by Luisa Rounds | May 15, 2024 | Ayurveda, blog, body consitution, breathing, dairy, dairy and fruit, dinner, ether, exercise, food, healthy lifestyle, healthy options, holistic healing, holistic health
In Ayurveda, seasons are associated with doshas, three characteristics called vata, pitta, and kapha. Springtime is aligned with kapha dosha. Kapha dosha is known for being slow, sweet, and heavy. Welcome to Kapha Season! It’s muddy and wet and warm and...
by Luisa Rounds | Apr 30, 2024 | allergies, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, biking, bloating, blog, body consitution, breath, breathe, breathing, calming, carbohydrates, cause & effect, circulation, cleanse, colds, Consciousness, cost-saving, crying, daily routine, dairy and fruit, dehydration, detox, Detoxification, detoxify, diet, diet foods, diets, digestion, digestive fire, Digestive Health, digestive issues, dinner, disease, earth, Earth Day, eat locally, eat seasonally, emotional, Energy, exercise, eye health, Gut Health, habit, habits, heal, heal your relationship to food, healthy lifestyle, healthy lifetsyle, herb, herbal remedies, herbal tea, herbalblends, lifestyle, Love, meditation, mental health, microflora, mucus, mucus membranes, nasya, nature, nervous system, neti, pollen, Seasonal, seasonal and daily routines, seasonal diet, seasonaldiet, seasonalhealth, seasonalroutine, seasons, Self-Care, self-empowerment, Self-love, self-realization, spring, spring cleaning, spring cleansing, spring detoxification, spring diet, spring equinox, spring nutrition, springdetox, stress, work, yogi
Photo by Karolina Grabowska. Ayurveda is an ancient science that is deeply integrated with the cycles of the seasons. Nature and the body are deeply connected: the activity in your gut and the activity in the soil involve and depend on each other…. Both intertwine...
by Luisa Rounds | Feb 26, 2024 | agni, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, balance, blog, breath, breathe, breathing, meditation, mental, mental health, Wellness
Ayurveda supports people to establish peace. Health brings peace, and peace brings health. In classical ayurvedic texts, life’s purpose is ultimately liberation, or moksha, in Sanskrit. Relief from insomnia, digestive issues, and stress is just the first step....
by Manish Chandra | Oct 19, 2023 | Air, alochaka pitta, autumn, avalambaka kapha, Ayurveda, blog, breathe, breathing, emotional health, ether, eye health, eyesight, grounding, lungs, subdoshas, udana vayu, vata, vata season
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes As we descend more into Vata season, we can feel the effects of the air and ether elements more strongly. Within the three main doshas (Vata, Pitta & Kapha) there are five subdoshas each, representing the five elements. The five subdoshas...
by Manish Chandra | Aug 24, 2023 | allergies, alternate nostril breathing, anxiety, awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, balance, blog, breath, breathe, breathing, Consciousness, Detoxification, digestion, ida, mental health, nadi shodhana, Nadis, nervous system, pingala, prana, pranayama, sushumna
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Nadi shodhana is a pranayama practice (breathing technique) that has countless health benefits on the body & mind. It is used as a prescription in Ayurveda for a large spectrum of imbalances like anxiety, sleep, focus, digestion, etc. Nadi...
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...
