
When the head is tilted forward, blood fills the frontal lobe, making it easier to think but harder to relax. Tilting the head forward may reduce the scope of a person's perspective. This increases focus, but reduces awareness. Tilting the head forward...
Postural problems start in the hips. Hips should be back, directly over the ankles. When hips are forward of the ankles, there is a tendency to slouch. Exercise: Put your hands onto a table. Push the butt back. Drop the tailbone by rotating your...
In scoliosis, the spine both twists and deviates from its normal position. All scoliosis cases involve asymmetrical muscle development. For some reason, muscles on one side become stronger than the opposing side. This is often due to postural...
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On Joyful Belly, we've created an extensive categorization of food so you can easily match food to your imbalanced biocharacteristics. By eating an optimal diet that balances your biocharacteristics, your whole body is strengthened and the conditions that created the disorder are removed. Once the root causes of the disease are removed, the disease lessens in strength or disappears altogether. Additional remedies - such as herbs and lifestyle practices - focused on the specific disorder, can greatly enhance your healing.
Founder of Joyful Belly Ayurveda, John Immel, answers the question ‘What is Ayurveda?’