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Morning Harmony

In the last blog post, I wrote about the Sattvic time before dawn and the benefits of accessing this for progressing with Yoga practice. In this article, I’d like to explain the Ayurvedic perspective on the pre-dawn time and the healthy balance of activity and sleep. The elements in our body and in the world [...]

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Staying Well With Ayurveda

Ayurveda has a wonderful array of medical treatments and Ayurvedic Doctors and hospitals can deliver these treatments. The other aspect of Ayurveda that is worth our attention is the field of prevention. Ayurveda divides the process of disease into six stages. This is called samprapti in Ayurveda. The first stage of imbalance has symptoms that [...]

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Immune Health

Our personal immunity is dependent on three factors. We have an inherited reserve, an aquired reserve and the third factor is the quality of digestion. Our personal reserve is regarded as an essence, known in Ayurveda as ojas. Our inherited reserve is given at birth so we can not alter that. We can work on [...]

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