Ayurveda has an old line that food is the first medicine, used long before any herb or remedy. Most of your health is built quietly in the kitchen, one meal at a time. There is no single Ayurvedic menu and no list of banned foods, though. It is more a way of eating...
Of all the morning practices in Ayurveda, abhyanga is usually the one people take to first. It is a warm-oil self-massage. It takes a few minutes and asks for nothing more than some oil and your own two hands, and most people simply notice they feel steadier on the...
Ayurveda starts from the idea that no two people are quite the same, so no two paths to health are either. It explains our differences through three energies called the doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. Almost everything else in Ayurveda builds on them, which is why they...
A lot of people come to Ayurveda from the same place. Their energy is up and down, their sleep is patchy, their digestion is unpredictable, and every test still comes back normal. Modern medicine is very good in a crisis. It has much less to say about the in-between...
People often ask me where to start with Ayurveda. There is so much to read, so many doshas, so many recipes — it can feel impossible to know what matters most. So here it is, distilled. These are the small, daily things that create the conditions for vibrant health....
The single most important thing I tell women asking how to grow strong, lustrous hair is this: it begins inside the body, long before any oil or shampoo touches the head. In Ayurveda, hair is considered a by-product of asthi dhatu — bone tissue. The state of your...
