by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
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,...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
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,...
