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Placebo: Ayurveda’s big guns – and there’s nothing unscientific about it

Placebo: Ayurveda’s big guns – and there’s nothing unscientific about it The word placebo has gained some bad rap in the past years and to some extent it is understandable because it is hard to measure. What cannot be measured does not exist – or is it? Before I continue explaining how placebo … [Read more...] about Placebo: Ayurveda’s big guns – and there’s nothing unscientific about it

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: AYURVEDA, Ayurveda education, ayurvedic, AYURVEDIC DIET, AYURVEDIC LIFE, circadian, Cleansing, DAILY ROUTINE, Detoxing, DIET, healing, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Natural Medicine, placebo, placebo effect, radical healing, remission, self-regulation, spontaneous healing, STRESS, Thriving

You can’t eat yourself healthy

The fact of the matter is: you can eat yourself sick but can’t eat yourself back in health. Once unhealthy, there is no way you can keep eating and hoping to get healthy, no matter what you eat. That’s a bit thick coming from me, you might say. I am, after all, claimed to teach people on how … [Read more...] about You can’t eat yourself healthy

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: AYURVEDA, Ayurveda education, ayurvedic, AYURVEDIC DIET, AYURVEDIC LIFE, Cleansing, DAILY ROUTINE, Detox, Detoxing, DIET, Digestion, health and wellbeing, HEALTHY DIET, HEALTHY EATING, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Natural Medicine, ORGANIC FOOD, Seasonal Eating

Drink your food, Eat your water

Drink your food, eat your water What kind of advice is that? That does not sound right! But it is and I will explain why and how. I heard this statement for the first time from one of my biggest influencers, Dr Vasant Lad, who’s life work consist of translating and diffusing ayurvedic … [Read more...] about Drink your food, Eat your water

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: ANU PAAVOLA, Ayurveda education, ayurveda london, Ayurveda nutrition, ayurvedic, ayurvedic clinic, AYURVEDIC DIET, ayurvedic diet and lifestyle, AYURVEDIC LIFE, ayurvedic spa, DAILY ROUTINE, Detox, DIET, Digestion, healing, HEALTHY DIET, HEALTHY EATING, JIVITA AYURVEDA, prana, RIGHT EATING, SEASONAL FOOD

HUNGER

Hunger… is not pain it comes in waves is a sign of increasing digestive power, or agni One of the biggest achievements in my life, as a survivor of bulimia, has been to become comfortable with a feeling of hunger. Having spent my early adulthood surrounded by a media that promotes constant … [Read more...] about HUNGER

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: AYURVEDA, AYURVEDIC DIET, AYURVEDIC LIFE, DAILY ROUTINE, Detox, HEALTH, HEALTHY DIET, HEALTHY EATING, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Natural Medicine, RIGHT EATING, Sattvic, SEASONAL FOOD, SEASONAL ROUTINE, Thriving

Oops! Burp! I’ve had enough!

I’ve just burped up the aftertaste of some most excellent seasonal delights. You may say yuk but wait a moment: this is the best burp in the world, the one that brings back in the mouth the flavour of the most excellent food I've just enjoyed. It extends my dining experience a bit further, tickling … [Read more...] about Oops! Burp! I’ve had enough!

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Satmya: The concept of suitability

Satmya. Suitability. Detox Ayurveda

Stay Inside Your Comfort Zone. Satmya: The concept of suitability We are all unique beings and as such we all have individual requirements. Whilst seasonal cleansing is important, it is best to design a programme that suits your individual needs and is appropriate to you. Your family, work, … [Read more...] about Satmya: The concept of suitability

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Ayurveda education, AYURVEDIC LIFE, Detoxing, HEALTH, Individual Healing, Jivita, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Kensal Rise spa, Satmya, SEASONAL ROUTINE

Ayurvedic Match Making

Ayurvedic Match Making   Have you ever wondered which body types go together well in a relationship? Match making is quite an intriguing topic when you consider all the qualities that are at play between the dosha types. Infinite scenarios pop into my imagination of opposites attracting or … [Read more...] about Ayurvedic Match Making

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: alternative, AYURVEDA, ayurvedic, AYURVEDIC LIFE, balance, Communication, DAILY ROUTINE, DIET, energy, environment, feelings, friendship, healing, healings, HEALTH, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Love, love life, match making, Nature, partnership, prana, relationship, Sattvic, SEASONAL ROUTINE, Sensing

Our Eating Habits: Amorous or Amoral?

Love for food

Our Eating Habits: Amorous or Amoral? Remember the film Amelie? One of my all time favourites, filled with endearing characters, particularly the rude shopkeeper’s one armed assistant. His deep affection for the vegetables he sells struck a chord with me.  Watching him lovingly caress his little … [Read more...] about Our Eating Habits: Amorous or Amoral?

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Amelie, AYURVEDA, AYURVEDIC DIET, AYURVEDIC LIFE, food lover, food lovers, healthy Christmas, JIVITA AYURVEDA, Kensal Rise, Love, love for food

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Jivita Ayurveda in London is an organic wellbeing centre where ayurvedic treatments and detox programs are offered along with organic beauty treatments. Residential panchakarma detox programs run regularly in Dorset in an authentic ayurvedic hospital set up, unique in UK.

Jivita Academy of Ayurveda offers ayurvedic education in the form of ayurvedic nutrition and ayurvedic massage techniques. Courses in ayurveda are adapted to the modern urban life without compromising tradition. Online education programs in ayurveda are run on demand. In person courses in ayurvedic massage are run regularly in London in our ayurvedic clinic, Jivita Ayurveda, in Kensal Rise. 

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