Before starting on an exercise regimen, it is always advisable to get a medical check up done by your physician to rule out any absolute contraindication or to know about any precaution which you should take while exercising. Exercises should be done an hour before/after a light snack preferably in …
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Ayurveda for Women’s Health
Ayurveda has recommendations to help alleviate PMS, or Premenstrual Syndrome. In Vatas, PMS usually shows up as anxiety, insomnia, or lower backache. In Pitas, PMS manifests as hives, acne, irritability and migraines. Kapha PMS results in fluid retention and bloating. By keeping your Dosha in balance with your Ayurvedic Lifestyle routine, …
Read More »AYURVEDA: Four States of Agni
It is essential that we understand the digestive fire or ‘Agni’ in AYURVEDA. After the Doshas, you’ll hear Agni referred to most often in the Ayurvedic Texts. Many ayurvedic doctors say that the treatment of diseases of the body is in fact the treatment of AGNI. This Agni is responsible …
Read More »Migraine Pain? Not again!
According to Ayurvedic principles, migraine is a tridosha disorder. Out of the three doshas, Vata and Pitta Dosha are the prominent factors. Vata controls the nervous system and brain activity. Vata imbalance arises due to improper metabolism, poor elimination, mental and physical stress, viewing TV for long periods, reading with …
Read More »Ayurveda In A Nutshell + Ayurvedic Retreats
Ayurveda has been in existence for 5,000 years (give or take) and now is seeing a huge uprise in popularity. Ayurveda is not just in India and Sri Lanka anymore. It’s all around Europe in Portugal, Spain, Germany and Poland. It’s steadily growing in the United States, Canada and South America. So why …
Read More »Yoga’s Natural Medicine: Ayurvedic Treatments
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 …
Read More »Ayurveda ~ Fulfilling Biological, Material, and Spiritual Desires
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 …
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