by Luisa Rounds | 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,...
by Manish Chandra | Mar 29, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedic massage, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, blog, Consciousness, daily routine, dhatus, doshas, elimination, emotions, exercise, five elements, flow, healing, holistic health, immunity, prana, srotamsi, srotas
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Srotāmsi or the srotas are the channels by which doshas move throughout the body. The srotāmsi are physical and energetic channels that are countless, running through all the cells, capillaries and beyond. Vedic texts state that there are...
by Manish Chandra | Feb 15, 2023 | awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, breathe, Consciousness, daily routine, emotional health, exercise, habits, holistic health, meditation, mental health, mindbodysoul, Self-Care, self-empowerment, Self-love, sleep
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Whether we have a romantic partner or not, this time of year can be a great reminder to check in on how well we are caring for ourselves. Hopefully we celebrate, honor and cherish the love that we have in our lives more than once a year and...
by Manish Chandra | Jan 11, 2023 | abhyanga, Ayurveda, balance, blog, cleanse, detox, Detoxification, exercise, flow, healthy lifestyle, sveda, svedana, sweat, sweating, walking, winter
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, there are 14-16 srotāmsi or srotas (pathways/channels) in the body. They make up the tissues, what we take in to the body and what we excrete. Of these srotas, there are 3 malas (wastes), which are urine, feces and sweat. It is...
by Manish Chandra | Dec 7, 2022 | agni, autumn, awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, balance, blog, body constitution, cold, daily routine, digestion, exercise, fall, fallguidelines, guidelines, kapha, lethargy, vata
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Although we are still in Vata season until the early spring comes around, Kapha dosha has been present with this rainy weather. It is still cold and windy, but moist & wet have momentarily replaced the dry quality of Vata season. Vata and...
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...