by Courtney | May 12, 2014 | Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
If seasonal allergies are plaguing you this time of year, Ayurvedic wisdom provides some simple, time-tested practices to offer relief. Neti and nasya are two practices that are used in conjunction with one another to alleviate sinus congestion and...
by Courtney | Jul 30, 2013 | Ayurveda & Massage/Bodywork, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
We’ve entered Pitta season – summertime! There’s no better time of the year to do some sun worshipping. No, not sun worshipping in the traditional, not-so-healthy sense, but literally honoring this incredible ball of energy that makes life on...
by Courtney | Jun 19, 2013 | Ayurveda & Massage/Bodywork, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda & Yoga/Exercise, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
If I were to ask a roomful of people the question, “Who would like to have more vitality and greater resistance to stress?” every hand in the room would go up, right? We all want to feel energetic, vital, happy, and healthy. Ayurveda recognizes that preserving...
by Courtney | Jan 24, 2013 | Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Yoga/Exercise, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
Post-holidays we hear plenty about weight loss. The typical message we receive about how to lose weight is to work out more (the harder, the better) and eat less (the lighter, the better). Indeed, for some people this approach is the ticket, but in Ayurveda we...
by Courtney | Aug 15, 2012 | Ayurveda & Massage/Bodywork, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
From an Ayurvedic perspective, there are 3 fundamental causes of disease, which are: The misuse of the 5 senses The failure of the intellect Time To simplify this, we can say that the causes of disease are: Feeding our senses of taste,...
by Courtney | Aug 6, 2012 | Ayurveda & Massage/Bodywork, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda & Yoga/Exercise, Treating Common Health Issues with Ayurveda
I’d like to touch upon the concept of Yin & Yang – the principles of The Feminine and The Masculine – to relate to the human body and our health and well-being. Although these terms are taken from the Chinese system of medicine, similar...
