Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Mindful Eating [Video 6]

  HABIT TIP #4: Eat Mindfully How: Take time to sit with your meals without distraction from phone, TV, work, eating on the run. Why: When you’re stimulating your senses with other input, such as your phone, TV, work, eating while driving, or in stressed...

Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Snacking [Video 5]

  HABIT TIP #3: Avoid Snacking How: Allow at least 3 hours between meals (ideally 4-6 hours). Avoid snacking between meals. Why: In order for your digestive fire (agni) to be strong and able to fully digest the food you take in, you need to give it space to do...

Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Mealtimes [Video 4]

  HABIT TIP #2: Regulate mealtimes How: Eat breakfast within 2 hours of waking, lunch (your largest meal) between 11am-1pm, dinner before 7pm. If you’re kapha predominant constitution (water/earth element) you may do fine with 2 or even 1 meal per day...

Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Habit 1 [Video 3]

  HABIT TIP #1: EARLIER, LIGHTER DINNER How: Eat a smaller, plant-based dinner by 7pm. Have lunch as your largest meal of the day. Why: Your body isn’t designed to digest fats, proteins and a large meal late at night. Doing so (and especially while have a...

Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Digestion + Agni [Video 2]

  AGNI! In Ayurveda this word means “digestive fire.” The fire element governs your ability to metabolize what you take in to your body. The strength of your digestion has a direct impact on the strength of your immune system. Watch the short video to...

Intro: Ayurveda + Immune System Series [Video 1]

Ayurveda + Your Immune System: Intro [Video 1] from Courtney LaCava on Vimeo.   You have so much power to build a strong immune system with your habits. The main focus of Ayurveda is building what we call “OJAS”. Ojas is akin to your immune system....