Balance Blog

Food today can be complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, the more you can simplify and get back to nature, the better.You may hear the term “whole foods” used a lot when it comes to eating a healthy diet, but what exactly does it mean? Please note that it’s...

Fatty, loaded with sugar and salt, unbalanced, processed and oversized. That’s what comes to mind when thinking of the Standard American Diet or S.A.D.  What exactly is the Standard American Diet? It’s a modern way of eating, or overeating that is generally...

It’s summertime! How do you plan to savor and celebrate the season? For many, this means vacations, water-based activities and more time outdoors with family and friends, enjoying longer, brighter and hotter days.  According to Ayurveda, every season is governed by a...

According to Ayurveda, an ancient holistic healing system, each of us has a uniquephysical body type and mental constitution called a “dosha,” which was set at our conception. This original, natural constitution known as “prakruti” is our DNA, our personal blueprint,...

What are your favorite tastes and how do they affect you? As we’ve seen over the course of this 6 part series, each taste: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent, used individually or collectively in the appropriate amount can bring us into balance and...

Last, but not least, we explore the 6th and final taste. The astringent taste is made up primarily of the earth and air elements. Its qualities are cool, dry, heavy and firm. It helps bring balance to those whose constitutions are predominantly made up of the fire,...

As we’ve learned, each particular taste influences us in many ways, creating either therapeutic or unbalancing actions in our system. Let us now explore the bitter taste, it’s various qualities, the role it plays in the digestive process, as well as the effects it has...

Let’s now take a look at the pungent taste, it’s various qualities, the role it plays in the digestive process, as well as the effects it has on our body, mind and spirit. The pungent taste is made up primarily of the fire and air elements. Its qualities are heating,...