What’s Your Dosha? Part One ~ Vata

Are you fiery Pitta?  A thin-boned anxious Vata? or a hard-to-get-moving-in-the-morning Kapha? Aromatherapy and essential oils can help to keep our doshas more balanced, but before we learn that, let’s take a look at what the heck a dosha is! These three doshas, Vata, Pitta, Kapha, are the categories, or body types in Ayurveda.  Much like the three body types we have in the west, the ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph, the three doshas each have their own, very unique characteristcs.  According... 

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What Is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is the ancient medicine system of India. It is said to be the world’s oldest recorded system of healing.  Ayur means ‘life’ and veda means ‘knowledge or science’ so put the two together and you have the ‘Science of Life’. I have been intrigued by Ayurveda for the past few years and have purchased numerous books on this subject as well as taken a Foundation course in it at Starseed Yoga Center.  What draws me to this science is that Ayurveda treats... 

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Meditation Is Not Just For Yogis

When I was younger and heard the word ‘meditation’, an image of an old man sitting Indian style on the floor with a long beard wearing a turban and a robe, chanting Ohhhmmmm would form in my mind. I thought only strange people did that sort of thing. This is what my conditioned mind was telling me.  It’s amazing how we learn to judge people and events we have no clue about.   I’m not really sure what lead me to meditate for the first time. It  may have been a longing... 

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