Ayurveda emphasizes a morning routine that nourishes and cleanses the body, and gently rouses the mind.  The morning routine sets the stage for the rest of the day.

By improving the lymph system, you enable your body to better detoxify itself. It can more easily remove byproducts of the foods you eat, your bodily processes, the medications you take, and other toxins you may have been exposed to.

When we consume carbohydrates, weather a steamed potato or a candy bar, our blood sugar spikes.  To bring blood sugar back to normal, the pancreas pumps insulin into the bloodstream.  When we continuously cause blood sugar to spike through our food choices, the pancreas goes into overdrive shooting too much insulin into the bloodstream.  Now blood sugar drops too low, and our adrenal “fight or flight” hormones are called in by the hypothalamus.  The adrenal glands recognize low blood sugar as a threat and send hormones out to boost it, but these hormones are used for crisis situations and so in response we experience stress.