Dosha Diet

Dosha Diet

By Adam Ruggiero   It’s 3:00 in the afternoon, too late for lunch, too early for dinner – you’re hungry, but you don’t know for what. With cupboard and refrigerator doors open, you scan the miscellaneous offerings: an apple, some celery, leftover pasta,...
Which Dosha Are You?

Which Dosha Are You?

By Adam Ruggiero   Ayurvedic medicine can lovingly be called the only truly preventative, palliative and completely individualized form of health care – particularly in our increasingly cure all-driven Western society. One of the ways in which Ayurveda...
Neck Stretches

Neck Stretches

By Lucia Yess   Winter is on our backs and we can’t hide from it. Instead lets open up our upper body and embrace it by relaxing our shoulders away from our ears. As many of you know, as soon as the wind hits you, your shoulders drive up to keep in warmth....
Back Pain

Back Pain

By David Melling I’ve been a resident doctor for over two years. Even though I am pretty new to this whole doctor thing, there is one topic that I am starting to become somewhat familiar with and that is acute low back pain. Since low back pain is so incredibly...
Chakra Series- Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)

Chakra Series- Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)

By Adam Ruggiero   The svadhisthana, sacral chakra, sometimes referred to as the spleen chakra because of its location just below the navel, this chakra center taps into the energies of our creativity. These energies encompass physical creativity, the powers of...
Chakra Series: Solar Plexus (Manipura)

Chakra Series: Solar Plexus (Manipura)

By Adam Ruggiero   The solar plexus, home of the third chakra center, manipura. Here lay our personal power center, our wellspring of energy and capability. From this chakra we derive much of our confidence and sense of personal ability. When energy flows freely...