Ayurveda promotes Beauty from the Inside. This tisane, or herbal tea, is Pitta-reducing, hormone-balancing, and great for your skin. Continue reading
Beauty Brew
Category Archives: Recipes for Summer
Birthday Kale
Yesterday was Bhava’s birthday. He chose True Food Kitchen for lunch. It’s a place we wanted to explore since it opened and we are so glad we did! Continue reading
Banana Coconut “Half Domes”
These are the dog days. Here in Yosemite it is 100 degrees. Hot. Dry. Dusty. Our rustic, little cabin… Continue reading
Summer Kitchari
It has been such a busy summer here, that by the time August arrived and we had a chance to slow down, all I wanted for a few days was my staple comfort food… Continue reading
Six for Summer
Summer is Pitta Season, when we want to be careful not to overheat. Offering you a few good ways to keep cool, here is my list of Six Best Practices for Summer. Continue reading
Sipping Sattva: Rose Fennel Tea
The ingredients are simple: Fennel, Rose, Mint. Together they create a gentle medicine to balance summer’s heat, with a delicate, subtle taste that makes you want to Continue reading
4th Favorites
What are you cooking up to celebrate the holiday? Here are some of my easy-to-make favorites to add refreshing color and taste to your celebration. Continue reading
Avocado Dressing
Last week I promised you an Avocado Dressing that goes especially well with refreshing salads loaded with purifying bitters like arugula, radicchio, spinach and Continue reading
Refreshing Red & Green Salad
Short, frequent travels have kept me on the road, on the go, on point, all the more present to Continue reading
Cardamom’s Divine Delight
Calling all foodies, bloggers, wizards and mermaids, adventurers, lovers, dreamers and inventors, Buddhas, Sages, Sadhakas and Yogis! Inside of you is something eternal and infinite; something as great as a mountain, as vast as an ocean, as beautiful as a star, … Continue reading
To Eat the Sun: Pêches Aux Nuages
After our Zen Mountain Retreat earlier this month, Jen Carpenter, a recent graduate of the Deep Yoga Mastery of Life Yoga Teacher Training, continued with her own Retreat in the Sierras. When she returned she shared with us this beautiful experience of … Continue reading
Late Summer Salsa
Tomorrow Bhava and I will be teaching at the Karma Yoga for a Cause Fundraiser to benefit Shakti Rising. It is such an honor to be invited to present our teachings on Yoga and the Divine Feminine and to Chant the Body Sacred at this event. Shakti’s recovery programs help … Continue reading
What’s Your Dosha?
Are you air, fire or water? Is your best season Autumn, Winter, Spring or Summer? Are you more dynamic, focused, or nurturing? Ayurveda sees our bodies as microcosms of the macrocosm – the universe within each being. This means you, … Continue reading
Glorious, Guilt-free Dark Chocolate Pudding
A couple of weeks ago I asked, “What do you crave?” Across the vast interconnected web of planetary health-wizards and cultural creatives came the resounding answer, “Chocolate!” Why, of course. Chocolate is a stimulant, so it is not surprising in … Continue reading
Minty Mediterranean Salad
When the world seems like it’s coming apart, friendship and food can be inspiring comfort ~ and our Summer Ayurveda Class on Sunday was just that. We sipped Watermelon Smoothies while talking about Ayurveda, Nutrition, Doshas, Summer needs and Summer … Continue reading
Summer is for Juicing
We started a “Juice Reboot” this week, inspired by the upbeat documentary with the downbeat name, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. My husband, who gets an idea and then award-winningly executes it before anyone can say, “What a force of … Continue reading
Anatomy Of A Craving
Do you ever have cravings?
Is that a stupid question?
So, what are yours?
I’ll tell you mine… Continue reading
Summer Beans & Greens
I find it peaceful to write and so was relieved to finally have the time to write on Ayurveda & the Summer Season and get it published to my Blog. It is full of tips for maintaining balance in what … Continue reading