Ayurveda is all about having just enough of what you need, which can make it hard when people want to buy you gifts. There’s nothing wrong with acquiring things that make you happy without a specific purpose, but we can also derive a lot ofread more

Ta da! Nearly a year ago today, Abbey Rodriguez and I started our journey of sharing our love of self-healing through food and herbalism in the form of a cookbook. We envisioned the book as a guide to holistic wellness that makes the ancient practicesread more

“Holding space”—a task given to many a yoga teacher and holistic practitioner, a responsibility and a blessing that gives us a sense of unity and connection and safety. I spent many years leaning on my teachers to hold space for my personal healing, whether itread more

This week, I read a book. A fairly unremarkable statement from someone whose life has been defined by books, by stories, by reading and writing, and yet at this particular moment it feels like something to pay attention to. Like many of us, I’ve beenread more

Last fall I experimented with a savory pumpkin bread to make use of some discarded sourdough starter that had been hanging out in my fridge all summer. It was delicious, and empowered me to play around with a classic family recipe I otherwise wouldn’t haveread more

While I have many salient memories of my childhood, I don’t remember much about how I spent my mornings. The space between my opening my eyes and arriving at school (which commenced at the horrifyingly early time of 7:26 AM, my adult self now realizesread more

What should I wear? Should I text first or wait? What’s the meaning of life? What should I make for dinner? These are the questions that plague us humans our whole lives, and I’m happy to tell you all I have the answer: soup. That’sread more

There’s a lot to be said about the value of a savory breakfast—something that most of the world has enjoyed for centuries but we in America have decided to stand apart from (add that to the list…) in our craze for sweet. When I’m doingread more

I sort of feel about kitchari the way Mary Oliver feels about mangoes. It’s a magical food—easy and delicious, and in the words of my first Ayurvedic counselor, “you should just eat as much of it as you want.” The basics of kitchari might seemread more

As I write this, in early September 2020, time has become basically meaningless. For the last six months, the rhythms of most people’s lives have become at best syncopated mash-ups of the original track that kept us going, and at worst completely turned off. Adjustingread more