Stress and anxiety can significantly impact your digestive system. Here’s how: 1. When stress is activated it can cause your esophagus to spasm. This can lead to difficulty swallowing. 2. Stress can ramp up stomach acid in your stomach, resulting in indigestion and heartburn. 3. Feeling anxious can trigger nausea, disrupting normal bowel movements. 4….
Coconut is highly regarded in Ayurveda for its numerous health benefits. Let’s explore some of them: 1. As a beauty remedy, coconut “cools” excess heat in their skin, making it useful for conditions like eczema and sunburn. 2. Helpful in Skin Disorders: Coconut oil nourishes and moisturizes the skin, promoting overall skin health. 3. Hydrating…
Here we are in a collective heat wave. Climate change is affecting everyone.Proper hydration is essential for overall health, and Ayurveda offers some valuable guidelines.Here are a few tips to help you hydrate properly with an Ayurvedic approach. 1. Drink for your body type: Ayurveda views the physiology in three dosha or energy types:Vata, Pitta, and…
Most people don’t find joy in self-care. The sense of well-being is not a priority unless something hits the breaking point. Even then the majority of the population relies on medications, treating symptoms and not focusing on themselves. What else is more important and of value? Self-care is essential for maintaining overall well-being. And acknowledging the…
Hello! For learning, let’s understand that what happens in the physical body directly affects energy and vice versa. Some common types of grief are:Loss of a loved oneLoss of a petLoss of emotional support as a childDivorceFinancial LossMiscarriageGrief can have significant and quantifiable effects on the body. Beyond the emotional trauma, grief can display itself…
Hello! Certainly, Ayurveda offers several practices to improve digestion and strengthen your “agni” or digestive fire.Here are some effective ways: 1. Stay hydrated. Start your day with two glasses of warm water and aim for up to one to two liters. Water is best not taken with meals. Add lemon if you like. 2. Eat…
Hello! The desire to constantly diet and maintain a thin body is associated with eating disorders both affecting unhealthy relationships with food and body image. No, it doesn’t work to starve yourself, skip meals, just eat salad, eat bars as meal replacements, or eat peanut butter and crackers for a meal.Healthy weight loss and body…
Ayurveda aligns us with the cycles of nature and one’s unique metabolic type. Don’t know your metabolic type? My teacher would say to me that I could read the pulse from the chakras. He was right. By seeing and feeling which chakras are out of balance I can assess which doshas are out of balance-…
The darkest night of the year was December 21st- Winter Solstice- a time of moving from darkness to light.Winter can bring on the ‘blahs” because of this lack of sunlight. How can we bring light to our lives during this season? 1. Practically speaking, full spectrum bulbs or “reveal” bulbs give us natural light inside…
Vastu in the home suggests the right colors, shapes, and directions to ensure positivity and happiness in each corner of the house. It influences the energy of the home. Just as we need good energy flow in our bodies the same applies to our home.With holidays upon us, you may be hosting friends or family…