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10 Ayurvedic Warming Foods To Try This Winter For Healthy Skin & Hair ☃️❄️

Want to keep warm and have your skin thrive this winter season? Let’s see what trusty old Ayurveda has got to say about warm foods you should consume during the harsh winters! When the word winter comes to mind, the first thing which pops up is a hot cup of your favourite brew or your mother’s famous warm delicacy. Did you now that the food we eat is closely associated with the weather? Ritucharya is an ancient Ayurvedic practice and is comprised of two words, “Ritu” which means season and “charya” which means Regimen or discipline. Ritucharya consists of lifestyle and ayurvedic diet routine to cope with the bodily and mental impacts caused by seasonal changes as recommended by Ayurveda. Ritucharya is a powerful, health giving ayurvedic tool that helps us live according to the changes in season and make internal adjustments so that our doshas are in a state of balance. People do not know or ignore the suitable types of food stuffs to be followed in particular season, this ...

Love and Ojas: Celebrating Chocolate Through the Lens of Ayurveda


Tasting dark chocolate, a ripe apricot, a luscious elixir—savor the expanding joy in your body.
Nature is offering herself to you.
How astonishing to realize this world can taste so good.
When sipping some ambrosia, raise your glass, close your eyes, toast the universe.
The Sun and Moon and Earth danced together to bring you this delight.
Receive the nectar on your tongue as a kiss of the divine.
                                                Lorin Roche, The Radiance Sutras
It’s February, the month of love and chocolate! You’ve probably heard that dark chocolate is a health superstar, and here’s why, according to Ayurveda.
Ayurveda teaches that to stay in balance, we need all six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. But bitter is a flavor severely lacking in the standard American diet. We can get an occasional dose of that bitter taste from dark coffee, IPAs, and greens (dandelion greens and broccoli rabe are great examples of bitter). And we also get it from dark, bitter chocolate.
Bitter is Better
A small quantity of bitter goes a long way. Next time you’re cruising down the buffet line at Kripalu, give the wilted greens a try. Your body will thank you.
Over time, as you incorporate more bitter tastes into your diet, this flavor will start to taste almost sweet. I know, it sounds bananas, but it’s true. Ayurvedic doctor Robert E. Svoboda teaches that bitter and sweet are opposite sides of the same coin.


-Place walnuts and pitted dates into the bowl of a food processor equipped with the S-blade. Whirl until the walnuts and dates become a homogenous clump. The texture will be similar to playdough.
-Add the cocoa powder, coconut, lime zest, and salt, and process until all the ingredients are integrated.
-Carefully remove the blade from the food processor bowl. Place parchment paper on a plate or baking sheet. Roll the dough into walnut-size balls and store them on the parchment paper.
If desired, roll the truffles in the coconut/cocoa powder concoction. In a small bowl, combine the shredded coconut and cocoa powder with a pinch of salt. Roll the truffles in this mixture until evenly coated. Refrigerate.
-Craft a double boiler: Bring a medium-sized saucepan of water to a gentle boil. Place the dark chocolate chunks in a smaller saucepan that can comfortably fit on top of the medium pot.
-Allow the chocolate to slowly melt, stirring with a metal teaspoon. Melting the chocolate in this manner allows it to melt gently, without scorching. It’s a tempering shortcut that yields a shiny, crisp chocolate.
-Once the chocolate is melted, use the teaspoon to roll your truffle nuggets in the chocolate one at a time, until thoroughly coated. You may need to tip the pot towards you so the chocolate pools and you can submerge the truffle. Return coated truffles to the parchment paper.
-If you wish, add a sprinkling of lime zest, coconut, and/or pink salt before the chocolate shell hardens.
-Refrigerate until about a half hour before serving.
Lauren Gernady 
                                      Now Foods, Real Food, Raw Walnuts, Unsalted, 12 oz (340 g)
                                       Navitas Organics, Organic Cacao Powder, 24 oz (680 g)
Get Pink Himalayan Salt from iHerb
                                              Frontier Natural Products, Coarse Grind Himalayan Pink Salt, 16 oz (453 g)
Get The Ginger People, Gin·Gins, Crystallized Ginger from iHerb
                                        The Ginger People, Gin·Gins, Crystallized Ginger, 3.5 oz (100 g)
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                                         Bergin Fruit and Nut Company, Organic Medjool Dates, 14 oz (397 g)

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