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5 Ways to Incorporate a Little Ayurveda Into Your Daily Routine

Here's how to work the holistic health approach into your everyday life

by Julia Stier | COMMENT

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1. Incorporate Daily Massages Wake up your body and start generating more oxytocin with a daily massage. According to "Slow Beauty," performing a simple self-massage — or "abhyanga" — is incredibly beneficial, and increases circulation, calms nerves, nourishes skin and tissues, and reduces anxiety — just to name a few of the benefits.

Want to try it yourself? Begin at your feet, and use your hands to apply oil and to rub up the body in a circular motion. Pink says the more you do the massages, the more in tune you become with your own body. You can begin to feel where your body holds stress, and work towards alleviating it.

For facial massages, try incorporating a face massager such as the Ranavat Botanics' Kansa Wand, $65. This Ayurvedic facial massage tool is made from pure kansa (aka tin and copper), and is perfect for applying oils to the face, as well as increasing blood flow, balancing skin acidity and calming inflammation.

Think you don't have time? Pink says this ritual can be accomplished in as quickly as three minutes.

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