Updated September 22, 2023. Originally posted January 2018. Have you noticed the hacking and coughing yet? While around the world we may have attempted to “flatten the curve” with the COVID-19 mandates in 2020 and 2021, an unintended consequence may…
Connect the dots: Oral bacteria and gut inflammation, the role of Ayurvedic oral hygiene and probiotic supplementation in health
A recent report by IM Practitioner – Insights into Integrative Medicine highlights the role of oral bacteria in gut health. Researchers Professor Hattori and Professor Kenya Honda of Keio University School of Medicine in Japan found that when the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae…
Skin care – your daily habits (dinacharya) have a big impact
Daily self care and how you tailor that care by observing your skin’s needs is an important aspect of Ayurvedic dinacharya. While Ayurvedic skin care is not mentioned by name here, adjusting the products you use to your skin’s temperament…
Sleep is a pillar of health!
Sleep is a pillar of health! The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine reveals the precise mechanisms governing circadian sleep/wake cycles and the direct impact of the light of the sun. These modern understandings confirm the Ayurvedic teachings about…
Caution with Rx Sleep Aids
CAUTION: ALL Rx sleep aids have side effect and withdrawal complications. Sleep is an overall indicator of health according to Ayurveda. Learn healthy habits for your unique constitution by booking a consultation today. Our clients have experienced incredible benefit with…
the definition of health
This is the definition of health that guides the practice of Ayurveda. This sloka or Sanskrit verse from the Ayurvedic text Susruta Samhita Sutrasthana states that health arises from: A balanced relationship of the doshas or energies within the body…
Melanoma incidence and mortality rates on the rise
In 2002, not long after her first child’s birth, Heather’s father was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. She watched as her dad fought cancer with cutting edge technology, surgery, and interleukin immunotherapy. Her father’s battle, and battle it was, lasted three…
nature heals
NATURE HEALS … We thrive in nature and feel better and healthier when we rely on whole food and herbs in order to help bring in the elements of nature into our daily lives. Interestingly, Japan did a study on…
breast self-exam because no one knows your body as well as you
Breast self-exam may be as effective at detecting early breast cancer as mammography, with ZERO side effect (and no radiation exposure). Heather recommends performing your self-exam during daily abhyanga (Ayurveda oil massage). #nooneknowsyourbodyaswellasyou #healthcare #empowerment Read A Fresh Case for Breast…
the dark side of fitness
Ayurveda recommends moving your body daily, walking after meals, and increasing the intensity of exercise as needed according to body type (kapha) and season (spring). In yoga class you may hear the queue to work out to 80% capacity. Why?…