Shiroabhyangam Head Oil Massage
Ayurveda is a healthcare system of preventive measures that aims to prevent illness. One of the preventative measures is an Ayurvedic therapy called Shiroabhyagam which is an herbal oil head massage. This therapy is mentioned in the ancient classical Ayurvedic text as part of dinacharya, a daily self-care regimen that prevents illness.
Sharad Ritucharya – Selfcare For Fall Season
Ayurveda suggests a simple fundamental principle for maintaining strong health. It is called dinacharya (daily routine) and ritucharya (seasonal routine). When you follow a well-designed daily and seasonal self-care routine suited toward your prakriti (personal constitution) which compensates for the seasonal ups and downs of the doshas, you can maintain good health, strength, and immunity.
Supporting Healthy Kapha Dosha
Kapha dosha represents the earth and water elements. Its main qualities are cooling, moist, heavy, and soft, and is compared to similar energy as the moon. Kapha dosha governs the structure and stability of our bodies. People who are kapha dominant are naturally slower and easier going than the other two doshas. This serves kapha people well because they are also the strongest and have good stamina and immunity as long as they do not overindulge in food and inactivity.
Supporting Healthy Pitta Dosha
Pitta dosha is constantly affected by what we do. When we do not follow a balanced diet and lifestyle, relieve stress, or adjust to seasonal changes, over time pitta will become imbalanced. And depending on your daily habits, pitta can either become weak (loss of digestive fire) or it can become too strong (too much digestive fire). This is the root cause of many pitta related symptoms like stomach acidity, swollen inflamed joints, skin rashes, difficulty sleeping, and feeling irritable or angry.
Supporting Healthy Vata Dosha
Vata dosha is constantly changing and moving toward imbalance. If we do not follow a proper diet and lifestyle, practice emotional stress relief and adjust to climatic changes, then vata will always increase. This is the root cause of many vata-related symptoms like gas, bloating, constipation, coughing, body pain, insomnia, and female reproductive disorders.
What is Kapha Dosha?
Kapha dosha is composed of the earth and water elements. Each dosha has a primary location in the body: kapha is located in the upper chest area of the stomach and lungs. Its primary purpose is the lubrication of all parts of the body and maintaining the proper amounts of fluid or moisture in all the cells and tissues. Kapha’s main quality is coolness and can be compared to the energy of the moon, as they both have a cooling effect on the mind and body.
What is Pitta Dosha?
In Sanskrit, the word pitta translates as 'fire energy,' which makes sense when you consider that pitta dosha governs digestion, metabolism, and transformation. Pitta dosha maintains body temperature, digestion of food and assimilates nutrients, kindles digestive fire, and produces digestive enzymes and hormones. Here are some of the physiological actions controlled and monitored by pitta dosha!
What Is Vata Dosha?
Vata is a Sanskrit word that means “the wind”. Ayurveda says that vata dosha governs all communication and movement, as well as blood flow, breathing, body movements, expression of speech, and regulation of metabolism. It's also the motivating force behind the other two doshas, pitta and kapha, as they are inert by nature.
Agni: The Metabolic Fire
Agni is the Ayurvedic word for digestive fire and is a powerful transformative factor responsible for digesting and metabolizing food. It is also known as the biological fire and is a very important component for metabolic physiology and pathology. Essentially, Agni determines our longevity, vitality, life force, strength, energy, and clarity of mind.
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