by Eyton Shalom | Dec 12, 2015 | Green Living, Mindfulness, Pitta, Vata
Mindfulness Meditation Body Scanning One of the challenges of modern life is balancing the stress response with the relaxation response. Mindfulness Meditation Body Scanning, found in Yoga, Tai Qi, and Mindfulness Meditation (Buddha was, after all, a Yogi before...
by Eyton Shalom | Jun 24, 2015 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Spices, Vata
Smoothies for Vata Dosha–Part One A reader had this comment recently about Smoothies for Vata Dosha, after reading this article about Raw Veggies or Salad for a Vatta Dominant Person. Are Smoothies Better than Juicing for Vata Dosha? “I see that the key...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 30, 2015 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Eating with the Seasons, Kapha, Vata
Ginger Root: Universal Medicine There are no panaceas in medicine, but if there were going to be one, it would have to be the humble Ginger root. Ginger is called “Vishabhesaj” in Ayurveda, Sanskrit for “universal medicine.” That is both...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 26, 2014 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Vata
Does Ayurveda propose vegetarianism and a vegeterian diet for all? Many modern Ayuvedic physicians, especially those teaching in Europe and the West, espouse lacto-vegeterianism as the ideal diet for everyone. But is this an accurate reflection of the Ayurvedic texts...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 17, 2014 | Autumn, Ayurveda, Dosha, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Winter
A simple way to take the edge off of the cold, windy, dryness of the late Autumn early Winter Vata season is with a good Vata tea.. Why Vata Balancing Tea? To balance Vata is to reduces it. We reduce, or pacify our doshas, because their natural tendency is to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 17, 2014 | Ayurveda, Mindfulness, Vata, Winter
Let’s talk about what happens to Vata in Winter and how it relates to the qualities of the elements Air and Space, or Wind and Ether (as in etheric) that the Vata dosha is a manifestion of. Ayurveda describes the ways in which different kinds of foods,...