Seasonal

By Organic India USA As we enter springtime, we encounter allergies that seem to follow the blossoming of nature. While over-the-counter medications are made to quell symptoms and suppress the body’s natural responses to allergens, Ayurveda has an altogether different approach based on time-tested holistic practices. Simply stated, Ayurvedic healers regard allergies as imbalances and [...] Continue Reading

Winter is well and truly here! Let’s keep ourselves vibrant and glowing inside and out by filling our Winter diet with some fortifying ‘superfoods’. Superfoods are known as foods that deliver an abundance of vitamins and minerals and are full of antioxidant powers. They can also support your health in numerous ways including promoting healthy [...] Continue Reading

By Organic India USA Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest surviving healthcare systems, and is based on the “dosha” system — three types of universal energies that are applied to the human body and mind, as well as the natural world; even the weather. The doshas include Kapha, Pitta, and Vata, and as we [...] Continue Reading

Spring is the time of birth and regeneration, characterised by optimism and opportunity. It is a time of growth, so very evident as we see all the plants and flowers coming into bloom, and wildlife awakening from the winter slumber. On the flip side Spring also brings an abundance of pollen, and allergies or sinus [...] Continue Reading

How have you been coping throughout our COVID Autumn? I was doing pretty well but must admit the effects of the rather sudden cool shift in weather here in Northern NSW have certainly made an impact!  It was a good reminder that if you haven’t already been looking after your immune system and general wellbeing, [...] Continue Reading

Naturally, we acknowledged that nobody likes to catch a cold or come down with the flu. Ugh! It’s so uncomfortable. Not to mention inconvenient! This is the point at which my inner naturopath needs to speak… IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO CATCH A COLD, or even the flu. A common cold, lasting 3-4 days, [...] Continue Reading

There is a simple yet fundamental Ayurvedic principle that ‘like increases like’. This basically means that the qualities we experience in our environment, our food and via our other senses are increased or reflected in our body and mind. For example, during Winter, our environment becomes colder, damper, heavier, and perhaps slower. The days become [...] Continue Reading

During Summer our environment becomes hotter, dryer and lighter, the days become longer and we enjoy more activity during daylight hours.  Given the fundamental Ayurvedic principle of ‘like increases like’, the corresponding effect of Summer on our bodies is that we can feel hot, sweaty, dehydrated, even ‘hot-headed’ e.g. more easily frustrated, angry, agitated or [...] Continue Reading

Ayurvedic Practitioners often describe the transition from Winter to Spring as the most important transition of the year. Here is a little description of why… While Winter was a time of year when our environment became colder, damper, heavier and our days shorter, Spring is a time of new beginnings, beautiful renewal and growth. In [...] Continue Reading

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not taste adversity, than prosperity would not be so welcome.”

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