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Does Onion hair oil prevent hairfall & stimulate hair growth? Ayurvedic insights from Krya
This post was last updated on December 17, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran People often come and ask us, can we use onion oil to treat intense hair fall? When we suggest Krya products combined with change in diet and lifestyle…

Eight Ayurvedic tips to unclog open pores naturally & heal oily skin
This post was last updated on April 18, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran Ayurveda has a strong and well-researched point of view on skin health. In this blog post, we understand what causes open pores from an Ayurvedic perspective. And, we…

The Krya Ayurvedic makeup cleanser | 2 all-natural variants
This post was last updated on November 21, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran What happens when you don’t remove makeup with a proper makeup cleanser & leave it on at night? When we posed this question to our customers who use…

A 6 step Ayurvedic winter skin care guide
This post was last updated on November 21, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran Looking for a healthy winter skin care routine to help dry , taut , stretched or dull skin? Synthetic moisturizers are a temporary fix only. They only work…

Ayurvedic Seasonal Guidelines for Early Winter | Hemanta Ritu in English
This post was last updated on December 2, 2023 by srinivas krishnaswamy There are subtle hints of Hemanta Ritucharya practices given in the Srimad Valmiki Ramayana. In the Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16, Lakshmana gives a rich, poetic description of Hemanta…

A 6 step Ayurvedic winter skin care guide
This post was last updated on November 21, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran Looking for a healthy winter skin care routine to help dry , taut , stretched or dull skin? Synthetic moisturizers are a temporary fix only. They only work on the surface of the skin, leaving it feeling temporarily moisturized. However, this effect is not long-lasting. Worse still most synthetic moisturizers contain srota clogging ingredients which prevent the skin from doing its normal role of thermal exchange correctly. The effect of winter on skin – Ayurveda explains A specific winter skin care routine helps heal the imbalance we see

Ayurvedic Seasonal Guidelines for Early Winter | Hemanta Ritu in English
This post was last updated on December 2, 2023 by srinivas krishnaswamy There are subtle hints of Hemanta Ritucharya practices given in the Srimad Valmiki Ramayana. In the Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16, Lakshmana gives a rich, poetic description of Hemanta Ritu as seen in the forests on the banks of the Godavari river to mother Sita & Lord Rama in about 25 shlokas He begins the description with the following verse : वसतस्तस्य तु सुखं राघवस्य महात्मनः। शरद्व्यपाये हेमन्तऋतुरिष्टः प्रवर्तत As the great souled Sri Rama lived happily there (near the Godavari), autumn passed by and his favorite season of

Oily skincare routine from Ayurveda
This post was last updated on November 21, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran If you do a search for oily skincare routine, the following are the most likely results Commit to an oil busting routine, screams one headline. Make sure you exfoliate often to slough off dead cells and keep those pores squeaky clean, says another. Try using an oil balancing clay mask at night, another suggests helpfully. In other words, we should be waging war on our oiliness. Continuously cleansing, toning, exfoliating supposedly keeps our oiliness at bay. Keeping sebum secretion to a balanced state seems to be their one-point

The Correct technique for an Ayurvedic Foot Massage & its benefits
This post was last updated on March 13, 2023 by srinivas krishnaswamy Tossing and turning at night? Worried about piled up work for the next day? Left wanting for better sleep? A regular Ayurvedic foot massage ( also called pada abhyanga) with an suitable Abhyanga oil can be surprisingly effective! Why am I unable to sleep? An inability to fall asleep or sleep extremely lightly is linked to unbalanced Vata Dosha. Vata dosha is flexible, subtle, quick, energetic, restless and when unbalanced we feel anxious, nervous, and unable to switch off or shut down. To calm Vata Dosha, Ayurveda suggests using

The 3 step Ayurvedic hair care routine for hair growth
This post was last updated on December 14, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran Are you looking for a good, wholesome Ayurvedic hair care routine? Have you been spending a lot of money and time researching the best shampoos, serums, conditioners only to find that your hair is dull, listless , oily with poor hair growth? Here is a detailed post explaining why you should switch out of a synthetic shampoo and conditioner and how an authentic, simple 3 step Ayurvedic hair care routine can help you. Read on. Traditional skin and haircare depended solely on Herbs In the beginning we only

Give your baby the ayurvedic baby hair oil advantage
This post was last updated on September 3, 2022 by Preethi Sukumaran One of the highly searched terms on the krya website is baby hair oil. Well, we are a company that makes extremely well received adult hair oils and skin serums. So, it is no surprise that a concerned parent would want this same goodness for their babies in a baby hair oil. So why should you, a concerned parent, spend time researching the best baby hair oil? Is there any merit in looking for a well formulated Ayurvedic baby hair oil? What are the benefits we must look