistic health, intuitive eating, lethargy\dehydration, microbiome, Mindful Eating, nervous system, pitta, pranayama, summer Ayurvedic diet, yoga
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s hot! Across the US we’re experiencing a heat wave; this is the season known in Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine as Late Summer. For many of us the heat can feel both exhausting and irritating. How do we surrender to the heat and support...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 2, 2022 | Air, anxiety, autonomic nervous system, Ayurveda, blog, breath, breathing, doshas, Gut Health, holistic healing, inflammation, kapha, lifeforce, meditation, microbiome, nadi shodhana, nervous system, pitta, prana, pranayama, scienceoflife, vagus nerve, vata
Feeling like your body’s stress response is firing at high speeds these days? You may need to spend time engaging your vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is directly connected to the stress response and plays a major role into how we face stress, reduce...
by Manish Chandra | Nov 23, 2021 | Air, anxiety, autonomic nervous system, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, blog, breath, breathing, Consciousness, doshas, emotions, habits, holistic health, kapha, lifeforce, meditation, mental health, nervous system, pitta, pranayama, scienceoflife, vata, Wellness
Breath is our main source of prana, or life force, and is one of the most basic human functions as well as one of the most profound! It is also one of our greatest tools and the key to our nervous system. When you inhale, the diaphragm- a dome-shaped...
by Manish Chandra | Apr 14, 2021 | agni, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, balance, blog, breath, emotions, Energy, flow, habits, healing, health, Healthy Heart, healthy lifestyle, holistic health, meditation, mental health, mind and body, Ojas, scienceoflife
As many of you may know, the three Ayurvedic doshas are Kapha, Pitta and Vata. With these doshas you will find their pure essence of what makes them up, Ojas – Water, Tejas – Fire, and Prana – Ether. Achieving balance within these elements is...