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This is the final blog in a four-part series to explore the Ayurvedic view of drinking, and the qualities of common beverages. The first post considered just how much fluid we each need each day. The second took an in-de...

Prior to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before tea and coffee became widely available, common beverage options ranged from water, to milk, to beer, to wine, to distilled liquor! The introduction of tea and cof...

To continue our Ayurvedic exploration of drinking, let's have an in-depth look at water. A��yurveda acknowledges the attributes of many sources and types of water���rain water, well water, pond water, lake water, river wate...

Our daily fluid requirements are not a one-size-fits-all proposition. From an Ayurvedic perspective, fluid intakes should vary according to natal constitution (dosha prakriti), dosha imbalance, diet, physical activity, t...

Early humans ate grains, but locally, seasonally, and not too many.

Right now our ideas of self are largely (if not wholly) based on data from outside sources. Modern systems of health and education hand ���knowing��� to science and specialists. We can gather mountains of information, yet do...

In the human body kapha dosha can be thought of as the intelligent principle that manages the elements of water and earth, cohering them to become structures and forms. The heavy, slow, cool, dense, slimy qualities of ka...

In the human body ��yurveda sees pitta dosha allied with the elements of fire and water; the only dosha with fire in its mix. These elements afford pitta its qualities of slight oiliness, sharpness/penetration, heat, ligh...

In the physical body, va��ta dosha is the intelligent cosmic force that manages the elements of air and ether. Together, these two elements give v��ta their combined qualities of dryness, lightness, coldness, subtlety, rou...

In the physical body, va��ta dosha is the intelligent cosmic force that manages the elements of air and ether. Together, these two elements give v��ta their combined qualities of dryness, lightness, coldness, subtlety, rou...