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Sexual health can be a confusing subject. While study of television programming found that in an average day, 70% of programs had sexual content;[1] up to 48% of teenager are engaging in intercourse[2]; sexuality among older adults is marginalized and even denied to some degree. Dr. Caroline Roberston describes that …
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Shukra Dhatu & Reproductive Health
Shukra dhatu, is reflective of the quality of the egg and the fluids that travel with it. This dhatu plays a greater role in fertility than in monthly menstruation. Vata dosha imbalance results in drying out of the shukra. It becomes non-viable, which means that the egg will not produce …
Read More »Kapha Dosha & Reproductive Health
Kapha dosha overproduces rasa dhatu. The rasa dhatu is reflected in the quality of the endometrium or the lining of the uterus. Kapha dosha is comprised of earth and water, the water component of kapha brings a great amount of fluidity to rasa. On the other hand, the earth gives …
Read More »Pitta Dosha & Reproductive Health
Pitta dosha brings excess heat in your reproductive system, with heat there is a risk of drying out the tissues. So pitta initially heats up the rasa dhatu in the reproductive system, which is actually the endometrium – lining of the uterus that we slough off every month. Because of …
Read More »How Hormones Affect Your Health?
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 …
Read More »Does your dosha affect fertility?
When dosha gets involved it can interfere with the rasa dhatu formation. The egg is shukra, shukra dhatu is built as the result of healthy dhatu layers all the way down. If the egg is viable and the egg is prepared to be fertilized and to provide for healthy offspring, …
Read More »Ayurvedic Approach to Menstrual Health
During the childbearing years we have two different factors that we can look at to observe how is the dosha affecting the health of female reproductive system? We can look at the menstrual cycle and we can look at fertility. Both of these will allow us to reflect on how …
Read More »Why Yoga Nidra Is Your Practice For More Energy + Natural Fertility
Yoga Nidra is now my go-to any time I need deep relaxation. It used to be a bath, then add abhyanga once I learned about Ayurveda. Now, for preventative medicine, as well as luxurious self-care, I lie on my back for an hour. Of course, it’s more than that. This …
Read More »Seedless Fruit… Is it healthy?
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 …
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