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Spicy Sweet Potato Tacos
We love tacos! And we really love Ayurveda! But the combination of Ayurveda and tacos is a mind blowing experience of scrumptious "how can this also be so good-for-me"!?! So a...
Alleviate Pain with Good Posture!
By the end of a long week, does it feel like your shoulders are up around your ears? Maybe there’s a persistent pain in your neck or ache in your arms?
If you’re looking for some relief, here are a few tips to help!
Dry Brush Massage for Spring Circulation
Awaken In Spring With This One Simple Tool
Dry brush massage is particularly great to help awaken and gently energize the body’s circulatory channels and overall senses.
Simple Nourishing Dal
Dal is the ideal base for a gentle digestive reset, spring detox, fall cleanse or to build and rejuvenate.
Split yellow mung-dal are soothing and building while being particularly easy to digest for the most sensitive tummy. Do not confuse with yellow split peas which take much longer to cook and are more drying and gas causing.
Our Favourite Basic Dal Recipe
Dal (split mung-dal soup) is an ideal base for any Vata, Pitta or Kapha diet. There is much scope with dal for creative flavours and Ayurvedic Healing based on the particular use of spices, herbs and veggies.
How Gratitude Change Your Brain!
Gratitude is appreciating all good things in your life – big or small. For instance, a simple “hello” text from a friend or having a co-worker help you meet a big deadline.
Exploring the uplifting qualities of gratefulness is a natural remedy to cleanse your mind of the heavy thoughts and emotions that often burden us. In addition, when we experience gratitude, we have a greater capability to express gratitude. And, studies have shown being grateful leads to better well-being (including reduced insomnia, more energy and a clearer mind).
As we learn in Ayurveda, gratitude helps balance excess accumulation of the biological humors by bringing in opposite qualities. Exploring gratefulness is a natural remedy to cleanse your mind of heavy thoughts and emotions. In addition, when we experience gratitude, we have a greater capability to express gratitude.
The Benefits of Warm Spiced Milk
Milk gets a bad rap. It’s accused of causing bloating, gas and mucus.
And, perhaps this is your experience with milk, but, it doesn’t have to be……Milk is a traditional and time-tested nourishing food.
Milk (that’s organic cow’s milk I’m referring to), helps to build all of the tissues in the body and has the ability to calm the mind, nerves and emotions.
Hearty Minestrone Soup
Minestrone is a traditional Italian soup with a thick, almost stew-like, consistency composed of seasonal ingredients and whatever leftovers you might find in your pantry.
This warm, hearty, delicious soup is easy to make and can be enjoyed in any season. When possible, use fresh, organic and local.
Why We Love an Eclipse!
Eclipses afford an opportunity for magic and personal transformation. Did you know that eclipses usually happen in pairs a couple of times a year. On the new Moon (when the Sun...
Making Ghee for Optimal Health
Looking for cooking oil that is healthy, yet doesn’t mean you have to compromise taste?
Consider Ghee – the Ayurvedic cooking medium that’s been around for thousands of years. It has a rich buttery taste and aroma and comes with a host of benefits including its special ability to not only unclog, but to nourish the liver with its refined and healing properties.
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