The Shakti School is inspired and deeply honored to offer scholarships each year. A huge thank you to every student for sharing your heart, your soul, and your love through your submissions, we see and deeply appreciate all the honesty and effort you put in. Now, without further ado, we’re thrilled to share some […]

Summertime is the time for salad-the possibilities are endless. 🌺🌱🍅 In the Virginia summers, greens grow in abundance, fruit starts popping off and there are edible flowers galore! It’s one of my favorite times of the year. ⁠ Of course Ayurveda suggests not over consuming raw food, but there are plenty of ways around this. […]

Two more of my fave supports for allergy season are quercetin (studies have shown that quercetin can prevent immune cells from releasing histamines which means runny nose, hives and swelling = bye bye 👋🏼) and Green Tea (’cause it’s high in quercetin 😉). ⁠ ⁠ Ayurveda understands that allergies are the result of an outer […]

One of the keys to good digestion in Ayurveda is keeping things SIMPLE. Less complicated meals give our digestive fire a chance to rest and truly metabolize the fuel we’re feeding the fire. ⁠ ⁠ Peas are light, astringent and slightly drying-aka they help balance kapha’s natural heaviness and tendency to hold onto all the […]

Why Dry Brush? Dry Brushing (traditionally called garshana) helps move stagnation, stimulates Rasa Dhatu’s flow, boosts our natural detoxification system and gives the skin that GLOW we all want! 🌟⁠ ⁠ In Ayurveda, our lymph is part of the Rasa Dhatu, one of the 7 tissues of the body.⁠ ⁠ The lymph and blood plasma […]

To further support you during this kapha season, I want to offer up one of my go-to recipes for one of my favorite grounding veggies: the beet! ⁠ ⁠ Beets are loaded with health benefits and when I eat them regularly I feel like I have some sort of super strength. ⁠ ⁠ Their rich […]