Your Ayurvedic type, or dosha, is a super powerful tool to have in your healthy lifestyle arsenal. It reveals what foods and self-care practices are going to help you feel amazing, slender, energized, and radiant, and which may be causing you to gain weight, feel sick and sluggish, and experience of physical and emotional imbalance.
Take this quiz to find your dosha, and learn a few simple steps you can take to bring your body and mind into balance.
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It’s no secret that coffee is one controversial little beverage. About 98% of my clients come to me with a pretty serious coffee habit, and of those over 3/4 are bona-fied addicted.
So what’s the big deal, you ask? Coffee never killed anyone, right?
Well, let’s clear a few things up.
Lately, it seems like everyone is getting the sick, and for some of you, that might mean a whole month of chronic sniffles as the weather cools. We may just assume that this is a normal seasonal side effect, but I’m here to tell you that it’s not!
Seasonal sniffles do not need to happen, and if you find that you’re falling victim to them like clockwork, it may be a sign of some greater imbalances in your system.
Compromised immunity can come from a lot of unexpected places — food sensitivities, stress, not eating for your body type, not staying warm enough, and of course, nutritional deficiencies.
With a few key upgrades to your eating and lifestyle, you can stay totally healthy and cold-free this season, and save those sick days for playing hooky and going to the spa or taking an impromptu day trip.
Ayurveda is the single most complete and comprehensive holistic approach to health and wellness, which allows us to live, eat, and move in harmony with our own unique bodies, the seasons, and our environment. Though I am not a fan of diets or one-size-fits-all approaches, I have definitely found that Ayurveda gives us some amazing guiding principles for living the healthiest and happiest life possible, while still taking into account the vastly different experiences we have from one body to the next.
Each season has a characteristic predominant dosha, which means that if you share that dosha, you can experience a destabilizing effect if you’re not taking steps to actively balance your body. This can cause compromised immunity (leading to colds and flus), feeling scattered or ungrounded, feeling more emotional or stressed, and even experiencing digestive issues, inflammation, breakouts and other skin issues.
I don’t know about you, but I think long luscious locks are totally timeless… the perfect accessory. But growing out your tresses can be tough if you’re dealing with dry, damaged hair that breaks and splits. I’ve dealt with this myself since I was a teenager and first starting coloring my hair. But I’m happy to report that I’ve nailed down the perfect recipe for stronger, healthier, shinier hair that grows out beautifully. As with everything, it takes a holistic approach, inside and out!
Are you a busy, stressed out woman ready to finally get off the dieting train, the stressed out mindset, and the body frustration? Are you ready to start living the gorgeous, calm, and radiant life you’re craving? Well I created Greens. Grains. Gorgeous. just for you!
I have long been a huge proponent of acupuncture. I’ve been getting weekly treatments for the last 2 years, and consider it an absolutely necessary part of my self-care and holistic health. I recommend it to so many of clients for so many different ailments, and have seen some pretty fantastical levels of improvement in both myself and those I work with.
I sat down with acupuncturist and RN, Mital Khatri, my friend and fellow holistic practitioner at Ethos Collective Wellness, to help demystify that magic that is acupuncture and answer some common questions I hear from clients and readers. Mital specializes in helping her clients to restore balance in their bodies, and also in the natural anti-aging benefits of acupuncture! A non-toxic, non-invasive alternative to injectables and cosmetic surgery? I am SO in!
Before I tell you about the cool new project I’m working on, I want to share a little story with you.
Over the winter, when I was working on the first launch of my online program, Greens. Grains. Gorgeous., I got totally off my game. I was so stressed out about all the deadlines, all the content I was working on, negotiating designers and clients and everything, that I completely abandoned all the little daily things that made me feel deliriously happy, balanced, and radiant.
I stopped taking my pup on long, head-clearing walks through gorgeous, peaceful Brooklyn Heights. I stopped going to my favorite yoga classes 3 days a week. I stopped taking the time to make myself delicious big lunches at home, and started ordering in more. I stopped taking breaks throughout the day to read, watch a favorite show, or relax. I stopped meditating regularly.
I was so overwhelmed by all the stuff I had to get done, that these little acts of self-care felt like luxuries, suddenly totally frivolous. How could I possibly take an hour for lunch when I have to finish creating this module by tomorrow! How can I possibly take an hour for a yoga class when I have three articles to write and an email to get out?
In my perpetual quest to for the cleanest, most natural eating and lifestyle, I’m always looking for the next step to take to go even further, even healthier, even deeper. I went dairy-free several years ago, and haven’t really missed it. Organic almond milk and coconut milk are daily staples in our house, and I can’t even imagine ever drinking real milk again!
Winter has a habit of increasing the puff factor. Both in terms of unwieldy coats and under-eye regions. For as much as there’s a romantic side to the holiday season, not everything seems so peace-on-earth these days (is it me?). At least in my own life, basically everyone is constantly freezing, frenetic with holiday shopping/budgeting, and wishing for the hibernating life… so why not expedite energizing our best snowbunny selves? Some everyday habits can help bring joy back to your wintry personal world.
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I'm Natasha Uspensky, holistic nutritionist, Ayurvedic practitioner and healthy lifestyle expert. I created The Organic Beauty to be your resource to celebrate and learn about everything from healthy eating and living for your whole family, to natural beauty and sustainable style. I hope to inspire you to live beautifully and healthfully, in a life you love!
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