Shankara Ayurvedic Skin Care

Ayurvedic Skin Care

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We Love our skincare line, Shankara! They have formulated chemical free and holistic products, highlighting the best quality oils infused with premier herbs & antioxidants. These formulations provide each Dosha (constitutional body type) with active ingredients to balance their particular skin issues.

Shankara uses the knowledge of a 5,000 year-old healing system of Ayurveda which is the sister science of Yoga to create this very special skincare line. By harmonizing the 5 Mahabhutas (great elements) ether (space), air, fire, water, and earth in the body. These elements combine together giving each of us a particular bio-energy, body type or Dosha:

Ether and air combine to become a Vata Dosha.
Fire and water combine to become the Pitta Dosha.
Water and Earth combine to become Kapha Dosha.

These Doshas, bio-energies tend to exhibit specific imbalances when used with Shankara’s Ayurvedic formulations will help balance our skin-types based on each Dosha.

Vata is “what blows” these qualities are catabolic, dry, light, subtle, mobile, and rough. Having Vata attributes can translate throughout your physical, mental or emotional being. In the realm of the skin might be dehydrated, rough, or thinning. To balance Vata deep hydration, exfoliation, and revitalizing products with warming and grounding effects.

Pitta is “what cooks” or your metabolism. Attributes associated with the Pitta Dosha include light, hot, oily sharp, and mobile. The skin type associated with Pitta can be hot, ruddy (red and splotchy), sensitive, fine pores or combination skin. Pitta skin will flourish with sensitive calming and cooling products to balance the fire.

Kapha Dosha is considered “what sticks” and has an anabolic quality. The characteristics of Kapha is cool, oily, slow, dull, thick or heavy. Kapha skin would benefit by activating as the skin can be stagnate with oily prone skin. Kapha however has little or no wrinkles and is not sensitive.

The combination of our bodies Doshas, as well as our environment and what stage of life we are all ‘keys to the kingdom’ in distinguishing what products and treatments protocols that enliven our skin.