Ayurveda

The Health Benefits of Cooking with Ghee

Known in the West as "clarified butter", ghee has a long history as a staple of Indian cooking and medicine. According to the Bhavaprakasha 6.18.1, an ancient 16th Century Ayurvedic text, “Ghee is swe…

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Cardamom: Green Gold

CARDAMOM CHAI With the first monsoon drizzle, milky cardamom chai begins to simmer in saucepans across India. The sweet fragrance of this precious spice takes tea from ordinary to exotic. …

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Nuts About Pistachio

Salty, nutty, crunchy, crisp: ah! the plentiful pleasures of pistachio. Toss it into pilaf. Sprinkle it on ice-cream. Scatter it on couscous. Or simply munch a handful of it on a chilly winter aft…

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Revamp Your Yogurt

Although ayurvedic healers do not recommend consumption of fermented foods (such as yeast breads), they make an exception for yogurt because it boasts so many healing properties. Yogurt s…

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Mudras Reveal the Power in Your Hands

How well do you know the power you wield in the hand and arm? Gestures you use to make a conversational point or with the flick of a finger express your anger each convey a strong message. In Hath…

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5 Inspiring Meditation Spaces

I've been trying to meditate for more than a decade. Because I'm goal-oriented and easily bored, I'm pretty rotten at it. I do see how addressing those obstacles and cultivating calm in my life by doi…

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Holy Basil: The Queen of Stress-Reducing Herbs

If you’re dealing with stress and interested in natural healing, you may have heard of the term “adaptogen.” If not, such as the name implies, adaptogens are a class of herb that literal…

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What is Kitchari?

By Sara Novak, Planet Green Kitchari is a traditional Ayurvedic dish that's known for its ability to detox the body and balance all three doshas: vata, pitta, and kapha. For yogis that want to cl…

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5 Ways to Drop Weight Through Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a science that focuses on balancing the body's life energies (vata, pitta, and kapha) rather than focusing on individual symptoms. Because of this, Ayurveda helps your body to arrive at it…

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Beware of “Instant” Ayurveda

I recently contacted an ayurvedic day spa in America, hoping to get the owner to be my resource person for a magazine article I was writing. The pleasant, peppy-voiced owner of the spa spoke to me …

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