Seasonal Self-Care Rituals

Eat, Breathe, Move, and Sleep Better—According to Your Dosha

Description

Reap the health benefits of Ayurveda and optimize your seasonal routines with powerful, personalized self-care rituals to achieve sustainable weight loss, increased focus, and improved mental health.

According to the ancient texts of Ayurveda, “All diseases begin at the junctions of the seasons.” When we push against the essence of each season—going to bed late in the winter, eating sweet, heavy foods in the spring, or neglecting our skincare in the summer—we fall out of sync with nature and optimal health.

Drawing on more than a decade of experience, Chopra-certified teacher Susan Weis-Bohlen guides you through simple yet profoundly effective shifts to take a more holistic approach to your health, in line with traditional wisdom but adapted to modern lifestyles. In this book you will find:
-An Introduction to Ayurvedic practices, including meditation, breath work, chakras, mantras, yoga, and aromatherapy and essential oils
-A dosha quiz to assess your mind-body constitution
-A practical guide to the seasons explaining their relationship to each dosha
-Personalized Guidance to build a daily routine for each season
-Food as medicine recipes like Golden Milk for Sleep and Good Digestion and Spring Detox Soup

An essential guide to year-round health, Seasonal Self-Care Rituals will lead you through healing rituals and natural remedies to support your ideal body weight, increased focus and mental clarity, a healthier gut and microbiome, improved stamina, better sleep, and emotional wellness.

About the author(s)

Susan Weis-Bohlen is a Chopra-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, cooking instructor, and meditation teacher with more than a dozen years of experience coaching clients to natural, sustainable health through Ayurvedic practice. She proudly serves on the board of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and is the founder of Breathe Ayurveda. Her first book, The Ayurveda Beginner’s Guide has been published in five languages. Susan lives with her husband and their three dogs in the woods outside Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews

“This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand how to stay healthy throughout the year. Drawing on her extensive training, as well as decades of personal experience, Susan Weis-Bohlen takes the teachings of Ayurvedic seasonal routines and makes them accessible to all, providing us with a wide variety of practices to stay balanced and healthy in body, mind, and spirit. Complete with recipes and simple practices, Seasonal Self-Care Rituals is an invaluable resource for improving our overall wellbeing.” 

Sheila Patel, M.D., Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global

"Susan is a deeply dedicated, devoted and loving Ayurvedic healer. Understanding the healing aspects of ritu charya (seasonal changes) can bring into balance our inner ecology. In this practical guide, Susan shows us the steps to inner harmony and balance through awareness of the seasons."

Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, Ayurvedic Physician, and author Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing and Textbook of Ayurveda series

“This gem of a book is like having a personal mind-body coach. Susan’s rituals, delicious recipes, and transformational practices keep us in thrive mode every day by aligning with nature.”

 

davidji, author of Sacred Powers

Seasonal Self-Care Rituals is an excellent guide to understanding the cycles of nature and how our physiology responds to various seasons of life. This is the true essence of personalized medicine.”

Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar BAMS, MD, author of Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life and The Hot Belly Diet

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