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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ayurveda offers you simple, practical ways to manage your health using the biocharacteristics theory of medicine. This method can help you understand your body and how to prevent or minimize disease. Ayurveda helps you experience the medicine of food, und ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spring - Mid-February - Mid May The spring is a watery season of warming temperatures. Snow melts making the rivers full and muddy. Warm temperatures encourage tender young sprouts and sweet sap to run in the vasculature of maple t ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Routine meal times are essential for health. The mind loves freedom but the body loves stability. Digestion is demanding on resources. The body schedules blood to make sure enough is available for digestion. Eating off schedule not only ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A food journal can make the difference between haphazardly jumping from 32 likes Water before a meal is nectar. It replenishes fluids and encourages juicy digestive organs. Small sips during a meal is honey. It helps turn the food into a sauce. Water after a meal i 32 likes Routine is the foundation of a well-lived life. Routine creates simplicity, perspective, and helps you stay organized. Lack of routine creates instability, confusion, and an inability to identify the cause from the effect. A good routine supports your abi 32 likes Some things in life should be simple, like pooping. The joy of a complete bowel movement in your morning routine can be as gratifying as a sunrise. Many, however, struggle with nature's call. There are those who sit on the toilet for 20 min flipping thro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Ayurveda, dinacharya means daily routine. It is those things you do each and every morning that adds some structure and stability to your day. For most of us, we may already drink some tea or coffee every morning religiously. But, Ayurveda recom 24 likes Introduction Your days are rushed, and you find yourself grabbing a bite of food as you run out the door. Maybe eating on the run has become a way of life for you. So how are you going to stay healthy when you just don't have the t 21 likes Perhaps in recent years you have heard about a phenomenon called "oil pulling." Oil pulling has long been encouraged in Ayurveda as an important way to start your day and keep the mouth clean. Oil pulling involves swishing around a little bit of warm sesa 20 likes Ayurveda recommends washing your sinuses daily in the morning and before bed with a neti pot (a process called jala neti). Sometimes, a wound won't heal until it's cleaned. Ayurveda specializes in cleaning hard to reach places, like your sinuses. W ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A few years ago, the book "French Women Don't Get Fat" became a New York Times bestseller and planted a seed in all of our minds that the French, and perhaps most Europeans, have something figured out about food that Americans seem to be missing. While Am ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Savor la moment! Want to enjoy food and digest it better? Most cultures eat food in courses, relishing every bite, and this is a healthier gastronomie. Food served in courses may be more medicinal. We've known for a long time that Americans 16 likes Ayurveda excels in therapies to cleanse internal spaces in your body, including the digestive and respiratory tracts. Nasya oil is a famous herbal preparation used to clean the sinuses. Nasya oil, which means 'nasal oil', restores clarity to your mind. Ay 16 likes Many attend yoga classes in the evenings, but have you ever tried starting your day with a little yoga? Yoga in the morning can stimulate circulation, wake up the mind, and wake up your metabolism. It can ensure that you have a hearty appetite by breakfas 14 likes All foods that are difficult to digest must be chewed with care. Insufficient chewing of food forces stomachs to break down larger chunks by acids. While an easy task for a toot ![]() AYURVEDIC FACE ASSESSMENT
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