At-Home Ayurvedic Hair and Skin Care
The ancient Indian practice of ayurveda is a natural and holistic way to improve your health and beauty. Instead of focusing on synthetic products and medicines, ayurvedic health centers around regaining the balance between your environment and your mind, body, and spirit, especially through pure and natural means.
Ayurvedic Diet
One of the cornerstones of improving your skin and beauty through ayurvedic practices is by following the ayurvedic diet. First, you’ll have to learn where you’re unbalanced, through identifying your dosha type. This is the unique combination of your mind-body energy. Identifying your dosha will inform the types of foods you should eat, emotional problems you may have, your skincare needs, and what exercise may work best to keep you physically healthy and emotionally relaxed.
Regardless of your dosha type, there are a few simple practices for following an ayurvedic diet. You’ll have to eliminate snacking, focus on eating and drinking hot or room temperature foods and drinks, and savor your meals without distractions. Whole, fresh, and organic foods will pay dividends in your ayurvedic skin care journey.
DIY Ayurvedic Spa Treatments
Ayurvedic treatments are some of the most natural beauty care options. Since the focus is on vitamins, minerals, harmony, and wholeness, you won’t have to worry about toxic, artificial, and man-made chemicals throwing off your hormones or inner balances. Here are some ideas:
Massage
A quick and easy way to immediately feel luxurious while staying within ayurvedic practice is through massage.
Once you know your dosha type, you can pick up a cooling or warming oil or try our Saffron & Roo Body Water Before a shower, take time to massage the oil into your body. Wait 10 to 15 minutes before showering. This gives the oil enough time to restore and smooth your skin.
For added customization, make your own natural ayurvedic body oils with the recipes and ingredients we have on the MWO Blog and MWO Market Place
Another staple of ayurvedic health involves hair oiling. Work specialized hair oil, specific to your dosha or our Mermane Wata for all Dosha types into your scalp. This will remove any accumulated energy stuck at the top of your hair. Protect your head overnight and wash the oil out in the morning. This will keep your hair and scalp naturally healthy and protected from breakage and energetic imbalance.
Specialized Combing
When practicing ayurvedic beauty habits, you’ll have to make some subtle adjustments to your everyday beauty practices. One of these changes is in the way that you comb your hair. You’re likely already gentle, working from ends to roots to get the knots out. However when you’re focusing on ayurvedic health, make sure to keep breakage and dryness as minimal as possible. These traits are heavily associated with dosha imbalances. Be sure to only use a natural, wooden, wide-tooth comb to keep plastics away from your scalp. And, do not ever share your comb with anyone, as this conflates your energies.
By combining some of the ayurvedic diet with sleep, exercise, and DIY spa treatments, you’ll start to notice improvements in how vitalized and beautiful you feel. By maintaining a consistent practice (https://www.mamiwataorganics.com/blogs/news/21-days-to-a-better-you), your natural light will shine through!
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