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Varsha Ritucharya: A Guide to Monsoon Health in Ayurveda
Classical Review

Varsha Ritucharya: A Guide to Monsoon Health in Ayurveda

How Ayurveda's classical texts guide us through the monsoon — agni, dinacharya, ratricharya, diet, and yoga for the season when the body is at its most vulnerable.

Samarpan Editorial Team11 min read
Yoga Nidra: The Art of Conscious Rest for Deep Healing
Clinical Insight

Yoga Nidra: The Art of Conscious Rest for Deep Healing

Yoga Nidra, the ancient practice of "yogic sleep," guides the body into deep rest while the mind stays quietly aware — a powerful tool for stress relief, better sleep, and nervous system healing.

Harsh Ranjan—Ayurveda Biologist7 min read
Yoga Nidra: The Science of Sleep and Healing
Research Review

Yoga Nidra: The Science of Sleep and Healing

What EEG studies on yogic sleep suggest about Yoga Nidra's effect on deep rest, and how it compares to classical descriptions.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
Advaita and the Self: What Vedanta and Neuroscience Both Notice
Narrative Review

Advaita and the Self: What Vedanta and Neuroscience Both Notice

How the non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta echo findings on the neural sense of self and the default mode network.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
Agni: The Sacred Fire at the Centre of Ayurvedic Health
Classical Review

Agni: The Sacred Fire at the Centre of Ayurvedic Health

Revisiting the classical model of digestive and metabolic fire, and why Ayurveda treats Agni as the root of most disease.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
PCOS and Hormonal Health: An Ayurvedic Approach for Women
Clinical Perspective

PCOS and Hormonal Health: An Ayurvedic Approach for Women

Reframing polycystic ovary syndrome through Ayurvedic constitution and lifestyle medicine, alongside current clinical practice.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
Rewiring Anxiety: The Vagus Nerve and Yoga
Research Review

Rewiring Anxiety: The Vagus Nerve and Yoga

How yogic breath and movement practices may influence vagal tone, and what the polyvagal research does and doesn't support.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
The Gut-Brain Axis: Our 'Second Brain' and Mental Health
Research Review

The Gut-Brain Axis: Our 'Second Brain' and Mental Health

Current research on the enteric nervous system and microbiome, considered alongside Ayurveda's long-standing gut-mind link.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read
Ritucharya: The Ayurvedic Case for Seasonal Eating
Classical Review

Ritucharya: The Ayurvedic Case for Seasonal Eating

Classical seasonal-routine guidance on diet and lifestyle, considered alongside what we know about seasonal metabolic shifts.

Samarpan Editorial Team7 min read

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Editorial Spotlight

Understanding PCOS Beyond the Diagnosis

A curated collection exploring women's health through both classical Ayurvedic understanding and current clinical research — from root-cause thinking to evidence-based care.

Explore Women's Health

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Two Traditions. One Pursuit: Better Health.

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Select articles carry this dual-column format — classical knowledge on the left, modern evidence on the right — so tradition and research can be read in conversation, not in isolation.

CLASSICAL AYURVEDIC KNOWLEDGE

"ऋतुचर्यायाः पालनं आरोग्यस्य मूलम्।"

Classical texts describe Ritucharya — seasonal regimen — as foundational to preventing disease, aligning diet, sleep and activity with the qualities of each season rather than treating illness after it appears.

MODERN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

Chronobiology research on circadian and circannual rhythms shows measurable seasonal shifts in metabolism, immune markers and sleep architecture — offering a modern vocabulary for what Ritucharya describes.

— Referenced in Issue 03, "Seasons of the Body"

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What it changes in day-to-day practice.

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