Ayurveda (Idiot's Guides)

Quite helpful informative and an excellent guide.

This is book is amazing I learned a lot in this book. it took me one week to read this book and I feel like born again. I wish I knew all this 20 years ago but it never too so I happy. A true wisdom for life

When I first began the spiritual journey of Yoga six months ago, I found that along that path was Ayurveda. My main goal is to be healthy and feel good so that I am able to continue doing what I need to do with this life. Ayurveda sounded like the next step for me and I took to the internet, as most of us do, for research. Most of what I found ended up being supplement companies who sell amazing products, but lack the depth of knowledge I was seeking.Then, I found Sahara.She was all over social media and packed her website full of amazing information. If you're anything like me, you got to know Sahara from her enthusiastic social media (Instagram, especially) posts which lead to her helpful website articles. Even though the information on her website is thorough, well done, and insightful it still made it a challenge for me to follow more of a curriculum style guide on learning Ayurveda. When she announced the release of this book, I knew it was exactly what I needed. I felt as though she and I were connected; I needed a teacher and she, a student. I'm thankful I had a chance to get to know her credibility in Ayurveda while watching her aim to help others freely online and interacting with her community. If you have not had the chance to get to know Sahara, I am taking this time to speak for her in case you're on the fence about buying yet another guide about nutrition.I assure you, this book is NOT full of the fad-diet gimmicks you see too often. I have seen that Sahara is reaching out to people to spread the wisdom and knowledge that dates back 5000 years. Ayurveda for one has been helping me a great deal and this book is an intuitive collection of guidance to help keep my progress of learning and being healthier. This book may seem small for a guide on the vastly large information that makes up Ayurveda, however, it's an evolution of knowledge as well and Sahara has comprised this book in a way that will allow us to begin our journey in the most efficient method.I highly recommend this book, it will be a way to start and maintain your journey to a better, healthier life.Namaste

I read this book to try to figure out what Ayurveda was, since I heard the term tossed around recently and wondered what people were talking about. It’s basically a very old Indian system of holistic health and wellness–body, mind, spirit–that’s been around for thousands of years. There are a lot of Indian words that will never stick in my mind throughout the book, but the author was great to explain in normal terms what everything meant. There were some cool concepts that resonated with me for health and wellness and some, especially near the end, that just seemed a little too “out there” to fully embrace. But overall, it did just what I wanted it to. It explained Ayurveda principles of health and wellness so I could understand them better. If you’re wondering (like me) what Ayurveda is, this book is a good one for the layman to start with.

I really like this book, easy read and informative, just let down by many typos, missing words etc.eg: - in one list it mentions Mexico twice- when speaking about the 7 dhatus it only lists 6, a mistake that is repeated more than once

I can’t believe I actually put this book down? I had a lot going on in my life and didn’t have time to keep up but I’ve been still doing some things from time to time! One thing I know forsure is that as humans, we can be aware and conscious of what is going on inside of our own bodies, but we don’t know the right tools or maybe we are unsure it could be something else. Before reading anything on the topic of Ayurveda, I remember going to the doctors with them asking what’s wrong and I reply “I don't know” , After so many doctor appointments I got frustrated because they just kept on sending me to specialists all around with not even the slightest answer to give me. ( again I am not knocking Medical field at all but just didn’t get help in a certain area)I then got into yoga which lead me to discovering Ayurveda and it has changed my life ever since.Again I am re reading this book because I love it that much. I find you always learn something new or something you forgot when first reading it. Sahara did such an amazing job with getting her points a-crossed and teaching the ancient wisdom that has been passed down from generations to generations, keeping it more and more alive!I am about to do my kitchari cleanse next week for the first time in a long time and I can tell you that you guys will feel refreshed, and cleansed! This is a 10/10 recommend on this book! I love it and I know you will too!