| Medicine, Ayurvedic. |
| Alternative medicine |
| Lifestyles. |
| Health attitudes |
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Including 40 recipes, The Self-healing Revolution shows how to transform your life with Ayurveda and teaches you the art of intuitive living through nutrition, lifestyle practices and self-care.
If you are looking to ditch the yo-yo dieting and are ready to create a lifestyle of health and happiness, sprinkled with rituals and natural remedies to enhance radiance, energy and deeper vitality and feel like 'yourself' in your own body, then The Self-healing Revolution is for you. This book will be your guide to learn the ancient tools of Ayurveda, a 5,000-year old medicine system, with a modern twist to fit your everyday life. Learn how to find your unique mind-body type (dosha) and then discover how to tailor-make a lifestyle and diet that fits with it, including 40 recipes for meals and herbal tonics, daily yoga and movement guides, how to make natural face masks and simple self-love rituals to reconnect to your body and ease life's stresses. With compassionate and thoughtful advice on how to heal your life, own the innate power you already have and nurture your body back to balance, The Self-healing Revolution is an essential read for everyone.
Author Notes
Noelle is a certified Ayurvedic health counsellor from the California College of Ayurveda, 200-hour yoga teacher graduate, level 3 Reiki practitioner and energy healer and level 1 shaman. She has also studied holistic nutrition at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and herbalism at the Herbal Academy. Noelle works with clients to inspire transformational shifts in their health and wellbeing through Ayurveda, sacred self-love rituals, plant-based nutrition and herbal/superfood alchemy. Find out more at www.noellekovary.com. She lives in New York, USA.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Chapter 1 Constitution: The Energetics of Your Unique Being and the Three Doshas | p. 12 |
| Your Wellness Journal | p. 14 |
| Understanding Energetics: Applying Energy to Everyday Living | p. 16 |
| The Three Doshas | p. 17 |
| Your Unique Energetic Makeup | p. 20 |
| Lifestyle and Food Recommendations for the Doshas | p. 24 |
| Chapter 2 Nutrition: Food Brings Balance to Our Bodies | p. 26 |
| Food as Medicine | p. 28 |
| Healthy Food Swaps | p. 29 |
| Resolving Your Relationship with Food: Learning How to Eat Intuitively | p. 33 |
| Food Related to Ayurveda | p. 36 |
| Agni: Your Digestive Fire | p. 38 |
| Food Combining with Ayurveda | p. 41 |
| Conscious Eating: Becoming the Ayur-vidya | p. 44 |
| An Eat-Healthy-Anywhere Guide to Eating Out | p. 46 |
| How to Relieve Digestive Discomfort | p. 51 |
| Chapter 3 Recipes: Eat and Drink for Your Dosha | p. 56 |
| Choosing Ingredients | p. 58 |
| Recipes for Vata | p. 62 |
| Recipes for Pitta | p. 68 |
| Recipes for Kapha | p. 74 |
| Recipes for All Three Doshas | p. 80 |
| Desserts, Snacks, and Comfort Foods | p. 86 |
| Ingest: Treat Your Insides Right with Tea | p. 98 |
| Tonics: Herbal Lifestyle Enhancements | p. 105 |
| 7-Day Meal Plans for Vata, Pitta, and Kapha | p. 110 |
| Chapter 4 Movement: Simple Yoga and Breathing Practices | p. 114 |
| Prana: How to Maximize Your Breath and Breathe Better | p. 116 |
| Ayurveda and Yoga: How to Move for Your Dosha | p. 118 |
| Self-love and Movement: How to Stay Active Every Day | p. 125 |
| Daily Routine: Asanas for Anywhere | p. 126 |
| Chapter 5 Self-love Practices: Take Time for Yourself | p. 128 |
| Anoint: Give Back to Your Body with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy | p. 130 |
| Self-massage: The Art of Abhyanga | p. 132 |
| Bathe: Turn Your Bathroom into a Sanctuary | p. 136 |
| Enhance: Beauty Treatments to Care for Your Skin | p. 139 |
| Connect: Follow the Moon's Cycles to Manifest and Clear Energy | p. 142 |
| Express: Let Your Voice Transform You Through Mantras | p. 143 |
| Think Positively: Affirmations to Focus on Your Goals | p. 145 |
| Creating Routine | p. 147 |
| Morning Routine: The Best Rituals for Starting Your Day | p. 148 |
| Evening Routine: The Best Sleep You'll Ever Have | p. 151 |
| Adapting Your Routines for Your Dosha | p. 154 |
| Resources: Life-enhancing Tools and Materials | p. 156 |
| Index | p. 158 |
| Acknowledgments and Photography Credits | p. 160 |