Fall is experienced as the most sensitive season of all. It is the period of transition from a fast paced summer, with intense outward energy into a slow, energy preserving, introspective winter. Trees and shrubs are slowly undressing their bountiful and colorful decorations, slowing down all the physiological processes, and contracting their juices into the …
Friday has marked the Fall Equinox, the day we entered into the darker and colder period of the year on the Northern Hemisphere. Just as the nature around us, we are also making a turn inward, quieting our activities, redirecting our strengths into the core and starting the inner journey of introspection. At the junctures …
I adore herbs. I love to enjoy their beauty, smell and appearance in nature where they create perfect collage of colors, shapes and sizes. Knowing their numerous healing benefits I use them to make healing preparations, infusions, tinctures and teas. But using them in recipes, especially in desserts, is an adventure that makes me super …
Ayurveda describes six rasas or tastes embodied in nature’s food that our body recognizes. These are as following: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Astringent. Each of the tastes contain the universe’s energetic building blocks - Pancha Mahabhutas or five elements - that build, feed and renew the body, nourish the mind and celebrate the spirit. Namely …
After many years of being strict vegan, as a student of Ayurveda, I was introduced to ghee. Struggling with extremely dry hair and skin, cracking nails and joints, I decided to give ghee a chance. Back then I considered it as a medicine, taken for a short period of time until symptoms diminish. I didn’t …
Ghee or clarified butter is one of the staple foods in Ayurveda. It is the essence of butter used as food, medicine and transporting medium that carries the medicinal properties of herbs into the seven dhatus or tissues of the body. It is known as a substance that enhances longevity, lubricates connective tissues and gives vigor …
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Long days of bright sunlight; trees, vegetables and herbs are in abundance; sun casts its dazzling glow across plains, green hills and the sea surface; from dawn to dusk fragrant scents bath our nostrils, birds sing their favorite songs, streets buzz with cheerful talks and laughs, children play outdoor; nights are enjoyed on terraces. It …
While holding one little almond in your hand can you imagine that a whole tree can grow out of it? Can you imagine how much life force is being captured inside this tiny seed of life?! And now imagine taking this amazing force into your body giving you its energy and nutrients by sipping a glass of silky, thick and sweet milk?
