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This time-tested plant has been used for centuries, and modern science is only beginning to unearth its rejuvenating properties. Right from protecting you from sun damage to giving you glowing skin, from stabilizing your central nervous system to helping you sleep better, ashwagandha evokes a true sense of well-being from within. Learn more about this incredibly versatile herb!

What? The Menopause Stage is an opportunity? Yes! Here is the #1 reason why that is so….   When I first took a deep plunge into the topic of menopause, I thought to myself: Wouldn’t it be nice to share a positive quote around menopause with my women clients. Well, the issue was, such a …

Last week I asked, “What causes 90% of all disease?” I received great participation with varying answers. Some of the most common guesses were stress, inflammation, bad diet, ama or toxins, mal-functioning agni or digestion, and our busy minds. The answer? Mal-functioning agni (digestive fire). Let me point out that all the other answers are not …

Chai simply means tea in Hindi. Masala Chai or spiced black tea with milk and sugar is a delicious ritual in almost every Indian household around the globe. Now the masala chai, officially called, ‘Chai tea’ has gained popularity everywhere in the world. My father, who was an Ayurvedic physician, also trained in modern medicine, …

Okay, so now you know (from last week’s Energy Feed) how to sleep better through the night. But what if you’re having trouble falling asleep in the first place? Following a gentle evening routine is key to priming your body for sleepiness and easily falling asleep each night. This DOES NOT have to be an ornate …

Ingredients For the whole wheat flour white sauce: 500 ml skimmed milk 50 gm low cal butter 50 gm whole-wheat flour 1 onion, small 2-3 cloves garlic Salt & pepper to taste For the cauliflower with mushroom: 2 tsp low cal butter 1 cup onions, finely chopped 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped 3 …

You stay balanced through GYANAM or KNOWLEDGE. They say “Gnyanam Moksha Karanam” .

MIND is really the intelligent and subtle matter that captures and mimics. So you feel that the person lives in the mind but the mind is merely a projection screen, the person is actually somewhere else.

Cooking it in your food is really a good way to take Turmeric. You can take it dry but it works better in the body if its been cooked first.

If you are with Satvik people your sattva builds up, no matter how depressed you are.

This five part series explores a ‘Guided Home Cleanse’ with Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor and Panchakarma Specialist Allison Bransfield Morse. Allison runs The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont just outside of Burlington, and offers traditional Panchakarma (PK) on site as well as at a distance. This series explores what’s involved with a home PK, why the guidance of a practitioner is needed, and what the benefits may be. Enjoy, and feel free to join in on the conversation.

You may set a date to end your cleanse, but it’s important to see that your cleanse doesn’t actually end right on that date. You must slowly transition your diet from kitchari back to your dosha-specific diet. According to Ayurvedic Practitioner Allison Bransfield Morse, if the transition is not done properly, it could do more harm than good.

Ayurvedic Oil Massage for Busy People?! Yessssss. In Ayurveda we looooooove the benefits of a good daily oil massage. Great. Now, raise your hands if you are thinking, “Yeah awesome for the people who who have time for luxury but pssshhht, there’s no WAY I can do that daily! I’m so busy — I can’t …

Ayurvedic Massage typically uses warm sesame oil, or a blend of oils and herbs specifically to balance your particular dosha.  A foot massage can be a self-massage, or you can indulge your partner.   The Ayurvedic foot massage technique doesn’t involve deep muscle massage. The goal is to stimulate the subtle energies of the marma …

Our prakruti (unique doshic combination) is created at conception! So your little ones already have their doshic balance in place now. That’s why they are so different from each other. Wee ones will thrive when following doshic principles, however they are also in kapha stage of life. Kapha remember is the builder, creator, lubricant, and structure. The little ones …

Kapha are happy-go-lucky, inviting, generous, the best listeners (and huggers!), able to handle a lot of work with grace, peaceful minded, and a curvy goddess-like physique. But when out of balance, Kaphas can also be stubborn and impossible to move, can gain weight easily, have depression (though you probably wouldn’t be able to tell), tend to …

Are you having trouble falling asleep? Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) may be just the remedy for you. As signified by its botanical name, Withania somnifera, ‘somnifera’ means “sleep-inducing”. It has been recommended for sound sleep for centuries.  Ashwagandha Insomnia Due to the relentless pace and pressures of today’s modern lifestyle, the occurrence of insomnia, triggered mainly …

Have you experienced waking early to greet the sun as it begins the day, or the feeling of enveloping stillness watching a sunset? These simple moments powerfully remind us of our truly deep connection with nature. Dinacharya, daily routine, is what we do each day to remember this connection. Going for walks, consistent meal times …

Welcome Beloved, pull up a seat and let me help you unwind. I know that there are times in life when you just feel like you need an escape. Sometimes life gets so hectic and there is so much going on around us and within us, that we don’t know how to just let go. Well, let …

However you see it, most of us seem to agree ~ love presents a delicious opportunity to enjoy one of nature’s most luscious gifts: Chocolate. Scientifically named Theobroma, or food of the gods, chocolate treats us to a heavenly experience, pointing to the feast that is our divine nature. Six Reasons to Celebrate with Chocolate 1. …

