by Petra N. | Jul 2, 2021 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Summer is the season of heat. Well, at least in the Northern hemisphere. Ayurveda associates heat with pitta dosha. When the heat in the environment is rising, your body is naturally creating more heat too. So, pitta dosha in your body is rising. According to the laws...
by Petra N. | Mar 24, 2019 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
If you’ve seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding, you can appreciate what I mean when I compare ghee to Windex. If you haven’t seen it, let me catch you up. Gus Portokalos, the patriarch of the Greek family in the movie swears by using Windex to heal everything—from pimples to...
by Heather G. | Feb 17, 2019 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Fasting has become all the rage in the last couple of years. Whether it’s intermittent fasting, juice fasting or some other type of fast, everywhere you turn, someone is trying it. However, it’s not an easy thing for a lot of people. I first started fasting in my...
by Petra N. | May 14, 2017 | Featured blog post, Yoga & exercise
Butterflies in my stomach, shaken to my core, gut feeling–ever thought about why we have so many expressions related to our core? And what they have to do with gut health? Our core is the essence of our existence. It rules our digestion. Gut health is the...
by Petra N. | May 8, 2015 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
This topic has been on my mind for over a year so I was especially psyched to read an NPR article a few weeks ago on “We’re Not Taking Enough Lunch Breaks. Why That’s Bad for Business.” I vouch for the idea of stepping away from your desk during lunchtime to recharge...
