A Dinner Date With The Three Gunas Introducing Tamas, Rajas, and SattvaAuthor: Marlee OsbornImagine you’re going to dinner with three of your friends. You arrive at the restaurant first and glance at the menu while you wait.Your first friend arrives. She’s wearing a...
Ayurveda for Addiction Recovery Not why the addiction, but why the pain?Re-framing our understanding of addiction in this way can begin to shed light on how we view and treat the addicted human, and most importantly, in how we can begin to move forward with providing...
Vata Dosha Balancing Asana Following the Ayurvedic principle of “like increases like,” if we can just “keep calm” the spaciness of Vata can be regulated. To counteract the erratic nature and swings of movement, establish a routine: a supported, grounded, stable...
Ayurvedic Cleansing Practices Many people feel the signs of ama build-up in spring more than at other times of year, because the toxins that are already in the body start to display their symptoms then. The reason is that if you don’t follow the proper seasonal...
What’s the connection between Ayurveda & Yoga? What’s the Goal of your Asana Practice?Both Yoga and Ayurveda are systems of wellness that aim to cultivate higher states of health and ultimately awareness. In Sanskrit, the word Yoga translates to...
Sequencing to the Individual – An Ayurvedic Approach “We need a yogic system of medicine . . .Such a greater yogic system of medicine need not be invented. It already exists in the form of Ayurveda. Ayurveda develops its view of the body and mind, nature...
