JOURNAL
JOURNAL
Enjoy these love notes and musings, from my heart to yours.
Recipe: Cooling summer lassi
Deeply hydrating and the perfect post-meal astringent finisher, this rose cardamom lassi is cooling and calming for the overheated.
Recipe: Grilled Ojas Bananas
My absolute favourite afternoon treat. Love up your belly with these digestive spices to make snacking a little less naughty.
ayurvedic summer survival guide
all about triphala
my top 10 book recommendations
From the fields of yoga, tantra, ayurveda, and beyond, here are 10 books that have changed my life. I hope that they inspire you on your path too.
Recipe: Shatavavari latte
This one is for the ladies. Shatavari is known in Ayurveda as THE women's herb, nicknamed "one hundred husbands". Celebrated for it's ability to build OJAS. It is a powerful adaptogenic herb famous for it's ability to balance women's hormones. It invokes a calm energy and increases libido.
Are plants toxic?
Yes. Yes, they are. Veggies, nuts, legumes, and grains are full of toxic compounds like lectins, alkaloids, furocoumarins, solanines and chaconine. This information is leading a whole movement of people abandoning plants all together in pursuit of a meat only diet.
Oppositional medicine
A major approach to healing in Ayurveda is: opposites are the cure for opposites. It means that we pay attention to the qualities that are present in the bodymind and we bring in the opposite quality.
Ayurvedic Detox
How to tell if you have toxic buildup (Ama), and what to do about it.
Five Ayurvedic travel tips
Travel is inherently Vata aggravating. It can throw our bodies and minds right out of balance. Here are some tips and tricks to help to stay balanced and vital.