by Manish Chandra | Feb 8, 2024 | 8 fold path, Achara Rasayana, agni, alcohol, alcoholism, allergies, aloe, ama, ama pachana, anti-inflammation, anti-inflammatory diet, anxiety, Ayurveda, ayurvedic, ayurvedic approach, Ayurvedic Healing, ayurvedic herbs, Ayurvedic massage, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, blog, blood sugar, buddhism, constipation, Cooking, coriander, detoxify, digestive fire, Digestive Health, digestive issues, eat seasonally, emotional health, five elements, Gut Health, Health issues, healthy lifestyle, holistic health, kapha, liverhealth, massage, nadi shodhana, nervous system, Panchakarma, Recipes, rejuvination, Rose, second brain, yoga
With Valentine’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to appreciate roses. The rose plant has a long history of medicinal uses in ancient and modern practices alike. Pieces, Places, and Properties Every part of the rose plant – petals, fruit, stem and roots are...
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 | Jan 18, 2023 | agni, asatmya, assimilation, awareness, Ayurveda, ayurvediccooking, Ayurvedicdiet, bloating, blog, dairy and fruit, dhatus, digestion, Digestive Health, digestive issues, fire, food, food combinations, GI tract, Gut Health, healthy lifestyle, incompatible food combinations, indigestion, intuitive eating, microbiome, Mindful Eating, minerals, nutrients, nutrition, nyayas, satmya
By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes In Ayurveda there are three laws that govern nutrition and they are called the nyāyas. Everything we consume must be digested, broken down, assimilated and absorbed at a cellular level in order for proper nourishment to take place. Different...
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 | 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...