5 Ayurvedic Herbs for Women’s Health

5 Ayurvedic Herbs for Women’s Health

Arthava Dhatu: The female reproductive tissue In Ayurveda, the female reproductive tissue is known as arthava dhatu. Of all of the seven layers of tissue, it is the deepest, representing the final stage of tissue nutrition. The first byproduct of food nourishes the...
Sadhana, Health and the Breath of Life – Dr. Olixn Adams

Sadhana, Health and the Breath of Life – Dr. Olixn Adams

“Healing is a movement to wholeness.” In this talk, Dr. Olixn Adams, DO, explores how sadhana and health support one another, and how the breath of life moves through us as the primary healer. Drawing on osteopathic medicine, the Kriya Yoga tradition, and...
Ayurveda and the Art of Balance

Ayurveda and the Art of Balance

Ayurveda’s Definition of Health Samadosha, samagnischa samadhatumala kriyahaprasanna atmenindriya manaha svasthya ityabhidheeyate(Su.Sū.15)“The one established in Self, who has balanced doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha), agni (digestion/metabolism), and dhatus...
Pitta Dosha: The Fire of Transformation

Pitta Dosha: The Fire of Transformation

The Doshas The science of Ayurveda describes the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) as the physiological manifestations of the five elements, present in everyone and everything. From an Ayurvedic perspective, the doshas are also considered the causative factors in...
Nasya Therapy: Nourishing the Prānic Channel Within

Nasya Therapy: Nourishing the Prānic Channel Within

Coming home to ourselves is an inside job. It requires that we turn our senses and our awareness away from the outside world and focus within. One Ayurvedic therapy that is excellent at helping us to turn inward and nourish the inner pathway of prāna, is a therapy...