Ayurveda (Idiot's Guides)

I am thrilled with the knowledge and excited with the potential. I am making helpful changes to my lifestyle. Grateful for the wealth of information and book will benefit anyone interested in Ayurveda.

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.

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!

After finding Sahara Rose’s podcast I knew I needed to take a deep dive into learning more about Ayurveda and this book is the perfect tool to gain insight, knowledge, and practical tools in a fun, easy and palatable format. The information flows and is so easy to ingest and digest (pun intended 😜). You can really sense the work and love that went into writing this book and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to incorporate Ayurveda into their lives in a light and modernized way. Thank you Sahara! And I also recommend buying it along with her cookbook which is the most stunning I’ve ever seen with beautiful recipes and photographs that will entice you to experiment with Ayurvedic cooking 💖

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!!

I originally purchased the online version of this book and had to purchase the physical book so I may highlight sections and take notes. As someone with chronic and sometimes debilitating illness, I needed to do something proactively and take control of my health. Western medicine has its pros and cons, but this has enlightened me to pursue a more wholistic approach in conjunction with western medicine. This book is a fantastic introduction to Ayurveda principles. My dosha is Kapha (didn't know what a dosha is!) and now know, how "off" my system has been. This dosha type is directly is associated with my being, and this book will help me balance myself to better health. It's an easy and understandable read and have already started some of the practices and suggestions this book has given me. Thank you Sahara Rose for a wonderful book! I also recently purchased her second book, "Eat Feel Fresh", and look forward to her recipes. Also check out her website! Blessings!

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.

Amazing book! It's really meant for beginners and she explains everything perfectly, a great first step into Ayurveda! It's the kind of book you want to take everywhere and consult regularly, definitely worth it!

This book changed my life. Stumbled upon it while both me and my husband were under covid19. The book nailed both of our usual issues and I started getting stuff i needed (spices etc) online, while still reading. Transition to this food was a bit of an investment at first as apart from veggies, we needed sicw rack, spices, tofu, pastes etc but in a long run we saved money having delicious food throughout the week, much more often then before (we cooked but kind of lost the inspiration). My husband, who's just before saw a gastroenterologist due to ongoing issues (abdominal pain, gas, slow digestion, often issues with the stool) is so much better now (instead of following FODMAP, we switched to Ayurveda best practices for his body mind type). He is SO MUCH better. I unintentionally lost a bit of weight and feel so light. Such a wonderfully written, old medicine simplified and I'd say improved, in a book that really inspires. Thanks Sahara!

This book is like my bible! I look through it every time I need answers for something weather it is connected to my body or mind. I love how easy it is to read. It shares great information on how to heal the body and the mind. At first I bought the book because I was always bloated, always tired and just felt overall heaviness in my body. Since I bought the book, about 3 months ago, I have almost never experienced bloating (I was bloated everyday), I feel alot more energized and my lifestyle has changed to the better. What surprised me was all the other things that the book offers aside from how to eat right for your body. The book has a lot of information about how to heal in all ways of life. If you are thinking about buying this book I can tell you that this book is going to help you in such a beautifully organic way, it should be common knowledge to people how ayurveda can heal the body. It's amazing stuff!

Good read, simple to understand and adjust to your lifestyle.

Sahara is my inspiration on everyday life. She makes this book fun and easy to understand. More importantly, she makes it relatable to our daily life. I learn so much from this book from morning to night routine to nourish myself. She also combines spirituality concepts in this book which I really like. After reading this book, it makes me want to buy her other book, EAT FEED FRESH!