by Manish Chandra | Jul 27, 2023 | agni, Ayurveda, blog, cooling, heat, pitta, Pitta Season, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet, summer lifestyle, water
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes We are just over one month into summer since the Summer Solstice on June 21st. We have two months to go until the Autumn Equinox at the end of September. We have been experiencing very warm weather and are in the center of pitta season. When...
by Manish Chandra | Jun 21, 2023 | Ayurveda, blog, cooling, fire, Herbs, litha, midsummer, offerings, pitta, Pitta Season, ritual, solstice, st johns day, summer, summer Ayurvedic diet
by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Today, June 21st is the Summer Solstice! We have reached the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and this marks the beginning of summer. We can look back on the shortest day of the year at Winter Solstice in...
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...
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...
by Manish Chandra | Jul 20, 2022 | acne, agni, ama, Ayurveda, ayurvedic herbs, blog, cleanse, detox, Digestive Health, doshas, herbal remedies, Herbs, holistic health, inflammation, kapha, pitta, Pitta Season, seasonal and daily routines, spices, summer Ayurvedic diet, vata
In the summer, it is especially important to give the digestive system a boost. Agni (the digestive fire) is naturally low during this season as the body seeks to keep cool by dispersing heat throughout the system. That’s why nature provides lighter and...