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Ayurveda offers you simple, practical ways manage your health. It can help you understand your body and how to prevent or minimize disease. Ayurveda helps you experience food, understand its effects on your body, and naturally crave and choose the foods t

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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

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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

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A food journal can make the difference between haphazardly jumping from

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Perhaps in recent years you have heard about a phenomenon called "oil pulling." Oil pulling has long been encouraged in Ayurveda as as an important way to start your day and keep the mouth clean. Oil pulling involves swishing around a little bit of warm s

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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

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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

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Ayurveda recommends washing your sinuses daily in the morning and before bed with a neti pot. Sometimes, a wound won't heal until it's cleaned. Ayurveda specializes in cleaning hard to reach places, like your sinuses. Warm, damp sinus tissue may remain ch

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Warm water boosts your metabolism, improves your circulation, and stimulates healthy elimination of the bowels. A glass or two of warm water before meals improves acid and enzyme production, stimulating healthy digestion. Sipping hot water between meals k

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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

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Ever heard the phrase, "dress for success?" We so often hear that the way in which we dress affects several walks of life, and perhaps most importantly the way we feel about ourselves. When they take the time to dress nicely and make themselves presentabl

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Ayurveda recommends concentration on the taste of food while eating. Paying attention improves your intuitive eating skills. Did you know that the flavor of food changes with every ten bites. By actually tasting the food, you enjoy it more. Plus, it keeps

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Ayurveda recommends taking a bath or shower each and every day, preferably in the morning after practicing yoga and meditation. Bathing is important for removing dead skins cells from the surface of your skin, cleansing any impurities, and helps you to fe

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One of the nicest, easiest ways to get yourself going in the morning is to splash cool water on your face. This not only gently cleanses the face, but it also refreshes the mind and skin. It's also very easy to do on days when you are pressed for time or