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I visited one of my favorite boutiques in downtown Nevada City yesterday. The woman behind the counter saw me and said “Oh! You do that… stuff, right?” She made a kind of all encompassing gesture with her hand. “You mean Ayurveda?” I said. That’s what she meant. She went on to share that she’d been feeling an awful pressure between her eyes lately. It …
From an Ayurvedic Perspective, weathering cold weather boils down to offsetting the Cold, Dry, Mobile and Constricting qualities of winter. Grounding, nourishing, warming and expanding substances and activities help us to feel balanced, be vital, and strengthen immunity when we need it the most. We offer you 3 powerful Ayurvedic Self-Care tips for your fall/winter wellbeing. Make an experiment. Try each one just once and see for …
The word “Shirodhara” (sheer-oh-DAR-a) means “head flowing” in Ayurveda’s Sanskrit language of origin. It is a deeply relaxing therapy that effects the body, mind and spirit in a profoundly healing way. A stream of warm oil is poured over the forehead and scalp, then is settled at a point at the middle of the brow (the third eye) for a duration …
By ANDREA PETERSEN Scientists are studying massage in healthy people. In a small study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine last month, a 10-minute massage promoted muscle recovery after exercise. In the study, 11 young men exercised to exhaustion and then received a massage in one leg. Muscle biopsies were taken in both quad muscles before exercise, after the …
