Stay inspired with useful tips that can help you maintain a healthy Ayurvedic lifestyle all year round. The goal of The Raj Blog is to make the knowledge of Ayurveda simple and easy for you to understand and to integrate into your daily life. While Ayurveda is indeed an ancient science, its wisdom is timeless and it is a valuable resource for creating balance in our modern lives.
If you are familiar with Ayurveda, you are familiar with the concept that everything in life — including our bodies, the food that we eat, and the environment around us — is composed of the three “doshas”; Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These qualities, or principles of nature, each have their own fundamental traits and we’re…
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The New Year is approaching and it’s time for that yearly commitment to better life choices. I like the “fresh start” approach to the new year. I start my year booking a week of Ayurveda detoxification treatments, known as Panchakarma, and picking one New Year’s resolution. The treatments remove imbalances that trigger food cravings and…
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Ayurveda has several recommendations for improving your overall health by prioritizing your bedtime. While Ayurvedic sleep wisdom is often briefly discussed, we believe that a comprehensive understanding can unlock profound benefits for your overall well-being. Here are four aspects of Ayurvedic sleep wisdom that can help you achieve a healthy mind and body. Set a…
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Driving through your neighborhood these days, you may notice people preparing their homes and yards for winter. This alertness to preparing for the change of seasons also needs to extend to our own physiologies. As we head into the fall season, it is very important to start taking measures to pacify Vata dosha. Vata controls…
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November is the time of year when many are beginning to make travel plans, whether it is for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, or simply planning a January escape from snow and cold weather. Traveling during the late fall and winter has its challenges. When we travel at any time of the year, Vata dosha can…
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It is not uncommon for parents of toddlers to stress over getting their children into top pre-schools so that they will have the best possible start in life. But, according to Ayurveda, getting the best start for your child should begin months before the child is even conceived. And while many mothers-to-be have started to…
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Psoriasis is a complex disorder involving both the skin and the joints, which are governed by Pitta and Vata, respectively. While only an Ayurvedic pulse assessment can uncover an individual’s specific situation, imbalances of both Pitta and Vata are usually involved with psoriasis. The end of summer and beginning of fall can be a time…
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You can eat right, exercise regularly, take vitamins and herbal supplements, even meditate to get rid of stress—but in our modern industrial age, this still may not be enough to stay healthy. More and more, research suggests that reducing environmental toxins is a necessity. Hazardous industrial chemicals absorbed by the body have been linked to…
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that affects an estimated 10 million people, mostly women, in the United States alone. It is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, concentration issues, fatigue, sleep problems and mood swings. The severity of the symptoms varies from person to person. The problem is not that people who suffer from fibromyalgia are more…
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In recent years, modern science has come up with the term “bioenhancer”. This refers to”newly” discovered compounds that are supposed to mark a “new chapter in medical science.” What is a bioenhancer? By definition, bioenhances are substances that increase the “bioavailability and bioefficacy” of other substances. Peririne, (a compound naturally occurring in black pepper) along…
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