Month: October 2015
Emotional Eating – An Ayurvedic Perspective + Tips To Cheat Your Cravings
Emotional Eating – An Ayurvedic Perspective “Food nourishes the body; love nourishes the Soul.” – Dr. Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Physician “Emotional Eating”… Overeating may occur occasionally and often due to various reasons. However, overeating often takes place because of emotional factors. From an Ayurvedic perspective, when there is undue stress or other emotional factors this can increase the uncoordinated movement of ‘prana vata’ within the mind. This increased movement of prana can then stimulate the gastric fire [Agni] – which produces the “experience of hunger”. However, this experience of hunger may not actually be real but rather an emotional craving for nourishment [i.e. love]. What Am I Hungry For? In a recent book, ‘What Are You ...
Ayurveda – A Guide To Happiness
Ayurveda – A Guide To Happiness “When the emotional heart is balanced, one gains pure knowledge, the desires of the mind are always righteous, and one experiences unbounded bliss.” – Sushruta Samhita Digesting Our Experiences … Let’s be honest; it’s rather easy to be busy. One of the characteristics of modern life is that we are moving at an ever-increasing rate. However, the wise resist the temptation to get caught up in the frantic rush of everyday life. In the last 150 years, our relationship with time has radically changed. That said, our ability to metabolize our daily experiences have also changed greatly. In a way, the body metabolizes the emotional content and feeling of every experience. With increased demands of daily living and limited time for ones...
Improving Brain Function With Ayurveda + Benefits of Ghee & Brain-Boosting Herbs
Improving Brain Function With Ayurveda According to the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, health rests upon a foundation supported by three pillars – sleep, diet, and overall balance of life. If any one of these three pillars becomes weakened, our overall health and well-being may become affected. Therefore, in order to function optimally especially during modern times, let us look at specific ways to help maintain a healthy balance for the brain. Intelligence Plus – with Gotu Kola, Ashwagandha, & Bacopa!! ~The Healthy Brain~ It’s to no surprise that the brain requires oxygen. In fact, the brain can only survive for about four minutes without oxygen before suffering from irreparable brain damage. Not only does the brain require oxygen – the brain requires glucose, f...
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Metabolic Syndrome & Weight Gain [An Ayurvedic Perspective] + Health Benefits Of Hot Water
Metabolic Syndrome – An Ayurvedic Perspective Once when a renowned Ayurvedic physician first arrived in America from India he noticed an interesting finding. Upon first impression, he noticed a degree of toxicity amongst the faces he saw while arriving at the airport. “When I took my first close look at the people in the new country where I would be consulting, I saw fatigued faces, uneven complexions, puffy and overweight bodies – so much ama [toxins], I thought. How can I ever help these people when they have this much ama?” – Prominent Ayurvedic Physician “All disease occurs due to imbalance of digestion.”– Charaka Samhita Metabolic Syndrome … If you have at least three of the following conditions, you meet the criteria for metabolic syndrom...
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A Happy Heart Is A Healthy Heart [The Importance Of Ojas In Ayurveda]
A Happy Heart Is A Healthy Heart Perhaps no other organ is more vital than the heart at sustaining our existence as well as being the intimate connection between our emotional life and overall health. Shockingly, every 20 seconds. someone in the U.S. has a heart attack. “To protect the heart and great vessels, above all take measures that are healthy for the heart and promote ojas, that cleanse the gaps and channels & help create serenity of mind.” – Charaka Samhita Ancient Wisdom – Don’t Stress Many thousands of years ago, the classical texts of Ayurveda identified the specific causes of heart disease as we known them today. For example, it was mentioned that eatng too much fatty and rich food along with suffering from chronic mental and emotional stress were consid...
How To Stay Healthy With Ayurveda – Awareness Is The Key
Staying Healthy With Ayurveda Prevention is strongly emphasized in Ayurveda and the main goal of Ayurveda is to maintain the health of a healthy person and heal the illness of a sick person. According to this ancient science, much of being healthy is simply being [more] aware. “The master key to remaining healthy is awareness.” – Dr. Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Physician Awareness – The Master Key By being aware of your [doshic] constitution and remaining aware of how your body, mind and emotions respond to the ever changing world – this itself, allows us to make the informed choices required to maintain good health and well-being. In fact, the lack of this very awareness or “Prajnaparadha” [Crime Against Wisdom] is considered the root cause of all diseases according to ...
