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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

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,...

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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...

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