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  As we prepare to celebrate the Festival of Lights, let's take a moment to connect with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and discover how we can make this Diwali a truly holistic and nourishing experience. 🕯️ ✨   🌼 Balance the Elements : In Ayurveda, our bodies and the universe are composed of five elements - Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. This Diwali, let's aim to balance these elements within ourselves. Light the Diyas to represent the Fire element and invoke positive energy. The earthy aroma of Diwali sweets and the purity of water used for rituals symbolize the Earth and Water elements. Be mindful of your surroundings and harmonize with the elements for overall well-being. 🌿 Nourish with Ayurvedic Foods : Diwali is a time for indulgence, but why not choose Ayurvedic foods that not only tantalize your taste buds but also promote balance and health? Opt for sweet treats made with jaggery or honey, which are gentler on digestion, and include spices like carda...

"Maintain Healthy Digestion this Fall! 🍂 With the arrival of autumn, dryness can lead to common constipation issues. This can heighten anxiety and strain on your body, as stool can become stagnant. By staying vigilant for these constipation signs and taking preventive measures, you can enjoy a robust and healthy winter while fortifying your immune system. 🚨 Identifying Constipation Warning Signs : Stools becoming harder, darker, or smaller Increased gas Dryness experienced in various areas like your mouth, nose, skin, and itchy eyes ❓ What Causes Fall Dryness? Sweating during hot afternoons and increased urination on cold nights Cold air, drier than summer air, leading to greater fluid loss through evaporation from your lungs and skin 🥑 Promote Effortless Bowel Movements with : 1.Incorporate Healthy Oils and Fats: Enhance your daily diet with oils and healthy fats like ghee, which lubricate your colon's lining, making regularity easier. 2.Amplify Mineral Salt Intake: Increa...

  In a world filled with processed foods like bread, cheese, and corn syrup, it's easy to feel disconnected from our taste buds. These highly engineered foods often bypass and deceive our taste buds, leading us to make unhealthy dietary choices. However, it's essential to recognize that taste buds have played a crucial role in our evolution and continue to be a fundamental part of our well-being. Our tongues, in many ways, serve as a precise laboratory for our health.   Evolution & Taste Buds: A Precise Laboratory for Health Our taste buds are not just the gatekeepers of flavor; they are essential for maintaining our health. They've evolved over millennia to help our ancestors make survival-critical decisions about what to eat. However, in the modern era, processed foods have learned to bypass and trick our taste buds, leading to unhealthy dieta ry choices. Ayurveda's Six Tastes:   A Unique Perspective Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of medicine, identif...

 It's great to see that you're considering an Ayurvedic routine for October. Following Ayurvedic principles can help balance your mind and body during this transitional season. Here's a breakdown of the recommended routine for October: Diet: Emphasize warm, cooked foods: In October, as the weather starts to get colder, it's essential to favor warm, nourishing meals. Include soups, stews, and other cooked dishes in your diet. Plan your meals ahead: Preparing your meals the night before can help you stick to a routine and ensure you have nourishing options readily available. Regular meal times: Try to eat your meals at consistent times each day to support your digestive system. Sleep: Early bedtime: Aim to be in bed by 10:00 pm. This ensures you get enough restorative sleep and helps maintain a healthy daily routine. Consistent sleep schedule: Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, even if you're having trouble sleeping. This ...

Ayurvedic Beauty Tips for the Winter With the summery sun retiring away, the chilly times of winter are looming over us. Winter in Ayurveda is the season predominantly dominated by the Vata Energy.  Vata is composed of space and air, hence this drying airy energy brings with it numerous problems for our skin.  Winter winds and the cold environment, combined with our need to keep the heaters on, tends to strip moisture from the skin; many people face problems such as dryness, and loss of facial glow during this season. Ayurveda provides teachings on how to combat this approaching Vata energy so that we can rejuvenate our skin and keep it healthy and sustained throughout the following months: 1. As Vata works its way by stripping the natural oils from our skin’s surface, we must ensure to replenish this by applying oil to our skin on a regular basis during these months.  One should make it a routine to carry out Abhyanga, ayurvedic massage, for a minimum of 10 minutes o...

AyuHerbs Series - Herb Name:  Ashwagandha   - Originally used in traditional Indian Ayurvedic Medicine, Ashwagandha is a small evergreen shrub that grows in India, Middle East and parts of Africa.  Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic - it adapts to balance out the levels , e.g. hormones, of your body ; it aims to ensure stability in the body. Ashwagandha: Ashwa means horse; Ashwagandha name describes smell of its root, which smells like a horse  Benefits of Ashwagandha * Relieves Stress and Anxiety  It helps lower levels of cortisol, a hormone produced by your adrenal glands in response to stress. * Promotes Better Sleep  The leaves of the plant contain the compound triethylene glycol, which promotes sleep induction.  - Try our Sleep care milk recipe detailed below! * Improves Immunity Ashwagandha increases white blood cell count within the body thus boosting immune system health  * Improves Cognitive Abilities and Memory  Being a calming agent, it...