Just Say No to Allergy Season

Just Say No to Allergy Season

Photo by Karolina Grabowska. Ayurveda is an ancient science that is deeply integrated with the cycles of the seasons. Nature and the body are deeply connected: the activity in your gut and the activity in the soil involve and depend on each other…. Both intertwine...
Food Qualities and Healing from the Inside Out

Food Qualities and Healing from the Inside Out

Please enjoy the following excerpt from the upcoming book coauthored by our in-house Ayurvedic doctor, Manish Chandra. There are foods that you like and those that you don’t like. Your likes and dislikes differ from others; they differ in you from time to time....
Love is in the Air: The Medicinal History of Roses

Love is in the Air: The Medicinal History of Roses

With Valentine’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to appreciate roses. The rose plant has a long history of medicinal uses in ancient and modern practices alike. Pieces, Places, and Properties Every part of the rose plant – petals, fruit, stem and roots are...
Cilantro & Coriander for Summertime

Cilantro & Coriander for Summertime

by Sheyna Haisman-Holmes Cilantro is a powerful herb that is one of our strongest allies in dealing with the heat of the summertime. Cilantro is the leaf of the Coriandrum sativum plant, and the seeds are the spice we know as Coriander. Cilantro is cold, dry, easy,...