The duration of my infection is critical as treating it becomes more difficult the longer it lasts. When Toxoplasma gondii detects a threat, it retreats and forms cysts or biofilms to hide. Factors such as my immune system, medications, and supplements can trigger this hiding behavior. Unfortunately, there is no known medication that can eliminate these cysts. While concealed in a cyst, the parasite can reproduce silently without causing symptoms. However, if my immune system weakens, the toxoplasma parasite emerges from hiding. It invades various body parts, including the brain, muscle, fat, nervous system, eyes, and organs.
Read moreThe Benefits of Warm Oil Massage
One great way to care for your body is through abhyanga, which involves applying warm oil to your skin through gentle massage. You can do this on your own or have someone else do it for you. According to Ayurveda, it's best to do this before taking a shower or bath, and the kind of oil you use depends on your dosha- your Ayurvedic blueprint or current state of health. It's important to note that whatever you put on your skin gets absorbed into your bloodstream, so use only what you would be comfortable eating.
Read moreThe Benefits of Dry Brushing
Dry brushing, also known as garshana, is an Ayurvedic technique that promotes lymphatic health. It is essential to maintain lymphatic health as it filters toxins, viruses, and bacteria. The skin is our largest organ and is one of the drainage pathways via sweat. It drains fluid from the tissues of the body. Unlike the cardiovascular system, which has a heart that pumps blood throughout the body, the lymph moves primarily with exercise, breathwork, and massage.
Read moreRise and Shine
If you wake up tired and groggy and spend your day lacking energy, motivation, and creativity, wouldn’t you want to improve the quality of your day if you could? Well, there is a way to feel happier and healthier with small and manageable changes.
Read moreAyurvedic Cooking: Support Optimal Digestion
All six tastes support a specific system in the body-mind constitution. Too much of one taste can cause a dosha imbalance and create disease. Not enough of one particular taste can cause a dosha imbalance and develop a disease.
Read moreThe Mechanics Of Ayurveda: Basic Principles 101
Ayurveda states that every person is born with a unique blueprint of the mind-body constitution. Like our fingerprints, no other person is identical. Therefore, Ayurveda medicine allows us to adapt its practices, herbs, treatment plans to target the unique blueprint of each individual.
Read moreThe Exact Steps To Your Meditation Practice
The practice of meditation can help to experience relief from painful or stressful thoughts that can cause depression, anxiety, and other psychological dysregulations.
Read moreHow Yoga and Meditation Can Support Your Physical Health and Mental Well-Being
The truth is when you live your life consciously, meaning you are aware of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. And, you take care of your breath to have a gentle rhythm and are present in every moment, meaning you aren’t stressing about the past, you aren’t chasing your future, but you simply exist in the now; you live yoga.
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