Quick answerThere is no single Ayurvedic menu and no list of banned foods. The Ayurvedic diet starts with agni, your digestive fire, on the principle that what you can digest matters as much as what you eat, then fits the six tastes and your own dosha to you. Spices...
Quick answerAbhyanga is a warm-oil self-massage of the whole body, done before you bathe. It takes a few minutes and asks for nothing more than some oil and your own two hands. Of all the morning practices in Ayurveda it is usually the one people take to first, and...
Quick answerAyurveda explains human difference through three energies called doshas: vata, made of air and space; pitta, of fire and water; and kapha, of earth and water. Your constitution, prakriti, stays the same for life. What changes with season, food, age and...
Quick answerAn Ayurvedic lifestyle coach, also called a lifestyle consultant, is an educator and guide, not a doctor. The work is teaching daily routine, food, seasonal adjustment and self-care inside a non-clinical remit, in the gap before anything has actually gone...
Quick answerIf you are starting Ayurveda and do not know where to begin, six things carry most of the weight: protect your digestion, agni, before anything else; sleep, and sleep at the right times; move your body in a way that suits your constitution; manage stress...
Quick answerStrong hair begins inside the body, long before any oil or shampoo touches your head. In Ayurveda, hair is a by-product of asthi dhatu, the bone tissue, so the state of your bones determines the state of your hair. Treat the bones through the foods that...
