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Continuing with our brief exploration of Ayurveda, in this post I’d like to focus on my favourite bit – yoga for the doshas. In previous blogs we’ve discussed each of the doshas, how they effect us and how we can keep them in balance. Hopefully you are starting to build a picture of your constitution. We can also use our yoga to keep our doshic constitution in harmony. Working with yoga and the doshas is a huge subject. In upcoming blogs I’m going to be discussing the element

Ayurveda. The elements and the doshas In the last blog I was talking about 3 doshas, kapha, pitta and vata, and some of the lifestyle choices that will knock them off balance, along with some of the signs and symptoms that a dosha is out of kilter. You may well have spotted some of your own habits, so let’s have a look now at ways to bring a dosha back into line. As always, Ayurveda seeks to prevent rather than cure. We can make particular lifestyle and dietary changes to hel

The last couple of blogs have been looking at how the ancient philosophy of Ayurveda can help us to Ayurveda. The elements and the doshas stay well. Ayurveda firmly believes that prevention is better than cure and in the last blog I talked a little bit about how to recognise our predominant dosha or constitution. Once you have this information you can then start to make food and lifestyle choices which best suit you. In this blog I’m going to note some of things that will dis

Ayurveda is certainly having a moment! I see Ayurvedic wisdom popping up in women’s magazines Ayurveda. The elements and the doshas and social media sites, and it’s mentioned regularly on beauty products, but what’s it all about? I’d like to share some of the things I have learned about this amazing system for good health in my next series of blogs. Ayurveda is a sister practice of yoga, and whilst it does have some pretty great beauty advice to share, that’s certainly not al