Try this recipe, perfect for lightening up during Spring. Spring is the season to lighten up. After winter’s chill, it is time to melt the inner freeze. The winter body tends to become stagnant, sluggish and tight. Just as spring’s warmer temperatures melt mountain snow, thaw...
Read MoreFoods like limes keep a cooling balance so we can stay strong, maintain energy, and fully enjoy summer. Have you ever wondered why it is hotter in August than in June when the sun was closer and the days were longest? There is an elegantly simple principle...
Read MoreAn excerpt from Ayurveda Cooking for Beginners: An Ayurvedic Cookbook to Balance and Heal With rice and beans as the primary ingredients, this delicate pancake offers a healthy dose of protein and fiber to help you start your morning strong. The orange honey syrup brightens it with...
Read MoreA clear vegetable soup with the warmth of ginger and the brightness of lemon adds punch to fresh, purifying produce. It is June, yes, but it is not too late to enjoy the healing foods of spring—like this clear vegetable soup with the agni stirring warmth of ginger...
Read MoreKapha, we may not say it often enough, but we need you. This is the third in a 3-part series on the doshas - an Ayurvedic term which refers to the fundamental bio-energies of life, based on the five elements of nature. Space and air combine for Vata dosha, fire...
Read MoreThis simple recipe is a formula to kindle the inner fires, promote healthy circulation, and hydrate the tissues. Remember when Grandma would make a home remedy of hot lemon and honey whenever someone was sick? Some grandmothers might have added ginger, others a dash of cinnamon, some...
Read MoreCumin has a robust flavor and an equally robust medicinal profile. Try a simple tea to get more cumin in your diet. A native of India and the Mediterranean, cumin seed has a medicinal profile every bit as robust as its flavor. In fact, of the...
Read MoreA love tonic dessert for love day. Bhakti is of the form of Supreme Love towards God. It is of the nature of Nectar. Attaining Bhakti, one becomes perfect, immortal and fully contented. ~ Narada Bhakti Sutras Ojas. Soma. Bhakti. How do we translate these Vedic terms, or convey...
Read MoreFoods to Help You Rest and Renew, plus a Recipe for Moon Milk It may be holiday season, but in the northern hemisphere it is autumn moving into winter, which is Vata season - and Vata calls for less doing and more rest! Yet, in this bubbly time...
Read MoreTry these three recipes for better digestion. The holidays can overwhelm. Whether it is our schedule, our nerves, our physical reserves, this is the time when the surge of seasonal joy can threaten to inundate. ↓ But nature is here to support you. Specifically, Ayurveda sees this as...
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