Category Archives: Healing Ayurveda

Anger Management- Your Way to Perfect Peace

Everyone at some point or another has been angry. Anger is an important emotion, and in certain circumstances it can be healthy to express it. However, it becomes detrimental when it is uncontrolled. This is where the need for anger management comes to picture. Learning how to deal with anger is vital in leading healthy lifestyle. Anger causes increased release of adrenalin, causes high blood pressure, and increases your heart rate; possibly causing stroke, and heart attack. Anger produces intense guilt, feelings of failure, depression, constant anxiety, and violent fury. Poor or mismanagement of anger may lead to divorce; road rage, workplace violence, and many ailments like sleep disorders, chronic headaches and digestive problems.   Many people think that suppressing anger is anger management. However, this is a dangerous way of anger management and may lead to both mental as well as physical health problems, if suppressed for a long period of time. Moreover, suppressing your anger recurrently can restrict your capability to act appropriately in the face of real challenges.   So, if you are someone who is struggling to deal with anger, there are a number of useful anger management techniques available. Try the following easy to do

Celebrating The Tulsi Festival

The healing powers of Tulsi (Holy Basil) are tremendous. The leaves, flowers and trunk of Tulsi are used for various medicinal purposes. Tulsi is also considered useful for treating ailments such as jaundice, blood-related diseases, fevers and skin problems. The ancient system of Ayurveda describes the many virtues and uses of Tulsi. It also occupies a place of great respect among Hindus. The Tulsi plant is often present in the homes of Hindu families and is worshipped every morning. If there is a Tulsi plant in the home, its environment it purified. It also minimizes the chances of harmful elements entering into the home. Followers of Hindu religion celebrate the wedding ceremony of Tulsi with great devotion and holiness. On the full moon day of Karitka month, the wedding ceremony of Tulsi and Shaligram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is celebrated. Women organize this ceremony with great devotion according to established custom. They also fast on this occasion. The wedding rituals for Tulsi begin with Prabodhini Ekadashi of Kartika Shukla, and on the full moon day of Kartika month, Tulsi is wedded to Shaligram. Due to the holiness of Tulsi, she is considered the most beneficial in worshipping Lord Vishnu.