Give Thanks for your Digestion!
The holiday season brings feasts, parties, merry-making and heavy foods. Big meals complete with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy leave us sleepy and ready for an afternoon nap …
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Top 5 Ayurvedic Remedies for Anxiety
There’s a lot to be anxious about these days. Most of us were already trying to cope with the stresses of everyday life: competing demands of work, school, children, finances …
Food, Mood and Digestion: The Mind-Body Connection
Vaidya Manohar Palakurthi is a highly respected Ayurvedic expert in the western world and India. He has been practicing Ayurveda for 33 years. Here, he talks about the relationship …
Tips Top 10 Ayurvedic Remedies for Constipation
Most of us have probably experienced constipation at least once in our lives. The discomfort, heaviness, and brain fog . . . along with the bloating and gas that …
Autumn Healing for Insomnia, Constipation and Joint Pain
Autumn is now in full effect. Her presence surrounds us with falling leaves, blowing wind, cooler air and shorter days. Even in sunny Los Angeles where I live, the summer …
5 Surprising Benefits of Abhyanga
We’ve all heard it before: take care of ourselves first; prioritize our own well-being, because only then can we most effectively care for others; we have to love ourselves …
Why I became an Ayurvedic Practitioner…
I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Kottakkal Ayurveda, one of the world’s largest distributors of classical Ayurvedic herbs and products. It was a great pleasure to share …
Come meet me at Greenstone Therapy!
Yes, I am guilty! I have not written a blog post since October 2015…YIKES! Well, a lot has happened in the meantime, and I am now starting to feel …
Good Source for Ayurvedic Herbs
People often ask me if Ayurvedic herbs contain mercury and toxins. It’s no wonder- a simple Google search for “Ayurveda” pulls up several sources claiming that Ayurvedic herbs have …
6 Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep
We live in a sleep-deprived society. At least, that’s been my observation in clinical practice. While this may not be their primary complaint, most people coming in for a …