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Ayurveda and Yoga: Balancing the Vata Dosha during the Holiday Season

Ayurveda and Yoga: Balancing the Vata Dosha during the Holiday Season

by guest bloggers Jeff Perlman and Holly Walck   This time of year is cold and busy. The temperatures plummet across most of the country, and the holiday season has us on the run, trying to accomplish even more than usual. It’s the perfect storm for an imbalance of the vata dosha in the body and […]

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Staying Cool, Calm and Collected: Balancing the Pitta Dosha

Staying Cool, Calm and Collected: Balancing the Pitta Dosha

by guest bloggers Jeff Perlman and Holly Walck Kostura Ayurveda reveals to us that there are seasons each year defined by the three doshas: vata (fall and early winter), kapha (winter and early spring), and pitta (late spring and summer). Each dosha goes through three stages each year with the changes of the seasons, temperature, […]

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Ayurveda and Yoga for Kapha Season

Ayurveda and Yoga for Kapha Season

by guest bloggers Jeff Perlman and Holly Walck Part I of our Ayurveda & Yoga Series The three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) are combinations of the five great elements in our universe. The elements are further understood by the qualities of nature that surround us, such as hot and cold, wet and dry, heavy […]

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Ayurveda: A Path to Wholeness

Ayurveda: A Path to Wholeness

by guest bloggers Jeff Perlman and Holly Walck “When something happens, I am not thrown off course, and when nothing happens, I do not lose my way.” —Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life Ayurveda (“the knowledge of life”) originated in India more than 5,000 years ago, and is a natural healthcare system that looks to […]

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