by Petra N. | Mar 15, 2025 | Lifestyle, Featured blog post
You’ve probably heard about oil pulling and you may have even tried it. I typically hear people say that they hold coconut oil in their mouths for up to 5 minutes or just gargle with it a few times, then spit it out. Is this how oil pulling really works? Not according...
by Petra N. | Nov 24, 2024 | Featured blog post, Yoga & exercise
Did you know that how you exercise can increase or decrease vata in your body and mind? Is there such a thing as yoga for vata? This blog will share some yoga poses and exercises you can do to balance vata in this chapter of our all about vata blog series. But first,...
by Petra N. | Sep 28, 2024 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Manjistha, also known as Indian madder in English or Rubia cordifolia in Latin, has been a popular alterative herb in ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. Not to be confused with madder, Indian madder is a bitter, sweet and astringent herb with a pungent...
by Janis B. | Jun 7, 2024 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Neem (Azadirachta indica, Latin) (Margosa Tree, English) is a tree mostly found in tropical and semitropical regions such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal. It has a long history of use in Ayurvedic medicine, known and used for managing many ailments,...
by Petra N. | Apr 13, 2024 | Lifestyle, Featured blog post
Mastering the art of kindness towards ourselves is a journey. Our own expectations of ourselves and the expectations we believe others have of us cause us to be hard on ourselves. We want to achieve, want to prove things, and we become our own worst critics. So, we...