The Ayurveda Experience Blog

The Real Reason We Gain Weight (Or Have Trouble Losing It)

In reality, holding on to weight and looking older (and feeling it) are two expressions of the same root cause: depletion....

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Turmeric: Gold In Your Kitchen

Herbs and spices promote health in your entire body, not just in a particular area. Due to their nutrient-dense status, t...

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Ghee: The Ancient Indian Food Miracle

Ghee, known as the ancient miracle of India for its deliciously sweet flavour and potent healing qualities, is made from b...

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The Power of Digestive Fire

When it comes to digestion, Ayurveda opens up a whole new world of revelations and realizations – revelations about the wa...

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Your Guts Don’t Lie. Your Emotions Affect Your Digestion.

In Ayurveda, we see the first stages of imbalance or disease in the emotional body and the mind. With time, if the excess ...

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10 Ayurvedic Tips For Digesting Holiday Foods

Ama, the toxic waste-product of inefficient digestion, can accumulate at any time of the year. Experiencing ama during the...

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3 Easy Ways To Beat Holiday Bloating

Ah, the holidays are here! Yay, this means yummy food and lovely get togethers with people we haven’t seen for a while! It...

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The Power of Pooping: What Your Stool Reveals About Your Health

Ayurveda talks a lot about poop, all about poop. And in case nobody ever mentioned it, I am here to tell you, you should p...

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A Lover’s Morning Routine For Sweeter Kisses + More Energy

Adapted from the author’s new book, Sex, Love & Dharma: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Relationships. Have you noticed how ...

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How To Keep Your Digestive Fire Alive

Food needs to be digested properly in order to nourish our body. So every aspect of digestion is very keen. Ayurvedic expe...

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Proper Way Of Eating Foods

Lord atreya, author of Charaka Samhita (early text on Ayurveda – Indian traditional medicine) explains the proper way of e...

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Lassi – Traditional Indian Beverage

Lassi is a traditional Indian beverage that is often served with an Ayurvedic lunch. Lassi, made by blending yogurt with w...

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Ayurveda: Vata Type

Vata-Type people are generally thin and find it hard to gain weight. Because of this, Vatas have very little energy reserv...

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Ayurveda: PITTA-Type

PITTA-Type people are generally of medium size and well proportioned. They are more muscular, and athletic. They have a me...

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AYURVEDA: Four States of Agni

It is essential that we understand the digestive fire or ‘Agni’ in AYURVEDA. After the Doshas, you’ll hear Agni referred t...

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Are You Eating Right? Food Combinations To Avoid

Very often various foods are served together with different tastes, energies and post-digestive effects. The problem with ...

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How To Have An Ayurvedic Thanksgiving

In a few more weeks many of us will be in full Thanksgiving Day mode. Perhaps we’ll be traveling great distances to see ou...

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What Can You Eat On An Ayurveda Diet?

It is always interesting to consider ‘nutrition’ from an Ayurvedic perspective. Of course Ayurvedic nutrition does not hav...

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6 Easy Practices to Start Right Now

If you’re moving too fast and trying to do too many things at once, then you are only skimming the surface of life and los...

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DIY Cleansing, Part Four

This five part series explores a ‘Guided Home Cleanse’ with Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor and Panchakarma Specialist Allis...

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