by Courtney | Mar 16, 2021 | Ayurveda & Chronic Disease, Ayurveda & Immunity, Ayurveda & Mental Health, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Yoga/Exercise, Ayurveda Habits, Ayurvedic Cleansing, Detox, Kapha Dosha, Seasonal Diet, Spring Diet + Habit Tips, Uncategorized
In Ayurveda, spring is the time of kapha – earth and water elements. Spring is heavy, stable, cool, oily and has a downward-moving energy, so we balance with the opposite qualities in our diet and lifestyle – light, dry, mobile and warming. The lymph and blood get...
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 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...
