Living well, sustainably
It has been an invigorating month of renewal for me and the 20 others who followed the Ayurvedic Home Cleanse. Although not the central aim of most participants, the average weight loss was 5 kilos – …
Tag: Ayurveda
Time for Spring Cleaning!
With the buzz of spring in the air, the body naturally seeks out a change in rhythm and diet. Unfortunately, most people nowadays ignore this impulse and carry on eating the same foods year round, with a few seasonal vegetables thrown in to add colour to an otherwise recurring menu. Preferences become habits, then addictions. Annoying health issues – brushed aside for too long and ignored by most doctors as “normal” – become problematic.
How are you?
I appear to offer a wide variety of solutions coming from different angles, like yoga, ayurveda, mindfulness, or astrology, but ultimately, they all take us to the same point of balance – or sattva – which is where we thrive. Only the entry points are different.
Emotional healing
When people fall ill, we are usually preoccupied with the physical symptoms that show up before or during the illness. Ayurveda takes a bigger view, observing and evaluating a person’s psychological, emotional and physical condition overall when considering their state of health.
Nail biting times
The news around the world these days can be pretty distressing and, for some, it might cause an underlying feeling of anxiety, even if we’re not entirely conscious of these stressful effects. This time of year …
Equinox and Equilux: finding balance
Today is the Autumnal Equinox, exact this afternoon (Thursday 22nd, 16:21 in Brussels), at the moment the Sun enters tropical Libra. Technically, this Sunday the 25th – the day of our Open House! – is the …
The Second International Yoga Conference in Delhi, India
I was very pleased to have been able to be a Delegate for Belgium at the second International Yoga Conference in Delhi on 22 & 23 June 2016, along with my colleague, Bernadette Erpicum. Thirty five …
Ayurveda’s Affinity For Copper
by Nathan Platt Ayurveda has a certain appreciation for copper. It is an important metal present in the ayurvedic conception of the human constitution and it is found in a diverse range of ayurvedic applications, including …
Prajnaparadha, Our Crimes Against Wisdom
Prajnaparadha is a Sanskrit word literally meaning “crimes against wisdom” (!). It’s a central concept in Yoga and Ayurveda, because it’s understood that doing things we know we shouldn’t is the cause of most disease and …
Time to clean up the house, time for a fall detox
by Katariina Bastos Consider your body as a house. The house your self is living in. As any house, this one needs regular cleaning and fixing to stay well and functional. Couple of times a year …