Hello, readers! It’s been several years since my last post. But I haven’t given up health, healing, on you, or this journey. You see, over those past several years I’ve been recovering from a catastrophic injury. At first, I could only lie there like one of those pill bugs I used to play with… Continue reading From here to there: the path to health
Studying Ayurveda has helped me understand the benefits of proper diet and lifestyle, but that doesn’t make me immune to the lure of delicious snacks and late nights (leading to late mornings). Ayurveda thoughtfully lays out the optimal times to eat, sleep, and exercise to maximize health and energy each day (called dinacharya). By following the flow of… Continue reading Setting a Daily Schedule, Ayurveda Style
Food can be poison or it can be medicine–it all depends on what you eat and when you eat it. The concept of incompatible food combinations in Ayurveda (called virudh aahar) took awhile for me to grasp and incorporate into my own diet. Incompatible foods are everywhere: in restaurants, on cooking shows, and even cookbooks are… Continue reading Incompatible Foods: Things That Don’t Go Together