Healthy Holiday Guide + Free Solstice Class

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Healthy Holiday Guide

When we follow this season’s invitation to slow down, warm up, go inward, then it really has such rich and abundant gifts for us.

I want to share with you a personally curated collection of healthy holiday homemade care and recipes to inspire slowing down and easing into the serenity of the season.

I am also sharing here some of the gifts of my life – the crafts and elixirs, ayurveda and seva, and treasured art of friends.


AYURVEDA SUPPLIERS & PROVISIONS
Farmtrue: Ayurveda favorites are Ground Body Oil, Fix Sticks, & Ghee (see my interview with founders Kim & Lynn) – Laura15 will get you 15% off at checkout.
Banyan Botanicals: My go-to, esp. for Beauty Balm, Turmeric Mylk, Brahmi Oil & Mung – Plumb15 will get you a 15% discount at checkout.
Mauli Rituals: Sumptuous Ayurvedic self-care – Use the code Laura15 for 15% discount
Sahajan: Ayurvedic Skincare with proven results
AromaVedic: Small batch, artisanal Ayurvedic skincare and self care

HOLIDAY HOMEMADE & HANDCRAFTED
Aromatic Foot Scrub (above)
Rose Beauty Bath Bombs
Give the Gift of Ghee
Homemade Gingerbread Cookies
Holiday Mendiants (top photo)

HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPES
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Tart (photo above)
Chewy Cardamom Cookies (photo above)
Sweet Potato Latkes (photo above)
Cinnamon Cardamom Truffles (last photo below)
Sweet Potato Latkes
Cardamom Banana Bread
Maple Pecan Energy Bites
Dark Chocolate Pâté


NONPROFITS
Ramana’s Garden Children’s Home: A Sanctuary and A School (photo above)
Radha Seva: Sanctuary for Widows Who Care for the Temples of Vrindavan
Outdoor Outreach: Inspiring Youth with Transformative Encounters in Nature
Tree People: More trees!
Find a Food Bank to Support

WISDOM GIFTS

✨ I think learning is a great gift, and makes a great gift. As a Solstice Gift, you can get 30% off select courses and classes of mine until December 31, 2023. Use the code Solstice30 at links below.

AYURVEDA

🌿 All Seasonal Cleanses

🌿 Introduction to Ayurveda
What are the five elements, three doshas and 20 attributes of nature – and what does this have to do with you? How does it help  with health and healing?

In this two hour class you will learn what Ayurveda is, how it works, how this relates to you, and how you can work with Ayurveda to create a more sacred, sumptuous life for yourself.

🌿 Which Element Are You?
Which element expresses itself most vibrantly through you? What can nature tell us about our own unique nature?

Learn more about yourself and how to harmonize the elements in you in this 2 hour recorded class. 

 🌿 Introduction fo Ayurveda Cooking: The Medicine In Your Kitchen
Join me in my kitchen, where Ayurvedic wisdom comes home, where nature, in her great generosity, offers herself most fully to us—letting us touch, taste, smell, and behold her bounty while turning everyday meals into nourishing delights of balance and wellness. 

Includes: 8 video lessons + 8 booklets + original recipes: unlimited access.

JYOTISH

🌿 Power of the Planets 
What if the radiance of the stars held the story of you? Jyotish means the science of light and is the original science of existence. As a sister science to Yoga and Ayurveda, Jyotish is one of the most profound and efficient tools for recognizing the uniqueness of you.

Includes: 8 recorded classes + PDF’s for each, plus a page of inspiration and insight for each planet, and a bonus class on the Nodes.

INSPIRATION

🌿 Beauty & The Path of the Courageous Soul
A sacred exploration of the path of courage, and the support available to us from the divine – with myth, mantra, yantra and meditations, journal prompts, and suggestions to cultivate this gentle strength and radiant beauty in your everyday life.

Includes: 2 90-minute recorded classes + a course page with class enrichments & resources.

My signature course, Ayurveda Integrative Nutrition Consultant Training begins in January and is available now at 30% off, with the code AIN30, plus extended monthly payment plans. It is the gift of health, empowerment and dharma all in one!


ONE MORE GIFT

Free Winter Solstice Class: Thursday, December 21 9am Pacific time
Considering the Winter Solstice commences the 6-month period of Uttarayana, the northern journey of the Sun, we will look at the true sacredness of this time, and what the sky is forecasting for the new year.
Register here


If you have your own favorites, please share in the comments below.

I wish you a radiant season of peace, light and love.
xo

Yum

39 thoughts on “Healthy Holiday Guide + Free Solstice Class”

  1. This beautiful email is a gift in itself, thank you kindly for caring to share your wonderful light and wellness offerings! I will see what I do with the long list you highlighted and am loving the blessings of all the beautiful people in my life. 🙏💛😇

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  2. Hi Laura! These are all great ideas, thank you for sharing. I’ve been trying many recipes from your cookbook – I truly appreciate how practical your approach is to Ayurveda. I’m looking forward to your next newsletter as well.

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  4. Not sure how I’ve missed these wonderful gifts until now- so many beautiful offerings. Looking forward to tasting these incredible delights over the Christmas holidays xx

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  5. Yes! Thank you so much for the delightful surprise! I visited today to get some recipes from previous holiday posts…they’re beautiful, timeless, and always inspiring. Wishing you and your family a blessed Solstice, Laura!

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  6. Thank you for the generosity of these resources. You continue to inspire. I’m looking forward to exploring and enjoying these goodies.

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  8. thank you for these lovely offerings! They are all so beautiful – I am going to make the cardamom cookies. And the sweet potato latkes as well. Thank you again for this beautiful curation! Happy holidays <3

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  11. I am reveling in the scents and tastes of warm spices. I lost my sense of smell and taste briefly in September from Covid, and it made me really appreciate these gifts once they were back!

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  14. Laura,
    Thank you for gifting us this beautifully crafted email. I appreciate you sharing so many if your personal treasures. The recipes in particular will be enjoyed by my family and friends, so many thanks from them as well.
    I wish you inner warmth and light for winter solstice and the holidays.
    Blessings, Adele

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    • Thank you Adele. What an honor to have some of these recipes included in your artful, heartful holiday celebrations. Lots of love 🙏🏽

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  15. Laura, you are always so generous with sharing in your community, of lovely recipes, thoughts, and inspirations. Thank you for your love and light to us all.

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  19. Thank you for the lovely gift guide, Laura. How beautiful! Wishing you a relaxing and rejuvenating holiday season. 🙏🏻💕❤️🥰

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Will you try this? What are you loving this season?

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