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 | Oct 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Snehana is a Sanskrit word which can mean many things, as is true with Sanskrit in general. Snehana can mean self massage with oil, oiling internally, and it can also mean love, lubrication, flow, saturation, or opening up. I just recently finished guiding a lovely...
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 | 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 | Oct 7, 2015 | Ayurveda, depression and anxiety, Holistic Health, Homeschooling/Education, Nature Connection, Plant Spirit Medicine & Herbalism, Uncategorized, Wildcrafting
I am often searching the web and other sources for information on local plants and herbal preparations. Recently I was exploring content on our indigenous Santa Barbara wild gooseberry (ribes menziesii) as a possible local analogue to the famed Ayurvedic gooseberry,...
