Growing Shatavari
Shatavari once grew abundantly in the wild, but rising demand has pushed it toward endangerment. Learn more about how we're sustainably growing this beloved herb.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 5—General Care for the Baby
How can you create an environment that supports your baby as she goes through the changes? What are some practices that will nurture a newborn? You may find, as I...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 7—Baby Skin and Rashes
Stroking my baby’s soft cheeks, feet, and her soft hair is one of the most soothing and precious things to me. Not too long ago, however, her cheeks were not...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 39—To Circumcise or Not
The texts of Ayurveda do not mention anything on the routine practice of circumcision. So, your choice of whether to circumcise or not depends on your own judgment and personal...
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Make Your Own Ayurvedic Chutney: Kapha-Balancing Cilantro Chutney Recipe
Try this super easy, super quick, and most importantly super tasty chutney recipe. It’s packed with fresh cilantro and delicious spices to reset your digestion.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Week 40—Birth Rituals
Depending on your culture or traditional background, you may have a set of rituals that happen at the time of the birth of your baby. There are religious rituals, cultural...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum—Introduction
My experience as a new mother during these past six weeks has only increased my respect for and faith in Ayurveda. They have been some of the most challenging weeks...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 1—Nurturing the Mother
The key to postpartum care of the mother is to calm vata (the ether and air elements). The mother is full of the mobile, light, dry, and cold qualities after the loss...
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 2—Sleep and Fatigue
Nothing prepared me for the anxiety that comes with not knowing why your baby is crying. Nothing prepared me for how difficult breastfeeding can be.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 3—Breastfeeding
I probably have had every breastfeeding issue possible—latch issues, deep milk sinuses, blocked ducts, milk blebs, vasospasms — some of which, such as vasospasms and ductal candidiasis, even most doctors do...
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Dosha Love—Kapha Style
Kapha partners are the “Ayurvedic teddy bears” that can bring on the BEST bear hug of all time. Here are Kathryn's top six suggestions for keeping your kapha sweetie happy.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 4—Postpartum Blues and Mental Health
The postpartum period is hard. Period. Consider these things to help maintain your equilibrium.
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Birthing Ayurveda: Postpartum Part 6—Baby Poop, Gas, and Other Digestive Issues
We look to the baby's body language and body functions to tell us what they need and if they are doing okay. Like adults, babies’ bowel movements and digestion are very telling...
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Kapha-Pacifying Recipe: Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
These muffins are sure to please. Healthy, flavorful, and not too sweet, your tastebuds will be happy as you nourish your body.
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Get Blood Sugar Back in Balance with Ayurveda
Unbalanced blood sugar is a concern for modern medicine today, and was a familiar subject to the Ayurvedic sages of the past. Ayurveda may offer some support or relief to the person.
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I Travel Well—Your Essential Traveling Companion
Traveling, while usually fascinating and delightful, is quite taxing on the mind and body. The change in physical location, traveling at high altitudes if flying, sitting for long periods if...
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The Undigested Break Up
Have you ever been in a relationship—romantic, friendship, or family—where you stayed engaged despite how much it taxed your energy and self-esteem?
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Stress Ease—Life's Perfect Companion
We are beginning to understand as a culture that stress is our own response to a stimulus. By realizing that we can choose our response to a stressor or learn to modify...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Serving the Ayurvedic Community
Banyan Botanicals was born from a love of Ayurveda. Our founders, Scott and Kevin, started the company in 1996 with the desire to support the practice of Ayurveda and the...
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Neti – Cleansing the Nose for Balanced Breathing
Both Hatha yoga and Ayurveda hold that we are each born with a defined number of breaths. Making each breath long and deep can improve your health and increase longevity....
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The Key to High Energy & Fighting Fatigue
Our energy level is reflective of our health and vitality. Sometimes, the cause of low energy can be found through investigation of dietary and lifestyle habits.
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Nadi Shodhana – The Breath of Balance
Nadi Shodhana, or alternate nostril breathing, is a type of pranayama that balances the right and left hemispheres of the brain and has a calming effect on the nervous system...
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12 Tips for Managing Your Pitta This Summer
Summer is Pitta Season! Those with abundant pitta in their constitution may want to accommodate for the bright, hot, sunny days of summer. Here are some suggestions.
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The Spring Diet
Spring is the season for a lighter, cleansing diet in Ayurvedic practice. This is because the foods that nature provides during these months, just before summer, are all of the...
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