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Prevent colds and flu with Ayurvedic herbal remedies

By |2018-01-23T19:05:59+00:00December 22nd, 2014|Autumn, Detox, Digestion, Kapha, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Spring, Vata, Winter|

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Get ready for Autumn with Panchakarma

By |2017-09-05T13:50:32+01:00October 1st, 2014|Autumn, Detox, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre, Natural cycles|

The transition from summer to autumn involves a huge change, in the weather and its influence on our body, and can have a significant effect on your health. The internal fire and heat of Pitta Dosha accumulates in your body over the summer and is at its maximum as autumn begins, Pitta dosha (fire/heat), and the cool and windy qualities of Vata dosha also come into play. This is a time when Pitta disorders, particularly skin disorders, [...]

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June: the beginning of the Pitta Season

By |2017-09-05T13:50:32+01:00June 5th, 2014|Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles, Summer|

Now we have reached the Pitta season, and the enjoyment of hot lovely weather means that Pitta, the fire element, is coming stronger in our minds and bodies. So it’s relevant and appropriate to think of how to balance Pitta in the summer. There are two real fundamental things that balance Pitta: one is food and the other is fun, because what soothes pitta is to chill out and to enjoy. Pitta is [...]

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Music to create peace, success, compassion, harmony and joy

By |2017-09-05T13:50:33+01:00May 29th, 2014|Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Music, Natural cycles|

Gandharva Veda music is said to be the eternal music of nature. In other words, they are the rhythms and melodies of nature expressed as music. Listen to these samples Melody for Peace and Tranquillity. Late Night Melody played 1am-4am - Raga Lalita [fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Melody for Compassion. Sunrise Melody played at 4-7am [...]

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Ayurvedic Popcorn to help balance springtime Kapha

By |2017-09-05T13:50:33+01:00May 2nd, 2014|Food, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles, Spring|

When you crave the crunchy feeling, that foods such as popcorn can give you, your body is signalling a need to balance Kapha Dosha. Celery, parsley, raw apples and popcorn all having a crunchy quality. But they also have a good deal of astringency in their taste. The roughening crunchy quality and the drying astringent taste of popcorn helps balance the unctuousness and wetness of Kapha Dosha, that can accumulate [...]

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Seven ways to boost digestion as Spring moves into Summer

By |2017-09-05T13:50:33+01:00April 25th, 2014|Food, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles|

Now that warmer weather is on its way, you may find that your digestive fire decreases. To balance the increasing heat that affects us, as spring moves into summer, the body pushes our inner heat sources (mostly found in our digestive areas) out to the body's surface. This heat then dissipates in the form of moisture and sweat. The consequence is that we cool down. Another consequence is that we [...]

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Calm and warm yourself with some Vata Chai

By |2017-09-05T13:50:33+01:00March 14th, 2014|Autumn, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Recipes, Winter|

Chai is a warm and soothing beverage, usually made with spices, herbs and milk. In Ayurveda chai is considered a rasayana, a beverage or herbal concoction that strengthens the whole physiology. In present day India chai is made using black tea, which is a useful stimulant if you have a sluggish physiology.  Yet, if your Vata has been put out of balance by cold weather,  the caffeine contained in black tea [...]

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Panchakarma Winter Special Offers from the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre

By |2017-09-05T13:50:34+01:00November 20th, 2013|Detox, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Winter|

“As the weather cools, the wind blows and the nights draw in, the cold, dry, moving properties of Vata Dosha increase. What can we do to balance Vata? “Having the opposite qualities to cold and dry, oils are very balancing for Vata, whose principle seat is in our colon. “With its hot flowing oils, its heat and steam treatments and its gently detoxing and nourishing enemas, Panchakarma is recommended by [...]

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Ayurveda on Coughs, Colds and Fevers

By |2018-01-23T19:12:40+00:00November 19th, 2013|Detox, Digestion, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Winter|

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Tips for the Vata season

By |2017-11-13T14:15:25+00:00November 3rd, 2013|Natural cycles, Winter|

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Coming up to October and change is in the air

By |2017-11-13T13:55:08+00:00September 23rd, 2013|Autumn, Natural cycles|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] Autumn is the season when dry, cold, and sometimes windy weather predominates. Inside your body, Vata, the Dosha that also has dry, cold and moving qualities, tends to increase. At this time of year Pitta, the Dosha that regulates heat and digestion, and Kapha, the [...]

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Why did Dinner become Lunch and Tea become Dinner?

By |2017-11-13T13:51:18+00:00September 17th, 2013|Digestion, Natural cycles|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] Ayurveda says our main meal should be at midday and our evening meal should be light. This is because our digestion is naturally high in the middle of the day and slows down, in preparation for sleep, during the evening. So why have [...]

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Are you in sync with the rhythm of the morning?

By |2017-09-05T13:50:34+01:00August 22nd, 2013|Natural cycles|

Most ancient cultures had the idea that the natural world, and even the planets floating around the heavens, existed in a state of harmony. Plato referred to the ‘music of the spheres’ and taught that, “rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful.” If all the different [...]

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Hot Tips

By |2017-09-05T13:50:36+01:00August 5th, 2013|Natural cycles, Summer|

Well, it’s now officially been the longest spell of hot weather in the UK for seven years. And although everyone is now sandbagging their homes against the floods that we are assured will follow, no doubt accompanied by plagues of locusts and so forth, it’s worth remembering: We’re still in the Pitta season. And the Met Office have announced that “summer is not over yet” (so it must be true). [...]

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Tips to keep skin cool and radiant this summer

By |2017-09-05T13:50:36+01:00July 14th, 2013|Natural cycles|

Increased heat in summer can bring an imbalance of pitta, the dosha that governs hormones, digestion and other metabolic processes, causing summer breakouts and rashes. Recipe 1 Boil two quarts of water for two minutes Take it off the heat and add ¼ teaspoon fennel seed, 2 rose buds, and 1 clove Add to a thermos flask and drink at room temperature Recipe 2 Skin-Nourishing Spice Mixture: 3 parts turmeric [...]

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Ayurveda and is it good to eat a vindaloo on a hot day?

By |2017-09-05T13:50:36+01:00July 9th, 2013|Natural cycles|

The above question came to me the other day while driving with a friend around South Manchester, looking for a venue to hold an Ayurvedic cooking course. We passed by quite a few curry houses and I was tempted by the delicious smell of fried spices. It was a hot day though and I knew that after the curry I would feel uncomfortably hot. So I postponed my curry feast [...]

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Ayurvedic tips on the best way to start the day

By |2017-09-05T13:50:36+01:00June 16th, 2013|Natural cycles|

Our lives are surrounded by routines. Some routines we create for ourselves, such as going for a run or doing some exercise each morning. Some routines are driven by nature, such as going to bed when it gets dark and putting on warm cloths in the winter. […]

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