Ayurveda & The Wisdom Of The Doshas
Ayurveda & The Wisdom Of The Doshas According to the ancient teachings of Ayurveda, there are three doshas called vata, pitta, and kapha. We can think of these three doshas as the guiding principles that keep all our bodily functions balanced and healthy. “Health results from the natural, balanced state of the doshas. Therefore, the wise try to keep them in their balanced state.” – Charak Samhita The Wisdom Of The Doshas Each of the three doshas are present throughout the body. They govern our physiology and all activities of the body, mind, and emotions. Not only do the doshas govern our bodily functions but from a more truer perspective – they are the governing principles of Nature. The ancient science of Ayurveda understands the doshas as being a direct expression...
Ayurveda = Achieving Health Through Balance
Health Through Balance Knowing nature to be whole and complete, good health implies restoring that natural state of completeness and wholeness. According to the science of Ayurveda, health is a natural state when there is perfect balance of your body, mind, and spirit. “Any treatment that attends only to the symptoms is not a good therapy. The best treatment is one that balances the whole and does not create other disorders.” – Charak Samhita Inner Intelligence No matter how imbalanced you may feel, there is always residing deep within an inner intelligence which seeks balance. Modern medicine describes this natural state of balance as homeostasis, the in-built tendency towards equilibrium. Ayurveda describes balance to be when the doshas [bodily humors], agni [metabolism] an...
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Ayurvedic Autumn Tips + Stewed Apple Recipe & Masala Chai [VIDEO]
Ayurvedic Autumn Tips According to Ayurveda, the transition between two seasons is considered a time to be most careful in order to remain balanced. That said, if you’re feeling a little unbalanced about now, know that it’s not just you, but instead, is the rhythm of life. Let us therefore consider some simple ways to help remain balanced while transitioning into Autumn. Autumn = Increase In Vata Modern culture often leaves us “vata-aggravated”. One moment we are in front of a computer screen, the next moment on the phone and a moment later driving to work for another day of hustle-bustle. All this, according to Ayurveda is vata provoking. When we think of vata we should think of motion. Very simply, we can think of vata as being all that drives activity and movement within the body...
Shirodhara – The Most Popular Ayurveda Treatment
Shirodhara – The Most Popular Ayurveda Treatment Shirodhara is undoubtedly one of the most popular Ayurvedic treatments in the west. The word ‘shiro’ means head and ‘dhara’ means steady flow. Therefore, shirodhara involves pouring a steady stream of soothing oil over the forehead and acts as a method of relieving stress to the restless mind. The Moving Mind The science of Ayurveda speaks of vata as being the basis of all movement of the body and mind. When vata is in excess [within the mind] it can result in anxiety, nervousness, depression, insomnia and many other forms of difficulty handling stress. With nearly eighty percent of all diseases in the west being attributed to stress, it is no wonder why Shirodhara has been considered one of the most popular Ayurvedic treatments...
What Is Ayurveda: A Fad Or Forever?
What Is Ayurveda History is riddled with random enthusiasms that have swept the nation for a few months or years at a time. Despite the growing interest in the science of Ayurveda, it is definitely far from any new fad. Rather, Ayurveda is an ancient Indian medical system which has even described certain phenomena such as blood circulation thousands of years before William Harvey described it in the 17th century. The Origin Of Ayurveda … The word “Ayurveda” literally means ‘the knowledge of life’. Although the exact age of Ayurveda is not known, it’s thought to span back several millennia. The texts of Ayurveda explain its origin as being a transmission of knowledge upon enlightened beings [rishis] at a time of increased illness and suffering in the world. This transmission of...
Improve Digestion Naturally + Ayurvedic Remedies For Indigestion
Improve Your Digestion Naturally According to the most ancient and revered textbook of Ayurveda, the Charak Samhita, “the distinction between health and disease arises as the result of the difference between wholesome and unwholesome diet.” Similarly, Hippocrates [the father of modern medicine] has said, “leave your drugs in the pot at the pharmacy if you can’t cure your patient with food.” “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates Food As Medicine We have all heard the saying, “you are what you eat”. Though true, it would be more accurate to say, “you are what you eat, digest, absorb, and assimilate”. With that in mind, let us now introduce the most fundamental principle according to the science of Ayurveda. This principle is “Agni” – The Diges...