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In this section, you’ll find articles discussing various facets of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the science of life, and is about living your life in balance with your own nature as well as the natural cycles. It incorporates daily routines, exercise, diets, detox and herbal therapies to bring the body back into balance. Ayur means “life” and veda means “truth” – meaning that Ayurveda is ultimately the science of experiencing the truth of who you are. From an Ayurvedic perspective, this encompasses becoming less stressed, physically in balance and becoming emotionally free to be your most loving kind and joyful self.

Get The Energy You Need to Sleep with Ashwagandha

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Do you have trouble sleeping?  It seems logical to assume that difficulty falling asleep is caused by excess energy. Based on this logic, sedation would offer a remedy. While sedatives do sometimes work, they often leave you groggy and foggy in the morning, or they just stop working over time.  In this article, I make the

Gut Immunity for Your Ayurvedic Body Type

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Understanding Your Body According to Ayurveda, taking care of your digestion might just be the most important step you can take for your health. And not just your physical health, but your emotional and mental health, too!  Strong evidence suggests psychological stress has a marked impact on gastrointestinal health and digestion. Stress is processed through the

Candida Diet by Ayurvedic Body Type

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What is candida overgrowth and what are the symptoms?  Candida is a naturally-occurring yeast or fungus that inhabits the mouth, gut, vagina, and other mucosal membranes of the body. Ordinarily, it is harmless, existing in balance with the trillions of other bacteria that make your body home.  Concerns arise when that balance is disrupted. This

Foods + Thyroid: The Good, The Bad + The Ayurvedic Perspective (+ Recipes!)

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Why do our thyroids need our support?  The thyroid is perhaps the most sensitive organ in the body, especially when it comes to the environment. To make matters worse, in America, we are dumping some four billion environmental pollutants into the environment each year.1  Today, an estimated 20 million Americans suffer from thyroid conditions. A shocking

Ayurvedic Approach to Fertility, Pregnancy + Post-Partum Care

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When the Student is Ready . . .   As the old saying goes, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Thankfully, the teacher, Heather Grzych, has appeared with her book: The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility. The students are ready, and the need is urgent.  I’ve had many patients come to me for fertility, but one immediately comes

Lymph Quiz: Decode Your Symptoms

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Have you spent any time wondering what your lymphatic system does, or if it is healthy? According to Ayurveda, the lymph, or rasa, is always the first body system evaluated and treated. It is hugely important to our health and wellbeing, but is often overlooked in our culture. It is one factor that may play into many so-called “mystery illnesses.”

Triphala: Ancient Herbs for Modern Immune Systems

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A healthy immune system isn’t always in high gear: it has the ability to go up and down in intensity in order to properly respond to an immune event. The balanced production of natural immunostimulants and immunosuppressants is called immunomodulation in Western medicine.

Neem: Ayurveda’s First Immune Responder

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How does Ayurveda think about viruses? According to Ayurveda, viruses fall into the category of krimi. Krimi are further categorized as raktaja krimi, which are carried in the circulatory system (lymph, veins, arteries), and purisaja krimi, which reside in the lower gut.1 So how did Ayurveda deal with krimi? Strategies aimed at addressing infestations of

Strengthen Your Lungs Now: Pratiloma Pranayama + Inspiratory Muscle Training

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Strengthen Your Lungs Now with this Amazing Breathing Exercise  With the world fighting a respiratory pandemic that will dramatically challenge the lungs and the ability to breathe, learning how to strengthen your breathing muscles may be a powerful preventative tool not to be overlooked. If 50% of elite athletes have diaphragmatic fatigue, then it is likely that all us us do.

Meat: the Good, the Bad + the Ayurvedic Perspective

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Is Meat Really Back on the Menu? We’ve all heard we should stop eating meat, and also that we should eat more meat! What are we to believe? A controversial study suggesting new dietary guidelines around meat was recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggesting there was low evidence that red meat or processed

Ayurveda Explains Rise in Heart Disease among Middle-Aged in Healthiest Cities

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Apparently, heart disease is on the rise!  The Wall Street Journal analyzed rising rates of heart disease among middle-aged Americans (between 45 and 64), finding some of the healthiest places, like Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Greeley, Colorado, saw some of the highest death rates from heart disease, with a rise of nearly 25% in 2015-2016, compared to 2010-11.1

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