The Ultimate Self-Care Tool: Gratitude Journaling

Ferd Sual Daily Routines, Lifestyle, Yoga & Meditation

The Ultimate Self-Care Tool: Gratitude Journaling

Reading Time: 5 minutes You know how an hour-long yoga practice is sort of magical in how it can transform your day? Well, gratitude journaling has the same type of magic … and the power to shift your entire life. I have cultivated a gratitude practice, interwoven with my yoga practice, for more than a decade. It started for me as I was emerging …

Why is spirituality important

Ferd Sual Knowledge Center, Lifestyle

Why Is Spiritual Health Important?

Reading Time: 2 minutes If one cannot define spirit as a tangible entity, how can one define its spiritual health? Well, let us, first and foremost, take a look at what spirit is not, shall we?  Spirit is not of this physical nature we live in because it is incapable of being identified by the five primary senses. It isn’t energy either because energy …

How Is Ayurveda Connected to Veganism?

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How Is Ayurveda Connected to Veganism?

Reading Time: 7 minutes BY RUDRI PATEL written for Livekindly.co Although it’s now easy to accept veganism as a mainstream diet and lifestyle, the concept began several centuries ago in the East. Veganism and spirituality have a long, symbiotic history. Respect for animals and the earth are rooted in many Eastern religions, and the modern plant-based diets of today owe their origins to a rich cultural history …

benefits of saffron

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Benefits of Saffron and Incorporating it into your Routine

Reading Time: 3 minutes Famously the most expensive spice in the world, saffron is certainly worth its weight in gold. This illustrious, golden-red spice comes from the stigma of the saffron crocus, and it can take thousands of flowers to produce a single pound of saffron. But beyond its pricey reputation, the benefits of saffron are numerous, and it has traditionally been used as …

How to Improve Fertility with Ayurveda

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How to Improve Fertility with Ayurveda

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ayurveda and Fertility According to Ayurveda, there are four primary factors of fertility – bija (the seed), nutrition (ambu), the field (kshetra), and timing (rtu). Out of these four, bija is the most crucial. It refers to the reproductive tissues (sperms, ova, and secretions from supporting organs like the prostate glands, etc.) Ayurveda defines seven dhatus or tissue structures. The …

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Ayurveda For Skin Imbalances

Reading Time: 4 minutes Many of us have experienced the frustration of skin irritation, whether mild or severe. In this article we will talk about Ayurveda for skin. Ayurveda explains these irritations as having an imbalance in the doshas. Ayurveda is a medical system from ancient India. It is based on the idea that health comes from a balance between three doshas or body …

ultimate guide eating in-season

Kelly Driscoll Lifestyle, Recipes & DIY, Seasonal Guides

The Ultimate Autumn Guide To Eating In-Season

Reading Time: 3 minutes Summertime is abundant with fresh, flavorful in-season produce. The grocery store seems to be brimming with tempting watermelon, cucumbers, strawberries, arugula and zucchini. As the temperatures cool, you may be wondering what seasonal produce you can fill your plate with. In this article, “The Ultimate Autumn Guide To Eating In-Season” we focus on the importance of eating in-season produce. Why …

Kelly Driscoll Ayurveda & You, Doshas, Lifestyle, Vata, Vata Dosa, Yoga & Meditation

Fall Yoga to Balance Vata Dosha

Reading Time: 4 minutes Swirling leaves, animals foraging to prepare for cooler months ahead, children laughing, running, and jumping into piles of fallen leaf litter – these are the images of autumn, the most Vata time of year. In Sanskrit, the root of the word ‘Vata’ means ‘to move’. This time of year summons images that reflect this movement through principles of mobility and …

ayurveda and energy

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Ayurveda & Energy Work: A Combined Path to Healing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Achieving ultimate wellness, life-fulfillment, and happiness include healing through the multiple layers of the mind, body, and soul and this can be achieved through energy work.   Have you ever noticed that when you care for your physical body; eating and sleeping well, exercising regularly, and breathing deeply, you begin to think clearer, feel happier, become more intuitive, and make …

pacifying vata

Kelly Driscoll Ayurveda & You, Digestion, Doshas, Mood, Vata, Vata Dosa

How To Pacify Vata in the Fall Season

Reading Time: 3 minutes Fall is known as the Vata season. As the temperatures begin to cool, we see the leaves begin to dry and fall off the trees, the winds can pick up leaving us chilled and the weather itself feels erratic from cloudy to sunny within hours. We discuss how to pacify Vata in the fall season. The properties of Vata dosha …