ayurveda
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Summer is pitta season. With the mercury rising, the days are becoming long, warm and dry. As summer progresses and the days get warmer, dryness also starts increasing making the vata dosha also start slowly rising. Pitta is hot, light and sharp. Vata is dry. Our goal should be […]
A new year brings with it renewed goals, renewed hope, and renewed vigor to actualize those goals. Whether your goals are weight related, beauty related or just plain health related, Ayurveda has answers for you and offers solutions that actually work! But, if you are new to this vast, amazing, […]
Fall is the season of transition – after the hot summer and before the onset of the cold winter, when Mother Nature sheds its excess baggage to conserve resources for the challenging weather that is approaching. Falling leaves in dazzling, beautiful, warm hues, the warmth of summer slowly turning to […]
As we have entered the fall/autumn season now in the Northern hemisphere, I thought it is a good time to slightly tweak my facial regimen. I have already shared with you the regimen during summer in this blog post. Fall is vata season – cold, windy, dry, light qualities start […]
Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, a classically trained Ayurvedic physician and gold medalist from Pune, India, and a beloved teacher of mine, once described Ayurveda and Yoga in a way that stuck with me. He described “Ayurveda as a philosophically based […]
“Health” is a very multi-faceted concept in Ayurveda. A person whose annual blood work is excellent with no red flags whatsoever, may not be considered healthy, per Ayurveda. So, what is perfect health in Ayurveda? Sama dosha, sama agnischa, sama dhatu, malakriya | Prasanna atma, indriya manaha, swastha ithiabhiyathe || […]