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Green Bean Confetti Sauté

Green Bean Confetti Sauté Prep: 15 min :: Cook Time: 20-25 min :: Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 lb. Fresh green beans 2 tbs extra-virgin olive oil or ghee 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 tsp ground coriander 1/4 tsp cumin seeds 3 tsp salt Fresh cracked black pepper...

Roasted Acorn Squash

RECIPES, Sides, Vegetarian

Roasted Acorn Squash Prep: 10 min :: Cook Time: 40-50 min :: Serves: 1 Ingredients Two small or medium sized acorn squash 2 tbs ghee (or butter) 4 tbs maple syrup Ground cinnamon Ground ginger Fresh cracked black pepper 1/2 tsp salt Extra-virgin olive oil...

Warm Green Drinkable Soup Says
‘Move Over Green Smoothie’

AYURVEDA, RECIPES, Soups + Stews, Vegan, Vegetarian

The popularity of the green smoothie over the past decade has been great for inspiring health seekers and helping people get more vegetables into their diets. This is something that's sorely needed when only nine percent of American adults eat enough...

Rosemary Roasted Sweet Potatoes

RECIPES, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian

Over the past year I have traveled to Boone, NC for three days each month to provide Ayurvedic body therapies at the Art of Living Retreat Center. One of the perks of being able to make a living helping others optimize their health in a serene locale among blowing,...

How to Balance Kapha Dosha

AYURVEDA

Ayurvedic medicine, the more than 5,000 year old traditional healing system of India views all of life, including how our bodies work, through the qualities of the five elements and three doshas. Kapha dosha, made up of water and earth, governs structure, lubrication,...

5 Ways Shirodhara Helps Mind, Body and Hair

AYURVEDA, BEAUTY

Imagine lying down face-up with comfortably warm oil cascading over your forehead and through your hair like a loving mother's hand gently caressing her child's head. Now imagine experiencing that feeling not just for a moment, but for 30 to 60 minutes. That's a...

How to Balance Pitta Dosha

AYURVEDA

Ayurvedic medicine, the 5,000+ year old traditional healing system of India views all of life, including how our bodies work, through the qualities of the five elements and three doshas. The doshas - Vata, Pitta and Kapha, are comprised of the five elements and govern...