In Ayurveda, ginger is called vishwabheshaja, the “universal medicine”. It is also recognized as a sattvic herb, meaning it carries the vibrations of harmony, balance, and clarity. Understanding its qualities will guide you in deciding when is the best time to use it.

For this month, your movement snack is a reset practice that you can do on the floor or on a chair. We are so used to holding in our abdomen the entire day that we don't spend very much time moving our core dynamically.

In Ayurvedic cooking, spices and herbs have been used for thousands of years with incredible success. They play an essential role in nurturing our health. They make the food taste delicious. And more, they have incredible medicinal powers. Spices are what turn food into medicine.

According to Ayurveda, the five elements — ether, air, fire, water, and earth—found in all living things are the building blocks of life. The doshas are an organizing principle that help us to describe the action of the five elements within us. The concepts of the five elements and the doshas provide a foundation to understand ourselves and the world around us.

It is pitta season! It is hot. It is humid. It is feisty and its days are longer! We experience vitality and drive. We can do the most. While doing more can be great, excess doing will burn us out…literally! We will end up with burning sensations in the body, sour stomachs, and inflamed tempers. In Ayurvedic terms, we will end up with excess pitta.

Now more than ever, we need to find our inner resilience and cultivate calm, so these uneasy feelings can be reduced and released, and we can be useful to our families and community. Yoga & Ayurveda offer insights and practices that are powerful support for the body, mind, and spirit. These practices help us to stay grounded and healthy.

Yoga and Ayurveda are related healing disciplines of India. Both have their own exclusive benefits; however, they were designed to be practiced together, providing us with a complete system of wellbeing for the body, mind, and spirit.

I have been waiting and waiting and now I can finally see the hopeful signs of spring! The earth is awakening once again. The trees are coming back from hibernation, pollen is increasing, daffodils are popping up, and insects are starting to buzz... The rain makes the land soggy and muddy. The combination of moisture and dust brings a heavy quality to the earth and our body senses it is time to lighten up.

Winter is kapha season, with strong vata undertones. In the natural world everything is withdrawing -- preparing for hibernation and rest. The sky is often gray. The weather is cold and there is increased dampness due to rain or snow. There is a sense of heaviness and life in general moves more slowly.

From the Ayurvedic perspective, travelling, especially flying, increases the Vata dosha — the energy governing all movement in the body-mind. The more we move around, the more Vata qualities we bring in.

We are interested in thriving! One simple way that you can protect your well-being is to make lifestyle choices that counterbalance the potential for seasonally induced imbalances.

When you cook for yourself, you are exercising self-responsibility, and making the right choices for your health, both body and mind. Here are four tips to make cooking your own meals both manageable and fun!

Done correctly, a cleanse strengthens our power to digest everything we consume through our five senses! It can facilitate renewal and healing at multiple levels by eliminating the very toxicity that can inhibit the digestion power.

If you’re missing the gifts this season has to offer, these four lifestyle choices can help to overcome spring’s challenges while promoting optimal health, so that we can truly celebrate the earth’s awakening!

Establishing a daily routine was crucial on my path of healing. I believe we need to work on our health every day and a daily routine is a wonderful and simple way since it balances our constitution, regulates our biological clock with nature, aids digestion, absorption and assimilation, and generates self-esteem, discipline, and peace.