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If there was a list of the most dehydrating activities, you can bet your mini bag of in-flight snack pretzels that flying would be way up at the top! On the bright side, Ayurveda, with its infinite wisdom, has its own wily ways of foiling the negative effects of flying. Why We Get Dry When […]
Keep Calm and Travel On: Avoiding Jet Lag Ayurveda Style Read More »
“You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream and that’s kind of the same thing.” “That left a bad taste in my mouth.” These quotes give us a feel for how food and its varied tastes can influence us. Ayurveda teaches us that we should strive for a balance of six tastes—sweet, sour,
Most of us know what stress feels like—and many of us feel as though we are in a constant state of stress. But every once in a while, we come across someone who seems unruffled despite all of life’s challenges. These people certainly feel stress, but they know how to deal with it and have
10 Habits of People Who Don’t Get Stressed Read More »
Five people are exposed to the common cold coronavirus. Two remain symptom free, two develop a cold and for one, the cold triggers an asthma attack. Is the virus responsible, or is it the body’s immune response? As we go into the third year of the pandemic, there is unprecedented loss, grief, stress, and uncertainty.
Ayurveda and Immunity in the Time of Covid Read More »
Generally, we only think of immunity once we are sick (or in the midst of a pandemic!), and become acutely aware of the apparent absence of health. But wouldn’t it make more sense to be aware of your immunity when you are well and can build up your protective immune system support shield against sickness,
Meditation and Immunity—What You Wish You’d Known Years Ago Read More »
What do resilience and yoga have to do with weight loss? One definition of resilience is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” Unless we are born resilient, it is likely that we come to embody resilience by way of necessity. Challenges and obstacles put in our paths necessitate the need for us to learn
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Now that the trees have shed their leaves and winter coats and snow boots have made a comeback, the binging season has officially arrived. The good news is that during winters the digestive fire naturally peaks, according to Ayurveda. So the body is able to digest heavier foods better vis-à-vis in the other seasons. But
Spices that Aid Digestion Read More »
The language of yoga is Sanskrit and the Sanskrit word for pain is duhkha. Duhkha can be translated as pain, suffering, unhappiness, or discomfort. The word yoga is classically defined by its root “yuj” which is to yoke; to unite or join, as in the union that forms the body/mind/spirit connection. Because yoga addresses the
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What if there was a system that could tell you about diseases and imbalances that you are predisposed to even before they have manifested in your body? As surprising as that sounds, there exists such a profound tool of assessment encoded in the science of Ayurveda—pulse diagnosis (nadi pariksha)! This assessment can give you what
Ayurveda 101: Pulse Diagnosis Read More »