by Sheyna Holmes | May 3, 2023 | agni, agni deepana, ama, ama pachana, assimilation, Ayurveda, blog, digestive fire, Digestive Health, healing, lifestyle, lord agni, nutrition, toxins
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are herbs, foods and practices that are agni deepanas (strengthen digestive fire) and ama pachanas (burn toxins). Agni deepanas stimulate agni through jatharagni (the main digestive fire in the stomach). Ama pachanas increase...
by Sheyna Holmes | Apr 12, 2023 | allergies, balance, blog, healing, herbal remedies, herbal tea, jala neti, kapha, mucus, mucus membranes, nadi shodhana, nasya, neti, pollen, stress
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes We had such a big rain year, leading to a grand blossoming and blooming of so many plants and trees. It is the starting point of kapha season and the onset of allergy season. The kapha elements of earth and water are alive with the ground...
by Sheyna Holmes | Apr 5, 2023 | Ahamkara, awareness, Ayurveda, balance, blog, breathe, Buddhi, Chakras, Consciousness, emotional health, Energy, five elements, Gayatri mantra, healing, liberation, Mahad, manas, Mantra, meditation, mental health, mindbodysoul, panchamahabhutas, Prakruti, Purusha, rajas, samkhya, samkyha philosophy, sattva, shad darshan, tamas
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda, there are six philosophies that attempt to explain life and creation. Samkhya (Sānkya) Philosophy explains how all of life came to be and is the most popular philosophy. This was founded by Kāpila as the truth of life and...
by Sheyna Holmes | 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 | ama, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, ayurvedicrecipes, Cooking, depression, Detoxification, Digestive Health, emotional health, emotionaleating, emotions, Energy, food, healing, Workshops
An event for your Mind, Body and Soul Join us for an interactive & fun community event at Pacific Cultural Center on Saturday, August 21st from 10-2. This meal that heals will show you how food affects your emotions and how you can shift your eating habits to...
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...
