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 | Mar 22, 2023 | allergies, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, ayurvediccooking, balance, blog, body constitution, cleanse, cold, colds, diets, digestion, dosha, earth, elimination, holistic healing, immunity, kapha, kitchari, ostara, rejuvenation, ritusandhi, seasonal diet, spring, spring cleaning, spring cleansing, spring detoxification, spring diet, spring equinox, spring nutrition, springdetox, water, weight loss
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes On Monday March 20th, we called in the Spring Equinox! This equinox is a day of equal daytime and nighttime that marks the beginning of spring. This day is also the pagan holiday of Ostara, celebrating the arrival of spring and the fertility...
by Sheyna Holmes | Mar 15, 2023 | Ayurveda, balance, blog, body constitution, cleanse, Consciousness, crystals of emotion, detox, dosha, earth, five elements, joint health, joint lubrication, kapha, Ojas, pain prevention, spring, spring detoxification, water
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Kapha dosha is composed of water and earth elements. As we approach the Spring Equinox next week, we are currently transitioning into Kapha season. The earth is saturated with water from the winter rains, where liquid, cold and heavy are...
by Sheyna Holmes | 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 | Aug 4, 2022 | Air, Ayurveda, ayurvedic approach, blog, body constitution, doshas, Gut Health, kapha, mind and body, pitta, scienceoflife, vata
In Ayurveda humans have three mind- body “types”. We refer to this as your “individual constitution” because it not only is your physical body, but also your mental and emotional tendencies and illnesses. In Ayurveda these individual constitutions are what...
by Manish Chandra | Jul 27, 2022 | Ayurveda, blog, depression, doshas, emotions, fatigue, Gut Health, holistic health, kapha, Love, mental health, mind and body, pitta, Pitta Season, scienceoflife, seasonaldepression, Self-Care, summer lifestyle, vata, Wellness
Oversleeping, lethargy, constant food cravings, and low moods can be signs of mild depression. There can come many emotional ups and downs during the Pitta (fire) season of the year, and can change our mood. With depression affecting over 19 million...