7 Ways to Boost Your Energy with Ayurveda
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7 Ways to Boost Your Energy with Ayurveda

Finding the delicate balance between what fuels you and what depletes you is essential for sustaining energy. These simple Ayurvedic principles can help. 

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Is Organic the Same as Non-GMO?
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Is Organic the Same as Non-GMO?

There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about the similarities and differences between organic and non-GMO. We are here to answer all the questions you’ve perhaps been wondering about,...

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Do You Hit Snooze More on Mondays? Read This.
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Do You Hit Snooze More on Mondays? Read This.

If you’ve ever experienced jet lag, you know that it brings a host of complications, inluding digestive trouble, mental fogginess, and even mood swings. Recent studies suggest that travelers who...

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How to Fast the Ayurvedic Way
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How to Fast the Ayurvedic Way

Welcome to the Ayurvedic approach to fasting—rather than creating a sense of denial or deprivation, it offers a much needed rest from the constant barrage of foods and experiences. 

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Traveling with Ayurveda: Taking Your Routine on the Go
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Traveling with Ayurveda: Taking Your Routine on the Go

The movement that comes from any form of high-speed travel, especially airplanes, increases the air element. Daily routines are often left behind, resulting in irregularity in mind and body.

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12 Ways to Stay Grounded in a Digital World
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12 Ways to Stay Grounded in a Digital World

The elements of the virtual world are ether and air. Prana, the life force, flows virtually as we exchange information and energy with the internet and our phones. But that...

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11 Ayurvedic Tips to Improve Focus
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11 Ayurvedic Tips to Improve Focus

When mental clarity and focus are a challenge, it is difficult to live to our fullest. Increased vata is often associated with inhibited concentration, however sugar imbalances (more often associated with increased pitta or kapha)...

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Dharana and the Power of Focus
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Dharana and the Power of Focus

What is the cost of having a distracted mind? We pay a price to have all these shiny objects at our disposal. The ability to focus on a single thought...

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How to Use Marma Points for Ayurvedic Breast Care
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How to Use Marma Points for Ayurvedic Breast Care

Bodywork, such as massage, can be undervalued in our Western society. It is often seen as a luxury or a splurge rather than an essential. Ayurveda has a very different...

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How Discovering the Doshas Can Change Your Life
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How Discovering the Doshas Can Change Your Life

Just as all individuals have all three doshas inherent within themselves, dual-doshic or tri-doshic manifestations can be identified in our natural environment.

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Heartfelt Tips for Cardiovascular Care
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Heartfelt Tips for Cardiovascular Care

As you recall from your elementary science classes, our heart and blood vessels make up the cardiovascular system. Its primary role is to carry blood full of oxygen and nutrients...

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6 Ways to Ease Your Partner into Ayurveda
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6 Ways to Ease Your Partner into Ayurveda

Do you have a special person in your life who isn’t prioritizing their own health? Maybe you have a vata boyfriend who stays up till 2 or 3 a.m. watching...

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The Wellness World’s Most Powerful but Unspoken Process: Rejuvenation
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The Wellness World’s Most Powerful but Unspoken Process: Rejuvenation

One doesn’t have to lead off rasayana with a cleanse, but the post-cleansing period should always include rasayana. By Ayurvedic measures, detoxification prepares one to receive, digest, and assimilate medicine,...

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Herbal Support for Deep Sleep
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Herbal Support for Deep Sleep

Most of us know the feeling: You’ve had a long day and you haven’t been sleeping well. You’re dozing off at dinner and you think to yourself, “Yes! Finally, I’ll...

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Why Rejuvenation Is Crucial
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Why Rejuvenation Is Crucial

Leave it to Ayurveda to devote an entire branch of its ancient science to the practice of rejuvenation. One can only imagine how important this concept should be in our...

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Daily Rejuvenation in Less than Two Minutes
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Daily Rejuvenation in Less than Two Minutes

When I began to study Ayurveda, I was taken by its soulful approach. I recall being touched and moved to tears learning that the root cause of all dis-ease is...

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When to Use Ayurveda and When to See a Western Doctor
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When to Use Ayurveda and When to See a Western Doctor

There's a time to use Ayurveda (sniffles) and there's a time to go see a Western doctor (sinus infection). Knowing when to turn to which can help you enjoy deeper well-being.

