Summary

Want to achieve your best potential health?

By learning about the basics of Ayurveda, you can! This colorful and simple guide walks you through the fundamental principles of Ayurveda. You can use Basic Ayurveda as a quick and fun light read, either as your go-to Ayurvedic guide or paired with its more in-depth sister book, The Elemental Woman.

The book Basic Ayurveda:

Emphasizes a plant-based diet

Includes 96 bright and colorful pages

Defines a few key terms

Explains the Ayurvedic elements and doshas

Lists healing foods for each dosha

Describes how the seasons affect us, along with other special times

Provides a quick checklist for mindful eating and digestive wisdom guidelines

Outlines healthy principles for mono diets and cleansing

Discusses fitness as another tool for Elemental Balance and self-love

The author wants you to know: Wherever you are on your path is exactly where you need to be. There is no right or wrong, good or bad, when comes to gently seeking your best potential wellness. It is natural to get caught up in the struggles of life and for your wellness to ebb and flow.

In this culture, body-shaming images are everywhere and so we often pair needing to shift habits with feeling bad about ourselves. Ayurveda allows you to step out of cultural confusion and focus on self-love and the healing potential that surrounds you.

If Ayurveda feels daunting, know that you can begin small and focus on implementing just a few new positive habits while actively working on increasing self-love. Ayurveda is a set of guidelines and you can realize them in your life at your own speed.

Use this colorful guide to start your True Health journey today!

Author Biography

Tara Lee Clasen pulled herself from chronic pain and restored her nervous system and digestive system's health.

Here is what she knows:

1. Everyone's health is unique, and no one's journey into wellness looks the same.
2. Health is a developing practice that accounts for your total daily input and output.
3. Perfection is not necessary, but an effort of love is.
4. Your intelligent mind-body can produce many of its own healing results.
5. Once you recover from the body-shaming and misinformation of this culture, you can consistently make decisions that promote long-term health and wellness.

Other facts about Tara Lee Clasen:

Now specializing in women's jaw, neck, and pelvic floor pain, Tara was the sole massage therapist on over 44,000 miles of intense cross-country cycling tours with elite athletes, cooking plant-based group meals in almost every state in this beautiful country.

Tara grew up heading to the ice rink at 4 a.m. and watching Tanya Harding practice her defining axel jump.

She studied Hatha yoga with her teacher, Swami Sitaramananda, and trained in Clinical Ayurvedic Medicine.

Tara believes that every woman can cultivate deep self-love and unobstructed happiness with her physical body. And she wants you to realize your ultimate goal; to love yourself throughout the ebb and flow and to realize this, you are already healing.

A native Oregonian, Tara lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with her husband Scott, daughter Magdalena, and rescue animals: Olive the dog, cats Mr. Bones and Lucille, and marvelous white rabbit, Sugar Bun-Bun.

Tara Lee Clasen is plant-based for love.

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