Mental Health

Venn diagram illustrating the Ikigai framework for finding your purpose. Four overlapping circles represent what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Their intersections highlight passion, mission, profession, and vocation, with the center labeled "Your Purpose / Ikigai." The graphic explains how balancing personal strengths, fulfillment, contribution, and sustainable work can help identify a meaningful life purpose.

IKIGAI: What It Actually Teaches About Finding Purpose

On a random day in Japan perhaps almost 13 years ago I came across a word that stopped me: Ikigai. It was the closest concept to Dharma I had ever encountered outside of it, and the first time I understood the idea of purpose in a non-mythological way – stripped of gods, empires, and moral […]

8/07/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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A person experiencing long COVID and chronic fatigue sits exhausted at a bright home office desk, holding a coffee mug while looking drained in front of a laptop. The image represents persistent fatigue, brain fog, and burnout, highlighting how Ayurveda aims to restore energy by addressing the root causes of imbalance rather than only managing symptoms.

Ayurveda, Chronic Fatigue, and the Long Road Back After Long COVID

Ayurveda’s Theory of the Waterfall Within – The Dhatus and where along the way Chronic Fatigue & Long COVID are sitting. From 2019 to 2024, I lived two lives. One version of me worked like a machine — pushing through long days, saying yes to everything, running on a kind of adrenaline I mistook for […]

7/17/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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Why Meditation Isn’t Working for You | Ayurveda, Yoga & Burnout Healing

If meditation isn’t working for you, you’re not alone. Discover why breathwork and mindfulness can fail in burnout and anxiety — and how Ayurveda, Yoga, and the Bhagavad Gita offer a deeper, lasting path to healing. Soul Veda Lisbon & Online.

3/30/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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Close-up of a woman’s abdomen with her hand gently resting on her stomach, soft natural lighting, neutral beige clothing, and a blurred white background creating a calm and introspective atmosphere.

Why “Following Your Gut” Fails When the Mind Is Out of Balance.

An explanation about the connection between Buddhi and Intuition Intuition can be a super power when our mind-body-soul connection is balance. But is can turn into a curse, if this is not the case. Today, I feel deeply aligned.Aligned with my body.Aligned with my intuition.Aligned with something quieter and wiser inside me — something I […]

3/30/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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Art therapy workspace in Lisbon with a wooden table set up for a creative workshop, featuring markers, paper, glue, and colorful materials, surrounded by plants and handmade ceramics in a bright, calming studio environment.

Ayurveda Therapy & Art Therapy in Lisbon: A New Way to Heal, Create & Rebalance Your Life

Lisbon has quietly become one of Europe’s most vibrant hubs for holistic healing, creative therapy, and conscious living. From yoga studios to breathwork circles, more and more people are searching for deeper, more sustainable ways to heal—not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. And yet, something is still missing. Because while many wellness trends offer […]

3/23/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health, Therapeutic Art

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Ayurveda Ashram in Kerala

Ayurvedic Detox: Panchakarma and the Science of Cleansing

In the modern wellness world, the word detox is everywhere. Juice cleanses, fasting protocols, green powders, elimination diets. Many of them promise quick results and a fresh start for the body. But often these approaches focus only on the surface. Ayurveda, the traditional system of medicine from India that has been practiced for thousands of […]

3/12/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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How to clear your mind and break patterns and transform ?

Breaking Patterns & Transformation: An Ayurvedic Path to Mental Wellbeing

An Ayurvedic Perspective on Change, Mental Wellbeing, and Inner Alignment Every life is shaped by patterns. Some are visible — our daily routines, our habits, the way we approach work, relationships, or responsibilities. Others are far more subtle. They live quietly beneath the surface, influencing how we think, react, and interpret the world around us. […]

3/10/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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Love in Ayurveda & Art – Long before Oxytocin could be measured

How Soul Veda Becomes an Oxytocin Field What If Love Had a Chemistry? In modern science, oxytocin is often called the hormone of love, bonding, and trust.It is released when we feel safe, emotionally connected, gently touched, and truly seen. But long before oxytocin could be measured in laboratories, Ayurveda already understood its effects — […]

2/13/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health, Therapeutic Art

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Why “Listening to your gut” Fails When the Mind Is Out of Balance – About Buddhi & Intuition

Intuition can be a super power when our mind-body-soul connection is balanced. But it can turn into a curse, if this is not the case. Today, I feel deeply aligned. Aligned with my body.Aligned with my intuition.Aligned with something quieter and wiser inside me — something I have learned, over time, to trust again. I […]

2/07/2026

Ayurveda, Mental Health

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