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An Introduction to Ayurveda
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living Ayurveda (pronounced “eye-your-vay-duh”), is The Science of Life and Longevity, a holistic system of medicine that originated on the Indian subcontinent over 5,000 years ago. It is the oldest continuously-practiced healthcare system in the world. This system of medicine has endured over thousands of years because its foundational principle is…
Radicle Reflections: Rooting Ourselves in the Year of the Yang Fire Horse
What the first root of a seed can teach us about navigating a year of powerful change. Over the past ten days, trays of seeds planted by apprentices, community members, and myself have been sitting quietly in the greenhouse. From the outside, nothing appears to be happening. Yet beneath the surface, something extraordinary is already…
Deep Waters & Quiet Fires: Nourishing Yourself Through Winter with TCM & Ayurvedic Wisdom
As the Winter Solstice approaches here in the Northern Hemisphere, we enter the heart of the Water element season in Chinese Medicine. Like the cool, still, and dark depths of deep waters, this is the darkest time of the year. From this darkness, fear can arise, and depression may feel as though it’s wrapping its…
Eat Right For the Doshas and Seasons
The Doshas & The Seasons
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. – Henry David Thoreau A person’s environment is constantly fluctuating—whether it’s truly atmospheric, or within the environments in which one lives, works, or exists in. Because of these fluctuations, one’s balance is…
Eating For Vata or For Winter
The following suggestions should be followed if a) you have a Vata imbalance, or b) you are eating seasonally for winter. In Ayurveda, we eat with the seasons when balanced, or eat to pacify the aggravated Dosha(s) when imbalanced. Vata Rhythms The Vata within is naturally pacified in the spring and summer times of the…
Eating For Pitta or For Summer
The following suggestions should be followed if a) you have a Pitta imbalance, or b) you are eating seasonally for summer. In Ayurveda, we eat with the seasons when balanced, or eat to pacify the aggravated Dosha(s) when imbalanced. Pitta Rhythms The pitta within is naturally pacified in the late fall/winter months, when the cold…
Eating For Kapha or For Spring
The following suggestions should be followed if a) you have a Kapha imbalance, or b) you are eating seasonally for spring. In Ayurveda, we eat with the seasons when balanced, or eat to pacify the aggravated Dosha(s) when imbalanced. Kapha Rhythms The Kapha within is naturally pacified in the summer months, as the hot, sharp,…