Balanced Life Ayurveda - Shivani's Blog

Healing Osteoarthritis Naturally

9/17/2021

Osteoarthritis is a the most common type of arthritis. Mainly affecting the knees, hips, spine, feet and hands osteoarthritis can lead to chronic debilitating pain and possibly crippling.

Fortunately, Ayurveda gives us the tools we need to identify the cause of osteoarthritis and to stop it’s further development. Ayurveda attempts to heal the root imbalance rather than placate the symptoms. If you are willing to make changes to your diet and lifestyle, I can give you the guidance you need to begin your path to healing. I can help you determine your imbalance and make individualized suggestions for improving your lifestyle and diet to bring you the most support. Additionally, there are many therapies to support the joints and provide pain relief such as Ayurvedic massage, marma therapy, and heat therapies. Let’s look at some things you can do to prevent the further worsening of arthritis and get relief.

Strengthen Your Bones the Natural Way

9/17/2021

Our amazing bones protect our organs, support our body, store essential minerals, produce red and white blood cells and remove heavy metal toxins. Like all of our tissues, bone continually turns over and rejuvenates itself. If any of the nutrients needed for bone turnover is lacking, they will begin to lose density, often leading to osteoporosis. Unfortunately most people will not know they have poor bone density until they suffer a fracture from weakened bone tissue, which may result in chronic pain.
Fortunately, you can create strong bones naturally with the wisdom of Ayurveda.

Six Surprising Ways to Beat Spring Allergies with Ayurveda

4/15/2021

If spring brings you allergies and hay fever, runny nose, coughing, congestion, itchy watery eyes, sneezing, sinus infections, headache and fatigue, Ayurveda gives you the tools you need to minimize and even eliminate these symptoms.

Genetics play a part in why some of us get spring allergies and others do not, but there are many ways you can placate this tendency. Let’s look at them together.

Beginning Meditation

2/23/2021

The current news is full of stories about the pandemic, the effects of global warming, and the hopelessness of fleeing migrants; it can be easy to get overwhelmed and stressed! Stress and the relentless march of negative thoughts can be like a burning fire leading to disease. Most of our ills come from not living in the moment; we are either ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. So what is One to do?

Hands down, practice meditation. Practicing meditation brings you to the place where you can relax and enjoy your day moment by moment, no matter what is swirling around you. Your body and mind are constantly giving you clues about what is right and what is out of sorts and what to do to regain equilibrium. The more you practice meditation, the more it gives back: the more you are able to listen to the clues your body is always telling you. Are you ready to feel more healthy, happy and relaxed?

Taming Anxiety Technique One

2/4/2021

2020 has certainly been a crazy year full of uncertainties. As a result, more of us are experiencing symptoms of anxiety including worry, tension, nervousness, fatigue, trouble focusing, obsessing, confusion, digestive issues, and insomnia. Certainly none of these things are comfortable. What is more concerning is if these symptoms continue unabated they may manifest into conditions more serious and chronic. So I’d like to share some techniques and habits that can help calm anxiety and help return you to center.

Staying Calm within the COVID-19 Storm

4/6/2020

During this most difficult time stress, anxiety and fear may be increasing within ourselves and in those around us. I would like to share some of the wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga to help you reduce your stress while increasing your vitality and immunity. Here are some practices to get you started.

Why Ayurveda Prefers Oil over Lotion

7/30/2019

An Ayurvedic Perspective

One of the best ways to have great skin health is to simply keep your skin moisturized. In addition to your skin benefiting from being hydrated, your overall health benefits as well.

Recent studies show that dry or damaged skin can create imbalances throughout the body and mind.1 By keeping your skin healthy, you can support your overall state of balance, health, and happiness throughout your lifetime.

Continue reading on Banyan Botanicals Insight Blog

Tips for Keeping Cool in a Hot, Humid Summer

7/8/2019

Where I live, summer is long, hot and humid and often has long periods of drought. It heats up in the middle of May and finally cools down at the end of September with most days in 90’s and even the 100’s. So summer here is definitely pitta season, as pitta is fire and water, and is hot, sharp, oily, liquid and intense.

Everyone experiences summer in a different way. If you have a fiery constitution, you might dread the heat and humidity of summer and dream of spending time in a cooler climate. If you are someone who feels chilled all year round, you might relish the heat of summer. Either way, we all benefit from making adjustments to our diet and lifestyle along with the flow of the seasons.

Ayurveda says that like increases like and opposites balance which is why summer can increase those cranky feelings in a pitta person, and soothe the coldness in a vata person. Overall, the intense heat of summer drains the energy in everyone.

How to Flow with the Change of Seasons

5/10/2019

Have you ever felt more irritable in the summer, had dry skin in the autumn, feel heavier in the winter, or have sniffles in the spring? The change of seasons in particular can upset our balance and bring with it uncomfortable symptoms. Following a seasonal routine can help us adapt to the changing environment and this self knowledge of self care puts our health and well being into our own hands.

The Bliss of Chocolate

2/20/2019

Ah, chocolate! That great temptation in the supermarket aisles is one most of us avoid due to the additives and processed ingredients found in most varieties today. But don’t despair, with a little education, you can learn how to use this wonderful food to your benefit. To learn about the Ayurvedic perspective on chocolate read my latest blog post.