AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

AYURVEDA • MEDITATION • YOGA • WISDOM • RECIPES

Health & Wellness

Health and wellness news, stories, and tips that inspire healthy diets, relationships and lives, and encourage making positive behavior choices.

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Recipe: Turmeric-Ginger Pickle

Turmeric is one of the most versatile and multipurpose spices with medicinal qualities used in Ayurveda—the ancient science of life. Turmeric rhizomes are used as spice either fresh or dried in the form of bright yellow powder. It’s main active ingredient is curcumin, which gives it the intense golden yellow color. It is antiseptic and […]

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The Vata Constitution

Did you know that to perform an act as simple as blinking or moving a muscle, you need vata to cooperate! For a vata person, all bets are off. They can be unpredictable, sensitive to slightest changes in the environment, and ironically, hard to stereotype. So, who is a vata person and what is vata

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Depression in Men, Women, Children & the Elderly

Everyone at some point experiences the “blues”—feelings of melancholy, sadness, grief, or just general malaise. When it doesn’t go away, when it begins to affect your behavior, or when it leads to other problems—depression, anxiety, compulsive disorder, panic disorder, eating disorders, and other serious medical issues—it’s time to take a serious look at the causes

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Benefits of Probiotics

Just as we were coming around to keto diets and intermittent fasting, terms like digestive wellness and probiotics caught us off guard. Experts suggest they are here to stay. Though probiotics have made a recent comeback as a wellness trend in food and health, their benefits have been talked about since the beginning of the

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When You’re Struggling to do the Least: Lifestyle and Self-Care Tips for Depression and Anxiety

Healing mood disorders can be more challenging than getting treatment for other physical ailments. With most physical ailments, to heal you might only need to follow dietary instructions, take medications on time, and adapt minor tweaks to your lifestyle. All of this is much harder to do when you are undergoing mood disorders such as

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Sprouted Mung Beans

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, let’s party!” –Robin Williams Agreed!  It’s like the earth just opened up its doors, rang the dinner bell and said, come and get it! Combining vegetables with sprouted mung beans makes for a well-balanced meal. Sprouting mung beans increases their bioavailability-think more protein, increased antioxidants and enzymatic efficacy.  Sprouting

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The Ancient Philosophy & Tools of Yoga Can Help to Beat the COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has created a global crisis with far-reaching social, economic, and spiritual repercussions. Our resilience during these challenging times will be tested not only by how we combat the spread of the virus but also how we make the best out of the circumstance.  While it’s important to take this pandemic seriously and

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