by Krystal Andrade | Apr 21, 2026 | blog, food
Ayurvedic diet guidelines, such as those from The Ayurvedic Institute, manage doshas by balancing qualities of hot, cold, wet and dry. In Ayurveda, we want to counterbalance the dominant excess energies in your body using food. As we go through different seasons of...
by Manish Chandra | Aug 7, 2025 | blog, exercise, food, mental health, summer lifestyle
What is Vyayama (Physical Exercise) in Ayurveda? Have you ever worked out and left feeling as though something was not quite right? Perhaps you followed a fitness routine that worked for you in the past, but this time it leaves you feeling restless and anxious. In...
by Manish Chandra | 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 Manish Chandra | Nov 14, 2023 | autumn, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, blog, celebration, comforteating, comfortfood, Cooking, digestion, eat seasonally, Energy, fall, fallguidelines, food, food combining, groceries, guidelinesforfall, healthy lifestyle, healthy lifetsyle, healthy options, holidays, Mindful Eating, pumpkin, Recipes, Seasonal, seasonal diet, seasonaldiet, seasonalroutine, seasons, tips, vata season
In Ayurveda, every food has an energetic effect on the body. Understanding these principles allows one to use food as a tool for healing. To begin, one must have awareness of their present state. Do you generally feel warm or cold? Does your digestion seam fast or...
by Manish Chandra | Jul 21, 2021 | acne, agni, alcohol, ama, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, awareness, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedicdiet, balance, bloating, blog, colon, Consciousness, constipation, detoxify, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, doshas, elimination, fatigue, food, gastro-intestinal tract, greens, gut, Gut Health, guthealingprotocol, healthy lifestyle, Herbs, holistic health, imbalances, indigestion, inflammation, kapha, lifeforce, liver, liverhealth, low energy, mental health, microbiome, mind and body, Nutrient Deficiency, nutrients, pitta, probiotics and the gut, scienceoflife, supplements, vata, Vedic science, vitamins, weight loss, Wellness
Leaky gut affects a large number of people around the world although some health professionals do not recognize it as a serious health problem. Leaky gut is the depletion of the mucous lining within the intestinal wall that prevents larger particles,...
by Manish Chandra | May 5, 2021 | agni, Air, ama, anti-inflammation, Ayurveda, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, balance, blog, blood sugar, body constitution, Cooking, daily routine, detoxify, Digestive Health, doshas, earth, emotionaleating, ether, fire, food, Gut Health, habits, heal your relationship to food, health, holistic healing, imbalances, kapha, lifestyle, microbiome, Mindful Eating, pitta, vata
When making the shift to healthier eating, many people may experience cravings, especially when you are removing sugar and empty carbs from your diet. Sugar and simple carbs create signals in your brain and become addictive, so that when you remove them,...
