How can we tell if our agni is imbalanced, and if it is, what can we do to remedy that? In this post, we break down the four states of agni.

Rejuvenation is a term we see all the time in the wellness world. Often touted as a central benefit of self-care practices, the term seems to connote anything from clear skin to an energized mind. But what does rejuvenation actually mean in an Ayurvedic context?

When you look at a flower, you might sense that it is bright, light or soft; when you encounter a stream, you know that it is cool, wet and fast-moving. All of these are qualities that can be attributed to specific gunas, the unique combination of which makes up all forms of matter. What differentiates one plant from another, or one person from another...

Understanding the gunas and how they manifest in the world is an important part of Ayurvedic and yogic practice, enabling one to effectively respond to their imbalances and ailments and to maximize positivity, harmony and tranquility in their life.  In this blog, we unpack the basics of the Rajas guna, discussing the symptoms of Rajas imbalance and strategies for alleviating excess Rajas and promoting...

When an excess of Tamas accumulates, our minds can become sluggish, stagnant and hazy, and we can become prone to bouts of laziness and inactivity. Here are several tips for combating excess Tamas to promote overall mental clarity, energy and balance. 

Here are some ways you can maximize Sattva in your life for greater clarity, balance and peace.

While there are a number of specific gunas that are characteristic of each dosha, there are also three overarching gunas whose essences capture the universal energies that are continually present, in differing degrees, throughout all forms of life. Here’s a breakdown of these three gunas—we discuss what they represent and how they inform our constitution and everyday experience.

Turmeric is an extremely versatile ingredient, one that you can incorporate into your routine in a number of different ways. Here are 3 different methods for utilizing this wellness powerhouse for physical and spiritual wellbeing.

An increasingly popular beverage in mainstream wellness circles (and for good reason!), golden milk is a traditional Ayurvedic beverage that is as beneficial for your health as it is tasty.

Shatavari is a revered adaptogen that all women should know about. A powerful immunity booster, Shatavari can strengthen fertility, reduce menopausal symptoms, combat stress and more.

Here is a simple step-by-step guide to a rejuvenating Ayurvedic self-care night.

Ayurvedic supplements are all-natural, potent ways to make a profound difference on your overall physical and mental health. You can cultivate some serious long-term benefits by simply taking one capsule a day. Does it get any better than that? 

Navel therapy is a centuries-old Ayurvedic practice that involves pooling warm oil or ghee in the belly button. It is believed to possess a number of detoxifying and healing benefits for the body. 

One simple, yet potent practice that is especially recommended during kapha season is Garshana, or dry brushing.

Feeling motivated to make resolutions you can keep up all year round? These 5 Ayurvedic detox practices will leave you feeling like your best self this year, delivering long-lasting rejuvenation, vitality and wellness.

Ayurveda offers a number of tips and practices for making the most out of every bath so that you can emerge feeling 100% revitalized. Here are 4 ways you can transform your bathing ritual to maximize its healing and rejuvenating powers.

In Ayurveda, how we care for our bodies deeply impacts our overall mental and spiritual wellbeing. For this reason, body care is of supreme importance: when we neglect to care for our bodies, our mental health also deteriorates, but when we care for our bodies with love and attention, we find ourselves mentally and spiritually renewed as well. 

Here’s a brief breakdown of each dosha’s relationship style, along with advice on how to achieve relationship balance through the lens of the Ayurvedic doshas.

Why choose UMA? Because at the core of our Ayurvedic philosophy is the concept of self-love. 

At UMA, Ayurveda is not just a set of practices or the use of certain Ayurvedic ingredients—it’s a philosophy that permeates the core of our outlook on how we achieve wellness.

By adopting Ayurvedic practices that restore balance to our bodies and minds, it becomes easier to enter a lasting state of self-love.

Ayurveda, the ancient science of Indian natural medicine that originated over 5,000 years ago, offers an approach to modern beauty woes that reconfigures how we think about beauty.

Ayurveda guarantees such life-altering benefits that it is a preferred choice for wellness and beauty remedies over other medicinal alternatives. Even many of your favorite celebrities opt for Ayurvedic practices to optimize their health. Here are 7 elements that these celebs love about Ayurveda.

Composed of the fire and water elements, the pitta dosha has a significant influence on your mind and body. From your metabolism to perception, it governs your day to day well-being. Here’s an introduction to the dosha and how you can balance it with easy-to-do steps.

Getting the ingredients you need to switch to an Ayurvedic diet is one of the most important steps for fueling the transition. Here are 4 ingredients that will elevate the impact of your Ayurvedic wellness plan.

