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Happy Holidays and Happy Digestion: The Secrets of the Second BrainBy Mark Toomey, PhD, Director of Ayurvedic Programs at The Raj Maharishi Ayurveda Health Spa, Fairfield, Iowa The holiday season starts with Thanksgiving and sails through to the New Year. It is a time of celebration with family and friends. It is also a time of eating and preparing sumptuous, delicious treats. It can also be emotionally and physically stressful. Extra demands are placed on our time and emotions. With the gathering of our dearest and not-so-dearest relatives, extra demands are placed on our hearts. The season to be jolly can be a time of increasing stress from the shopping, social commitments, expenditures, card-sending, decorating, cooking, planning, gatherings, and the small amount of time to manufacture these miracles. Holiday bliss becomes holiday stress.
My Vedic KitchenBy Chef Mosa, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center, Lancaster An Ayurvedic Thankgiving Feast Featuring:
Of all the great insights and principles of Ayurveda, one of our all-time favorites is that health is sustained from the kitchen.
Ten Tips to Avert Ama Build-Up Over the HolidaysAma, the toxic waste-product of digestion, can accumulate any time of the year. However during the holidays it is more prevalent because we tend to overeat, consume a lot of sweets, and eat at irregular times. Ama blocks the subtle pathways of the body and weakens the immune system. If you experience stiffness in your joints, constipation, cold, flu or weight gain, ama is the most likely culprit. Fortunately, ayurveda has a very
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