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...
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...