by Petra N. | Apr 14, 2025 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Every year, I get a comprehensive blood test done that includes complete blood count (CBC), comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), iron, lactate dehydrogenase (LD), lipid panel, phosphorus, and uric acid with a complete thyroid...
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? 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, what is vata? It’s one of the 3 doshas,...
by Petra N. | Nov 1, 2024 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
When the weather turns cold, dry and windy; vata dosha, the lightest, airy element of the 3 doshas in ayurveda increases all around us—and inside us. In order to stay balanced, this ancient nature-based medicine advises us to follow a vata-pacifying approach to how we...
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 Petra N. | Feb 22, 2024 | Featured blog post, Yoga & exercise
Growing up in a household of competitive athletes, movement has always been a part of my life. My mother spent most of her life teaching PE and adaptive PE, my father stayed active as a referee long after retiring from his sport, and I was doing somersaults before I...
