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The Ayurvedic Solution To Maintaining Nervous Health With the kind of lifestyles that people follow these days, mental health and nervous system issues have become commonplace. Ayurveda offers an ideal solution –medhya rasayanas (Ayurvedic nootropics). Common issues people face nowadays include anxiety, depression, unnecessary stress, and mood swings. While conventional psychotropic …

Ayurvedic medicine is the world’s oldest known system of medicine. It originated around 5000 years ago in India and is now steadily gaining attention and popularity in the west. Ayurvedic treatments by certified practitioners have become commonplace now.  Ayurvedic medicine is accessible and available throughout the United States. Major cities …

Yoga is a powerful tool for anxiety. Selecting the appropriate asanas (postures) can help you calm the mind, relax the body and release nervous tension. Everybody once in a while experiences fear or anxiety, and a little bit of it is okay. Just like salt in food, it is needed …

So I told you about Jeff, 65, who improved his Mild Cognitive Impairment, Leaky Gut and Leaky Brain with Ayurveda. I also told you about Barbara, 72, whose early onset Alzeimher’s and dementia was relieved after utilizing my method. Finally, I want to tell you about Charlene. Charlene, 35, Relieved Of …

If you’re wondering how to take ashwagandha and looking for some unique ideas and ashwagandha remedies, here’s a variety of Ayurveda-inspired ways of taking ashwagandha.  But first, let’s quickly explore what ashwagandha does. Ashwagandha, also known as the winter cherry or Indian ginseng is both a tonic and a sedative due to …

You may relate to yourself as your body, but there are five layers to the self according to Ayurveda. The Koshas The Annamaya Kosha, or that which is created by food The Pranamaya Kosha, or the energy layer The Manomaya Kosha, or the emotional layer The Vignyanamaya Kosha, or the …

The Sanskrit language has so many words for the mind. Ayurveda is a science that recognizes so many layers of the self. This science has taught me that illness may live in the mind, the emotions and in the ancestral layers as well. One of my favorite layers of the …

The herb ashwagandha has taken on a special prominence, such that many people are now making use of it. Let’s explore ashwagandha: its various attributes, properties, ashwagandha benefits and uses, ashwagandha dosage, ashwagandha side effects; and even some of its potential contraindications, to properly guide its usage. As Ayurveda becomes increasingly …

As many causes as there are for stress and anxiety, there are as many remedies around to tackle it, from foods for stress and anxiety to supplements and body therapies. While it is foolish to hope for a life only with highs, the important thing is to learn to manage …

Ayurveda can be a very important practice to use to cultivate resilience and to create a connection with self that is lost due to trauma. Bessel van der Kolk, Medical Director of the Trauma Center at JRI in Brookline, MA states that “[people with trauma] have a very cut-off relationship …

Turmoil and uncertainty fill the air these days. Seemingly irreparable divides fracture our politics. Folks on both sides of the aisle experience aversion to those they disagree with and inner peace is easily lost. Many of us are experiencing increased anxiety, insomnia and often times a boiling anger. Others are …

In today’s world women are facing a major crisis. And that crisis manifests as hormonal burnout, adrenal fatigue, stress, anxiety and weight gain. Have you experienced this? The underlying cause of these symptoms is even more insidious. And that’s a deep sense of a lack of self worth. Today, women are …

In Ayurveda, we see the first stages of imbalance or disease in the emotional body and the mind. With time, if the excess of vata, pitta, or kapha (or a combination) isn’t addressed, the imbalance will progress into our physical body. The entry point into the body is the digestive system. …

Fall is Vata season in Ayurvedic philosophy. Vata and fall share the qualities of movement, change, dryness, cold, light, changeable, quick and irregular. We have certainly seen very sudden irregular changes in the weather and the beauty of change in the colour of the trees. We are definitely feeling colder and there …

Can you remember your first day at school? I sure do. I have a vivid memory of standing in a small car park, clinging to my mother while a group of snotty, red-eyed children and a rather large “Trunchbull” waited patiently in a line for me to join the group. …

Have you ever wondered why flying in an airplane can cause symptoms like anxiety, increased thirst, dry skin, diarrhea and/or constipation? Whenever we travel by plane, the fast speed of the airplane, combined with the high altitude cause an imbalance in the air and space elements inside our bodies, known …

Nowadays everyone from children to adults are living their lives like machines. No one has time to get relief from their day to day stress and tension and as a result, people are experiencing stress, insomnia, depression and loss of memory.  All of this can become the causative factors for …