Inner peace, outer beauty

As you study Ayurveda in depth, you realise that nutrition, medicine and beauty overlap, constituting a whole. The foods of a healthy diet, which prevents disease, are the same ingredients of healthy cosmetics. In this holistic system, body and mind are considered as parts of the same whole. Treatments act simultaneously on the outside and the inside. Herbal teas are taken to tone and balance the body, added to bath water, and used to tone the skin. Seasonings for food become essential ingredients for skin beauty treatments.

Ayurveda is a return to nature and, essentially, a return to ourselves. What happens on the inside is reflected on the outside. A luminous heart makes the eyes shine. And nothing compares to the beauty of luminous eyes. So before you cleanse your skin, look in the mirror and look for signs of negative feelings, such as worry, jealousy, or anger, and if you see them, soften your face and mind. Sometimes just softening your expression magically brightens and softens the heart as well.

Then begin your outer beauty ritual by cleansing your skin.