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Sattva is the shining light of self-awareness and responsibility, self integrity, self-accountability and gradually a very balanced state of mind.
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How Do You Stay In Balance?
You stay balanced through GYANAM or KNOWLEDGE. They say “Gnyanam Moksha Karanam” .
Read More »Vata Imbalance & Reproductive Health
To create balance in your menstrual cycle and hormones, it’s essential that we look at how doshic imbalances that affect your reproductive system. Vata Dosha: If you recognize that you have scanty menses, cramping at menstruation, or your cycle is irregular or if you are experiencing infertility, you want to …
Read More »Positive Aspects of Kapha Dosha
If you take your problem to a vata nature person, the vata is likely to reflect back to you a time when they had a similar problem. Pitta is likely to tell you what you need to do to fix that problem. What kapha dosha is likely to do is …
Read More »Nasya Oil: Detox for Your Head
Breathe in and out. Inhale and Exhale. Nose creates a very important pathway to the brain and to consciousness, according to Ayurveda. The life force or prana enters the body via nose when we are breathing. Being able to breathe properly ensures the healthy flow of prana. Everyone who experienced full, …
Read More »How to balance Kapha Dosha
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 …
Read More »Balancing Vata Dosha
In Ayurveda, when a dosha is increased (imbalanced), the person will crave foods and habits that will keep increasing that dosha. Meaning, they will crave the completely wrong things! Vata people talk a lot, move a lot, do a lot, lose focus, forget things, skip details, are creative, are dramatic and …
Read More »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 poop every day! And ideally in the morning. It’s not glamorous but it’s important to talk about poop. The only way we can tell what’s happening on …
Read More »Ayurveda: Vata Type
Vata-Type people are generally thin and find it hard to gain weight. Because of this, Vatas have very little energy reserve and can tire easily and get themselves out of balance. Vatas need to get sufficient rest and not overdo things, stay warm, and keep a regular lifestyle routine. Vatas …
Read More »DOSHA is like a FINGERPRINT
Because we each have all five elements in our physiology – Air, Space, Fire, Water, Earth – we also have all three DOSHAS presented, just different proportions. Each of us is unique, and individual, there are no two people alike, and no two Mind-Body Types exactly alike Our “Dosha” is like our Fingerprint, …
Read More »Subtle aspects of DOSHAS
We don’t necessarily need to know all the subtle qualities of each Dosha in order to stay in balance. However, having this knowledge can help us when we need to address specific conditions. It also helps us to understand more about how nature works, and how it expresses through our …
Read More »October Is Ayurveda Awareness Month
This October Ayurveda Next Door along with Ayurvedic practitioners across the globe are encouraging you to discover home remedies and healthy living tips for a happy, productive and healthy life. October is Ayurveda Awareness Month Ayurveda is a natural system of health and wellbeing and the sister-science to yoga. It originated …
Read More »Seeing Beauty Everywhere With Ayurveda
By Vedika Global 2-Month Ayurveda Self-Care Course Graduate Kate Aughenbaugh I recently went on a sabbatical from my career when I felt my health going downhill. My doctor confirmed my suspicions by diagnosing me with high blood pressure. In response to this, I attended Vedika Global’s 2-Month Ayurveda Self-Care Course with a Sankalpa, or intention, …
Read More »DIY Cleansing, Part Four
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 …
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