Daily & Seasonal Routines

Avoiding Milk with Bananas

Ayurvedic guideline against combining milk and bananas due to differing vipaka and virya that confuse digestion.

Ayurvedic Exercise Guidelines

Principles for appropriate exercise intensity to maintain joint health and physiological function of vital organs.

Ayurvedic Spring Routine

Balanced Lifestyle

A regular daily rhythm of sleeping, waking, eating, and elimination that maintains the integrity of the doshas.

Constitutional Exercise

Exercise calibrated to one's prakruti — strenuous for kapha, moderate for pitta, gentle for vata.

Devotional Chanting

Devotional singing of God's name, described as a mental Triphala that scrapes away old ama of selfish attachments and is the best of all rejuvenators.

Dinacharya

Double-Arrowed Attention

A meditative practice of simultaneously observing the object and the observer, producing witnessing that protects ojas, tejas, and prana.

Eating Fruit Alone

Ayurvedic guideline to eat fruits separately from other foods to prevent fermentation and indigestion.

Empty Bowl Meditation

A meditation practice of sitting quietly and observing the breath without interference, allowing the gap between inhalation and exhalation to expand.

Upavasa)

A purification method used when panchakarma cannot be done, with specific guidelines varying by constitution type.

Food Combining

The Ayurvedic practice of combining compatible foods based on taste, energy, and post-digestive effects to support agni and prevent toxin formation.

Ghee During Pregnancy

Taking ghee during pregnancy to stabilize fetal ojas and help prevent chromosomal and congenital defects.

Meditation

The practice of observing thoughts, feelings, and emotions without labeling them, which kindles pithara agni and synchronizes it with pilu agni.

Meditation and Mamsa Dhatu

The relationship between meditation, muscle relaxation, and the higher spiritual function of mamsa dhatu as holding awareness (dharana).

Meditation for Blood Health

Meditation practice that dilates blood vessels, relaxes muscles, normalizes blood pressure, and creates natural tranquility by expanding consciousness at cellular, tissue, and systemic levels.

Mindful Eating Ritual

Ayurvedic guidelines for mindful, sacred eating including preparation, prayer, environment, and post-meal practices

Nasal Oil Drops

Oil Pulling

Pranayama

The yogic discipline of controlling life energy through techniques that regulate and restrain the breath, used to steady the mind and refine perception.

Ritucharya

Self-Massage with Oil

So'ham Mantra Meditation

A meditation chant meaning 'I am that pure consciousness' that quiets the mind and unfolds ojas into the soma state.

Sunlight Therapy

Application of medicated bitter oil followed by sun exposure, used to kindle divya tejas in the liver for certain anemias.

Tongue Scraping