As I write this piece (early November, 2025), however, our healthcare situation in the United States is looking rather dire, for a variety of reasons. One of the chief contributors to this grim outlook is the cost of care - and in particular, the cost faced by regular, every day people - to get the care they need.

It is possible to live in a world with nearly zero measles, polio, whooping cough, diphtheria, and more. And it is possible for us to have enough health and well-being to withstand the intentional stressor of vaccines, and then to move forward with even more health and well-being.

Triguna is comprised of the three gunas of sattva, rajas, and tamas. In a sense, these represent aspects of the atomic nature of material substrata.

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.