(You can adapt it to your taste, place & availability) Pure, fresh water Jaggery or natural cane sugar, or any sugar (sweet) Tamarind juice (astringent) Grated raw mango, lime juice or other fruit (sour) Neem flower petals (if available / bitter) Cardamom (sweet) Rock salt or black salt (salty) Pepper (pungent) 1-3 Shodhana Vati tabs […]
Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Spotify Listen on All Other Platforms Abhyanga: Ayurvedic oil massage, is one of the most popular and impactful treatments & practices in Ayurveda. Abhyanga should not only be considered a treatment that is occasionally performed by a trained therapist, but also as one of the essential […]
Sanskrit name: Amikā Hindi name: Imlī Sanskrit synonyms: Cukrikā Amlī Cukrā Dantaṣaṭhā Amlā Ciñcikā Cincā Tintiḍīka Tintiḍī Many parts of the tamarind tree are used medicinally for culinary purposes. Below are the qualities of the ripe pulp (from the fruit pod), which can be bought as pods themselves, as paste, pulp, purée or a concentrated […]
Recipe by Dr. Padma Raju Dr. Padma wants to share this recipe with you, which can be had all year, but is especially good for the period known in the Vedic calendar as Navaratri (a.k.a The 9 Nights of Mother Divine). This recipe is special because the ingredients are related one by one to the […]
Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Spotify Listen on All Other Platforms Daily routine, “dinacharyā”, is one of the pillars of health in Ayurvedic medicine. Integrating certain practices into your daily routine that are rooted in natural law supports one to smoothly flow on their path of evolution with minimal friction and […]
Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Spotify Listen on All Other Platforms Eating with your hands is the innate way of eating for all human beings on earth. This dining practice not only allows one to be more present in the act of eating, but significantly enhances the sensorial experience one gets […]
The most troublesome area of the spine is the lumbar (lower back) region. Its problems are multifarious. The paravertebral muscles stemming from the sacrum and iliac crest become stiff and painful. Vertebral discs become diffused, desiccated (degenerate), herniated or bulge. The spaces within your spine become narrow (spinal stenosis), putting pressure on your spinal nerves. Nerve obstruction, […]
Leafy green vegetables are a great way to get iron into your body via diet. Especially for: Vegetarians Vegans Those who want to eat less meat Those who don’t want to overload their liver with nutraceutical supplements such as iron supplements. Out of the non-heme iron sources, leafy green vegetables are high sources of iron, […]
Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Spotify Listen on All Other Platforms The ancient Vedic science of mudras is one that I’ve been inclined to explore for some time now. Mudras are much more than mere positions of hands or body parts that one can use to evoke a feeling or state […]
We get excited when an Ayurvedic herb becomes popular in the western marketplace. And Moringa is probably the hottest Ayurvedic herb or “superfood” in the health scene right now. Moringa is even spreading beyond natural health modalities into western medicine due to the incredibly high nutrient value of its small green leaves. But Ayurveda utilises […]
