How to Meditate
There are many ways to meditate. Practices from all around the world offer us ways to meditate while walking, sitting, laying, standing,...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Super(new) Moon in Chitra, the Star of Opportunity
On October 16th 2020 at 3:30 PDT, we will experience the closest moon of the year, a super(new)moon, as the moon joins our Sun by degree...
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 5 min
Chyawanprash, Vitality in a Jar
Chyawanprash, also called Chyavanprash or Chavana Prash, is an ancient Ayurvedic recipe that’s over 5,000 years old. A specific blend of...
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- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
Understanding Depression Through Ayurveda
Depression is caused by losing the connection between you and your Self. For some, this loss is devastating and shows up as feelings of...
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- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Zoom Fatigue
“Zoom Fatigue” is a term being used to describe the exhausted feeling one has after a video conference call. During “shelter in place” ?,...
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- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
Respiratory Health
At Santa Cruz Ayurveda, we would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to those who are fighting the CZU Lightning Complex fires...
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- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
Healthy Elimination
Ayurveda is all about using food as medicine. Strong agni (digestive fire) is indicative of a healthy digestive system. Your stool...
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- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
Balancing the Doshas
What are the doshas? Ayurveda states that the entire cosmos is an interdependent relationship between the five elements – Air, Earth,...
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- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Beginners Spring Cleanse
Why it is important to cleanse? The term “spring cleaning” applies to our bodies as well our minds in Ayurveda. With the seasonal shift...
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- Mar 4, 2020
- 4 min
Ayurvedic Spice Health
In this article we will explore seven of the core Ayurvedic spices and how they interact with our bodies and constitutions. Spices are...
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- Feb 26, 2020
- 4 min
Ayurveda and Sleep Imbalances
The modern age of technology has seriously made sleeping a challenge for our society as a whole. Under the system of capitalism, hard...
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- Feb 19, 2020
- 4 min
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
There are six core philosophies in Ayurveda: Sankhya (evolving consciousness), Nyaya (logic), Visheshika (physics), Mimamsa...
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- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
Soma
In Vedic philosophy, Soma is the cosmic lunar, cool, calm and rejuvenating principle that balances the Agni, the principle of light,...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 4 min
An Ayurvedic Perspective on Weight
As with any disease in Ayurveda, becoming overweight begins with the incorrect consumption of foods and lifestyle habits. These choices...
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- Feb 10, 2020
- 4 min
Ayurvedic Facts About Rice
In Ayurveda, food is considered medicine. Foods are categorized according to their taste, their effects on doshas (constitution), as well...
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- Feb 10, 2020
- 2 min
Basic Food Combining In Ayurveda
In Ayurveda, every food has its own taste (rasa), a heating or cooling energy (virya) and post digestive effect (vipaka). When two or...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
Aromatherapy in Ayurveda
When our doshas are out of balance, it can cause chaos in ourselves. Mental afflictions, disease and emotional instability are symptoms...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 5 min
The Concept of “Ama” in Ayurveda
???? ?? ??? Ama originates from improperly digested toxic particles that clog the channels in your body. Some of these channels are...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Mental Digestion Process in Ayurveda
The way we digest food is the same way we digest emotions and experiences. According to Ayurveda, the mind exists for experience and...
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- Jan 16, 2020
- 3 min
The Three Stages of Mental Healing
Every new year, we make resolutions and get excited for the new changes we want to bring into our lives, sometimes too rapidly and...
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