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At the core of Ayurvedic therapy is Agni Deepana and Ama Pachana - balancing the digestive fire and eliminating toxins from the body respectively. Impaired digestive fire can affect the body's ability to digest food. The digestive fire can become impaired when we eat...

 We're celebrating One Year of Lotus at our Highams Park Studio                                        Join us for a week celebrating health and wellbeing at Lotus Studio, Highams Park. 479 Hale End Road. E4 9PT As well as our regular timetable of classes we are...

An Ayurvedic Cleanse can take on many forms. There is no set guidelines for cleansing and rejuvenating the body. Instead the Ayurvedic approach considers both constitutional type of the individual: Vata, Pitta or Kapha as well as the season. Any cleanse should work on...

We tend to think that by combining lots of vegetables in one meal we boost our intake of vitamins and minerals. Keep it simple and kind to the digestive system. Use two simple, delicious ingredients adding a generous amount of spices to enhance their digestibly as...

Simple kitchen ingredients to alleviate cold and flu symptoms Ingredients: 6 limes 150g ginger 150g jaggery or unrefined brown sugar Honey Thalisadee (optional)       The how to: Juice the limes. Scrape and chop the ginger. Add all the ingredients...

Rich, comforting and delicious. The red pepper sauce, gives a satisfying depth of flavour as opposed to the acidity from a traditional tomato sauce.  Ingredients: 2 medium aubergines Red pepper sauce. 50g grated parmesan or whatever cheese you fancy. Goat's cheese...

Tomatoes are one food which, according to Ayurvedic principles, can aggravate Pitta, causing heat, irritation and inflammation in the digestive system. This sauce is a versatile alternative to tomato sauce.  Ingredients: 4 red peppers or for convenience you can use a...

Nourishing and balancing for all the doshas, this soup is simple, delicious and perfect for autumn. Ingredients: 200g Cannellini beans Bunch Kale 2 leeks 1 fennel bulb  Thumb size piece of ginger 2-3 cloves of garlic 750mls Bone broth or stock 2 tsp crushed Coriander...

As we move into Autumn, the transition from one season to the next is visible around us. Days are becoming shorter, trees are starting to shed their leaves in preparation for winter, and the crispness of Autumn is in the air. Autumn tends to be windy, changeable, dry,...

The menopause is not a disorder, but a natural process all women will go through. How we move through this cycle of our lives and the symptoms we experience can be a much smoother journey if we establish and maintain healthy diet, lifestyle and stress management...