It is pumpkin season and don’t be fooled into thinking that pumpkins are only good for pumpkin pie or Halloween decorations. Pumpkins contain retinoic acid, antioxidants, beta-carotene, and vitamins A, C, and E that you find in the most expensive skincare products. So, if you want skin that naturally glows and looks like it’s full…
Seasonal Routines
Back to School According to the Doshas
Back to school is always an exciting time of year. For most of us, it’s a time of transition in our daily rhythm and routine as well as a change in the weather. If you live in the northern hemisphere, autumn is the season of vata dosha. Ayurveda’s philosophy teaches that the five elements form three…
Rejuvenating Summer Ayurveda Tonics
A Trio Of Ayurveda Elixirs, Equal Parts Zingy And Medicinal; Stirred But Not Shaken On a recent summer evening, as I was wondering what to drink, I decided to create this trio of tonics heavily disguised as cocktails so that I could offer them as a summer evening cocktail -sans alcohol of course. Each curative…
5 Reasons You Need To Cleanse
When we get an unhealthy buildup of toxins in our body, it’s not pretty. These excess toxins will cause physical and mental health issues like chronic fatigue, achy joints, brain fog, headaches, insomnia and allergies. Perhaps you are already struggling with an auto-immune disease like ulcerative colitis or rheumatoid arthritis, maybe you take something for…
5 Ayurveda Herbs to Keep You Balanced This Fall
Fall is a tricky time of year to stay healthy. It’s that “should I bring a jumper, jacket, umbrella, suntan lotion, all of the above” time of year where anything can happen! One day you are caught in a downpour, the next you’ve got your fluffy socks on only to wake up the following morning…
5 Ways to Balance Vata for a Healthy Fall
Fall is a time of transition, both in nature and in your body. The days grow noticeably shorter, each evening the darkness setting in earlier and earlier. The mornings start with a chill and you may need to start wearing your slippers around the house again. The warmth and carefree days of summer are gone…
6 Summer Cooling Foods to Add to Your Diet
The perks of summer are undeniable – longer evenings, increased sunshine and more time outdoors. What’s not to love? By the time August rolls around, however, it can start to feel like too much of a good thing! After a couple of months of sweltering heat and searing temperatures, you may be craving a slightly…
5 Ways to Prepare for the Long Hot Summer
May brings a wave of excitement as the feeling of summer is in the air. Picnics, barbeques, and trips to the beach fill the weekend schedule as sunnier skies start to draw you outside. While the warmer weather is a welcome relief for many, it’s not all fun and games for everyone. The…
Feeling Lethargic in Spring? Here’s why!
If there ever is a time during the year when we have a chance to be reborn, kapha season is it. Our body is tuned right into Nature’s renewal. It wants to shed excess fat and mucus. Things start to run (think noses!) just like the thawing snow. Everything seems wet in our internal and…
Low Energy? Feeling Sluggish? Have Congestion? – 3 Ways To Spring Clean Your Body
Spring. Just hearing that word makes me smile. It’s my favourite time of year. It’s a time when we throw open our windows and let the sunshine and fresh air into our homes. It’s the time when we spring clean our homes, and we should do the same for our bodies. I want to share with…