Ayurveda Basics
The warm oil ritual: abhyanga in plain language
The bathroom in my aunt's home in Coimbatore is the kind of room you would walk past in a stranger's house, but...
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Ayurveda Basics
A gentle, beginner-friendly look at Ayurvedic lifestyle ideas. Cultural and historical, not medical guidance.
17 entries in this section
Ayurveda Basics
Triphala: three fruits in a household jar
In the corner cupboard of my parents' kitchen in Bangalore, behind the asafoetida and the dried curry leaves, there is a small...
Ayurveda Basics
Ritucharya: how Ayurveda shifts with seasons
The first time I spent a year in Kerala, I was struck by how plainly people spoke about the seasons. Not as...
Ayurveda Basics
Dinacharya: the rhythm of an Ayurvedic day
The light comes in low over the courtyard of my grandmother's house in Tamil Nadu, and even now, twenty years after she...
Ayurveda Basics
A beginner’s quiet introduction to dosha thinking
My aunt in Mysuru used to say, with the calm certainty of a woman who had cooked for forty years, that you...