Ayurveda (Idiot's Guides)

This book is the perfect balance of comprehensive information and simple easy to understand language. It covers all areas of Ayurveda from the history of origin to how it applies to modern day life. As I read the book I placed tabs to each topic that I can relate to, needless to say I have nearly 20 tabs scattered throughout the book. I may add more as I reread it. This will become my go-to reference book for questions/concerns regarding food, digestion, mood, etc. I really enjoyed Sahara's writing style, I felt like she was sitting in the room with me chatting about Ayurveda. It is relaxed and easy to read as opposed to a dry textbook. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book to anyone interested in Ayurveda and living a balanced mind-body existence. I also just purchased her Eat Feel Fresh cookbook to continue this Ayurvedic journey.

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

This book is unquestionably amazing. Sahara brings Ayurveda to light and provides an easy to understand and fun to read approach to this ancient health system. I now feel as if I can apply the many tools she’s given the reader to my every day life and grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually as a result. I loved learning more about my Dosha (Vata all the way!) and ways to incorporate this knowledge into my understanding of myself. I was happy to find the section on the Chakra system with tips to balance each chakra as well. While reading this I had a highlighter and pen in hand so I could fully digest all the awesome content and refer back as needed. I didn’t hesitate to buy this book as I knew it would be as wonderful as I expected. Can’t wait to continue to follow along Sahara’s journey and see what else she has in store for the world!

Sahara Rose offers her expertise and years of research of the world of Ayurveda & Nutrition to us all who may never have the opportunity to study such ancient information in India as she did.The book itself is written in a very approachable and modern way that I feel will be accessible to my friends and family who unfamiliar with Ayurveda and are ready for a well balanced and healthy lifestyle.The information in the book serves as a great foundation to all things Ayurveda, Nutrition, Health, and Spirituality, and is a great compliment to Sahara's Eat Feel Fresh blog/community on social media where she shares inspirational tips daily.Overall, I am excited to deepen my own health practices, and share my well being with those around me for the ultimate healing experience for us all.I purchased 11 (1 pre-order, and then 10 after I saw how amazing the content is) copies total to gift to my family in their village in the Philippines, and my brothers/sisters in the streets here in LBC. We all need to be healthy to live life to our fullest potential and serve our purpose, and feeling this health will allow for wealth beyond our imagination to finally transpire.Thank You Sahara, Deepak Chopra, Idiot's Guide, Penguin Random House, and of course the Sages of Ancient India who have gifted us with such vast knowledge of life and unlocking its truest potential with the balance of our spirit, body, mind.

I have been listening to Sahara's podcast for a while now and was so eager to get my hands on her book!! I don't know what took me so long! It's a great price with all the basic information if you're new to Ayurveda. Really great content and easy to understand, I just wish the cover was more ascetically pleasing and with a modern feel to accompany Sahara's style. It looks very "textbook". I'm hoping she will come out with a cook book or some sort of meal guide for the different doshas. Overall, really pleased with this purchase and excited for more content by her!!

Quite helpful informative and an excellent guide.

I liked this book well enough to let two other friends know about the book and they in turn bought their own copy. What is useful about this book is the definitions are explained.