We woke up to a thick coating of frost on the windows in the mountains this morning. It feels like fall is on it’s way out and winter is on it’s way in. In my mind – this means soup weather! Since I’m on the tail end of a fall ayurvedic cleanse I needed to keep the soup rich and …
Oatmilk Chai Tea
Now that the weather has finally turned crisp I’ve been craving (and devouring) the spicy-warm-deliciousness of a homemade chai latte. I’m careful about my caffeine consumption these days so I’ve adapted traditional chai recipes to use decaf Rooibos tea and oatmilk (because aren’t we all on an oatmilk kick these days?). Rooibos tea is an herbal tea from South Africa …
How to Make Your own Dandy-Blend Latte
and musings on coffee…. Full disclosure: I’m totally addicted to coffee. At night, as I doze off to sleep, I often think about that delicious cup of dark roast that I will savor the next morning. There are conflicting studies on the benefits or detriments of coffee. I’m rooting for the “coffee is good” camp, but since the jury is …
How to make Homemade Granola
With smoothie bowl & hiking season in full swing we are consuming a pretty large amount of granola in our household. Store bought granola tends to have way too much conventional sugar for my liking (tip: read the label, if sugar is in the first 2-5 ingredients put it down!) so I’ve started making my own granola. What’s fun about …
Staying Neutral…
Sutra 4.7 Influence of Karma: The Actions of yogis are nether white nor black; of others they are threefold. Neutrality isn’t my strong suit. I’m passionate about just about everything and upon learning about the attitudes of a Yogi according to the Yoga Sutras I quickly brushed off the idea of neutrality as something that just didn’t work for me. …
Chasing Dharma….
Or is it chasing me? Dharma seems to a fitting first blog post as a result of my renewed fervor for catapulting my Yoga and Health Coaching career further. Dharma is most commonly known as your purpose in this lifetime. What keeps me thinking about Dharma is how do you know if you are following your Dharma? Then I found this …