How to Stick To Your Resolutions in 2019
Making a list of New Year’s resolutions? If you’re like most women, your list probably includes some good health habits that you’ve been sorely neglecting. Some women pursue good health habits solely for the purpose of weight loss, which isn’t surprising after a...
Why Gratitude is An Integral Part of an Ayurvedic Lifestyle
Gratitude is an elemental component of an Ayurvedic lifestyle, and perhaps one of the most potent natural medicines known to humankind. Scientific studies demonstrate that practicing gratitude can aid in healing a broad array of conditions, both physical and...
Ayurvedic Tips for Beating Holiday Bloat
It can be extremely difficult to maintain good nutrition and healthy eating patterns during the holiday season, and falling off the healthy eating bandwagon can lead to a whole host of symptoms, from sluggishness and poor concentration to bloating and abdominal pain....
How to Maintain a Holistic Diet This Holiday Season
It can be incredibly hard to stick to a holistic diet during the holiday season. The fridge is filled with leftover holiday foods, there are cookies around every corner in the office, and the list of dinners and parties just gets longer and longer. Traditional holiday...
Ayurvedic Healing: How Much Exercise is Too Much?
Ayurveda is a holistic wellness philosophy that, by definition, seeks to restore every aspect of human health through time-tested natural methods. Ayurvedic healing typically includes prescriptions for dietary and lifestyle changes designed to compliment and restore...
The Top Body Cooling Foods for Hot Weather
Ayurvedic medicine advises that we eat in accordance with the seasons. Eating with the seasons, of course, entails eating whole, organic foods that have been locally grown and freshly picked. However, eating with the seasons also requires that we support and pacify...
A New Moon, a New You: The Energy of the New Moon
We hear a lot of talk about energy every time the Full Moon comes around. From claims of turbulent energy to strange coincidences and tense conflicts, the Full Moon is a powerful time. But many people don’t realize that a New Moon is just as energetically significant...
Ayurveda for Women’s Health: Natural Remedies for Women
The natural state of a woman’s body is vibrant, healthy, and joyous. According to Ayurvedic philosophy, any deviation from this state of being—poor physical health, psychological stress, emotional turbulence, or spiritual blockage—is the result of imbalanced life...
Functional Fitness: What It Is and Why We Love It
Bodhidevi maintains that a holistic, Ayurvedic diet and balanced lifestyle are critical to being healthy, both physically and mentally. One of the most crucial elements of a healthy, balanced lifestyle is a sustainable and effective exercise regimen. At Bodhidevi, we...
Ayurveda for Weight Loss: 3 Tips to Trim Down
Ayurveda is not a trend or a fad diet. It doesn't promise quick, drastic weight loss or shredded abs. Rather, Ayurveda is a philosophy of medicine, providing guidelines for healthy living and balance. Following the principles of Ayurveda restores vibrant health and...
Natural Ayurvedic Home Remedies (That You Probably Already Have!)
Taking a trip to the doctor is a hassle. Prescription medications are expensive, and typically result in unpleasant side effects. But staying home sick can be a drag, and for many isn't even an option. So what are you to do when you are tired, sick, dry, or infected?...
Ayurveda For Skin: Improving Your Complexion Holistically
As a holistic wellness philosophy, Ayurveda seeks to heal the entirety of the person: spirit, emotion, mind, and body. Imbalances and complications in these four arenas tend to manifest quite differently based on the nature of the complication and the individual...
Ayurvedic Tips for Increasing Your Energy
As a holistic wellness philosophy, Ayurvedic medicine strives to alleviate bodily ailments by eliminating their root cause. In order to achieve positive energy and physical vibrancy, we must first eliminate the behaviors that negatively impact the mind and body. Thus,...
The Right Yoga For Your Dosha
In our post Understanding Your Dosha: Diet and Lifestyle Suggestions, we introduced and began to explore the concept of the Ayurveda dosha. The doshas, in Ayurvedic philosophy, are the three life force energies that comprise and characterize all earthly life. The...
How to Be Your Own Best Advocate
As one of the best websites for women in Hawaii, Bodhidevi talks and writes a lot about nutrition and exercise. Nourishing and challenging yourself from the outside in is one of the most essential methods of self-fortification. But caring for yourself goes far beyond...
Ayurveda For Stress: Holistic Tips for Relieving Anxiety
Stress: it's harmful, it's agonizing, and it's ubiquitous. Unfortunately, the modern life is not exactly conducive to a strong, healthy nervous system. Modern living necessitates long commutes, sedentary living, consuming processed foods for the sake of convenience,...
Ghee: The Ayurvedic Superfood
Ghee is an Ayurvedic superfood with both spiritual and nutritional significance, a staple in Ayurvedic cuisine for millennia. It's also becoming increasingly mainstream in the Western world, with endorsement from prominent holistic professionals piquing the interest...
The Real Meaning of Bodhidevi
What's in a name? For Bodhidevi, a lot. Bodhidevi is actually a unique fusion of two words, bodhi and devi. The combined meaning translates literally to "enlightened goddess." We offer a broad array of services, from holistic retreats and yoga classes to fitness...