• Finding Inner Stillness and Healing with Ahimsa
    • Emotional Wellness
    • November 13, 2020
    Finding Inner Stillness and Healing with Ahimsa

    The first cosmic law of ahimsa, the practice of non-harm, teaches us that to fulfill our humanity as a person we must strengthen our capacity to gain awareness.

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  • How to Stay Balanced During a Big Move
    • Emotional Wellness
    • November 04, 2020
    How to Stay Balanced During a Big Move

    If you’re itching to move or thinking of relocating, here are some key considerations from an Ayurvedic perspective to help you feel balanced during the transition.

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  • Mantra and Meditation for Challenging Times
    • Emotional Wellness
    • November 02, 2020
    Mantra and Meditation for Challenging Times

    During these complex times, it is important to have a supportive practice that increases our hopefulness and keeps the mind light and buoyant, rather than grim.

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  • Meditation and Mental Health
    • Emotional Wellness
    • October 30, 2020
    Meditation and Mental Health

    Meditation's deeper purpose is inner growth and development of consciousness. And this has many keys when it comes to furthering the practice of Ayurveda.

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  • Why You Should Sit in Nature and Do Nothing [video]
    • Emotional Wellness
    • August 31, 2020
    Why You Should Sit in Nature and Do Nothing [video]

    Sitting in nature gives us the opportunity to connect with cycles and rhythms that are inherently a part of us, as well as all of the elements of nature.

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  • Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times
    • Health and Wellness
    • April 16, 2020
    Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times

    The crazier life gets, the more simplicity we need. Ayurveda has simple tools to help us stay centered in the midst of challenging and unpredictable times. 

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  • Hope in a Time of Pandemic
    • Health and Wellness
    • March 27, 2020
    Hope in a Time of Pandemic

    The magnitude of the global disruption caused by the coronavirus is immense and still unfolding. But there are also tremendous opportunities in this moment.

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  • Simple Mindfulness Tools to Work Through Fear
    • Health and Wellness
    • March 13, 2020
    Simple Mindfulness Tools to Work Through Fear

    While there’s no way to live a life completely free of stress and fear, these mindfulness tools are powerful and effective ways to help us manage and digest fearful emotions when they arise.

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  • Feeling Anxious? Try This Calming Pranayama
    • Emotional Wellness
    • November 04, 2019
    Feeling Anxious? Try This Calming Pranayama

    Bhramari pranayama, the Humming Bee Breath, is known to balance vata, release endorphins, put you in a state of upliftment, and create a sense of inner peace.

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  • Yoga and Meditation for Improved Focus and Awareness
    • Emotional Wellness
    • September 03, 2019
    Yoga and Meditation for Improved Focus and Awareness

    Yoga and meditation can be of great help when it comes to mental clarity and focus. Here are some yoga asanas and a meditation technique to sharpen and improve memory and concentration.

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  • How the Doshas Respond to Stress
    • Health and Wellness
    • February 19, 2019
    How the Doshas Respond to Stress

    Daily stress is inherent to life. Fortunately, Ayurveda teaches us to use preventative measures to lessen the toll it can take on one’s physical health. Each dosha, or individual constitution, will adapt to stress in its unique way, making the pathway to balance multilayered. Read this article learn more.

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  • Love and the Doshas
    • Emotional Wellness
    • February 13, 2019
    Love and the Doshas

    What do doshas have to do with love? Quite a lot! Check out this article to learn how the doshas play a part in our natural tendencies and attractions towards others. 

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  • Navigating Your Soul Purpose
    • Emotional Wellness
    • October 29, 2018
    Navigating Your Soul Purpose

    Have you ever wondered why taking care of yourself and your body is so important? Ayurvedic self-care can help you not only feel great, it can help you decide how you can fulfill your life goals. 

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  • How Coloring Helps with Stress & Soothes the Doshas
    • Emotional Wellness
    • August 17, 2018
    How Coloring Helps with Stress & Soothes the Doshas

    When we are able to let go and simply be with the motions of coloring, we are able to create a sense of serenity, detached from our worries and thoughts, where the very act of coloring becomes its own reward. Colors can also offer healing properties. Just as each color has their own wavelength, they also have their own distinct vibration and can be used to balance the doshas. 

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  • A Breathing Practice for the Next Time You’re Stressed
    • Emotional Wellness
    • June 15, 2018
    A Breathing Practice for the Next Time You’re Stressed

    Stress happens. Recognizing it in the early stages and finding tools to cope when a stressful situation arises, such as this pranayama, can make all the difference. 

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  • Releasing Anger Through Restorative Yoga
    • Emotional Wellness
    • July 20, 2017
    Releasing Anger Through Restorative Yoga

    Anger is a natural human emotion. For most of us it feels uncomfortable and challenging, yet it can’t be wished away. Yoga offers us skillful techniques to constructively work with anger rather than deny or repress it.

