Food Therapies

It's important to eat based on your ayurvedic body type...
Vata (air), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth) are the three body types.
​Perfect balance of these three dosha's leads to health.
Imbalances leads to disease.
-  Hridaya Astanga 1.5

Ayurvedic approach

When assessing our diet,  we must also consider our unique lifestyle together with our individual body type, this is known as Epigenetics.  

Ayurveda outlines not just what to eat, but when to eat and how to eat. 

The focus is on building a stronger cellular structure.
Increases the quality of our internal tissues, 
which ultimately  resolves
digestive disorders and discomforts.

 Once  we adopt these principles our whole body and mind starts to harmonise and everything thing else magically falls into place.     

Ayurveda Essentials Course

Ayurveda is sister science of Yoga and holds the key to health and wellbeing through daily routines, diet, lifestyle and managing your digestive fire (Agni). Ayurveda also holds the key to lots of medicinal herbs that resides in you kitchen cabinet. We cover the following over the eight weeks:
  • Five elements - your body type and how it speaks to you
  • Fire up your digestion
  • Six tastebuds and their contribution to the body
  • Herbs as medicine
  • Love thy water, love thy body
  • Three principles of detox
  • Daily and seasonal routine
  • Sleep like a baby​

Cellular Baseline Test & Report...$280

Ayurveda states the health of your organs are dictated by the health of your cells, very much in line with western science of Epigenetics
Here is your opportunity to measure the baseline of your cellular make up using the help of Western  Science with an Eastern Approach. 
Let's discuss... 
Are you nutritionally balanced?  
Eating from the correct food groups?
and what environmental factors are affecting your health? 
then....lets plan your next 90 days,  
​with this comprehensive step by step report produced from your hair follicle.  

Recipes with ayurvedic modifications

Black Bean Quesadilla

One of my favourite quick and easy recipes (see blue button). 
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​To meet Ayurvedic criteria of the six tastes, here are my Ayurvedic tips:
  1. ​​Add 1/2 tsp asafoetida - to avoid flatulence caused by black bean
  2. ​Add 1 tsp fresh turmeric or 1/2 tsp dry turmeric - to bring a bitter taste and help balance inflammatory markers
  3. Add these when roasting the garlic
  4. Remove garlic and replace with ginger for a Yogic approach

Bliss Balls

Almost all Yogi's make bliss balls and here is my version. They are delicious and contain no gluten, no dairy and no fat (apart from natural fat and helps satisfy a sweet tooth!

​Recently I've been a little indulgent by adding the following:

  1. ​2 Tbsp raw Cacao Powder​
  2. 2 Tbsp boiled, cooled and minced orange (with peel), in place of lemon. ​

​Note:  Boil the whole orange for 20 minute on medium heat, cool, cut and mince.  ​

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