Cooling, grounding and hormone-nourishing, these Sacred Cycle Sweets weave together shatavari, fennel and cardamom to support women’s cycles while offering a naturally sweet treat for body and spirit. Here’s How to Make My Sacred Cycle Sweets: Ingredients (makes ~10): 1 cup shredded coconut ½ cup cashews, soaked 2 hrs 6 Medjool dates 1 tsp shatavari […]

Sweet, tart and chocolatey comfort! These bars blend magnesium-rich nuts, fiber-filled oats, and antioxidant raspberries to steady mood, ease PMS cravings, and nourish your hormones the Ayurvedic way. Here’s How to Make Them: Ingredients (makes ~12 bars): Base: 1 cup rolled oats (ground to flour) ½ cup walnuts or almonds (magnesium powerhouse) 1 cup Medjool […]

  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 […]