Thrive: Self-Healing with Ayurveda

Learn how ayurvedic wisdom can help you enter into a deeper relationship with yourself and the natural world around you. While ayurvedic medicine is over five-thousand years old, its concepts still have value in modern science and society. While western medicine largely overlooks preventive measures and getting to the root of chronic disease, these concepts are at the fore of ayurvedic medi...

Ayurveda considers "dis-ease" as the state in which one is isolated from Source. What is blocking our connection to Spirit? Ayurvedic medicine says that these blockages are caused by ama, or physical, emotional, and mental toxins. In this episode, you will start to understand the role ama plays in perpetuating disease in our energetic and material body and discover how to clear these blockages...

Learn how the doshas, the three primary energies of ayurveda, are a gateway into living authentically in your unique, bio-individual body.

Today, we are so overwhelmed by food options and diet fads. In this episode, we will explore why one nutritional plan may work for one person but cause problems for another. You will also learn the basic principles of an ayurvedic diet and come to understand food as medicine that will facilitate the release toxins and increase vitality. By aligning with the spirit and pranic energy of food, yo...

Although our physical body may be in ideal shape, internal and external stresses can cause our emotional body to experience overwhelm and stagnation. In this episode, we will understand how your system not only digests food but also emotions. You will learn how your dosha may make you more vulnerable to certain emotional tendencies and discover ways to strengthen your mental and emotional dige...

Don't let the morning escape you. Honor the auspicious waking hours with this short routine consisting of personal prayer, easy movement, and an exercise to align with nature.

The doshas, the primary energies of ayurveda, rule not only the human body but also the cycles of the day. In this video, you will learn how doshic imbalances impact sleep and discover techniques to help fall asleep and stay asleep. Build a complete dinacharya (or daily routine) by checking out the Oral Care, Self-Massage, and Ayurvedic Morning Rituals tutorials also found in this series.

Discover how your body is a map to understanding your unique patterns of health. In this tutorial, we will learn how tongue examination and facial and body type analysis can clue us in to our imbalances.

Let go of stress, purify your system, and exfoliate your skin with two techniques: raw silk glove brushing (gharshana) and oil massage (abhyanga). You can do both of these rituals together, or separately. Both of these practices should be followed by a warm shower. Create a complete ayurvedic routine by checking out the Oral Care, Ayurvedic Sleep Rituals, and Ayurvedic Morning Rituals tu...

Purify your ears, nose, and mouth with rituals such as nasal flushing, oil pulling, and tongue scraping. To perform all the practices offered in this video, you will need a toothbrush, expeller-pressed or cold-pressed organic sesame oil, toothpaste, a tongue scraper, water with lemon, and a neti pot. Build a complete dinacharya (or daily routine) by checking out the Self-Massage, Ayurv...

Discover the healing potential of meals with fresh fruit, vegetable, and spice chutneys tailored to your body type. We suggest you enjoy these chutneys either 20 minutes before your main meal or as a side dish while you eat.

Learn to make ayurvedic spice mixtures that will promote healthy digestion, decrease inflammation, and balance your system. In this video, Justine covers four different spice mixtures: one each for pitta, vata, and kapha imbalance, as well as a tri-doshic blend that will work for every body type. Try sprinkling these spice mixtures on salads, putting them in soups or daals, or sauteing th...

Purify your digestive track and detoxify your body with this nourishing and tasty dish made of rice, beans, and spices. Kitchari can be eaten as part of a cleanse or incoorporated into your regular dinner menu at home. Pair this dish with the ayurvedic spices and chutneys offered in the other two cooking videos in this series.

Build your strength while anchoring into the earth in this fast-paced flow that will work your lower body and open your upper body.

Strengthen your abdomen and increase your metabolism in the practice with powerful asana, pranayama, kriya.

This slow-paced hatha flow will relax your mind and invite a deep serenity into your bodies.

Restore equilibrium to your energy body with this meditation that moves through each of the seven principle chakras.

Discover how mudras (sacred hand gestures) can be used to call forth the healing potential already within you. This meditation features mudras to increase your life force energy, reduce anxiety, build motivation, and harmonize the three principal doshas as well as the five elements in order to feel more alive and connected.

In this meditation, we will discover the five layers of your body and mind, known as the koshas, before resting in the space. Resting in our heart, we will employ a simple internal sound to bring us into a deep state of listening, bliss, and openness. This meditation will purify your emotional body and encourage the transformation of stagnant patterns of your being.

Learn a pranayama technique called Chandra Bhedana pranayama, which is a cooling, soothing breath, associated with the energy of the moon. Then, by following breath and mantra into deep stillness, you will release yourself from the whims of your mind and the busyness of your surroundings.

Chant to Lord Dhanvantri, the god of medicine, with the powerful and soothing Dhanvantri Gayatri Mantra, followed by a radiant body meditation.

Harmonize the polarities in your body with a pranayama and meditation practice for internal balance.