With summer gearing up, it’s time to celebrate the season. Head outdoors with friends, go hiking, plan that picnic in the park, take an outdoor yoga class. It’s a time to relax and be a flâneur. As you think about what to pack in that picnic basket,...
The coconut, praised in ayurvedic healing as being sattvic, is considered to be a very holy food. Considered to contain both sweet and cooling properties, coconuts are know to subdue excess Wind (Vata) and Bile (Pitta). In sacred ceremonies, the coconut is worshiped as Vishnu and...
As we gear up for the hot days of summer, I’ve been thinking a lot about the healing power and beauty of water. Grateful for having access to safe drinking water, I’ve also come to realize just how much I’ve taken this life-sustaining elixir for...
Growing up in an Indian household in the suburbs of New York, I can recall many cold winter nights, staring out the window at all the snow, praying for the arrival of spring! As spring arrived, my Mom used to encourage my sister and I to...
It’s finally beginning to feel like Spring out there. In Ayurveda, Spring is a time of new beginnings, growth and expansion. It’s a time of year when the kapha dosha, (the energies of water and earth) are increasing. When kapha increases in the body over...
Turmeric, called the "Golden Goddess" in Ayurveda, the 5,000 year old natural healing system of India, has many great health benefits. Turmeric is believed to balance the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha). It has been used by Ayurvedic healers as medicine taken internally in various...
As nature changes with the change of seasons, we too, are in a constant state of renewal. Spring always gets me excited, as it's a time to lighten up on all the layers of clothing we've been wearing over the past few months, it's a...
It's not uncommon to be dealing with a dose of winter blues, this time of year. This depression, which surfaces especially in the winter months is also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or winter depression. These human body responses are well explained in Ayurveda. Beat...
According to Ayurvedic philosophy, Ojas, (pronounced oh-jus), is the essential energy of the body, the "fluid of life". Ojas is considered the sap of one's life energy which, when running full steam is equated with immunity and, when in short supply, results in weakness and disease. Ojas...