• Ayurveda and Thyroid
  According to Ayurveda the thyroid is located in the 6th tissue level or Majjadhatu. Majja is controlled by Kapha dosha. According to Ayurveda the thyroid function is controlled by (...)
• Autistic Boy
  QUESTION: I just keep thinking about my last client and need to run something by you. He is a 5 years old mildly autistic boy. Mainly Vata constitution I think. His Mum took him out of (...)
• The Value of a Teacher
  A teacher has value if they live what they teach. A teacher has value if they know their subject from their own experience and not from a book. When choosing a teacher make sure they (...)
• Stress
  The root of stress is wrong identification. Feeling that "I am" is the root cause of stress and all other psychologically disturbances according to Ayurveda. This feeling of "I am" is (...)
• Fear of Flying and Jet lag
  Question: "Can you give me some advices to help me for my fear of planes, and disorders for Vata, please? Such as Jet lag, food, constipation, etc." Answer: The best thing is a herb (...)
• Jumping leg syndrome
  restless legs
  OUESTION: I also have a patient with restless leg, or rather jumping leg syndrome. Her doctor has her on Mirapexin a Parkinson’s treatment, this allows her to get to sleep. It is worst (...)
• Rasa means nourishment
  The Caraka Saṃhitā is considered to be the most authoritative text on Āyurveda in India. The Caraka Saṃhitā states that nourishment of the human body is derived from Rasa in the section (...)
• Secrets of Healing, Culture and Spirituality
  Traditional Ayurveda in Kerala
  This is an exceptional workshop with one of India’s greatest teachers who will share traditional secrets of Ayurveda that are not written down in any book ! In Kerala, India the (...)
• Obese children
  NEW ORLEANS – Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound (...)
• Ayurvedic Nutition
  Preface to the Revised 2010 Edition
  It is now over ten years since my agent sold this manuscript for its first publication in 2001. The resulting first edition in July 2001 was in many ways extremely disappointing, even (...)
• Ayurvedic Medicine, Spa and Wellness
  Getting ripped off by the "therapist" or spa nearest you ? Find out if they know what they are doing. read the article here that will explain everything to (...)
• Ayurveda & Communication breakdown
  Communication breakdown is a current problem. The more communication means we have the less we communicate. As we expand in technology we regress in communications. Haven’t you noticed (...)
• genetic, diet & lifestyle
  genetics, diet & lifestyle
  There are several things, first it is important to be open about fears as the act of looking at them and speaking about them reduces their power. Second, the genetic disposition of (...)
• making ghee (video)
  a video on making ghee from Alex making ghee video - click here !
• Immunity, Ayurveda and Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
  Questions concerning the Flu A – Type H1N1 How does Ayurveda view influenza in general and the subtype H1N1 specifically ? According to Ayurveda the body’s first defense against (...)
• Current issues in the world
  Normally I do not list books which I have just read but I feel everyone should read the book I just finished today - Survival+ - a book that is more a commentary on the current social (...)
• Lower back pain syndromes in Ayurveda
  The Ayurvedic view of dosha causing different forms of the same problems can be illustrated by lower back pain.
• Is Cheese OK to eat in Ayurveda ?
  Student question : What about Prakriti Satmya and cheese ? We eat cheese since we are babies, so we do have the enzymes to digest it. But we have been told by an Indian Ayurvedic (...)
• Tamas in Dravyaguna
  Student question : How about herbs, for example Valerian ? You told us to antidote it with Centella or Calamus – but is it an antidote or does it just make the the tamasic effect milder, (...)
• Rajas and Tamas
  Student question : The best way to balance Tamas and Rajas is to avoid tamasic and rajasic lifestyle ? Like trying to be sattvic in lifestyle and eat sattvic food, isn’t there an (...)

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