Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, pungent, astringent - including the 6 tastes of Ayurveda in every meal can help you stay well, balanced & energised. Understand why you're drawn to certain foods, hate others and have certain habits and tendencies around foods.
Read MoreChicken tikka is an Indian dish. The masala sauce was added to satisfy the desire of British people to have their meat served in gravy. It is now included in the list of Britains national dishes because it is so popular! This recipe came out of trying at least 20 different recipes years ago and not being entirely satisfied. So I created my own!
Read MoreA common and debilitating diagnosis. Frozen shoulder is a painful, restrictive condition - particularly common in women and can be associated with hormonal changes and increase in inflammation associated with menopause and perimenopause. Read about one client’s experience of relief and hope with yoga therapy.
Read MoreFrom the beauty of the first red flowers to luscious green fruit & vitamin C literally falling from the tree - when there are more fresh fruit than you can eat we love this roasted feijoa chutney recipe as a way of capturing the unique feijoa flavour to enjoy throughout the year. The perfect accompaniment to a nourishing satvic daal & rice to get all 6 Ayurvedic tastes in one meal.
Read MoreWhen you have a glut of fresh fruit it’s criminal to let it waste so here’s a yummy vegan, gluten free, refined sugar free ‘ice-cream’ that makes a delicious desert or afternoon treat. Full of vitamin C, vitamin B6, magnesium, calcium, potassium and fibre & relatively low in carbohydrate and sugars Feijoa are the perfect winter fruit to boost immunity, clear skin, eyes and energy levels as the weather gets cold, wet and winter bugs start to multiply.
Read MoreI picked up some super vibrant spinach and silverbeet this week and the perfect way to get a hit of greens for me is Saag Paneer! Saag is a mix of any leafy greens and in India would be a combination of spinach and mustard greens. If you have not grown up eating paneer, which I haven't, then it is best to eat it only occasionally as it is very rich and can be hard to digest. A great dish this time of year because of all the sniffles around with the change of seasons.
Read MoreUnderstanding Ayurvedic principles, dosha type (elemental constitution), signs of balance and imbalance can help you to live a healthy, supportive lifesytyle and avoid dis-ease. Read on to learn about Vata, Pitta & Kapha dosha and the elemental qualities that can guide self-care and wellbeing strategies.
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Read MoreSore hips can be a real pain, especially when we add the weight of gravity into movement. Immersion and supported movement in water can create greater range or movement with less or no irritation and reduced pain from stiff and sore joints.
Read MoreRebalance energy in : energy out with an ayurvedic approach to mindfulness. Bringing awareness to how we eat can change our whole experience.and satisfaction with food…bringing mindfulness into every bite.
Read MoreWhat is active rest? Is it different to active recovery? Does it mean I have to do nothing?
For these questions and more, read on to better understand active rest and how to tune into what you need for repair, recovery, resilience and adaptability.
Read MoreLove running, hiking, biking, cross fit, or endurance sports but seem to get injured when you ramp up your training ?
Everything in life and our bodies has an opposite force and reaction - it’s a law of physics that governs nature, AND can explain why our risk of injury increases as intensity and / or frequency of physical training increase. Learn how to create awareness and balance to improve your performance.
Read MoreIs there such a thing as yoga for healthy hips? You may have been advised, or heard that yoga isn’t advised for conditions like arthritis, inflammation or labral tears & its true that there are several poses and movements in standard yoga classes that are definitely not hip friendly or condusive to recovery from injury or surgery. Therapeutic yoga however, can help you find supportive movement and yoga practices to recover, and maintain function with a hip-healthy balance of the mobility and stability thats just right for you.
Read MoreThe consequences of a bang on the head, fall, or loss of consicousness, however brief, can affect physical, mental and emotional health in more ways that we might think, and last for months to years after an injury, or initial insult.
Read MoreBrain waves are electrical impulses that fire at different frequencies, creating different states of mental, emotional and physical activity. Yoga practices, particularly restorative yoga and yoga nidra have a profound effect on brain wave activity, enabling us to access slower, calmer states that offer deep rest, recovery and balance in mind-body.
Read MoreGut instinct, just had a feeling, felt sick at the thought - these, amongst others, are messages from our enteric nervous system - the brain in our belly. Understanding the link between the gut, emotional and phsyical health can help explain what might appear to be unrelated symptoms and help us respond in more appropriate ways to early signs of unease.
Read MoreThe absence of mental illness is not the same as mental wellbeing. Feeling a bit 'blah', indifferent, distracted or foggy...not enough to feel unwell, but not feeling great either is known as languishing, and it's an emerging consequence of pandemic times.
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