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  • Finding Mental Peace with Tranquil Mind
    • Emotional Wellness
    • February 10, 2017
    Finding Mental Peace with Tranquil Mind

    While diet and lifestyle are absolutely important in cultivating the right response, herbs, like brahmi, were used by the ancient seers of Ayurveda to complement those efforts. Many of these herbs help to maintain the mind’s equilibrium in response to the stressors, just like brahmi helped the volunteers in the study maintain calmness. Tranquil Mind is packed with the wholesome goodness of herbs that do just that.

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  • The Doshas in Love
    • Health and Wellness
    • February 09, 2017
    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 awareness of the doshas and the practice of meditation.

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  • Inspire Your Life with the Help of Ayurveda
    • Emotional Wellness
    • January 30, 2017
    Inspire Your Life with the Help of Ayurveda

    What if you were taught how to stay in harmony, taking it all in stride while getting a little bit better every day? That, my friend, is Ayurveda.

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  • Craft Your Dream Life with Intention Setting
    • Emotional Wellness
    • January 09, 2017
    Craft Your Dream Life with Intention Setting

    We can launch change and growth in our lives by being deliberate with the thoughts and language that support our beliefs. Reinforcing our beliefs on a daily basis provides cosmic nutrition so that the universe can support us while we take the necessary actions to move in the direction of fulfilling whatever it is we want.

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  • 8 Steps to Reduce Stress Now
    • Emotional Wellness
    • December 02, 2016
    8 Steps to Reduce Stress Now

    It is crucial to reduce the amount of stress you are experiencing. If you cannot find a way to alleviate stress, it is necessary to make efforts to ease its impact on you. Here are some simple steps.

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  • Are Toxic Emotions Keeping You from True Health?
    • Emotional Wellness
    • July 08, 2016
    Are Toxic Emotions Keeping You from True Health?

    Toxic or repressed emotions can crystalize in the body and lead to imbalance. Ayurveda teaches how to skillfully navigate the complex world of our inner emotional experience. 

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  • The Undigested Break Up
    • Emotional Wellness
    • May 03, 2016
    The Undigested Break Up

    Have you ever been in a relationship—romantic, friendship, or family—where you stayed engaged despite how much it taxed your energy and self-esteem?

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  • 3 Practices to Cultivate Contentment
    • Emotional Wellness
    • February 22, 2016
    3 Practices to Cultivate Contentment

    Contentment consists of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects. These four aspects can be consciously cultivated by following simple Ayurvedic and Yogic guidelines.

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Emotional Wellness

One of the things that makes Ayurveda so powerful, effective, and unique is that it brings a holistic perspective to health and well-being, considering not only our physical health, but the health of our mind, emotions, and spirit as well. Because these different layers are interconnected and dependent upon one another, Ayurveda recognizes that they all deserve our time, attention, and care.

In the modern world that we live in today, a certain level of moderate stress is inevitable. It is a part of life we are all exposed to, whether in the form of a hectic work schedule, the demands of parenting, financial stress, environmental toxins, or simply a sense of overwhelm from living through a time of so much challenge, suffering, and rapid change on the planet at large.

While there is a time and place for healthy stress, most of us would probably agree that it’s easy to go beyond this point, into the realm of anxiousness and overwhelm that can be harmful to our emotional well-being.

Luckily, Ayurveda offers time-tested wisdom for achieving emotional wellness and a plethora of tools to support mental well-being. Known as the science of life, Ayurveda specializes in the art of longevity, which includes not only physical wellness but also prioritizes living a happy and healthy emotional life. By bringing greater balance to our systems and connecting us to the rhythms of nature, Ayurveda leads us towards the possibility of a life that feels truly joyful, meaningful, rich, and fulfilling.

With a strong focus on self-care and supportive lifestyle practices, this ancient tradition offers a solution to our hectic, stress-prone modern life—it gives us simple tools, techniques, resources, and support for emotional well-being.

Like all Ayurvedic protocols, when it comes to supporting mental and emotional well-being it’s important to cultivate daily routines and practices that are appropriate to your unique constitution. If you don’t already know your dosha, you can take our free dosha quiz to discover your unique Ayurvedic body type and any current imbalances.

Once you know your dosha, you can begin to incorporate the foods, herbs, and daily practices that will support your overall state of balance and lead to greater physical, mental, and emotional wellness. You can also cultivate a self-care routine and techniques for relaxation support, such as yoga, meditation, and pranayama.

When we are struggling with mental and emotional health, it can feel especially difficult to change course and implement the shifts and changes that will support our long-term well-being. Even if we know a thing or two about what will help us to feel better, it can take a great amount of determination and willpower to put those ideas into action.

Ayurveda is powerful because it works with small, daily changes that add up to significant changes over time. This wisdom meets you where you are, with open and loving arms, and supports you in your journey of self-care no matter where you are on the path.

We hope that these blog articles provide a supportive nudge in the right direction, offering just the wisdom and encouragement you need to tune into your body and heart and unlock the mental and emotional nourishment that you so deeply deserve.