Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care

A holistic guide to self-care based on traditional Ayurvedic wisdom--from the bestselling author of The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook and Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind. Learn to befriend your body and discover how best to care for yourself day by day and season by season with Ayurveda, India's ancient holistic healing system. The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care takes the ancient Ayurvedic principles and focuses on how to be an integrated, whole person while balancing the everyday demands of our modern world. Organized into three parts, the book opens with an introduction to Ayurveda, helping you to better understand your doshas and your basic Ayurvedic anatomy. The second section illuminates the art of self-care--exploring the daily routines and seasonal practices that can help prevent imbalance in both mind and body. Part three discusses the medicinal qualities of foods, spices, and herbs to support cleansing, rejuvenation, and management of common imbalances and