Ayurveda offers a sustainable, long-term approaches to achieving and maintaining a healthy metabolism and body size by bringing the body and mind into coordinated balance.

In the Ayurvedic tradition, behavioral health is considered central and paramount to overall well-being.

The most regularly used Sanskrit term for this is dinacharya (pronounced “din-acharyaa”) - literally, something like “daily conduct” or “daily movement.” The term refers to wholesome habits for daily living that support health. Dinacharya works by bringing balance in simple ways where there might be imbalance, but even more importantly, via prevention.

What we eat, how much we sleep, how we stay active, the ways we practice hygiene, and so much more must be flexible and change with the time of day, the phase of the moon, and the season.