The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care

✍ Scribed by O'Donnell, Kate

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Discover the best way to care for yourself-day by day and season by season.

Embrace the ancient principles of Ayurveda to become a more integrated, whole, and healthy version of yourself. This detailed guide walks you through the steps of foundational Ayurvedic practices that can be easily integrated into your existing self-care routine-from self-massage, oil pulling, and tongue scraping to breathing practices, meditation exercises, and eating with intention-to uplift your physical health and state of mind.

In The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care, you will:
�? Get acquainted with the tradition of Ayurveda and better understand your doshas (metabolic tendencies) and basic Ayurvedic anatomy.
�? Discover the art of self-care by exploring daily routines and seasonal practices to prevent imbalances in the body and mind.
�? Find out what foods, spices, and herbs carry medicinal qualities that support cleansing, rejuvenation, and management of common ailments.

✦ Table of Contents

Author’s Note

Introduction

PART ONE  THE AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO HEALTH: BODY, MIND, SENSES, AND SOUL

1. What You Need to Know about Ayurveda

2. The Physical Body: Tissues, Circulation, and Digestion

3. The Mind: Anatomy of Awareness

4. The Subtle Body: Vital Energy, Metabolic Transformation, and Immunity

PART TWO  THE AYURVEDIC LIFESTYLE: DAILY AND SEASONAL ROUTINES FOR SELF-CARE

1. Dinacharya: Daily Routine

2. Ritucharya: Seasonal Flow

3. The Four Stages of Life’s Flow

PART THREE DO-IT-YOURSELF HOME REMEDIES FOR NATURAL HEALING

1. Dravyaguna: Medicinal Qualities

2. Directory of Medicinal Substances and How to Use Them

3. Home Remedies

Glossary

Notes

Resources

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author and Photographer

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Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care