Grab a cup of tea
and sit with me awhile.
Summer: Moon of Making Fat
With the beginning of summer moon, life has fully taken root in the rich soil and the busy work of gathering nourishment has begun for the natural world. The warmth and sweetness of Mother Earth is revealed…
Lighten & Awaken: Kapha-Balancing Foods for Vitality
To balance Kapha is to invite lightness, movement, and renewal into the body and spirit.
Nourishing Nettle Pesto
Nettle packs a big nutritional punch with its vitamin, mineral and antioxidant content. This herb is often used as a tonic, meaning it supports, strengthens and tones.
Spring Equinox
A fleeting sense of balance in the wheel of the year. Night and day are of equal length and polarities are in equilibrium - dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer.
Kapha Balancing
The Kapha time is when the heavy, cloudy and earthy tendencies dominate our bodies and minds. It is the beginning years of life, the spring time of the year and the morning time from 6-10am.
Phylleri Ball : Raising Goats in the Mountains
“Are you Crazy?” “They will never survive!” were the first reactions of my neighbors when I moved into the Double Domes on Aspen Meadows Road six years ago. They didn’t realize that I was known as “The Goat Lady” back East, where I had raised 100 head of sheep and Angora goats.
Seed Paper Making
Handmade paper with wildflower seeds that you can plant right in the earth.
Ghee : Golden Sunlight
Ghee is the most revered and auspicious substance of Ayurvedic medicine. Here are just a few of the reasons why it is so good for our bodies and why you might want to start adding a daily dose to your diet.
Spring: Sap Moon
A Sap moon marks the transition from winter to spring and the spring equinox. Mother Earth fluctuates between warm thawing temperatures during the day and freezing temperatures at night. Life begins to wake up flow again, slowly at first.
Wild Root Soup
This is an earthy soup to get you cleansing this spring. We recommend using fresh leeks, dandelion and fresh turmeric as they give the soup a unique aromatic taste.
The Mystics of Mistletoe
The story of mistletoe begins with a superstitious kiss. Legend says, kissing under the bough brings good luck, wards off evil and blesses those kissing with love. The ancient Druids from the Celtic people were the keepers of the sacred mistletoe. They saw the plant as a gateway between the worlds because of the mysterious way it grows on a host tree, never touching the ground nor growing exactly towards the sky.
A Little Ayurveda Goes a Long Way
Feeling overwhelmed? Got chronic pain or digestive issues? Of course we all want a magic pill to immediately cure our ailments. And more so… we want that relief yesterday or sooner.
Yet our quick fix, symptom-chasing mindset perpetuates our wellness dilemma. We frantically chase our own tail hoping to get the finish so we may finally rest or finally grasp a taste of nourishment.
Postpartum Sacred Window
The sweet, challenging and fleeting 40 days after a women gives birth is referred to in Ayurveda as the Sacred Window. It is a potent and vulnerable time as the maiden metamorphoses into mother and the fetus into baby. This is a sacred transition, where parents often feel their heart bursting with more love than ever before.
Celebrating Mother’s Day
Thoughtful Ways to Start the Day with Simple, Loving Attention to Her Five Senses.
Woven Easter Bread Recipe
This is traditionally an Italian Easter Bread. If you’ve been wanting to dip your toes into bread baking, this is a great place to start. It's an easy sweet bread and with a beautiful and unique result.
Spring Wellness
These last cold weeks of winter on the mountain bring expectation of spring, when the winter qualities of cold and dry transition to cool and wet. Ice begins to melt, releasing a slow trickling down the mountain. Mother Earth thaws to a more fluid state, reflected in muddy trails and the sap beginning to flow deep in the trees.
Lymphatic Self Care
Simple, DIY routine to support a healthy lymphatic system and radiant skin. The quintessential ritual of self-love.