It’s time to open the windows, declutter and deep clean. Inside and out. In Ayurveda, we cleanse in Spring and Fall with the change of the seasons. In Spring, the focus is releasing the fat built up from the wintertime and the toxins stored in that fat.
As water is life, communication and connection, it has the power to heal. Allow the new waters of Spring to move through you. Root down with what you hold as truth and release what no longer serves you.
We are beginning to feel a transition of the seasons and with this we want to shift from fat building to fat releasing. We are getting stirred up. Sprouts are poking their way through the muddy, wet ground here in the Pacific Northwest. More moisture is in the air and the days are getting noticeable longer. As the Earth and her qualities are shifting, so should we, our habits and the foods we eat in order to maintain harmony.
As practitioners, our business initially started as a way to provide high-quality ghee for our Ayurvedic Patients because it was hard to find then. We built our brand on principles we truly believe in: impeccable sourcing, artisan culturing, small-batch, flame cooking and labels you can trust.
Here we are. That funny week after the Holiday season and before the new year. It always feels like the twilight zone to me. And now it’s about to be 2022. What? How ya feeling? I hope you enjoyed family time and ate delicious food. Did you manage to stop when you were full or did you get lost in the good food and good company and are now feeling dull and sluggish?
Often winter gets a bad rep in this culture. We attempt to keep going at the pace of summer. We cling to the light, afraid of the dark. Yet just as night always comes after day, winter always comes after summer. Each season offers its own unique dose of medicine if we are willing to take it.
Breath is the first thing to enter the body when life is born and the last thing to leave when life is over. Yet it is more than oxygen carried within the breath that is critical to life.
Ghee can be used ANYWHERE you would use butter or cooking oil! Think of it as more than an oil substitute though. Ghee is medicine and an investment in your health. We have 7 flavors, some sweet, some savory and all incredibly versatile.
Your thoughts, intentions and words carry a vibration which alter the physical structure of your body. This is not a belief, this is a fact that modern science has been building evidence behind for quite some time.
...in the communities like yoga and bodywork, that embraced Ayurveda, an undercurrent of perfectionism lurked: Do you meditate daily? Twice Daily? Eat vegan? Never drink anything but water? Practice Mysore-style Ashtanga at 5am daily without fail? Grow, process and encapsulate all your own herb...
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"Buildings and Bridges are made to bend in the wind. To withstand the world, that's what it takes. All that steel and stone, is no match for the air, my friend, what doesn't bend, breaks" - Ani Difranco
Organic. Our trusty ol' stand bye. Once upon a time, it meant you could rely on a certain quality. Once upon a time, it meant that the product inside was better than conventional counter-parts...but this is not a fairy tale. This is your food and we are VERY serious about it. The time has come for some changes and we are here to tell you the WHOLE story.