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5 Ways to Incorporate a Little Ayurveda Into Your Daily RoutineHere's how to work the holistic health approach into your everyday life |
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Ayurveda is a traditional Hindu system of medicine that focuses on balancing the mind and body by catering to an individual's dosha, or mind-body type. (You can take a handy online quiz like this one to discover your dosha).
The Chopra Center — headed by alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra, M.D. — shares that the two main guiding principles of Ayurveda are that "the mind and body are inextricably connected," and that "nothing has more power to heal and transform the body than the mind." In other words, caring for your mental health will in turn enhance your physical health, and vice versa.
When it comes to incorporating Ayurvedic practices into everyday life, Shel Pink wrote the book — literally. As the founder of SpaRitual and author of "Slow Beauty," Pink has been a practitioner of Ayurveda for over 20 years. "Slow Beauty" is a great introduction to daily rituals, diet changes, meditations and exercises of Ayurveda, all of which make it feel accessible to both new and experienced practitioners alike.
We spoke to Pink about a few simple, low-commitment Ayurvedic techniques that are super easy to incorporate into your daily routine. Here are five simple steps that you can start taking right away.
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