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Golden Milk: Sunshine in a Mug
A traditional medicinal from the Ayurvedic kitchen. Continue reading
How to Make a Dosa
Dosas are a delicious gluten-free wrap, much like the French crepe. Learn how to make this fermented treat and serve it up with my own Sweet Potato Masala and Coconut Chutney. High in protein, potassium, fiber and flavor, this is where “street food” meets super food. Continue reading
Miracles of Green: 7 Emerald Recipes
Traditional cultures instinctively knew the benefits of Spring’s bitter-tasting bounty, cultivating nourishing, home-cooked savory pies and tartes with a variety of free, foraged greens. From France, Italy, Greece, and my own garden, here are 7 delicious ways to go green this Spring. 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
On Suzie’s Farm
A week ago, we took our Yoga Teacher Training to Suzie’s Organic Farm. Some 20 of us descended upon their 70 acres in the Tijuana River Valley where we were like bees to honey ~ Yogis abuzz in fields of bliss, … Continue reading
Spring Clean | Cilantro Detox Pesto
Imagine sunflowers floating on rafts on a pond. Then imagine that there are many ponds ~ sunflower rafts as far as your eye can see. Then imagine these sunflowers are growing on rafts in ponds that surround the Chernobyl nuclear site … Continue reading
A Super Bowl of Beans
How about a super healthy way to feed your super friends this Super Bowl Sunday? I fell in love with these beans the minute I first laid eyes on them many years ago. The beauty of the beans sparkling with … Continue reading
How to Stay Warm and Well in Winter
In the northern hemisphere it is winter, which means many places are wet, chilly and bare. Whether it is San Diego’s drizzling rains, Chicago’s icy nip or Boston’s landmark snowfall, the winter season is cold, windy, dry and gray. Of the five elements, Space, … Continue reading
New Year Cleanse: Deep Detox Drink
Every year, at some point between Christmas and New Year’s Day, there comes a morning when you wake up and the first thing you hear is, “Enough!” It is only a voice in your head, of course, but it is … Continue reading
Stoking the Fires
Remember when Grandma would make a home remedy of hot lemon and honey whenever someone was sick? Some grandmothers might have added ginger, others a dash of cinnamon, some a pinch of black pepper, and the bold even added a … Continue reading
Winter Greens
In Ayurveda, we seek to include all six tastes in our meals in an order that matches the process of digestion and ensures optimal breakdown, absorption, and wellness. I have seen many clients and students overcome chronic digestive discomfort simply … Continue reading