by anahatahealing | Mar 26, 2017 | Ayurveda, Cooking and Recipes, Holistic Health, Massage, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized, Wildcrafting, Yoga & Meditation
In Ayurveda, spring is understood as the kapha season. It often shares the wet and cold qualities of kapha dosha, and as like increases like, can aggravate people with a kapha predominance, or children who are in the kapha stage of their lives, the juicy, wet,...
by anahatahealing | Jul 8, 2016 | Cooking and Recipes, Holistic Health, Massage, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized
Common thyme, or Thymus vulgaris, is a calming and aromatic kitchen herb with disinfectant and nervine properties. It’s nature is warming and drying. It is particularly good to remediate vata and kapha tendencies in Ayurveda. Thyme is antiseptic, decongestant,...
by anahatahealing | Jun 7, 2016 | Ayurveda, Cooking and Recipes, Holistic Health, Massage, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized, Wildcrafting, Yoga & Meditation
Did you know that in Ayurvedic tradition, we understand there is a need to shift our diet according to the season, as well as according to our own individual dosha, or psychological and metabolic type? The doshas of Ayurveda are vata, pitta, and kapha; air, fire, and...
by anahatahealing | Feb 11, 2016 | Ayurveda, Holistic Health, Massage, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Wildcrafting, Yoga & Meditation
Depending on where you are in the country right now as you read this, you may still be in the midst of a cold snap and snow, or, like us (sorry east coasters), having a heat wave that sends you to the beach in your bikini to soak up the rays in February (while...
by anahatahealing | Nov 23, 2015 | Ayurveda, Holistic Health, Massage, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized, Yoga & Meditation
Autumn. The days are getting shorter. The light has that special golden quality. I’m deep in the magical rhythm of holiday creations; fragrant pomanders, melted beeswax and hand dipped candles, and herbal alchemy with summer and autumn harvests for...
by anahatahealing | Jan 11, 2015 | Ayurveda, Cooking and Recipes, depression and anxiety, Holistic Health, Massage, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized, Yoga & Meditation
As you know, I’m crazy about herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. Turmeric is definitely a top star in my go to list of herbs and on my counter in fresh root and powder forms used by me daily in several different applications from self oil massage to teas,...
