Healing your body with Ayurveda takes patience. It takes deep self-reflection and a willingness to nurture yourself down to your very cells.

Back pain? You really should consider yoga. Of the myriad of positive outcomes resulting from a consistent yoga practice, relief from lower back pain is at the top of the list. 

Caring for your liver with Ayurvedic lifestyle choices and practices during summer when pitta dosha becomes aggravated more easily.

There are several ways to naturally support the liver using items you probably already have in your kitchen—or at least items you can find at any grocery store. Two of my favorites are lemons and beets. Both of these foods promote bile flow, helping to clear out the liver as well as boosting digestion. Here are two delicious ways to incorporate them into your daily diet.

A lovely blend of spices brings loads of flavor to this urad and yellow mung dal.

It's all about the bitters this summer! During the summer months, too much heat can lead to anger, impatience, rashes, heartburn, eye sensitivities, acne, profuse sweating, excess oiliness, liver/gallbladder issues, and hot flashes. We want to mitigate this by adding in sweet, astringent, and especially bitter foods to systemically cool the body. Try this amazing bitter and cooling aloe vera smoothie recipe to keep yourself in balance when the heat starts to rise!

Cool, delicate and sprinkled with fresh rose petals, Hibiscus Blueberry Jello helps you beat the heat this summer. This jello allows you to enjoy a little luxury and satisfy your sweet tooth guilt free. 

Learn how to make CCF Tea, a blend of coriander, cumin, and fennel. This beautiful golden tea supports digestion, promotes balance for all three doshas, and simultaneously grounds and nourishes the body.

Maybe you have heard the yogic advice “what you meditate upon, you become.” In other words: that which you spend your time thinking about and focusing on, becomes your reality. This isn’t just guidance for when you are sitting on your yoga mat or on a meditation cushion. It’s about the symbols, images, and thoughts which occupy your mind throughout the day. And it can be much more tangible and specific than just “stay positive.”

Ayurveda describes six tastes by which all foods can be generally categorized. They are: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. Each of these tastes has a different effect in the body. By understanding the way that the tastes affect the three doshas, you can choose foods and herbs that will create balance and healing for your individual constitution.

We loved our product, Women’s Cycle Ease, and we know that many of you did too. For those of you who used it and loved it, we don’t want to leave you hanging, so here is some information that may help you continue to find cycle support from Ayurveda’s beautiful herbs.

The following breathing practices are designed for balancing vata dosha and are particularly beneficial during the autumn, but may be used anytime you need to calm down and center yourself.

Marmas are vital energy points that can be pressed to strengthen their corresponding organs. In this article, we explore marma points connected to the adrenals.

We loved our product, Women’s Cycle Nourish, and we know that many of you did too. For those of you who used it and loved it, we don’t want to leave you hanging, so here is some information that may help you continue to find cycle support from Ayurveda’s beautiful herbs.

Psst. Hey you. Yes, you. I see you staggering out of bed in the morning. You have low energy, and you catch every cold going around the office. You crave salty foods (potato chips at 10 am, anyone?). Stress—both physical and emotional—puts you over the edge. Low blood sugar, lower back pain, loss of muscle tone, dry skin, dizziness, poor circulation… these complaints make you wonder, “What’s wrong with me?”

Your face is a storybook that tells the tale of your health. In Ayurvedic facial assessment, it’s easy to see where there may be deficiency or stress on a particular organ. 

Just as you wouldn't turn the heat on in your home in the peak days of summer, it is unwise to increase the heat inside your body when it's already hot outside. Rather you should make simple lifestyle, dietary and herbal choices, which help you stay cool and calm.

As it gets hotter, pitta-type physical imbalances such as inflammations, infections, skin irritations, hyperacidity, heat rashes, and diarrhea are more common and pitta-type emotional imbalances such as impatience, anger, and intolerance are experienced more often.

With Lyme disease, liver support is a critical component to help your body get well.  A clean green diet, herbs, and castor oil packs all can be part of your liver self-care regime.

You probably know that your digestive system has a critical part to play in how healthy you are. We all have different appetites, and while some seem like they can eat everything under the sun, others suffer with heartburn, indigestion and other issues. In Ayurveda, the nature of how you digest food is defined in terms of three doshas.

Your constitution can help you tailor your diet, exercise, and other aspects of life to your needs, and can clue you in about your relationship to the seasons.

Superfood is a term used for greens that are packed with chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids. Some common green chlorophyll-rich superfoods are cereal grasses such as alfalfa, barley grass, oat grass, and wheat grass. Spirulina, or blue-green algae, is also loaded with chlorophyll, minerals, and phytonutrients that are essential for good health.

Here is a simple way to keep in touch with your present condition. With this self-check under your belt, you can better take charge of your daily well-being.

As the month of February is filled with images, commercials, and messages meant to evoke the sentiment of love and companionship, let’s take a deeper look at the meaning of love.