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विहार
Vihar विहार is lifestyle in sanskrit. What we do on a day to day basis creates the blueprints for a healthy life full of connection and vitality.
Here you will find guides and content that connects the ancient teachings of the Vedas to modern living.
5 Ayurvedic Tips For Menstrual Wisdom + 5 Protocols to Avoid During Menstruation
A woman's menstrual cycle is an indication of the successful formation of the life generating material that is gifted from the higher energies of her life and the moon. It is a profound purification, or cleansing of her shakti, her divine energy. Connecting to our menstrual cycle when it occurs is a way that we can blossom into the rest of our cycles with ease and grace.
5 Ways to Improve Immunity With Ayurveda
Ayurveda provides us with the tools to withstand change that unfolds around us, and carry on in the direction towards health.
10 Ayurvedic Tips to Help You Stay Cool This Summer
From an Ayurvedic perspective, Summer is governed by Pitta Dosha: the physiological energy that regulates our bodies' temperature systems, including: the hypothalamus, skin, sweat glands and blood vessels, as well as our agni (digestive fire). So, it is to these physical places within ourselves we look to protect, support and create balance this season
Know Yourself: Understanding The Doshas & Your Ayurvedic Body Type
Ayurveda recognizes that we are a part of nature, and that we are made up of the same five elements as everything around us; earth, water, fire, air and ethers. The elements combine to form the three vital energies, or doshas, that make up our bodies, our unique characteristics, and our traits.
The 6 Tastes & How They Create A Balanced Meal
In Ayurveda food is our main medicine, and the 6 tastes are the key to unlocking Nature’s pharmacy. The sanskrit word for taste is rasa and the word for six is shad, so understanding how to use the shad rasa in every meal allows you to become a more conscious chef and healer; and to understand how these tastes can affect your current state of health.
9 Powerful Meditation Mudras & How To Use Them
Mudras are powerful tools for self care and empowerment. They can be used to restore our physical, and mental health and they cultivate spiritual growth. Learn these 9 mudras for increased well being, energy, and health!
Top 14 Ayurvedic Daily Self Care Practices For Well Being
Create daily rituals that support your health and longevity. In sanskrit, the word dinacharya means to follow the knowledge of the day. What we do on a day to day basis has tremendous power. Our routines can either allow us to maintain a healthy body and mind, or if we don't have any we can let the day take us over; as we rush around, do too much, and neglect to take care of ourselves.
How Receiving Warm Herbal Oil Body Massage Can Transform Your Life
How can a ritual so luxuriously relaxing, so blissfully comforting as a full-body warm oil massage, rev up your body and mind, gearing them up for peak performance? Here’s how
Take It Easy: The Importance Of Daily Relaxation & 6 Ways To Do It
Relaxation is a state of being on the inside. To rest and relax is not a weakness. Modern scientific studies have found what Ayurveda knew to be true thousands of years ago: that various forms of relaxation can help reduce many chronic health concerns as well as restore balance and encourage a more positive sense of self..
5 Reasons To Consider An Ayurvedic Seasonal Cleanse
Ritucharya is a sanskrit word for seasonal routines; as they are an essential practice in Ayurveda, especially during the major transitory seasons like spring and fall. Incorporating diet and lifestyle practices around these times of year cultivates inner and outer vitality, health, and radiance!
10 Reasons To Make Vata Dosha Your Friend
Vata is the dosha of air and ethers elements. It is light, mobile is responsible for our movement, and facilitates most of our bodily functions. Because of vata’s mobile quality, it is also the dosha that can most easily become imbalanced. Learn how to
Meal Planning: Learn How To Use The 60/40 Ratio
Our food should carry us through our labors and our rest. Meaning we are meant to have steady, even energy throughout the day, including deep, restful sleep at night, and what we consume should contribute to just that.
Give Gluten Another Chance! Here’s Why-
The benefits to incorporating this grain into your diet are numerous. Having a mixture of healthy grains in our diet help us have better weight maintenance, healthier blood pressure levels, less gum disease and tooth loss, as well as decreased risk of chronic illness..
Benefits Of Self Oil Massage
In sanskrit the word for oil is also the same word for love, sneha. It makes this beautiful connection that when you carve out time in your day for abhyanga you are giving yourself a ritual of self-love.
Instructions for Daily Oil Massage
Daily self oil massage is a time to connect with yourself and slow down. The following instructions are suggested guidelines, but most importantly let this process be joyful and full of love.