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Even if we're observing a mostly healthy lifestyle and diet, our bodies and minds accumulate a certain excess over the weeks and months that becomes toxic to the body over time. This toxicity, called ama in Ayurveda (literally 'undigested food'), gunks up the pipes and becomes food for a future disease process. (Which disease will depend on your personal "weal links" or genetic predispositions). The truth is that most of us aren't living in alignment with what we know is bes

“When diet is right, medicine is of no need; when diet is wrong, medicine is of no use.” -Ayurvedic Proverb According to Ayurveda, the root of good health and longevity is well-functioning digestion known in Ayurvedic terms as strong AGNI. "Agni" means “fire” and in this context, refers to the central bodily Agni, located in the gut. Like the pilot light in your oven, this central fire regulates 40 other metabolic processes n the body. Current research into the science of t

Last week we began our study of digestion in my year-long course. We’ve been looking at the state of our digestive fire--agni--and learning about how to work with imbalances there through practices in how and when we eat. We've been learning about ama--toxicity--and how it is formed through undigested foodstuff, and what we can do to prevent ama formation, or support our bodies to digest it once it forms. This week we'll focus more on what to eat in relation to the seasons an