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How does early morning Yoga help you?
Ayurveda and Yoga believes in daily routines. They help to balance and regulate your nervous system, circulatory system and digestive system.
Correlation between Diet and Skin aging
Skin aging is characterized by features such as wrinkling, loss of elasticity, laxity, and rough-textured appearance on your skin. These skin changes and aging can be caused due to a lot of factors like environmental factors, genetic makeup, nutrition etc. With aging, the outer skin layer (epidermis) thins, even though the number of cell layers remains unchanged.
Ayurvedic Summer Salad
Ayurveda recommends warm, cooked salads. Raw salads are considered cold, rough, and hard to digest. And they are best when eaten fresh.
This salad recipes are perfect for summer cookouts and easy family dinners and are some of the best ways to use the season’s delicious greens and nuts.
Longing for Radiant Skin? 10 tips to Keep your Pitta in balance
Ayurveda describes about three dosha’s Vata, Pitta and Kapha whose equilibrium is the cause of healthy state of body and mind. Among these, Pitta governs our metabolism as well emotional and mental wellness.
Aromatherapy for mind body skin
Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being
Postnatal skin care in ayurveda
A new life coming in to the world is the outcome of a lot of emotional and physical changes of mother. Post pregnancy, the hair and skin experience tremendous changes. Though these changes are not permanent, overcoming these require proper care and time
Yoga Basics – Know the Five Vayus in detail
Vayu or vata is responsible for the normal working of the tantras and the yantras of the body. Here the body is not just human body, but it can be of any animal or a living entity. Here Tantra means a system such as digestive system, nervous system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system etc. Yantra denotes an organ as such, a viscus.
Health benefits of Cucumber
We have grown up hearing the phrase ‘as cool as a cucumber’.This popular phrase means calm and unruffled!!Cucumber is a popular vegetable, known for its numerous health benefits. This article explores the popular health benefits of cucumber along with the Ayurveda facts and healthy recipes on Cucumber.
How effective is Ashwagandha in managing women’s health disorders?
Ashwagandha or Winter Cherry is one of the most important herb of Ayurveda (the traditional system of medicine in India) used for millennia as a Rasayana for its wide ranging health benefits. Today let’s see how important is this herb for women’s health disorders.
Ayurvedic view points on Spring Cleanse
Spring is around the corner. Now is a great time to consider a natural way to detoxify your body and declutter your mind. Most health practitioners recommend a cleansing program every season because of all chemicals we encounter in our day to day life that include food, personal-care products and our environment.
Turmeric for Skin
According to Ayurveda, Turmeric is the most beneficial drug for Diabetes. It is also beneficial in most of the urinary disorders. It's useful in most of the toxic conditions. It's a natural detoxifier and has antibacterial properties. It is useful as antidote for most of the insect bites. It's also useful in gout and relieves inflammation, swelling and improves skin complexion. Turmeric relieves constipation and is useful in removing facial hair naturally.
‘Bandhas’ in the practice of Yoga
In traditional yoga practice there are three inner locks or bodily maneuvers responsible for trapping the prana or the vital energy and there by stimulate the nerve conduction and illuminate the Chakras. These three inner locks are called as the Bandhas.
The Magic of Beets
Everything you need to Know about this super colored Vegetable,Beets and beet products are becoming more popular these days. They are low- calorie food packed with a variety of Nutrients.
Aromatherapy for Mind and Body
Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being. As an Ayurveda practitioner I often face questions like ' Is aromatherapy a branch of Ayurveda?' Or 'Is there any relationship between these two alternate systems of healing?' One thing is clear many are unaware of the use of essential oil or importance of aromatherapy in Ayurveda practice.
Preparing the Ground for Mindful Eating – Fruity Quinoa Breakfast
Quinoa, often described as a ‘superfood’ or a ‘super grain,’ has become popular among the health conscious, with good reason. It is a super package of protein, fiber, Vitamins and minerals.
The quinoa has been called a pseudo-cereal for botanical reasons but also because of its unusual composition and exceptional balance between oil, protein and fat. The quinoa is an excellent example of 'functional food' that aims at lowering the risk of various diseases.1
Aloe Vera – Top reasons to use it
Do you know the Sanskrit name of Aloe vera? Aloe Vera is called as ‘Kumari’ in Sanskrit. The meaning of the word ‘Kumari’ is Young girl. There are generally two interpretations for this name.
Mindful Meditation – An exercise of connecting with the consciousness
The practice of meditation originated in the ancient Vedic times of India and is described in the ancient Vedic texts. According to Vedic science, the true purpose of meditation is to connect oneself to one's deep inner Self. Techniques which achieve that goal serve the true purpose of meditation.
Holistic Beauty & Spring Cleanse
Spring is around the corner. Now is a great time to consider a natural way to detoxify your body and declutter you mind.