What is sweetness? Sweetness is the quality of being sweet. It is a pleasant quality which is palatable not only for our senses and physical body but also for our emotional and mental states of being. It is something that…
According to ayurveda, turmeric is considered to be a superfood and is among the elite and upper echelon of all spices. You can read a previous blog article on the healing benefits of turmeric. One of the best ways to…
In Ayurveda, the food is considered the best and the most important medicine. The scholars say that when diet is wrong, the medicine is of no use and when the diet is correct, medicine is of no need. Each food…
Ayurveda promotes health, balance and holistic healing. To help promote balance and to prevent disease ayurveda recommends regular exercise for all doshic types. Exercise needs to be modified according to the person’s sex, age (stage of life), strength, as well…
Stillness is important in an asana practice because this allows for the body, mind and pranas to become quiet which is essential for healing of body, mind and pranas. When we perform asana with the right sattvic attitude then we…
Weather you are planning to teach yoga or not, taking a yoga teachers training program and be very rewarding and life changing. Part of why I love teaching yoga and made it my full-time career and life path is that…
In the ayurvedic tradition the taking in of food is considered a sacred act, an act in which the food that is consumed literally becomes the body that you inhabit. Hence the phrase “you are what you eat”. So according…
When embracing an ayurvedic lifestyle and ayurvedic nutrition program it is important to consider some very important things. Ayurveda uses food as medicine and even goes to prescribe various ways for preparing and consuming food. A proper functional diet regime…
Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences that have been married together like husband and wife for thousands of years in order to heal the body/mind complex. They are two sides of the same coin that are bound together and used…
Jnana Yoga, Vedanta and Ayurveda “What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.” – Eckhart Tolle Jnana Yoga and Vedanta prepare and purify…
