Rosacea, a common skin condition that causes redness and visible blood vessels in your face, can be a source of discomfort and self-consciousness. In Ayurveda, this condition is seen as an imbalance in the body’s doshas, which can be corrected through holistic treatments and lifestyle adjustments.

A step-by-step guide on how to make your own ghee at home and more!

Nothing quite compares to the magic of homemade, golden ghee. Ghee is considered one of Ayurveda’s top superfoods for its rejuvenating, nourishing and anti-inflammatory qualities. Get inspired!

This simple and laid-back bread recipe is a great way to add an augmenting food to a balanced meal. Making bread at home is easy, especially when you have all these wonderful choices. Plus it’s the best way to ensure your food is filled with prana, organic ingredients and love.

The nutritional and medicinal value of food, including its vital energy (Prana), evaporates when we store it in the fridge or freezer for a few days. Ayurveda considers that any food older than 3 days is 'dead' food, in that it is entirely lacking in nutritional content as well as aliveness. From the Ayurvedic perspective, foods that are lacking in Prana force the digestive system to work much harder which then leads to an overall drop in health and well-being. Food that is missing Prana also prevents our bodies from transforming it into healthy Dhatus (tissues) and then into the final product of digestion, Ojas (life energy). And when Ojas suffers, we suffer tremendously.

Anger is self-destroying, yet it’s not something a little discretion can’t handle. This article offers practical guidance on how to support a return to balance through natural and simple tips and tricks for anger management so that you can reclaim health and vitality through the mental and emotional spheres.

We are meant to feel well after our meals. Try this pizza recipe (Ayurvedic inspired) and finally feel food after a fresh old slice of Prana Lover’s Pizza. Get creative and cook with seasonal veggies!

In Ayurveda, vata dosha is comprised of air and ether. This dosha is responsible for elimination, movement, creativity and imagination. To keep it balanced and at bay, try these nourishing, warm, grounding practices.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioural disorder. Symptoms normally begin to develop in children around 2 years of age. Ayurvedic treatment with therapies aimed at improving brain function, herbs and remedies to enhance attention and mind calmness, along with cognitive behavioral therapy, can be very helpful in ADHD.

The concept of food combining – the idea that some foods digest well together while others do not – is entirely new for many, and somewhat foreign. But according to Ayurveda, it is an essential part of understanding how to eat properly and taking care of agni!

Cooking fresh food is one of the most important ways we can nourish ourselves and bring more prana into our essence. And what is easier to make than a simple porridge?

When we are not sufficiently nurtured in childhood, we are inclined toward anxiety, depression, addiction and other forms of suffering. In a deep way, we do not feel at home with others. We are disconnected from our own body, heart and spirit. In this blog post, I offer you some resources and questions to explore to work through old wounds, so you can step into your life with an open-hearted presence.

Journaling is a great way to get in touch with yourself and learn something about who you are. There are so many aspects to understanding your character. Here are a few journalling techniques to consider and support you toward becoming the best version of yourself.

Ever wondered why Ayurveda recommends a no garlic and onion diet? While there are numerous health benefits of both onion and garlic, why does Ayurveda suggest food without these two basic ingredients? In Ayurveda, onion and garlic are more like medicine than food items. Ayurveda categorizes food on the basis of rasas (taste) and gunas. It defines the nutritional properties of food based on six tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, astringent and gunas or qualities, which are Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Onions and garlic are considered to be Tamasic and Rajasic respectively, which means they are pungent in nature and result in an increase of bile and heat in the body.

We need all three of the maha gunas to experience life. Tamas is present in sleep, though too much leads to laziness. Rajas can lift you out of tamas and allow you to move through your day, but too much creates anxiety and mental unrest. Cultivate sattva by actively choosing it over excessive tamas and rajas. This will support you in the direction of finding inner peace. When you walk with sattva, the changes you’d like to see in your life fall into place naturally, over time and with little effort.

Mantras are the most important part of the spiritual and mental therapy of Ayurveda. They are used to support healing from psychological and psychic imbalances, which stem from disturbances of the mental field. A mantra of the opposite quality is used to bring about a harmonious and neutralized state. They are easy to use and have no harmful side effects, nor do they require tedious or painful deliberation.

I realize milk is a controversial issue, but when we know how to cook, prepare, and eat our food medicinally it can promote healing, longevity, and vitality. Dairy isn’t bad for you, it could be a simple misunderstanding of how to best ingest this wonderful Ayurvedic food staple.

Pranayama refers to the art of yogic breathing. It is an ancient tool used to calm the breath, and consequentially the mind and senses.

Simplify your cooking, simplify your life, and heal your digestion by cutting out the noise of modern diet trends and the like and introducing the basic principles of Ayurveda into your cooking.

Despite grief and bereavement being a natural part of life, navigating grief isn’t an easy journey—whether it is because of a death, chronic illness, losing a job, divorce, moving, or any other loss. Be kind and gentle to yourself in these times.

Develop a sustainable yoga practice for lifelong wellbeing. When we practice from the inside out, we can foster a physical yoga practice that is medicine for the mind, body and spirit. The sooner you can begin practising with ahimsa the brighter you will shine from within which will radiate outwards. Not only will this mean greater connection to Self, but this will also translate to a greater connection with others. After all, yoga is intimacy.