Tired of feeling stressed at the end of the day and unable to rest well? Simple Ayurvedic steps like these can help you bring your life back on track. Having an effective Ayurvedic night routine is essential to establishing balance, and enhancing the quality of your rest.

With immunity being so top of mind, we share a tried and true classic immunity booster: Ayurvedic oil pulling. Also known by other names like oil swishing or swishing oil, this is an ancient practice of swishing around a little bit of warm sesame oil in your mouth for 10-20 minutes each morning and then spitting it out.

There are three Ayurvedic doshas (also known as body types or energies): vata, pitta and kapha. While most people have a combination of doshas within them, we all have a prominent dosha that makes up our individual constitution. Knowing your prominent dosha is key to treating your body and well-being most effectively. We share resources on understanding your dosha, and how best to keep it...

Your sense of taste can be a powerful gateway to responding to what your body might need to balance health. The quality of a food’s taste can help guide you to understand how it may impact your dosha. Ayurveda recognizes six tastes and each taste represents a combination of elements (like your dosha does).

Ayurveda helps us take our exercise and Yoga practice beyond. Providing valuable guidelines on tailoring your regimen to your dosha, Ayurveda can help us remain in doshic balance. It's worth keeping in mind that like with everything, Ayurveda promulgates balance, and does not recommend exercise regimens that can feel extreme - the emphasis is on stimulating the body, while being careful not to over...

In conversation with Beth Doane, entrepreneur, journalist and managing partner of Main & Rose, UMA Founder Shrankhla Holecek shares her wisdom on some of the the most pressing concerns that Ayurveda has helped address for so many!

We break down the detoxifying Ayurvedic practice of Panchakarma—a cleanse that improves immune function, counters imbalances, and recenters both mind and body.

UMA's essential liver cleanser, Love Thy Liver, a daily supplement, contains many Ayurvedic herbs that help to support the natural elimination of toxins. Here we spotlight some of our favorite Ayurvedic herbs for liver function, and how they help support this important organ.

Tongue scraping doesn’t just improve bad breath—it also helps combat digestive problems, acne, and other bodily imbalances. Here’s the simple Ayurvedic practice that can make a big impact on our oral health and well-being. 

An essential organ, the liver works around-the-clock for us. The largest internal organ, it is rather easy to overlook. We talk to Ayurveda experts Sarah Teeple and Vanashree Balgamwar for their insight into how we can best honor this diligent, hardworking organ.

By increasing circulation and promoting lymphatic drainage, the Kansa wand will have you boasting a clear, healthy complexion in no time.

Panchakarma is an ancient Ayurvedic practice of detoxification. By adopting simple self-care practices and herbal remedies, you can achieve the cleansing benefits of a Panchakarma-like Ayurvedic detox without ever having to leave your home.

Adaptogens such as Brahmi, Triphala, Shatavari, Shilajit, and Ashwagandha have been around for centuries. Here’s how to best incorporate them into your wellness routine. 

Oral hygiene isn’t just about having a beautiful smile—it’s also about protecting your health. Thanks to the Ayurvedic practice of oil pulling, you can do both.

You're probably aware that we go through different sleep cycles and phases each night - each of which vary in how much rest and rejuvenation they afford your brain and body. Sleep problems are on the rise, with insomnia and the inability to fall asleep at night being the most common. As a result, valuable night time rest in which deep sleep is attained - and...

Meditation isn't a one-size fits all pursuit. In our quest to meditate more successfully, we have found an answer to more effective meditation - meditating according to your dosha.

Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic practice that involves swishing 1-2 teaspoons of oil in your mouth. People have reported having whiter teeth and healthier pink gums, even clearer skin, after incorporating an oil pulling regimen.

Kitchari is a protein-rich Indian dish that combines rice and lentils, or sometimes mung beans. Beloved by Ayurvedics, it is not only a great staple for a cleanse, it's a highly restorative, calming meal when you're a little under the weather, or perhaps just recovering from a night of excess!

Detoxes are so central to Ayurvedic medicine that they're the first step in any treatment you might undertake - be it for acne or depression! Here are some incredible daily detox tips that take 2 minutes or less to exercise but can have a huge impact on your beauty, wellness and general health overall.

If there ever were a season to want to feel great in your skin while staying strong against all the temptations, it's summer. We get it. And fortunately so does Ayurveda. This 5000-year system of medicine has created the perfect summer eating plan—full of ancient wisdom to keep you feeling and looking healthy.

Ayurveda can be a transformative - and beautifully simple - tool for helping you achieve your health and beauty goals. We discuss our top tips for optimal weight management, supple skin, superior sleep - and more!