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The Deeper Causes of Fatigue
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The Deeper Causes of Fatigue

When we tire, the first message is from our body, a warning that we must rest and restore. When we become chronically fatigued, the message is from a deeper source....

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Dogs Have Ayurvedic Constitutions Too!
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Dogs Have Ayurvedic Constitutions Too!

All dogs align with Ayurveda’s prakruti/vikruti paradigm. There are ways to assess overall bone, physique, muscle, stamina, fascial features, and so forth, to derive inherent doshic characteristics and features of...

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Essential Herbs & Travel Tips for Your Journey
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Essential Herbs & Travel Tips for Your Journey

Herbs can be our great friends and helpers for travel, and this article outlines one traveler's suggestions for putting together an Ayurvedic herbal travel kit. Try keeping some of these...

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7 Ways to Stay Balanced While Traveling
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7 Ways to Stay Balanced While Traveling

How do we navigate new time zones, different foods, varied climates, and unfamiliar mattresses (or sleeping bags) in a way that promotes balance? As always, Ayurveda is here to guide...

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Which Form of the Herb Is Best for Me?
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Which Form of the Herb Is Best for Me?

Choosing which form of an herb to take can be quite confusing! There are tablets, liquid extracts, powders, add the powder to a shake…the list goes on. In Ayurveda, each...

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Why Nature is the Best Health Coach
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Why Nature is the Best Health Coach

When I set out to write this article on how Ayurveda can help us lead a calm and peaceful life, I immediately thought of something I learned from my teacher,...

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The Doshas in Love
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The Doshas in Love

Whether you love them, avoid them, or cherish them—we all have them. With Valentine’s Day in the air, I wanted to shed light on how we can illuminate our relationships through...

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Health and Wellness

Healthy living is the key to feeling good both mentally and physically. Ayurveda is an ancient, holistic method of living that encourages you to take your health into your own hands by prioritizing your personal wellness. Its timeless wisdom can be a valuable tool for achieving your best and most vibrant state of wellness.

While our library of health guides gives more focus to in-depth explorations into various Ayurvedic health topics, these blogs can act as helpful resources for learning about quick steps you can take to get motivated about your health on a daily basis.

Why Is Health Important?

In today's busy world, many of us take health for granted, filling up our schedules, going without sleep, or opting for convenience in meals rather than nutritional benefits. Over time, neglecting our health can start to lead to imbalances, the accumulation of natural toxins, and feeling “off.”

According to Ayurveda, health (or Svastha in Sanskrit) is a state of experiencing Self, wellness, and bliss through the harmonious interaction of the mind, soul, and senses. To not only reach this state, but also maintain it throughout our lives, it is imperative to make supportive choices that will best benefit us in the long-term.

Ayurveda teaches us not only how to promote our physical health, but also other types of wellness—such as our intellectual health, social wellness, and spiritual well-being. As a system of holistic wellness, Ayurveda holds that all of these areas in our lives are connected, and contribute to our overall state of health.

With this in mind, Ayurveda offers guidance on how to establish a supportive, healthy routine, customize our meal plans, manage stress, prioritize sleep, cultivate relationships with loved ones, and much more.

However, it is important to note that Ayurveda does not have a “one size fits all” option for a healthy lifestyle. Instead, Ayurveda recognizes that we are all unique, and the supportive choices that help one individual feel better and more balanced will not always be as effective for someone else.

That being said, Ayurveda does offer a wide variety of recommendations that can be used as a framework for developing a lifestyle that will best support each of us as individuals, and meet us wherever we are in our respective journeys toward optimal mental, emotional, and physical wellness.

Every person's track is different, but however your path is shaped, Ayurveda can help you navigate it. You can think of Ayurveda as a helpful resource that can be fine-tuned to your needs. In fact, its adaptability is one of the reasons that Ayurveda has endured for so many thousands of years.

These blogs were authored by wellness professionals and experts from the Ayurvedic community and focus on helping you achieve vibrant and holistic health and well-being through the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda and all that it has to offer us. We hope you find these articles informative, helpful, and empowering as you pursue your health goals, and that they inspire you to take joy in your own wellness journey as it unfolds.