The Autumn season or the Sharath Ritu is a welcome relief after the sweaty and sultry Summer heat and the damp Monsoon. This is when the lashing rains end and the chilly winter is yet to set in. The skies during this time are clear blue with clouds floating lazily and the days are sunny, yet cool. The nights during this time are cool and breezy. Sharath Ritu falls during the Visarga Kaal, in the month of Aashvin and Kartika (mid-September to mid-November). The Sun shines bright after the gloomy...

Who doesn't want to eat healthy and stay healthy? But even though our intentions are right, we end up committing certain mistakes that take a toll on our diet, and eventually our bodies. Making these simple mistakes can convert all those nutritious foods into fat or flab! We have already discussed at length about the right food, the right time as well as the right quantity to eat as per Ayurveda. Now let's discuss some of the common mistakes most of us commit, in detail. These pertain more t...

Like we mentioned in the post here, there are a lot of mistakes that we tend to commit when it comes to eating food properly. Ayurveda talks of the entire process of eating food as something that is close to divine - food should be respected... only then will we be able to respect our bodies. As far as the importance of eating right, the right food, the right time as well as the right quantity of food are concerned, we have already dealt with those topics. Now let's stress more on proper eat...