Eating for your dosha type is not only a great way to keep the body in shape, but an important part of ensuring that your Ayurvedic treatments and lifestyles are getting you the most optimal impact.

Triphala is a polyherbal blend that has long been revered for its nourishing, cleansing, and balancing properties.

This Ayurvedic, wholly natural, detox will help you remove impurities from the body, reset your digestive system, balance your blood sugar, and revitalize your energy levels, all of which will also have a profound impact on your mental and emotional well-being.

There’s a reason Ayurveda is so often touted as the ultimate solution for common ailments. Incorporating ancient Ayurvedic practices into your routine can help with anything, from getting a better night’s sleep to achieving thicker brows. 

It's a star adaptogen that seems to be finding space in everyone's cabinet, tea, or morning supplement regimen. But why? What makes this herb such a powerhouse—and why are so many people reaching for it in many forms? 

How we react to things is a deeply personal matter. Whether it's a global affair or an intimate event, the impacts of every situation vary person to person. As Ayurveda explicitly believes, we are all unique beings with our own exclusive constitutions. 

Each of these nourish our bodies and provide immunity-enhancing, invigorating herbs and spices.

It may seem bizarre, but oil pulling is, in fact, a proven wellness practice that has immense benefits.

If you find yourself curious about Ayurveda or simply in search of some grounded truth to guide you, these principles from the ancient science can offer a north star. 

According to Ayurveda, the latter part of winter is the season of Kapha. The cloudy, colder days can often leave us feeling stagnant, weighed down, or even uninspired. In order to remain in balance and optimal health, it is essential to adapt to the present season by making complementary lifestyle and dietary shifts. 

Jihwa prakshalana, tongue scraping, is a prominent part of an Ayurvedic self-care routine. An easy ritual that takes only a minute or so, tongue scraping can have a profound impact on your digestion and overall wellbeing.   

The last days of December is a beautiful time when we naturally tend to work a little less and take more time to just simply be. It is replenishing to lean into this mellow time during Vata season and up our Dinacharya, the Sanskrit term for daily self-care that helps with the our alignment with nature.

Each of these six books offers resourceful counsel on Ayurveda. The approaches are generous, the recipes simple, and the wisdom deeply inspiring and inclusive. 

Within Ayurveda, energy is a function of the Kapha principle. Lack of energy, lethargy, and listlessness can be attributed to an imbalance in the body’s Kapha. These simple, attainable Ayurvedic remedies and practices significantly help to beat fatigue and increase energy.

Traditionally, Ayurveda requires daily commitment to see change. But this commitment does not have to be a challenge. You can start small with the simple practices.

For Shrankhla Holecek, Ayurveda has been a pillar in her life since she was born. As a child growing up in India she would watch her parents perform rituals and prepare foods with the utmost intention. From this, Shrankhla learned to foster a deep connection to herself.

Ayurveda's approach to anti-aging is known as rasayana chikitsa, a holistic rejuvenation of mind and body to retain youthfulness and vitality.

Saffron is an extremely precious and efficacious spice revered for its healing properties and ability to repair and rejuvenate skin.

Late fall to early winter is known as Vata season in Ayurveda. This time of year shares many qualities that distinguish Vata: cold, dry, rough, mobile.

Nature is made up of five primal elements—space, air, fire, water, and earth. These natural elements combine in different ways to make up the three doshas in Ayurveda: Vatta, Pitta, and Kapha. 

Insomnia can be caused by increased vatta or pitta, according to Ayurvedic texts.  Simple remedies can help get the body back in balance and, in turn, help you get needed, restful, quality sleep. 

Creating beauty through powerful remedies that address the root causes of physical and emotional ailments – rather than just their symptoms – Ayurveda holds the key to solving many common issues that seem hard to treat with drugstore products.

Ayurveda, The Science of Life: The integration of centuries-old Ayurvedic techniques into people’s daily routines results in a unique take on the beauty and wellness industry. Ayurveda’s holistic emphasis on the inseparable connection between one’s body, mind and spirit allows for not only noticeable physical improvements reflected on the skin, hair or felt within the body, but a sense of personal empowerment to one’s...

Summer particularly is the time that Pitta of the tridoshas dominates. To mollify the aggressive pitta of the summer, start by avoiding hot, spicy or pungent foods (these typically aggravate pitta). Within fruits, avoid sour fruits such as green grapes, sour plums, and grapefruit. Do eat sweet fruits like apples, avocados, dark grapes, and sweet pineapples. For vegetables, load up on asparagus, broccoli, cucumbers, and green peppers while trying to avoid beets,...