We are the first generation that has buried our natural connect with food under a debris of industrial food and modern lifestyles.
In Ayurved, the way to living peacefully and disease free is to eat foods full of prana (chi/qi) especially when stressed, unwell or seeking spiritual growth. I understood...
Two years back when i was doing Panchkarma, the full import of the ubiquitous Khichdi came upon me. We were being wrung out with massages and bitter drinks and the purging is the most intense experience in recent years. No candida or gut bacteria could have survived it: the first...
A soup for all seasons
This simple one bowl dish always brings on a smile as almost every time i have made it, it gets wiped clean. When you just want to make a meal out of a soupy dish, this is IT!!
Warm, soothing and nourishing, I present you the...
Not so long ago, if you hurt yourself in India, someone would just take fresh turmeric juice and apply it on the wound and all would be well. It would stain your clothes but nothing that drying in the sun would not clear up!
Somewhere fresh turmeric disappeared and turmeric...
Juices are tricky: while full of natural hydration, enzymes and nutrients they can throw you off balance when three aspects are not in balance. Ayurveda is sensitive to the individual nuances of the body- two Vata people are not identical- they could have completely opposite reaction to juices. Here...
This a big alert!
This wonderful grain with its sweet fibre is now a vicious food.
The cause - it is mostly genetically modified and sprayed with Glyphosate- a herbicide that is a proven carcinogen used widely in the USA. The excess corn is then turned into corn sugar and flavourings...
A revival towards the traditional food lifestyle is underway almost everywhere. Ayurveda, an ancient science of life, had scripted its food knowledge in a reverential way- there was a goddess of nutrition - Annapurna Devi to whom every meal was dedicated, there was gratitude for what was placed before...
November 2018
My attempts to learn Yoga and Vedanta have had many mishaps. Then a chance meeting with Swami Govindanand set the stage for a month long teacher training in Kodakkad, North Kerala: a new ashram, limited students and peace filled surroundings.
The course was designed by Swami Vishnudevananda back in...
With Panchkarma, my journey into healing in kerala ends - now to carry the lessons into Life with Old patterns and addictions! My lip is near healed, tongue even more so, digestive track is at ease and skin still feels softer. I lost 11 pounds despite overeating a lot....