85 % of stroke occurrences in the western world are ischemic. That means, the stroke results from blockage of a major cerebral artery (cerebral ischemia). Cerebral ischemia is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of morbidity worldwide due to brain tissue death (Hankey, 2013). ‘Cerebral ischemia by reperfusion’ is a …

The best type of tea for you is one that’s best for your body type. Don’t know your body type? Take our simple quiz and find out now! Then check below for the type of tea best suited to you. A Calming Type Of Tea? If you are Vata type, you’ll experience anxiety during PMS. …

Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic disease caused by dysregulated immune response to host intestinal microflora. The two major types of inflammatory bowel disease are ulcerative colitis, which is limited to the colon, and Crohn’s disease, which can affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus. There is also genetic …

There is a refreshing quality to the air these days, a longer slant to the afternoon light as the sun quickens the day’s end. There’s a quiet tranquility in town as children start back to school. All of it makes me want to root, roast, and bake. Since starting back to school means going off to college for my son, …

Have you ever wished you had ten hands so you could get your to-do list done faster? Have you ever said to yourself, there must be an easier way? Well, there is. There’s Avahana or invocation.  Avahana literally means ‘without a vehicle’.  So, avahana is to invite your guides to appear in front of you. Where do …

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Many women experience severe pain and cramps during menstruation, especially in the first few days. What you want to do is to find some way to tell those muscles to relax to take it easy. You also want to warm the system up because that’s going to support the movement of menstruation. A tea that’s …

Plug into the koshas to find a balanced path through this holiday season. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Local Saturday, and Cyber Monday all followed each other to kick off the frenzy of activity eating, shopping and celebration in the holiday season. In the northern hemisphere, low light, increased activity and expectations can put pressure on us …

Ulcerative Colitis is most common and serious disease. So, it can be classified into Mild, Moderate and Severe forms. Mild: A person is having mild colitis symptoms have less than four stools per day, with or without blood, without any systemic disturbances and a no change in values in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Moderate: Those …

To prevent food triggers these gives better control of the disease and allow active life. There are foods which is to be avoided that are caffeine, carbonated beverages, dairy products, if lactose intolerant, dried beans, peas, and legumes, dried fruits, berries, fruits with pulp or seeds, foods containing sulfur or sulfate, foods high in fiber, …

There are few herbs which are in purest forms without any mixing of artificial flavours or other additives and are very safe for use and easily digestible. Turmeric: It is beneficial by reducing the inflammation in patients having ulcerative colitis. It can also be used in correcting the other symptoms related to ulcerative colitis. Mixing …

Herbs and spices promote health in your entire body, not just in a particular area.  Due to their nutrient-dense status, they promote your overall well-being with rich antioxidants much more potent than many fruits and vegetables. Turmeric is one of the most potent spices and staple in every day cooking. Amazing benefits of Turmeric spice …

“Whenever flax seeds become a regular food among the people, there will be better health.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Flax seeds provide the richest dietary source of phytoestrogens called lignans. Those can cause the body to produce less active forms of estrogen, which may contribute to lowering the breast cancer risk.   Flax seeds contain about 338 times as …

Chai is the sweet, spicy, milky tea drink that is a staple of Indian afternoons. This tea has made its way to the West and can be found in many traditional coffee houses as well as Indian restaurants. This drink is good tasting, but it is also good for you. As we dissect a cup …

Chai is often served with milk and sugar. To understand why this is done, you want to consider that chai is a mid-meal offering that will provide protein and fats in the milk, carbohydrates in the sugar, digestive spices to free up the nutrition quickly and stimulants to the nervous system via the tealeaves to …

Our hormones – oestrogen and progesterone play a huge role in the body. They stimulate the dhatu Agni. The dhatu, the tissues are built in response to what we call the dhatu Agni or the digestive fire. The hormones drive the formation of dhatu. When you release oestrogen into the system the oestrogen tells your …

Endocrine system plays a very important role in women’s reproductive system in terms of cycle regularity as well as hormonal imbalance that we might see with PMS. A hormone is released into the bloodstream and travels throughout the body until it reaches what is called target tissue. The target tissue is capable of responding to …

The VEDAS Says “Amayva Atmanah Tustaha” which means “May Your Mind Be Such That You Are So Pleased With Yourself”.

Pooping: it’s one of the body’s most important indicators of health. Not pooping (or not pooping regularly or satisfyingly): it’s one of the body’s most important indicators of un-health. Constipation is a common problem these days. Ayurvedically speaking, that’s often because there is such a great vata imbalance in our modern culture. What is Vata? …

During pregnancy body aches are one of the most common difficulties. There are many possible causes. In the second trimester the most common pain will be low back pain and pelvic discomfort. This is just a sign that your body is preparing for pregnancy. Another common complaint is nighttime leg cramps during early pregnancy. During pregnancy, the …

When the family gathers around the table for a delicious meal, it would be great to have a healthy, tasty vegan dish. Here’s a mouthwatering aviyal recipe, mixed vegetables in coconut cream. This dish is famous in southern parts of India for its rich flavors and healthy ingredients. Aviyal Recipe: Mixed Vegetables In Coconut Cream …

Reproductive health is largely influenced by our hormones. Vata effects on the hormones of the body is what leads to irregularity in hormone production. Vata dosha being like the wind sometimes creates a lot of movement that is going to end up with high hormones level and at other times deficiencies that are going to …