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Ayurveda Basics
Understand doshas, digestion and daily rhythm.
Daily Routine
Build a realistic dinacharya one step at a time.
Herbs & Spices
Learn the kitchen ingredients used in Ayurvedic cooking.
Women’s Wellness
Explore cycles, beauty, nourishment and gentle self-care.
Yoga & Meditation
Steady the body, breath and mind.
Fennel
Fennel seed is often the first Ayurvedic herb someone meets after a meal. Cooling, gentle and aromatic, it is traditionally used in Ayurvedic cooking to support a light and comfortable post-meal feeling.
Rise Before Sunrise
The first recommendation in any Ayurvedic daily routine is the simplest and the hardest: rise before the sun. For a healthy adult, this means waking before 6am, ideally during the period the Vedas call brahma-muhurta — the most auspicious 48 minutes of the day,...
Dinacharya
In the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.10, Srila Prabhupada explains how irregular habits, overeating, excessive sense gratification and an artificial standard of living sap our vitality and shorten the duration of our life. A healthy body and mind, he writes, are...