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Balancing Pitta dosha and the healthy way to experience anger.

It seems like the right moment to be talking about pitta imbalance, especially given that inflammation has become such a familiar...

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The synergy of herbs can give us freedom from pharmaceutical drugs

It has become quite normalised to be reliant on medications, all you need is pathology and your good to go for a life of indefinite pill...

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Massage and Grounding

To ground our selves means to express the qualities of the Earth, to express stability. Not an easy thing to do because despite our best...

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The Seven Toxicities and Ayurvedic Detoxification

In all fields of knowledge from agriculture to medicine we are discovering the interconnectedness of things and the energetics of...

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Lessons from Ayurveda

When we think of the times we are living in the threats to human health have never been so real. But it is not just our bodies that are...

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The union of Ayurveda and Yoga on the pathway to liberation of suffering

We are living through times of upheaval and transformation and it is tempting to be triggered by the lack of freedom and uncertainty that...

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The importance of massage as part of a self care routine

The idea that our life energy can be enlivened by the power of touch is not new; it can be traced back through history from the ancient...

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Getting through depression, anxiety and insomnia the Ayurvedic way

One can be forgiven for feeling a little depressed and anxious, its February, its lockdown, its as Pema Chodron often describes one of...

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Living with post viral fatigue the Ayurvedic way

Back in January 2019 I came down with flu, only this was no ordinary flu, it was a physical storm that wreaked havoc on my body for a...

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Swasthya, the Ayurvedic concept of Health

I recently watched a talk given by Kelly Brogan, author and holistic psychiatrist about the concept of community and its relationships to...