There are many ways to meditate. Practices from all around the world offer us ways to meditate while walking, sitting, laying, standing,...

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...

Chyawanprash, also called Chyavanprash or Chavana Prash, is an ancient Ayurvedic recipe that’s over 5,000 years old. A specific blend of...

Depression is caused by losing the connection between you and your Self. For some, this loss is devastating and shows up as feelings of...

“Zoom Fatigue” is a term being used to describe the exhausted feeling one has after a video conference call. During “shelter in place” ?,...

At Santa Cruz Ayurveda, we would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to those who are fighting the CZU Lightning Complex fires...

Ayurveda is all about using food as medicine.  Strong agni (digestive fire) is indicative of a healthy digestive system. Your stool...

What are the doshas? Ayurveda states that the entire cosmos is an interdependent relationship between the five elements – Air, Earth,...

Why it is important to cleanse? The term “spring cleaning” applies to our bodies as well our minds in Ayurveda.   With the seasonal shift...

In this article we will explore seven of the core Ayurvedic spices and how they interact with our bodies and constitutions. Spices are...

The modern age of technology has seriously made sleeping a challenge for our society as a whole.  Under the system of capitalism, hard...

There are six core philosophies in Ayurveda: Sankhya (evolving consciousness), Nyaya (logic), Visheshika (physics), Mimamsa...

In Vedic philosophy, Soma is the cosmic lunar, cool, calm and rejuvenating principle that balances the Agni, the principle of light,...

As with any disease in Ayurveda, becoming overweight begins with the incorrect consumption of foods and lifestyle habits.  These choices...

In Ayurveda, food is considered medicine. Foods are categorized according to their taste, their effects on doshas (constitution), as well...

In Ayurveda, every food has its own taste (rasa), a heating or cooling energy (virya) and post digestive effect (vipaka). When two or...

When our doshas are out of balance, it can cause chaos in ourselves. Mental afflictions, disease and emotional instability are symptoms...

???? ?? ???⁣ Ama originates from improperly digested toxic particles that clog the channels in your body. Some of these channels are...

The way we digest food is the same way we digest emotions and experiences.  According to Ayurveda, the mind exists for experience and...

Every new year, we make resolutions and get excited for the new changes we want to bring into our lives, sometimes too rapidly and...