Fight or Flight—5 Ways to Manage Your Adrenals
When one thinks of adrenal glands, stress may come to mind, but the adrenal glands contribute to your health even at times when your body isn’t under extreme stress. In...
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How to Bring More Life to Your Work
What if we all flipped a switch in our minds and spirits to decide that we will bring as much LIFE to work as possible? Imagine how much fun the...
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Why Guggulu Is So Precious
Guggulu is an incredibly potent and widely used herbal resin, with a rich history of use in traditional Ayurvedic preparations. Guggulu has the unique ability to deliver herbs deep into...
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Prepare for Your Cleanse with Yoga
In the active phase of cleansing you will eliminate most exercise and/or strenuous movement in order to allow the body a chance to fully rejuvenate. However, the preparation phase is...
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Vata-Balancing Recipe: Crock Pot Oatmeal
This breakfast recipe is ideal for the transition of the seasons. With the winds picking up and the mornings becoming cooler, oatmeal is a nourishing and grounding way to start the...
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Are Toxic Emotions Keeping You from True Health?
Toxic or repressed emotions can crystalize in the body and lead to imbalance. Ayurveda teaches how to skillfully navigate the complex world of our inner emotional experience.
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Daily Swish Travel Packets—For Ayurveda On the Go!
A morning routine is particularly important during travel. These travel-friendly Daily Swish packets can help you take your daily routine with you more easily.
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4 Practical Ways to Improve Your Digestion
Eating is a wonderful and enjoyable act. Unfortunately, with busy lives, we can forget how important it actually is and how directly it affects our minds and bodies. Ayurveda teaches that the act...
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Ayurveda’s Key to Healthy Blood and Lymph—Manjistha
If you haven’t already heard about this super herb, it’s time to learn how beneficial Manjistha (Rubia cordifolia) can be! Manjistha has become so popular and commonly requested that we...
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An Easy Way To Cleanse at Home
In Ayurveda, this change is a time for us to let go of what is no longer needed, to detox, and prepare for the coming season. What has been left...
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Transition Through the Seasons with Love
The moments right before and after a change in season can be very intense, and proper nourishment can help keep us balanced during this shift. The transition from summer into fall...
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How To Do a Ginger Compress for Your Kidneys & Adrenals
Sipping ginger tea can cause gentle sweating as the body warms up. In the case of a ginger compress, the aromatic tea is used externally to bring warmth and lubrication...
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Ayurveda for Yogis
Yoga and Ayurveda enrich each other in mutually enhancing ways. So if you are looking to deepen your yoga practice, why not introduce yourself to Ayurveda?
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Why Sustainability Matters to the Future of Ayurveda
In hopes of reversing the future of endangered and irresponsibly harvested plants, we support projects that work with local farms across India to establish cultivated sources for some of our...
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Falling Into Balance: A Joint Effort
Before vata season health problems arrive unexpectedly, make a joint effort via your diet and lifestyle practices to get into healthy, healing routines.
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Taking Ayurveda to the Mat
What can a yoga teacher share in the class format? You can teach concepts in themes, share Ayurvedic practices, and teach and practice dosha-balancing poses. Here are five simple ways...
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Get Back into Gear with Mental Clarity
As summer winds down, we all begin to gear up for hard work in the months to come. Whether it is school, work, or a new project, sometimes it helps...
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Brain Food—Ayurvedic Diet Tips for Strengthening Memory
When the mind is functioning optimally, you have a keen sense of awareness, a sharpness of focus and attention, good memory recall, and decisiveness. According to Ayurveda, most memory problems are...
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Pitta-Pacifying Recipe: Simple Cucumber Raita
One of my favorite summer recipes is this cucumber raita. My mom would make it all the time as an extra dip to have with dinner. It’s very similar to...
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The Summer Six: Cool Foods for a Cool Summer
Laura shares her favorite cooling foods to enjoy in summer! Read on to learn Laura’s top cooling picks (and a ton of recipes that use them!)
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Pitta-Pacifying Recipe: Tahini Soba Noodle Bowl
I packed this noodle bowl with veggies and avocado, and then topped it off with a tahini sauce and sesame seeds. I mean, what's not to love?!
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The Best Ayurvedic Skin DIY Recipes for Summer
How can we keep our skin feeling happy, calm, cool, and refreshed? We’ve gathered all the best Ayurvedic summer skin recipes here for you to DIY... hopefully in the comfort of...
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Why You Need Help with Your Ayurvedic Cleanse
It is important to have guidance through any sort of Ayurvedic cleanse because it is important to know that you are safe and that you are doing it right.
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How to Make Food Your Ally During Vata Season
The qualities of vata dosha—cold, dry, rough, clear, and mobile—are characteristic in the disorders associated with this time of year. Many people experience restless nights with racing thoughts, increased anxiety, dry...
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