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Introducing: SEASONAL BLOOM!

July 11th, 2010 · 15 Comments

Oh boy, oh boy! I created a REALLY FUN 18-page guide for summer! In my passionate quest to heal people through Ayurveda, I decided to create a fun guide to staying healthy during each season. From that intention, Seasonal Bloom was born! As you may already know Ayurveda, the seasons correlate with the energies that [...]

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Customize Your Cup O’ Joe!

June 3rd, 2010 · 9 Comments

Woohoo! An Ayurvedic posting on coffee! Yesssss. Who knew such a happy thing existed?! When advising my clients, I don’t usually make them rid their coffee. Why? Because depending on the person’s dosha, coffee might not be that terrible of a thing for them.
Authentic Ayurveda says that we should not have coffee, not because of [...]

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Tags: 5 Senses · Digestion · Energy Shifting · Kapha · Nutrition · Pitta · Recipes · Vata

Cholesterol Reducing Spice Mix

May 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Hey! One of you inquired about a spice mix to help reduce cholesterol. Indeed I have one! I got this one from Maharishi Ayurveda and there is a ton of great information on cholesterol on their site. If you want the short version, I’ll sum it up.
Basically cholesterol is a kapha imbalance. Remembering that kapha [...]

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Tags: Body · Digestion · Kapha · Physical Imbalances · Recipes · Spices & Herbs

Warm Saffron Cocktail

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments

If you are a vata or pitta type, you might have a tendency to get stressed (who doesn’t, right?) and perhaps worries of the future can creep in to cause some anxiety. When a client of mine was feeling anxious, ungrounded, wound up, and stressed, I told her to “wrap herself in a fuzzy blanket” [...]

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Tags: Emotions · Energy Shifting · Mind · Recipes · Spices & Herbs

MonicaB’s Lassi Recipe

March 29th, 2010 · Comments Off

Yeah! I’ve got my coworker hooked on lassi. She discovered it because she had the flu a couple weeks ago and we helped repair her digestion with lassi. Like magic!
Lassi is a yogurt drink made especially to enhance digestion. Please note that while made from yogurt, lassi is not yogurt. In fact, they have completely [...]

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Tags: Digestion · Physical Imbalances · Recipes

Cinnamon Oatmeal with Almonds & Milk

January 5th, 2010 · No Comments

YAY! I love The Joyful Belly! They have great Ayurvedic recipes and you can create an entire menu just for YOU! All their recipes break out according to your constitution (vata, pitta, kapha), so their meal plans are totally individual. Just like Ayurveda! AND it’s free to sign up. How ’bout them apples!?
Their recipe of [...]

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Magic (and Organic) Ghee!

September 13th, 2009 · No Comments

I would love to introduce you to Pure Indian Foods. If you ever have doubt or are in a quandary about how to make or where to buy ghee, look no further. I am so NOT a product gal, but I highly recommend this organic ghee over anything you can buy anywhere else. It’s the [...]

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Cooling Watermelon Mint Shake

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

In the heat of summer, check out this cooling shake made simply from two happy summer ingredients, watermelon and mint! Both are so naturally cooling and sweet that you won’t need to add anything else. Perfect to keep pittas happy when they are crankypants because it’s too hot ;)
Watermelon and Mint Shake
2-3 cups of seeded [...]

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Tri-Doshic Easy Pesto!

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Ok right off the bat, I am not a cook. However somehow, lately I am coming up with some really tasty recipes that I just hack together. One of my clients says she loves my “hack recipes.” Cool! A most recent hack recipe I am hooked on is making pesto from scratch. Hooked I say! [...]

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Kitchari Recipe

February 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments

Woohoooo!! After a long time searching, I finally got a great kitchari (kitch-a-dee or kitch-a-ree) recipe from one of my fellow Ayurvedic students.
I love kichidi is because it’s wonderfully easy to digest, it’s a great source of protein because of the mung dal and itt’s a complete food. It’s excellent for detoxification and de-aging of [...]

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Vata Balancing Tea

September 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This tea is great for aiding digestion and to help ground the body and mind. Pacifying vata is important especially during vata season because vata is the quickest dosha to go out of balance.
4 cups of water
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
2 pods of cardamom
1 tbsp of sucanat or rice syrup (optional)
Heat water in [...]

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The Best Appetizer

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

To keep agni strong, Indian lemonade is a great appetizer to make before meals. It’s not quite lemonade as us Americans know it. It is much smaller in quantity and it is used as a medicine to aid in digestion.
The ginger and salt are heating to the body which “stokes” our internal fire (agni). That [...]

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