How do you eat well in our busy, modern world? The answer is simple: be prepared and organized. It makes all the difference to have the right tools and ingredients ready to use in your kitchen, and an idea of how you want to map out your meals for the week ahead. Ayurvedic wisdom promotes eating meals that are life-giving, fresh, and filled with prana. With a little planning and preparation, …

In this year-long immersion, you will learn the foundational principles of Ayurveda and how to practically integrate them into your life each day. You can expect live group calls, self-paced learning sessions, live yoga classes, recipes for every season, and a supportive community alongside you each step of the way. 

A simple sattvic kitchari recipes for all three doshas.

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE MAKING OF A BOOK 

I can tell you the exact moment when I decided that I wanted to write a book. It was New Year’s Day of 2010. My family and I were journaling together in our annual dreaming exercise (every new year we revisit the Five Book to massage out our intentions for the year), and in a question asking about long-term dreams, …

Dear Community,

How are you? What a tremendous time we have all been thrust into, the whole world turned upside down overnight. If you’ve been feeling scattered, anxious, overwhelmed – please know, you are not alone. I’m most certainly feeling the effects of such a global shift and the looming sense of uncertainty that lies ahead. Right now, I am choosing to take extra moments of pause, refocus my efforts and show up …

In this 2-hour workshop, learn invaluable tools to balance your hormones and find relief from the cycles of depletion women face in modern life. We’ll look at the Ayurvedic approach to diet and lifestyle practices for managing your energy, how to use different yoga and breathing techniques at different times of your cycle, and wisdom for increasing your vitality at each stage of your life. This workshop is open to …

This weekend immersion into Ayurveda offers 15 CEU hours for Yoga Alliance continuing education.

My food and lifestyle practices are rooted in the philosophy that less is always more. Slow down, simplify, create more space. My skincare routine reflects this philosophy, especially when it comes to choosing products. Skin is more than just a barrier to the outside world, it’s an organ that absorbs a majority of what we put on it. So when I’m selecting skincare products, I always look for quality, organic …

Have you noticed? Ayurveda is starting to gain more momentum in the mainstream–from Goop to Hillary Clinton to Oprah–people are curious what this science is and how it applies to their health. There has been a great run of new books coming out this year exploring food and self-care, and there are two that have really caught my eye: Laura Plumb’s Ayurveda Cooking for Beginners and …