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Everyone loves a clean, bacteria safe, germ-free, disinfected home. Well if you haven't made the green switch yet, the time has come.   This is not a "bandwagon" you're jumping on either.  This is necessary for protecting your family.  Natural homemade cleaning products aren’t just safer for us health wise, they are also more cost-effective while protecting the environment.  It's a win-win situation in comparison to the alternative - a germ free home with dangerous, and possibly, deadly side effects. Many times, the aftermath of chemical exposure is hidden unless you suffer from asthma and allergies. However, our skin and lungs are silently effected by the contact of these toxic cleaning products, and even more so when we involve children and babies. Long term, the toxins in your cleaning products can disrupt the hormonal system, cause irreversible eye conditions and visual damage, trigger asthma attacks, lead to skin discoloration or rashes, attack the ...

Perhaps you already do these things   -simple massages, oil pulling and detoxes, milk facials, turmeric masks, or indulge in beautiful natural oils for your face and body.  Well here are some additional tricks from the Ayurveda lifestyle to consider!  Nothing wrong with improving your beauty routine, and overall wellness.  Well and Good offer a great link, listing easy recommendations to adopt in your routine.  See below! http://wellandgood.com/2014/05/11/ayurvedic-beauty-tips-for-great-skin/ I absolutely loved these articles below from Yoga International , which shares beneficial tips on tending to the outside as well as the inside of your body- a true body makeover!!  https://yogainternational.com/article/view/get-healthy-glowing-skin-an-ayurvedic-skincare-routine And who doesn't want radiant skin??? https://yogainternational.com/article/view/ayurvedic-secrets-to-radiant- skin  

Eat for your Dosha: find the perfect foods that fall in line with your body and soul. Here are links below, from Body and Soul website and Ayurveda-Holistic Medicine websites, which offer suggestions of foods to eat based on your dominant dosha. View more on the dosha in an earlier Bon Pour Moi post, Part 1.  Great site, http://www.ayurveda-holistic-medicine.com/ , offers tons of info on the ayurveda lifestyle and practices.  See the info I pulled from their site below, as well as a link showing the best foods for the specific dosha. The Importance of the Six Tastes in Ayurvedic Diet: Ayurveda recognizes six tastes and it's quite important to have all of these 6 tastes in your diet every day. The six tastes are: Sweet – sugar, honey, rice, pasta, milk, etc. Sour – lemons, hard cheese, yogurt, vinegar, etc. Salty – salt, any salty food Pungent – chili peppers, cayenne, ginger, any hot spice Bitter – leafy greens, turmeric, lettuce, etc. ...

Here's a breakdown of what your daily routine entails if you are seeking to practice the Ayurvedic lifestyle.  The link from The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerue, NM lists an 18 step regimen.  Also, you will find a great schedule listing personalized activities based on your assigned dosha.   Discover your dosha in an earlier post, part 1 of the Ayurveda study.  https://www.ayurveda.com/online_resource/daily_routine.html    

Once you've identified your dosha (in previous post), you can move on to the third quiz below.  This quiz delves into specific ailments and concerns that effect our mental and physical state - problems that occur simply because we are imbalanced. http://doshaquiz.chopra.com/dosha_part2.asp Continue to follow with me, as we move closer to natural changes we can make through Ayurveda practices.

Did you know?  Symptoms on the forehead can be linked to the colon.  Symptoms related to the nose and cheeks can be linked to the small intestine, while symptoms related to the mouth, chin, and neck are often due to issues related to the chest and stomach. Ayurveda, pronounced ai-er-veda, means life-knowledge, or knowledge of longevity.  It is a well known system of Hindu traditional medicine.  Considered to be the world's oldest forms of healthcare and healing, it is an alternative to evidence-based or western medical treatments and practices.  Ayurveda often challenges most of what we know, as related to western approaches and other conventional teachings. The Ayurveda system consists of various studies that analyze how we eat, think, and function in our day to day lives.  It has been proven successful for many, offering therapeutic healing and balance of the mind, body- internally and externally, a...