by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Jul 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
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 | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
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,...
