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Blog, Page 17
Ancient wisdom, consciousness technology, and the deeper work.
Juicing According To Your Body Type/Doshas
Ayurveda is based on individualization and not a generalization. What works for one person may not necessarily work for another.
How to Have a Happy, Healthy Kapha Season
Kapha season is the perfect time to revitalize and get super healthy. Here are some recommendations for those of you who may feel a little heavy, out of sorts, and / or unmotivated to spring into action. Are you naturally calm, thoughtful, and loving?
How to Keep Your Cool this Summer
During the summer season, the elements of Fire and Water (and the Pitta dosha) run high.
Ways to Keep the Miracles of Your Mind Alive
By keeping the physical brain nourished, we are able to better understand the mind and who we really are: a magnificent machine full of vigor, vitality, love, consciousness, and pure awareness. Your brain is a crazy boss of an organ.
Kitchari: the Best Ayurvedic Detox Food
Kitchari is Ayurveda's age-old, signature detox dish. The word "kitchari" (pronounced kitch-a-ree) in India means mixture of two or more grains. In India, this versatile dish is eaten any time of the day, even for breakfast to kick start the day!
Let's Talk Inflammation
The four fundamental signs of inflammation: pain, swelling, redness, and heat Sound familiar? At some point or another you've probably experienced all of these symptoms. A sprained ankle, a bug bite, some poison ivy. Inflammation is the body's protective mechanism, it is our natural defense system.
Miracle Poppy Seed Sleep Aid
This Ayurvedic remedy is an amazing sleep aid Poppy seeds are extremely rich in minerals and oils and are known to restore the body. Ayurveda regards them as a tonifier, since poppy seeds contain moisturizing oils, adding them into your diet will nourish and tone your skin.
A Natural Approach To Sciatica
"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.
Here Are the Natural Ways to Balance Your Hormones
Ready to think outside the pillbox and balance your hormones naturally? When your lifestyle is balanced, your body chemistry will also have balance. To summarize my best advice for balancing hormones, take this prescription: eat well, move your body, and let go of stress.
Turmeric: Not Just for Your Curry Tonight
As you may have heard . . . curcumin is the magical substance, which gives turmeric its golden color that will most definitely stain your favorite white shirt if you spill. Curcumin is responsible for turmeric's many health benefits.
5 Reasons Why You Want To Use Asafoetida
According to Ayurveda, "Asafoetida is a grounding herb that can therefore balance an overactive, over emotional, turbulent system." Asafoetida is botanically known as Ferula assa-foetida.
Understanding the Relationship Between Stress and Disease
What is the relationship between stress and disease? Medical doctors agree that the psyche plays an important role in the persistence of chronic disease, but because there is no scientific way to study this clinical phenomenon, for a long time it has been ignored.
How to Relieve Stress and Rejuvenate with Powerful Adaptogens
Our modern lives can be stressful, no doubt, so it's nice to know we have nature's adaptogenic herbs on our side. Ashwagandha has been praised as a longevity and vitality tonic for millennia. It is revered in Ayurvedic medicine for its restorative, energizing, and strengthening properties.
School Replaces Detention With Ancient Practice of Meditation
According to recent news articles by Newsweek and the New York Times, the students in detention at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in Baltimore aren't staring at chalkboards and walls during detention—they're meditating and practicing yoga as part of an after-school program.
Shilajit: Ayurvedic Wonder Herb For Reproductive & Mental Vitality
(Sourced from CureJoy.com) There are lots of benefits of Shilajit mentioned in the Ayurveda. It is thick compound, white or brown in color and is useful in preventing aging and also helps in regeneration. There are numerous minerals present in the Shilajit, in ionic form.
Simple and Powerful Daily Detox Tea
This powerful daily detox tea is often nicknamed CCF tea because of it's easy key 3 ingredients. Cumin, Coriander and Fennel. Yup, that's it. This tea is one of the simplest and highly effective formulas for detoxification, weight loss, and burning up that excess of spring moisture.
The Powerful Healing Wonders of Tea and Tisanes
Brewing a great cup of tea doesn't take much . . . just good quality tea and filtered water, brewed at the right temperature for the right amount of time. Really, it's simple! And amazing, once you've brewed it the right way; you'll never go back to the bitter, badly flavored tea of your past.
The Correct Way Of Drinking Water As Per Ayurveda
Human body consists of 50-70% water. Our body continuously needs water to perform all the activities and functions; therefore drinking water is very good for health.
The Truth About Autoimmune Disease
The connection of mind, body and soul is crucial in our dwelling into our inner self. We all are always trying to find ways to increase our immunity.
The Truth about Rice: Brown vs White
White rice (and even brown) are getting a bad rap, especially with the popularity of the Paleo diet. Some are cutting out rice all together as its rumored to have little nutritional value and to cause weight gain, while others are convinced that only brown rice should be eaten.
6 Tips To Reduce Acid Reflux with Ayurveda
You are what you eat in Ayurveda and healing your acid reflux is just a few modifications away! According to Ayurveda, pitta is the heat or fire energy within every cell and mainly located in the stomach area.
Top 10 Ayurvedic Remedies for Constipation
Most of us have probably experienced constipation at least once in our lives. The discomfort, heaviness, and brain fog . . . along with the bloating and gas that often accompany constipation are surefire recipes for a less than optimal day.
Ultimate Guide to Breakthrough Brain Health (Follow These 6 Simple Steps)
Here are some crucial brain health guidelines to incorporate into your daily routine. 1. Balance brain patterns through meditation.
How to Use Your Heart to Heal Your Mind and Body
The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. It lies behind and to the left of your breast bone . . . and pumps about 6 quarts of blood 12,000 miles per day. Your heart works tirelessly, propelling life through various blood vessels, arteries and veins of the body.