GUILT-FREE Summer Treat; Plus SVA Community News – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 15, 2022 – #34, Vol 11

It’s the end of summer and temperatures are running high, so are our temperaments! Not to mention thirst, and lack of appetite. This is all part of the season: increased heat in the environment reflects changes in our metabolism and mood. Our pitta dosha goes off, we may feel emotional and cranky, our eyes feel dry, our skin feel scorched, our stomach seems unable to digest anything except water (and ice cream!). It’s normal to reach out for sweet treats. The sweet taste as we learn from Ayurveda, is cold/cooling, and heavy. So it balances pitta and vata. But can aggravate kapha. Not to mention bring other imbalances if it is not well-processed sugar etc. So if you are experiencing summer heat like we are, we have the most delicious “remedy” for you! A ½ tsp of Vaidya’s Rose Petal Preserve – eat it as is OR add 1 tsp to 10 oz of water and stir and enjoy as a delicious drink. Rose is the Queen of Flowers because not only is it gorgeous to look at and opens our hearts with its smell, but it helps pacify acidic stomach, hot skin, dry eyes, and so much more! Rediscover your cool-ness with Vaidya’s Rose Preserve – we promise you will fall in love with Summer again…  

Here’s another all-time favorite that will just surprise out with its goodness: you won’t be able to contain the joy of how well mango and orange marry! Is it possible to have a sweet fruit spread that’s delectably perfect to balance your pitta and vata doshas without aggravating kapha? With Vaidya’s Sweet Orange and Mango Chutney that’s exactly what you get – this new chutney is not just free from chemical and toxic additives, colors, and flavors, but it is formulated according to the most ancient ayurvedic principles that help balance the body and the mind through a healthy treat. It’s a delicious chutney that is great to use daily with your meals or eat alone at snack-time with some crackers!

According to the basic principles of ayurvedic pharmacology – known as dravyaguna, the natural taste of a food item is very important because it gives you information about what it is going to do in your body, what actions it is going to perform once you ingest it. This is why, in Ayurveda, plants and herbs are first and foremost categorized and evaluated according to their taste. In total, Ayurveda says there are 6 tastes: madhur (sweet); amla (sour); lavan (salty); katu (pungent); tikt (bitter); kashai (astringent).

The first three tastes are known to be vata pacifying (the sutra says: “Tatradia marutam granthi” – the first 3 tastes pacify marut/vata or the air principle). The Sweet Orange and Mango chutney contains a balance of both the sweet (madhur) and sour (amla) tastes, therefore, it pacifies all vata aspects right away – body and mind. But does this not aggravate kapha dosha – since only the bitter, pungent, and astringent tastes pacify kapha while the sweet, sour, and salty aggravate it?

Vaidya’s chutney is made of raw sweet mangos that are known to be astringent, and in this recipe, the astringent taste or “kashai rasa” counter-balances the sweet and sour properties of the chutney keeping kapha in balance. Enjoy this most delectable preserve GUILT-FREE!

Wonderful Source of Dietary Fiber and Pre-biotic Colon Support

Prunes have a storied history and a big reputation as ‘nature’s remedy’ for constipation. And no wonder! Prunes are rich in insoluble fiber, as well as the natural laxative sorbitol.

But that’s not the end of the story. Prunes are a great addition to any diet, as they have a long list of other health benefits with the least or zero side-effects. Despite not being part of the Ayurvedic tradition, we should fully adopt them into our daily diet.

Dietary Fiber and Pre-biotics

This tri-doshic (balanced for all body types) prune preserve helps normalize apana agni.  This agni (metabolic fire) governing the colon must be sama (balanced) to do its job of selecting what materials to absorb and what materials to reject in the process of digestion. 

Organic Prune Preserve works on apana agni by lending a rich source of dietary fiber that both helps remove the malas (waste products) from the colon and provides pre-biotic support for the yoginis (friendly bacteria) that line the colon wall. Yoginis increase our immunity and the intelligence of the colon. So, prunes don’t merely help relieve constipation, they can also help with the absorption of minerals and other essential nutrients we require.

If you are concerned that this preserve may not taste good, put your worries aside. This preserve also carries the delicious taste of sweet orange and organic raw sugar. So, it tastes as good as it is good for you.

Cranberries are oft forgotten but for that one day when placed alongside other traditional Thanksgiving fare. But there are many reasons we should eat cranberries more often. And that’s why now you don’t have to wait for Thanksgiving to enjoy them. With Vaidya Mishra’s Organic Cranberry Preserve you can enjoy the health benefits of cranberries year-round. 

Cranberries are a power fruit – great for the eyes, cardiovascular health, and the urinary tract. According to the Cranberry Marketing Committee, this disease-fighting fruit is also one of the highest ranked regularly consumed foods for antioxidant content per serving. Antioxidants protect cells from damage by oxidative stress and free radicals, damage that can lead to serious conditions like cancer and heart disease. Some of the antioxidants found in cranberries include anthocyanins, ellagic acid, quercetin, resveratrol, selenium, and vitamins A, C and E. 

