The skin is the largest organ in our body. It is not only a surface that surrounds us. It is the boundary that separates who I am from the outside world. Everything it touches, everything it touches, everything it tries to enter: it first passes through it. Our skin is a...
Ayurveda advises that we all follow a seasonal routine (Ritucharya). This routine is known throughout nature: in autumn, trees lose their leaves, and many animal species fold in on themselves. Mid-autumn and winter is the season when the Vata dosha (cold and dry) tends to increase. To maintain balance—especially in people in...
This traditional Ayurvedic tool, made from a copper-tin alloy known as Kansa, has been used for centuries for facial and body massages. In Ayurveda, Kansa is revered as "the healing metal," and its use dates back to the Vedic era. It is attributed with detoxifying, anti-inflammatory and harmonizing properties of vital...
Author: Rosa Pascual, founder and director of Jeevan Ayurveda This is not an academic book, nor a work of fiction, nor a technical treatise. It is an arti-fact: a dialogue between a conscious author and an artificial intelligence without consciousness. A way of thinking from different angles, especially those often avoided...
We live in a world that pressures women to appear young, perfect, "enhanced." We have been taught that our image is our value. And that if time leaves marks, they must be erased. They age unapologetically. We, on the other hand, seem to always be taking exams. In Jeevan Ayurveda we do...
Plants photosynthesize. That is, they capture sunlight and transform it into life. That light becomes leaves, roots, flowers, essential oils. Each plant contains, inside, the trace of the light that nourished it. When we use real plant ingredients—cold-pressed oils, pure extracts, hydrolates, resins—we are applying to the skin something that was...
The first commandment of beauty and luminosity is cleanliness Nir, in Sanskrit, means "without"; and Ama, "toxin". Nirama, toxin-free. Rice oil, castor oil, neem, pomegranate, dog rose, sage and rosemary come together in this oil with a detoxifying, regenerating, soothing, protective action on the skin and its subtle field, and energetic. It is...
In a world full of stimuli, the space we inhabit can become medicine... or noise. According to the ancient traditions of Ayurveda, Vastu Shastra, and Feng Shui, our environment is not neutral: it breathes with us, affects our mental state, and can nourish—or deplete—our inner balance What is Vastu Shastra? Vastu Shastra...
In the Vedas, stones are not just ornaments, they are expressions of cosmic energy in solid form. Each stone holds a vibration inside it that can calm, strengthen or awaken. We also believe this at Jeevan Ayurveda, and that is why we celebrate the arrival of three new jewels to...
For years we have been told that the sun is dangerous, that it causes aging, blemishes and skin cancer. And while it's true that sun exposure generates an inflammatory response in the skin, which can become a risk factor, the real problem isn't the sun itself, but unmanaged inflammation. Solar radiation,...
