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...
Morning self-massage works because it calms the body's two major systems: the nervous and the endocrine. If we massage our body with a thin film of oil suitable for our constitution (Vata, for dry skin; Pitta, for sensitive skin; and Kapha, for oily skin), the skin is nourished, soft and in...
Consciously dedicating a few minutes to caring for your skin each day and turning it into a ritual will transform this everyday activity into a meaningful act and even a therapeutic one. One suggestion for a New Year’s resolution is to set aside a few minutes each day to devote full...