Awaken your taste-buds with the flavor of exotic fruits and spices in Vaidya’s SVA Tamarind Wild Amla Preserve. Connect your brain centers with your stomach, support your appetite, enhance your digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, feel energized instead of fatigued after your meals. The Wild Amla berry is ideal for protein synthesis, and for enhancing the dhatu-agnis (metabolic process in all the tissues). Wild Amla is a powerhouse of Vitamin C, and is highly alkalizing. It pacifies all doshas and subdoshas. Sweet Thai Tamarind is a delicious exotic fruit ideal for metabolism, and for maintaining cool and healthy skin conditions. Tamarind also supports the colon’s friendly bacteria and balances all doshas and subdoshas. This ketchup-substitute condiment will help you catch-up with your health resolutions and keep you two steps ahead of the old habits you are trying to kick off!

SVA COMMUNITY NEWS

… NEAR & FAR …

This year, we offer the options of attending 1, 2, or 3 days. The yagya will be held in the afternoons after 1pm, and will last 4-5 hours. You may also sponsor the yagya for 1 or 3 days. Suggested donation (not required for attendance) for 1 day sponsorship is $108. Your sponsorship will help pay for offerings to conduct the fire ceremony.

For more information or to sign up, please email us at: 

info@prana-center.com 

We had our second Home Detox online session yesterday – we practiced Samadhi Marma together followed by a review of how and what to set up for our first detox run. We also had a lovely sharing session. We look forward to our upcoming sessions and to the experience of going through detox in a community from across the country and Canada.

If you are still considering signing up: 

Email us at: info@prana-center.com.

Namaste. 

Ready to shift gears? Autumn detox is a must! So you can ease into a busier more active season with a cooler heart and mind. It is necessary to offload all the heat generated by summer before your srotas (physical channels) shrink down trapping the heat all over the place, leading you to crave sweets, and yes, you guessed it, bringing on that seasonal flu and body aches and sniffles! Join us for SVA Home-Detox. If you’ve done it already, you can still join us for the companionship at a nominal fee – PLUS detox is more fun together! Here is our schedule for this year’s Autumn Detox:

• Sept 6: by midnight. Last chance to register for early bird specials. Registration after this date the course is full price, but still well worth attending!
• Sept 7: 3 pm PST, live webinar – What is Samadhi Marma
• Sept 8: 3 pm PST, live webinar – Introduction to SVA Detox. Detox Begins.
• Sept 15: 3 pm PST, live webinar – receive new information, share your detox experiences and ask questions.
• Sept 22: 3 pm PST, live webinar – receive new information, share your detox experiences and ask questions.
• Sept 29: Self-study -no live webinar. You can still reach out to others in the group or your SVA councilor.
• Oct 06: Self-study -no live webinar. You can still reach out to others in the group or your SVA councilor.
• Oct 13: 3 pm PST, resume live webinar session, receive new information, share your detox experiences and ask questions.
• Oct 20: 3 pm PST, live webinar, receive new information, share your detox experiences and ask questions.
• Oct 27: 3 pm PST, live webinar. Final meeting to share your experiences and ask questions.

If you have already detoxed with us before, you will be charged a nominal fee PLUS receive 15% discount on all detox products for the duration of the course. If this is your first time, you can catch the early bird of $1188 (otherwise $1440) by September 6. This rate includes ALL detox products needed for 8 (or more) weeks (image below). For more information call or email us:

info@prana-center.com

(818)709-1005

REPLAY OF EMF VS PRANA COURSE

What a fabulous session we had yesterday, filled with so much knowledge, empowering us against this overwhelming modern health phenomenon – EMF toxicity. The good news is there is SO MUCH we can do, through Vaidya Mishra’s SVA teachings, as well as through all the information Henry Eckstein shared with us. Understanding the ayurvedic fundamentals of what EMF is, is the first most important step to be able to address it; however, having a strong handle on all the recent measuring devices, as well as the different categories of radiation and frequencies that we need to address is also so crucial. We thank Henry Eckstein for generously sharing his knowledge and expertise with us. Here again are some important details and ways you can reach him if you want to assess your home or workspace: 

1. Website: https://www.HealthyIndoorConsultants.com
2. His email: Henry@HealthyIndoorConsultants.com
3. Business phone: (303) 306-8793

On the website you can book a free discovery call where you can discuss if Henry can help you. You can also buy meters at a discount. Here is the page: https://healthyindoorconsultants.com/favorite-products

Henry also offer zoom calls to help people get aquainted with and learn how to use their meters.

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Still not sure whether the EMF course is for you? Find out more…