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Vedic wisdom for daily life

Free guidance on Ayurveda, daily routine, herbs, women's wellbeing, Yoga and Bhakti, written to help you bring this knowledge into an ordinary week.

Rise Before Sunrise

Quick answerAyurveda asks a healthy adult to wake before 6am, ideally inside brahma muhurta, the 48 minute window that begins 96 minutes before sunrise. Most people need seven to eight hours of sleep to do that well, which puts bedtime between 9pm and 10pm for a 5am...

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Dinacharya

Quick answerDinacharya is the Ayurvedic daily routine, a fixed sequence of practices that anchors your day to the body's natural cycles. You do not need all fourteen practices. Most long-term practitioners settle at eight or nine, and the four that carry the most...

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