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Healthy Ayurvedic Recipes
With all the winter holidays coming up, there is much temptation in the way of food and drink! Every supermarket and store is displaying holiday treats and the delicious aromas are […]

More than a mere system of treating illness, Ayurveda is a science of life. Ayurveda offers a body of wisdom designed to help people stay balanced and healthy. Ayurveda reminds us that health is the dynamic […]

Ayurveda recognizes that each human being is born with a unique balance and that this natural balance is responsible for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. By recognizing and maintaining this unique […]

Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old medical philosophy predicated on the idea that we are influenced by three main doshas – vata, pitta, and kapha. These three doshas in Ayurveda, describe our state of mind and all […]

Ayurvedic Detox Ingredients
In ancient times food was considered medicine. This being the case, people valued food much differently then. For example, considerations such as from whom and where we buy our […]

Coffee – An Ayurvedic Perspective
For many of us, our mornings are just not complete without a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Whether you’re a local at Starbucks or scoff at Starbucks Venti Caramel Macchiato as n […]

Healthy Living With Ayurveda
“Samadosha, samagnischa samadhatumala kriyaha
prasanna atmenindriya manaha swasthya ityabhidheeyate”
Acharya Susruta has described the features of a healthy person in the above quo […]

Ayurvedic Nutrition Tips For Autumn
Autumn brings shorter days, longer nights, and cooler weather which invites a new menu of seasonally appropriate foods – ultimately to keep the body well-balanced. […]

The Divine Healing Digestive Drink
Takra or buttermilk, is a liquid preparation prepared by continuously churning yogurt in water. This preparation increases your digestive power and is often used in many h […]

“Ice Is Not So Nice” 
We add it to beverages. We use it to chill food. We apply it topically and we use it in food, like smoothies. The question is, is ice the best for our health? In traditional Chinese me […]

Sitopaladi – The Sweet Cough Remedy

Sitopaladi is an ayurvedic formulation made up of five main constituents. The name Sitopaladi indicates the sweet rock candy it contains. It works p […]

Ayurvedic Home Remedies For A Sore Throat
At one time or another almost everyone has had a sore throat. A sore throat is caused by irritation and inflammation of the throat and is most commonly due to a virus and […]

The Three Phases Of Life
Ayurveda relates the five elements to three phases of life — Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The five elements dance through time and space and become the biological medial terms of Ay […]

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 d […]

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 […]

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 t […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]