DIY Ayurvedic Skin Care
One of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine is that you should not apply anything topically that you would not also ingest. That being said, I am very particular about what I include in my Ayurvedic skin care routine. Though I have carefully selected a few...
Living a Holistic Lifestyle to Manage Mood
My last blog listed a few of my favorite herbal remedies for managing stress and anxiety. While utilizing these products is an excellent way to combat occasional bouts of anxiety, they are not permanent solutions. The key to managing stress and anxiety is living a...
The Holistic Woman’s Guide to Managing Stress and Anxiety
Chronic stress has, unfortunately, become part and parcel of everyday living in the modern age. Some stressors, like heavy traffic, a busy schedule, and insomnia have become almost inescapable in everyday life. Others, like a move, divorce, or job change, are less...
How to Prepare an Ayurvedic Dinner
If you awake with bloating, nausea, fatigue, or brain fog, you might be quick to blame poor sleep or weak digestion for your troubles. Ayurvedic medicine, however, would beg to differ. According to Ayurvedic philosophy, lethargy and stomach upset, especially in the...
Understanding Your Dosha: Diet and Lifestyle Suggestions
Pitta, Vata, Kapha: The three doshas, or energetic forces, that govern both the natural world and the human body. You might know your dosha and even understand some of the qualities that it endows. But how do you know if your doshas are truly balanced, or whether your...
Kona Yoga: Group Sessions vs. Private Sessions
The Kona Yoga community is a rich and active one. Yoga studios abound in Kona town, as do avid studio practitioners and independent yogis. Healthy personal practices like yoga, meditation, surfing, and consuming more plants are far more pervasive on the Big Island...
Fasting 101
Fasting: it’s a hot topic today, and one that is relatively difficult to navigate. There is a wealth of emerging research on the methods and benefits of fasting. There are also a myriad of fasting methods to incorporate into your holistic eating program. However, the...
Why You Should Be Working with an Ayurvedic Practitioner
What is an Ayurvedic Practitioner? And how can one help you in ways that a conventional or holistic doctor cannot? These are questions that we regularly receive here at Bodhidevi, and without surprise. Though Ayurvedic prescriptions for wellness have gained traction...
The Essential Principles of Ayurveda
It never hurts to brush up on the basics! Check out our first blog post on doshas, types of yoga, and all of the other essential principles of Ayurveda. Ayurveda: some readers are intimately familiar with it, and others may have never even heard the word. For some it...
The Truth About Calories Counting vs. Eating Holistic Food
Recent studies and trends in the realm of nutrition and holistic food have turned the “calories in, calories out” paradigm entirely on its head. Or have they? More and more individuals are abandoning obsessive calorie counting in favor of macronutrient counting, food...
The Meaning of the New Moon in Each Zodiac Sign
The New Moon is a time for rest and reflection. Thousands of years ago, before the lights, toxins, and stressors of moderns systems hijacked and eroded our natural endocrine rhythms, women’s menstrual cycles coincided with the occurrence of the New Moon. The New Moon...
How to Regulate Hormones Naturally
PMS, mood-swings, fatigue, bloating, and cravings are all just part and parcel of the female experience, right? Wrong. Symptoms of estrogen dominance, pre-menstrual syndrome, and menopause are so common that we have come to believe they are natural and inevitable...
Ecstatic Dance, Big Island Hawaii Style
Are you seeking ecstatic dance Big Island style? Or looking to learn more about what ecstatic dance is? Most know it as an eccentric, potentially awkward, and utterly life-changing practice of liberated, unmediated physical expression in the presence of total...
How to “Cheat” On Your Diet for Success!
A lot of women feel encumbered by the dogmatic world of diet culture. Information in magazines and scientific literature effectively divides food into two opposing camps: good food and bad food. Further, the parameters of what is considered “healthy” are constantly...
The Best Ayurvedic Snacks for Your Dosha
Most Ayurvedic practitioners discourage their clients from snacking between meals. Contrary to the dietary dogma of the modern age, which prescribes 5-6 small meals a day for weight loss and stable energy levels, Ayurveda holds that snacking can actually be...
How to Live a Sattvic Lifestyle for Optimum Health
Ayurvedic tradition holds that there exist three gunas, or universal energies, that circulate through all matter and all beings. Each individual possesses his or her own unique proportion of the three gunas. Like doshas, gunas are subject to disturbance as a result of...
The Significance of the Full Moon for Women
At Bodhidevi, we choose to honor nature’s beautiful rhythms by aligning our bodies, minds, and actions with them in true Ayurvedic fashion. One of the most essential methods is to embrace the emotions characteristic of each phase of the lunar cycle. Thus, during this...
The Wonders of Bone Broth
Bone broth: a temporary diet fad or a healing super-food? If you are a health conscious individual who likes to read up on the latest health discoveries and trends, you have probably heard of bone broth. Though bone broth has only recently hit the shelves of your...