Please note: This is the followup to my first post on Ayurveda and Eating, entitled, Ayurveda and the Liveliness of Food: Find Lasting Joie de Vivre! Digestion begins when we see our food. Sensory awareness of the food we are about to eat is the spark that lights up the digestive fire. If digestion is [...]
Liveliness, strength, energy and vitality are the essence of joie de vivre. That morsel on the end of your fork is what brings (or doesn’t bring) vitality and joie de vivre to you. In other words, food absolutely does affect mood. All too often we discount the role that diet plays in mental health. Who [...]
Hans Selye, the physician who first coined the term “stress,” defined stress as “essentially the rate of wear and tear in the body.” In recent years scientists have learned that stress underlies most, if not all, physical, mental and emotional disorders. If we look below the surface when investigating a disorder we will usually see [...]
The therapeutic powers of massage are well documented. If you have experienced massage you know that this healing technique is also pleasurable. But, has it occurred to you to do massage at home? A strong immune system will take you through the winter months unimpeded by illness. During fall and early winter months, the physiology is adjusting [...]
Happy New Year! Have many people asked you about New Years’ resolutions? Friends and family usually want to know how or what we have decided to change. New Years’ resolutions are a conversational gambit in January. Self-improvement is the name of the game! Who doesn’t want to improve? Who doesn’t want to eat healthier, lose [...]
By Nancy Liebler, Ph.D., and Sandra Moss, M.S.P.H.
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