Tag Archives: Ayurveda

Click here to read Part 1 of this “Learning Sacred Anatomy” series, and stay tuned to this blog for four more articles after this one! You can also download an audio recording of this article at the bottom of the text. CONTRACTED PERSPECTIVE IN OUR PERSONAL SYSTEMS THEORY Somewhere along my journey …

Sometimes people think I have magical powers because I can often predict peoples’ diet and lifestyle habits even if I don’t know them very well. The way someone behaves (and eats!) gives me a lot of insight into their doshic make up. And not only that, but also gives glaring …

We came across this heartfelt message on Facebook. Kay (Savita) Brownfield, director of the non-profit The Growing Edge circulated a letter seeking support for earthquake survivors in Nepal. The Growing Edge financially supports the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurveda Hospital in Sidapole, Nepal (pictured right). The hospital is operated by selfless …

Ayurveda dates back thousands of years just like Yoga. Both aim to improve your health mentally and spiritually as well as your happiness. The practices of Ayurveda and Yoga are very similar practices especially regarding how they effect your mental strength and abilities. Ayurvedic practices influence different aspects of the …

If you are interested in an Ayurvedic program such as Panchakarma, the surroundings will be a vital factor to your experience of Ayurveda. The home of Ayurveda will forever be India. The exotic environment and history completely compliments Ayurveda and its practices. SpaDreams believes the surroundings complement the program itself, …

As published as “Featured Today Highlight, Popular Lately, and Top 10 Blogs of the Week on Elephant Journal. Many people, particularly those who live in colder regions of the world, really look forward to the freedom and joy often associated with the summer season. Ayurveda lovers, however, actually eagerly anticipate …

As someone who practices Indian and Mayan medicine, I suppose I have to say that I am in the business of healing.  It’s taken me a long time to become comfortable with using the word ‘healing’ in connection with my work. To me healing implies that there is some sort …

By Vedika Global Founder & Acharya Shunya According to Ayurveda, our biological, material, and spiritual instincts play out over a canvas that is larger than one single lifetime, and rather extends over several births, even as the spirit weaves its course by entering several bodies and living out many lives that …

If you’re an Ayurvedic adherent you have heard of the perils of smoothies. There are a number of reasons that a person who wants a long, happy and healthy life will stick up their noses at smoothies. Yet smoothies are so easy to make, tasty, satisfying, convenient to carry with …

The body is an exquisite machine that calibrates all measures of health towards balance. One such measure of health is Blood sugar. The body is engaged in a constant game of see-saw between the hormone insulin and glucagon to help maintain blood sugar within normal limits. If the blood sugar …

No one is immune to worry about weight. Most of us think we should be leaner. A few of you have the opposite issue and are working to gain weight and build strength. Regardless of what your goal is, Ayurveda offers tips for weight gain and tips for weight loss …

Seedless fruit is a bit of an oxymoron: seeded fruit is by definition a fertilized ovum and its nutrition source. It is the source of the next generation of plants. While convenient, consuming seedless fruits might have disadvantages. The botanical developmental leap to seeded plants (from ferns) allowed the genetic …