Dosha in Ayurveda means ‘disturbances’. Vata, Pitta and Kapha are mistakenly always called dosha by mainstream Ayurveda, because they are not always disturbing the body. They have their functions to perform and they can do it to help sustain the body too. Only when they get out of balance do they become a dosha. In […]
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Massage is a great way of releasing tension that you hold in your body. When we feel some pain or soreness in the body, we tend to instinctively massage ourselves to feel less discomfort. There are so many different types of massage practices in the world, and they all have this similar function of either
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Your oral health can give you valuable clue about your overall health. Digestion is a really important aspect of your health, and digestion starts in the mouth! (Well, one can argue it starts in your mind when you start thinking about what food you want to eat because you already start preparing to secrete enzymes
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Women bare the powerful and wonderful capability of creating a life, therefore, generally, they need to be a bit more conscious about their health and invest a bit more in taking care of themselves than men need to. The physical and mental well-being of a woman is directly related to her reproductive health, which is
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If you have heard of Ayurveda, you might know that it is tailored to each individual’s unique constitution. But how do you know what your body constitution/type is? Prakruti is a concept in Ayurveda which refers to an individual’s unique physical and mental constitution. It is determined by the proportion of three doshas: Vata, Pitta,
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Ayurveda has an interesting concept called Vega Dharana, which warns us against the suppression of natural urges. There might be harmful consequences to our body when we suppress these urges (called Vegas in Ayurveda). In the old classic text Ashtanga Hridaya, there are around 13 Vegas that are mentioned. Before we have an urge, we
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There is a lot of confusion regarding PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease). Some people use these terms interchangeably, while others claim they are quite different from each other. Maybe it helps to think of them as being essentially the same, but different parts of a spectrum, where both share similarities and
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According to Ayurveda, the cycle of life could be divided into three stages, which can be correlated to the three bioenergetic principles: Kapha, Pitta, and Vata. They are the biological energies that govern the functioning of the body and mind of an individual, but they also act externally. This is more of a physiological division
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Ayurvedic practices for skin care focus on maintaining an overall healthy body to achieve a beautiful and glowing skin. Therefore, the best way to make sure you have a healthy and glowing skin is by practicing the three pillars of health in Ayurveda. The skin is a mirror of our inner health, that is why
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Going directly to the answer of this question, everyone should be having at least one bowel movement a day. Unless maybe you are fasting, or you have some serious disorder where having some poop in your intestines is actually beneficial to you. However, due to our modern diet, most people tend to have bowel movements
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