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,...
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,...
by Lori Correia with Danielle Crawford Cotton | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
