Ayurveda

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A headache sufferer's medicine chest often tells the story of once-promising treatments abandoned. Sedatives, beta-blockers, and narcotics represent just some of the high-octane prescriptions people use to quell extreme pain. And there's a lot of pain around.

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What ancient tradition can teach you about navigating contemporary life.

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These basic “poses” can improve your vision (and help you concentrate and relax). Plus, learn how to train your third eye.

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Fighting cancer isn't easy, but giving up isn't an option. Yoga enhances physical and emotional wellness—and brings a peace many patients thought they lost forever.

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Headaches? Try these 13 poses to relieve tension.

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For some chronic fatigue sufferers, yoga brought much-needed relief after they had exhausted conventional medical options.

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So many poses, so little time: It's easy to get overwhelmed just trying to figure out which asanas might calm you down.

Use self-care techniques based on Traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health and energy through the winter.

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If you suffer from allergies, exercise caution when taking herbs.

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Create a customized yoga sequence, based on Ayurveda, to keep your mind and body healthy and balanced.

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Odorless, tasteless flower essences are the basis of a popular stress-relieving treatment that dates back to the 1930s.

Whether or not you manage a trip to the spa, you'll feel better if you nurture yourself this vata season. Mas Vidal, an Ayurvedic practitioner and the director of Dancing Shiva Yoga & Ayurveda in Los Angeles, suggests these vata-balancing practices for fall and winter.

A trip to an Ayurvedic spa is a little different from the usual soak, scrub, and rub. Here are some tips to guide you:

Don't let the winter blues get you down. Indulge in some heavenly Ayurvedic treatments and feel warmer, more relaxed, and healthier than ever.

Overworked? Overwhelmed? Meet four people who made radical and not-so-radical changes to ease their job stress—and along the way, transformed their lives.

Too busy for a massage? Grab some props and try these do-it-yourself tips from expert bodyworkers.

This antibacterial Ayurvedic herb helps fight nagging skin problems.

Yoga poses, practices, and dietary advice to transition from winter to spring.

Despite a recent scare over contamination, buying the the right brands will help you avoid any risk.

If your allergies are making you miserable, Ayurvedic remedies may help.

Yogic breathing and gentle poses help keep the body's lymph fluid circulating.

More and more patients are rejecting harsh and invasive conventional treatments in favor of alternative therapies. In response, several prominent health institutions are embracing holistic healing.

Here's the lowdown on what to do when you're feeling rundown but want nothing more than to keep practicing yoga while sick.

Craniosacral therapy has similar benefits to yoga and can help release habitual tension in the body.

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Take our simple quiz to uncover your Ayurvedic stress type.

Does stress leave you anxious to eat or too lethargic to get off the couch?

Although it's not a cure, yoga can help you survive cancer with strength, hope, and vitality.

Suffering from back pain? Yoga can help.

Balance Vata to ease feelings of anxiety and ground your energy.

Would you nibble on chemical preservatives? Then why put them on your skin?

By incorporating yoga into your life, you can reduce the severity and frequency of painful episodes, or ease an ache as soon as it starts.

Allergies can turn even the most beautiful summer day into a sneezing, wheezing ordeal, but Viniyoga can help keep your immune system strong and your head clear.

Open up to these natural alternatives for relief from muscle pains and strains.

Knowing your dosha and prakriti can help you stay balanced and healthy.

Yoga can be a source of knee pain or the ideal therapy. Here's a primer on keeping the joint healthy on and off the mat.

Recent research into pain management may help spread the word of yoga's therapeutic benefits.

Certain herbs strengthen both the lungs and the adrenals for deeper breathing.

You can improve your eyesight by regularly performing this series of simple exercises.

This do-it-yourself massage stops stress and stimulates healing.

Nourishing your hair with Ayurvedic herbs also calms the mind.

A mindful home practice is a healthy practice, because you're in charge: When you're feeling low, you can take it easy, and when you're energized, you can rev it up.

Twisting Poses will help restore your spine's natural range of motion, cleanse your organs, and stimulate circulation.

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