Now that Root & Nourish is out in the world, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about where to start their journey to herbal cooking. It’s true that many of our ingredients are “specialty” items, and that they might not be at your localread more
Melting snow, budding trees, a loamy aroma in the air, earlier sunrises, and later sunsets. These are the signs of spring, the season when the Earth awakens from her hibernation and puts on display all the new life she’s been keeping safe underground during theread more
It was a brisk fall night in Boston. I hadn’t yet gotten used to just how brisk those nights could get when my family came for their first visit during my freshman year in college. Determined to keep everyone happy, I did lots of researchread more
Note: This post may contain affiliate links. See our disclaimer policy for more information. Spring is a tease of a season. One day, it will offer a dose of warm weather, when we can leave our hats and gloves at home and luxuriate inread more
My first introduction to anatomy studies were not overly pleasant. In grade school there was the endless memorization of body parts and their functions; then in high school a traumatizing dissection definitely planted a seed for my future as a vegan. It wasn’t until laterread more
“Meet me on the ground” is how my teacher usually, if not always, begins her slow flow and restorative yoga classes. While she’s made a name for herself by teaching alongside our “life partners,” in her words, the earth and the breath, she’s hardly theread more
My favorite New York moment goes back to summer 2016. Still riding the high of my 200-hour yoga teacher training, I signed up with some of my friends to join the Yoga in Times Square event they hold each year on the summer solstice (alsoread more
It all began with a slice. I was in the midst of an herbal internship, learning to make skin care products that work with the skin rather than trying to control it (a revolutionary idea in the beauty industry). My teacher and the co-owner ofread more
“The blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given breath and was beginning to live.” —Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue In Ayurveda, we describe the universe in terms of qualities—or gunas—of which there are twenty. Theseread more
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
