Miso soup was first suggested to me by my naturopath as a good food for me to be eating. Along with other healthy recommendations, I complied and stocked up as best I could but in my ignorance, I bought packets of instant miso soup and it wasn’t until I got home and read the label … Continue reading
The saying goes: “Eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a pauper”. Well, Ayurveda would contest that. Early morning is not the time of day when our digestion systems are at their peak so it doesn’t make sense to tax the body then. Ayurvedic guidelines recommend a light breakfast for the … Continue reading
In Yoga philosophy there are three qualities of prakriti, or primordial nature, which can be described as Rajas (passion), Tamas (dullness or inertia), or Sattva (serenity or balance). It’s akin to Yin/Yang in Taoist philosophy. A way of understanding and describing everything that is in form in the cosmos both in subtle essence (i.e. what is unseen but felt and perceived … Continue reading
1. Don’t eat raw, cold or dry food in the winter. Seriously. No doubts about what season we were in this past weekend. I drove to London, Ontario in a snowstorm on Friday and drove back in a blizzard on Sunday. It felt about ten degrees colder there too. Brrrr. Winter so far this year … Continue reading
