Personal Rituals

Personal Rituals are a very individual thing. You may not realize it, but you have your own personal rituals already. From your routine in the morning, to the order in which you do things when going to bed at night, personal rituals are already a part of your life.
The trick is, to change those rituals [...]

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Dosha Diets (Part 1 – Vata)

Generally speaking, it is important for all doshas to allow time for each meal. To sit at a table, chew food thoroughly, and relax to allow for good digestion.
While this is obviously not typical of the American lifestyle, the more you can do to achieve this, the better off you’ll be.
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Vata doshas: here are [...]

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A beautiful head of hair

I don’t know about you, but every Indian woman I’ve ever seen has an incredibly beautiful head of hair. It’s always thick and full whether it’s gray or not.
Ayurvedic hair treatments can go a long way towards helping anyone achieve a nice head of hair. While us westerners do everything possible to get the oil [...]

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Benefits of tea

 
There’s nothing like a good cup of joe…… unless you’re talking about a good cup of tea! I don’t know what it is about tea, but it can be so comforting. It always reminds me to slow down and take a moment to relfect. It makes me feel like I’m caring for myself  in a [...]

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Ayurvedic view of vegetarianism

 
Although many associate the Indian culture with being vegetarian, Ayurveda itself is not vegetarian as a whole. It does promote being vegetarian, however.
Ayurveda is first and foremost a method of healing. If your health will benefit from eating meat, then meat is what Ayurveda will prescribe within your doshic diet. However, vegetarianism is promoted for ease of [...]

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Eating times for the different Doshas

 While we should all eat three meals a day, Ayurveda teaches that different doshas should eat their largest meals at different times of day.
 Want to know what time you should eat your largest meal?
First, find out what your dosha is. Once you know that, follow this simple guide.
Vata – Between 2am and 6am, or between [...]

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Ayurvedic Beauty

 
The concept of Ayurvedic beauty is a simple one. Eat correctly, get enough sleep, exercise and use natural products. You can’t help but look your best!
But what if you want a little something extra?
Here are a few of my favorite tips I found in various Ayurvedic resources online.
This information is in no way intended as [...]

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The Doshas (Part 3 – Pitta)

 
In part one, I covered the Kapha dosha.  In part two, I covered the Vata dosha. In part three, we’ll talk about the Pitta dosha. (see: what dosha’s are for further explanation) For a quiz to help you figure out what your dosha is, visit us at www.personalalchemy.com/dosha_quiz.html.
Here is a simplified overview of the Pitta dosha.
Element: Fire [...]

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The Doshas (Part 1 – Kapha)

 
So we covered what dosha’s are, now lets look at each dosha! Knowing your dosha can help start you down the path to balance in body, mind and spirit. For a great dosha quiz to help you figure out what your dosha is, visit www.whatsyourdosha.com.
Being a Kapha dosha myself, I thought I would start there [...]

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Personal Rituals

In this world of constant change, we frequently lose touch with our dreams, our hopes, and our desires. In order to keep up with the constant change, our focus becomes external. Our quest for happiness is reduced to an outward quest. A search for more of everything. As we amass more, we feel fragmented unable [...]

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