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Every morning when you wake up, take a look at your tongue. If you have a tongue scraper, scrape it a few times to get the night time slop off of it. After that, look again. If it is pink you are doing great! Our entire digestive system is reflected on the tongue. It’s the [...]

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How much you actually listen when someone talks to you? I mean really listen. Like listening without thinking about what you are going to say next, or without thinking about a similar experience you had, or without handing over your advice. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation where there were 3 people talking at [...]

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Ok this is brill and I know you will love it. Last night at the movies I had to pee so bad, but I held it. And held it. And I thought I was going to die. Dumb. It reminded me of my most favorite Ayurvedic principles, “Do not resist your urges.” I can’t stress [...]

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Ok, we don’t normally tend to overeat fruits or veggies, do we? But quite often we mindlessly grab salty snacks and sweet candies just because they are hanging out (like at the office), regardless of hunger. Then as we’re all jacked up on sugar, we might get jittery, extra chatty, feel restless and lose our [...]

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Hey! It’s no new news that social networking is all the rage. Seems like every time I turn around, there is another article or story on it’s fantastic explosion into our little worlds. I was thinking about why these networks are such a huge success and one main thing came to mind. Loneliess. A starvation [...]

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Are you stressed? How much do you have? Where does it live in your body? Stress factors can be physical, psychological, or spiritual according to Ayurveda, but the question is, “Is stress real?” Or do we create it through our interpretation and perception of the events around us? Think about it. There is a woman [...]

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My new favorite book is Absolute Beauty by Pratima Raichur. I love it sooho much! Below is an excerpt from the book, about emotional issues linking to physical imbalances. I keep reading over and over because it makes total sense! And now I want to discover all sorts of emotional correlations with physical ailments…totally fascinating. [...]

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Spring is a natural time to cleanse our our bodies, our homes, our minds, but don’t forget about emotions. Stale, negative emotions can lodge themselves in our psyche, which lodges them in our subtle channels, which then lodges them in our bodies! Everything is connected. By negative, I mean emotions like envy, worry, jealousy, fear, [...]

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Ok. I cannot help but see the effects of what’s going on in our economy (I’m sorry if this seems a bit angry, but Ayurveda says, “do not resist your urges”). I work in creative staffing and damn if I don’t see several people a day that who are absolutely talented and skilled in everyway [...]

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Oh my. There are few things worse than a migraine. If you have had them, you know they are excruciatingly painful. And really, your body is incapacitating you on purpose because it cannot handle any more. I was at a seminar taught by Dr. Lad in October; this is what I have in my notes: [...]

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I was doing some studies tonight and this is a great little excerpt from Dr. Vasant Lad’s book, The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies.

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(In case you’ve missed them: Nutrition1 and Nutrition 2) The body’s internal digestive fire is called our agni. When agni funtions properly, whatever we have eaten gets digested and absorbed by the body. Then the body eliminates waste. Pretty simple. However, when doshas are imbalanced due to lifestyle, diet, negative emotions, etc., agni becomes weakened [...]

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♫ I talk to many people each day who are full of worry (I am a recruiter for creatives/designers) about their recent lay off and/or finding a new job. Due to the economic climate (I REFUSE to say recession. We create our own recession just by letting that neggy energy creep in and I refuse [...]

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When tears flow from the inside corners of our eyes, those come from a bitter place. Those tears are usually when we are angry or maybe resentful. When tears flow from the outside corners of our eyes, those have more sweetness and are because of compassion, joy or grief.

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Dude. This weekend I found out that thyroid problems are caused by suppressed emotions! Arrrrgg! I’ve had hypothyroidism since I was 14ish and I know a ton of other woman who have it too. I always wondered what caused it and why it was so common. Now I know. The thyroid is the 5th chakra [...]

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