Balance Blog

This week, we are continuing our overview of the 6 tastes, focusing specifically on the sour taste, it’s various qualities, the role it plays in the digestive process, as well as the effects it has on our physiology and our psychology. The sour taste is made up of the...

According to Ayurveda, our sense of taste serves as a natural guide map to proper balanced nutrition. For ages, human beings relied largely on taste to discover healthy foods found in nature, as well as avoid any toxic ones. If you missed our overall blog on taste,...

When we think of taste, we usually just think of the sensation we get on our tongue whenever we eat. However, according to the science of Ayurveda, the actual taste of the foods we choose can have great medicinal and therapeutic value. There is an interesting and...

There’s a season for everything, a perfect time to plant, reap, buy and eat certain foods, maximizing the nutrients that properly provide for the natural needs of our bodies! Eating with the cycles of nature promotes balance and harmony with the earth’s resources and...

Balance within is when we are in harmony with ourselves, with nature and the universe. We are fully aligned in mind, body and soul, realizing our full potential, living our greater purpose and coming into our true power. It’s the balance that everyone strives for, the...

The fifth element found in all of nature is earth. The earth element is responsible for giving shape and structure to all things. It represents the solid state of matter, and along with water is responsible for the physical constitution of the body. Bones, teeth,...

The fourth of the 5 elements found in all of nature is water. Water represents the liquid state of matter. It is responsible for cohesion and has the ability to bind substances. This cohesive nature is what builds the various structure of our bodies by binding...

The third of the 5 elements found in all of nature is fire, which evolves from ether and air. Ether provides the space for fire to exist, while air provides fire the capacity to burn. Fire generates energy in the body just as the sun generates energy for the earth. It...